Hogue fixed blade knives cover tactical, hunting, and game processing work, all made in the USA with cryogenically treated blades and hand honed edges. The lineup runs from Allen Elishewitz's heavy A2 combat knives to ultralight Extrak hunters and Scott Bruhns's Flex processing knives, and it sits among our fixed blade knives from duty belt to cutting board.
The Elishewitz designed EX-F01 is a full tang combat and survival knife in quarter inch A2, a tough air hardening tool steel, with a Cerakote finish, impact pommel, and G-Mascus G-10 or cocobolo scales. It comes in 5.5 or 7 inch drop point versions on MOLLE compatible ballistic nylon sheaths, plus a 7 inch sawback tanto in an automatic retention sheath, a natural pick among serious tactical knives.
Jim and Scott Bruhns built the Extrak for field dressing with almost no pack weight. The Extrak carries a 3.3 inch clip point at about 1.9 ounces, and the Extrak XL stretches to 3.9 inches at 2.3 ounces for longer, deeper cuts. Both run CPM MagnaCut or CPM M4 at 62 to 64 HRC, and the peel ply G-10 scales come off to shave weight further. Orange options stay visible on the ground, and both suit any kit of hunting knives.
Scott Bruhns's Flex series brings MagnaCut to post hunt processing. The Bone Flex is a 7.125 inch boning knife under 0.1 inch thick that glides through fat and gristle, and the Fillet Flex stretches to 8.25 inches for fish, a strong alternative among fillet knives. Both use textured Richlite, a resin densified paper composite that grips when wet, and our guide to knife handle materials explains why it suits food work.
The EX-F03 is a 2.25 inch 154CM neck knife in clip point or hawkbill, with SIG Sauer versions in the lineup. The EX-F02 steps up to a 4.5 inch 154CM clip point on an automatic retention sheath, and the HK Fray brings a 4.2 inch 154CM blade and overmolded grip from the HK Knives line. For detail skinning, the Expel Scalpel takes replaceable blades. Our comparison of every major knife steel covers how each alloy performs.