Hogue Compound G-10 OTF

So am i reading this right? Are the fastners threading into heilacoils in the G10?
Are they #4-40 thread and not #2-56, i hope? I'd like to see dual locks.
But i know what you mean about G10, love it and your knife looks nice too!
 
fly36gti said:
So am i reading this right? Are the fastners threading into heilacoils in the G10?
Are they #4-40 thread and not #2-56, i hope? I'd like to see dual locks.
But i know what you mean about G10, love it and your knife looks nice too!
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The screws actually thread into the interior aluminum skeleton from either side.
 
^I liked it today as I found it looking for some answers on hogue otfs. i found the answers on rattling. so maybe inspired op to come and look at what I liked from an older thread.

anyways thanks evilgreg evilgreg for doing the post sorry i was late reading and liking.
 
evilgreg said:
I got this knife in today and I haven't seen anything about them here so I thought I'd fix that.

In an effort to find new ways to blow money on knives I've been buying up various OTFs of late, trying to find out what I like and don't. I've worked my way through a handful, including a Benchmade Phaeton, an Ultratech I bought ages ago and a secondhand UTX-85 that looked brand new, among others.

When I saw the Hogue Compound I was drawn to it for one main reason--the G-10. It's a G-10 outer body around an aluminum frame, instead of the usual mostly-aluminum construction.

It's a useful 3.5" basic drop point blade shape and it weighs 3.5 ounces and it's about 4.9" closed.

I took a few quick pictures today:

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First impressions are great. It has about the average amount of blade play, and it does rattle just a bit, but it feels great in hand. Action is snappy, no complaints. The deep carry pocket clip works well also.

Where most of the autos I've tried are some variation of the aluminum box shape, sometimes with at least the dogleg shape to help provide purchase, this thing feels completely different by way of the full G-10 outer shell. The knife doesn't feel any less sturdy for it, but the G-10 is IMO a big improvement over aluminum. The Compound has the dogleg shape and protrusions at the top and bottom of the side opposite the switch, and I feel like I have the most secure grip with this knife out of the small bunch of OTFs I've tried.

Long story short, if you've ever wanted a nice OTF but were turned off by aluminum handles, this could be the knife for you. I feel like it's already the front runner for being my favorite OTF so far, but I'll have to give it some carry time before I go that far.
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Hogue is very underrated. I do not mind their use of 154 cpm. As that steel shares a good balance of edge retention, toughness, and sharpening ease. I do hope they start to use more 20CV or M390. But I love my EX 02 flipper. Solid lock up and able to do hard or fine jobs and cutting. I really like your knife and the handles very well.
 
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