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Hogue Automatic Knives
Hogue builds its automatics the same way it builds everything else, which is entirely in house at the family owned plant in Henderson, Nevada, with no offshore outsourcing anywhere in the process. The company machines its own tooling and runs its own heat treat, a habit carried over from fifty years of making precision firearm components before it made knives. Patterns come from Allen Elishewitz, a former Recon Marine and custom maker. The automatic lineup splits between side opening button lock folders and double action out the front models.
Hogue Ballista and Side Opening Automatics
The Ballista anchors the side opening autos, with the full size Ballista I running a 3.5 inch drop point including a partially serrated variant issued to U.S. military units. The Ballista II drops into a compact frame for daily carry. Alongside it sit the A01-Microswitch and the EX-A01, and the SIG Sauer collaborations bring the K320A in M17 and M18 configurations plus the smaller K365A at 2.75 inches. Worth noting when shopping the SIG line that K320A exists in both manual and automatic versions, so the model number alone will not tell you which one you are looking at.
Hogue Out the Front Automatics
Hogue's double action out the front models run from the full size Counterstrike down to the Micro Counterstrike, with HK and SIG Sauer branded versions on the same tooling. Full specifications, blade profiles, and cover options are on our Hogue OTF knives page. The wider category across brands sits at automatic knives.
Blade Steels and Frame Construction
CPM MagnaCut carries most current production, with CPM 20CV on Counterstrike builds and 154CM and S30V appearing across earlier and larger Ballista runs. Frames are CNC machined aluminum under hard anodizing, with covers in G-10, G-Mascus, Ultem, carbon fiber, and cocobolo, and blade finishes in stonewash, black PVD, and Cerakote. Our comparison of every major knife steel covers how those alloys differ in practice. Every automatic is individually tested, serialized, and hand sharpened before it ships. The rest of the catalog sits under Hogue knives.