Hogue deka, love this little knife

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derek shaffer

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Never even heard of the hogue deka until I was recently at my local cutlery shop picking up another microtech and they brought the deka out. Liked it so much I ordered one right away. Love benchmade and have many of them, 940/943 series being my most carried. The hogue is every bit just as good of quality and I may like it a bit more than my benchmades. Action is great, nice and smooth opening with no blade play what so ever, 20cv steel and edge is ridiculously sharp, love the ergos of the handles as well. Only complaint so far is the blade is just a touch off center, but not bad and not in contact with the scale so I can live with it. Might have to pick up another soon with a satin blade
 

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Hogue knives are definitely the best and sharpest factory edge I have seen, and I have been through a lot of benchmades, microtech, zero tolerance. The quality and sharpness of their edge puts them all to shame. Now have a hogue exploit, compound, and deka. All have a gorgeous hand sharpened and honed edge
 
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I read this post last month and that knife has been on my mind since. I was considering a Bugout/Bailout until I came across this. After watching reviews, obsessing over how good looking the clip point Brown G-Mascus model looked, etc. I have one on the way! Haha gets here Monday. Thank you for pointing out this knife. I’m psyched as hell!!
 
I have been through a lot of benchmades and never really had a problem with any of them. Only issue I have ever had is a blade slightly off center, but as long as it's not hitting the scales it really doesn't bother me, just a nuisance is all. Main reason I like the hogue deka so much is the action is so silky smooth flipping it open and not the slightest amount of blade play what so ever
 
its not a bad knife, but there is one thing i should warn you guys about. i cut the palm of my hand once when closing the blade one handed, the tip of the blade almost goes to the very back of the knife when its in the closed position, so when you try to flick it closed one handed with the butt of the knife pressed into your palm you could slice yourself. since that happened ive noticed that this could possibly happen with some of my other knives of this size that can be closed in the same manner like my mini griptilians and mini benchmade stryker. as long as you are aware of this though, it shouldnt be a problem as you can close it fine by just using the axis lock to drop the blade and then using the thumb to finish closing.
 
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DocT said:
I have heard and read a lot of people saying that Hoque quality, F&F, etc. is better than BM. Even the Ritter knives are better than they were under BM. Is that true in your experience?
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The Ritter I just got is pretty awesome. The fit and finish is really good, but it is off center a little, nbd. The detent is lighter than any of my Benchmades, but my Griptilian is almost the same. It does feel like a broken in benchmade out of the box, which I appreciated! And I think the thumbstuds and axis bar are superior. I really like the knife and the out of box edge on it is awesome!

I haven't really had any problems out of benchmade quality wise myself. They just need adjustment and break in, and I have reprofiled 2 out of 9, but that's a better average than zero tolerance!! So I've been very happy with them.
 
DocT said:
I have heard and read a lot of people saying that Hoque quality, F&F, etc. is better than BM. Even the Ritter knives are better than they were under BM. Is that true in your experience?
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Yes it is true, mostly. The factory bevel of Hogue Ritter is on par with CRK Sebenza. The ABLE lock is as good as Benchmade Axis lock with some minor improvement. As I said in another thread, Hogue Ritter @$160 IMO is the best folding knife currently in the market.
 
derek shaffer said:
Never even heard of the hogue deka until I was recently at my local cutlery shop picking up another microtech and they brought the deka out. Liked it so much I ordered one right away. Love benchmade and have many of them, 940/943 series being my most carried. The hogue is every bit just as good of quality and I may like it a bit more than my benchmades. Action is great, nice and smooth opening with no blade play what so ever, 20cv steel and edge is ridiculously sharp, love the ergos of the handles as well. Only complaint so far is the blade is just a touch off center, but not bad and not in contact with the scale so I can live with it. Might have to pick up another soon with a satin blade
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Which handle color is that?
 
Benchmade quality has been hit or miss for me. I’ve had to send brand new knives back to them. They always made it right, I have to say. I switched to Spyderco and solved the quality problem, with only one complaint in several dozen knives...a problem with that particular run for everyone. So, I’ve been hopeful about the Hogue brand as everything I hear and read is positive.
 
DocT said:
I have heard and read a lot of people saying that Hoque quality, F&F, etc. is better than BM. Even the Ritter knives are better than they were under BM. Is that true in your experience?
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i would say they are pretty comparable. here is the benchmade triage vs the hogue triage, i would say the quality on both is pretty high. the benchmade is actually nicer because of the smoother g10 handles, but the hogue feels very nice to carry and handle also.
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How’s the detent on the Deka?
I heard it can be a lot easier to shake the blade open compared to the bugout.
 
JeremiahWeaver09 said:
i would say they are pretty comparable. here is the benchmade triage vs the hogue triage, i would say the quality on both is pretty high. the benchmade is actually nicer because of the smoother g10 handles, but the hogue feels very nice to carry and handle also.
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Does anyone else actually prefer the grippier G-10?
 
sechip said:
How’s the detent on the Deka?
I heard it can be a lot easier to shake the blade open compared to the bugout.
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I don't notice it being easy to shake the blade open what so ever. Opening action and spring tension in the omega feel pretty much identical to my benchmades. Only thing I like better is it was buttery smooth action right out of the box. A few benchmades I have had, it takes a bit for them to properly break in until the action is nice and crisp, and sometimes have to mess with the pivot to get it just right. I did notice on the deka, pivot adjustment is much less touchy than my benchmades. Loosened it up a few times just messing with it. After I got a bit of blade play i cranked the pivot all the way tight, no blade play period and perfect opening action. U tighten the pivot all the way on a benchmade and the blade wont deploy until u back it off in very small increments. Just have to fiddle around with it to get the blade perfectly centered, only con so far but not hitting the scale so not that big of a deal
 
derek shaffer said:
Never even heard of the hogue deka until I was recently at my local cutlery shop picking up another microtech and they brought the deka out. Liked it so much I ordered one right away. Love benchmade and have many of them, 940/943 series being my most carried. The hogue is every bit just as good of quality and I may like it a bit more than my benchmades. Action is great, nice and smooth opening with no blade play what so ever, 20cv steel and edge is ridiculously sharp, love the ergos of the handles as well. Only complaint so far is the blade is just a touch off center, but not bad and not in contact with the scale so I can live with it. Might have to pick up another soon with a satin blade
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I'm considering this in the wharncliff blade.
Is the lock easy ?
Or is it a two step safety lock ?
Looks like a sharp clean knife
Thanks
 
Skar said:
I'm considering this in the wharncliff blade.
Is the lock easy ?
Or is it a two step safety lock ?
Looks like a sharp clean knife
Thanks
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Lock is very easy, same as benchmades axis lock with a better spring from what I have read. It's a thumb stud opening and flies open with just a little flick on the thumb stud
 
derek shaffer said:
Lock is very easy, same as benchmades axis lock with a better spring from what I have read. It's a thumb stud opening and flies open with just a little flick on the thumb stud
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Thank you.
Can you gravity open this knife (My preferred method) ?
 
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