Arkansas Made Dozier Straight Personal Coral Rucarta

Option

Dozier Straight Personal Coral Rucarta™

• Type
  Fixed
• Blade
  Drop Point
• Blade Length
  2-7/8″
• Blade Steel
  D2
• Rockwell
  60-61
• Handle
  Coral Rucarta
• Tang
  Full
• Overall Length
  6-3/4″
• Weight
  4.4 oz
• Sheath
  Kydex
• Origin
  USA

Option  

Dozier Straight Personal Coral Rucarta™- Left Handed

• Sheath
  Kydex Left Handed

Arkansas Made Dozier

Bob Dozier made his first knives when he was only twelve or thirteen years old. He told me the other day that after those few knives, he did not make another until he was about twenty-three and working as a rough neck in the oil fields in Louisiana. He talked about that first simple knife and then told a story about a co-worker asking to come to watch him make knives. Bob had made several knives by then and had created a small rough shop. He said the man stayed and watched until the knife was finished which took most of the day. When it was finished, he asked to look at it. After handling it for a while, he asked Bob how much he wanted for it. Without giving it any thought, Bob says he said $12.50. The man pulled out twelve one dollar bills and two quarters, laid them on the bench, got in his truck and left. Bob went in the house and told his wife he had just sold a knife which took him most of the day to make for $12.50. But, he told me, at that moment he knew he was going to be a knifemaker. That was about 1963.

If you had the opportunity to look through Bob’s collection of his old knives, you would find that he has made many different kinds of knives; hunters, Bowies and fighters, and more recently folders. You can definitely see a relationship between a pair of fighting knives he made in those early years and the practical, utilitarian fighters that began to appear from handmade knifemakers and knife manufactures from the late 1960s and became tremendously popular during the Viet Nam War era. These knives used to be called fighting knives. Today they are called Tactical Knives.

I own and use several Doziers, and have wanted one of this model for years. I finally ordered one with Coral Rucarta Scales (Dozier Straight Personal with Coral Rucarta Handle Scales DK-PESCR). The one I received was of typical high Dozier quality, and I really like the Coral Rucarta, but I was surprised that the scales did not include the thumb notches (not sure of correct term but referring to the ground depressions in the sides of the handle scales themselves as shown in the catalog pictures of all the Straight Personal handle choices}. Changes: This is a feature I would have really liked on this knife. Has it been discontinued? If so, I suggest bringing it back. If this is not possible, I suggest updating pictures or stating in the description that it is no longer available. Note: The 8 rating below instead of a 10 is based solely on this discrepancy between what was expected and what was provided. The Dozier workmanship is, as usual, excellent! Rating: 8/10 Eugene S. Petersburg, TN