Let me put one thing straight, I love my Victorinox Workchamp. It's an absolutely fantastic knife. It's loaded with features, superb locking blade and very solid built... but it also weighs a ton (205 gram), which makes it somewhat less suitable for "every day carry" on a belt. I decided to move my Victorinox Workchamp to the front pocket of my Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack, where it will serve me just as fine. But that leaves an empty spot on my belt, so I searched for a decent sized, knife that is lighter, has a sturdy locking blade and a price-tag of no more than € 50,-
So, as I was browsing through my favorite knife-store, I saw it... and I just fell in love immediately. This was the perfect knife... it was under € 50,- with a sturdy locking blade: the "tactical pink" KA-BAR "Dozier" Folding Hunter knife.
This knife is very light: with 45 grams you hardly notice it when you're carrying it. I'm keeping the knife on my belt in the nylon sheath of my old Buck 450T, which seems to fit quite decently. The knife has a 7,5 cm (or 3 inch) locking blade of AUS-8 steel with a hollow grind. By default it came with a reasonably sharp flat bevel, but I don't want reasonably sharp knives... I want ridiculously sharp knives, so I re-sharpened it with my own polished convex cutting edge. The handles are made of Zytel (the same material that the sheath for my Fällkniven F1 fixed-blade knife is made of), which is lightweight yet extremely sturdy. My first impressions of the knife are very good.
So why did I go for a pink knife, when it's also available in black, od-green and other more "manly" colors ? In part because it's just easier to locate your knife in the dark or out in the woods; but also because I just like to provoke... and a pink knife is certainly a conversation piece