(SHOT Show 2022 Presented by KnifeCenter) Hey everyone, David C. Andersen from
the KnifeCenter coming at you from SHOT Show 2022. Still with Mr. Neal Hogue at
the Hogue booth. Thanks, David. Thanks for being here with the Hogue booth himself.
I'm gonna say Neil Hogue himself. How are you? Yeah, good, good. It's good to see you,
man. We got some new products here for SHOT Show 2022 the DEKA models we've had these
out for a little bit now, but we've done our a revision. So we've gotten rid of a couple screws
put a deep pocket carry clip. And that's really based on customer feedback. You know, we try to
listen to our customers build what they want and the changes that are necessary. So then we
take the Gen 2 has been really popular, which
they dropped on our side, I think about a month ago ish,
here or there. And all right, and yeah, the deep carry clip, the cleaned up screws a little bit.
Yeah. So we've taken our deck on the gen two, and we've done a polymer frame version of it.
So this lightens the knife up, but it really keeps the price
point down. So the tumbled finish blade versions are 149 95 retail,
and that's MSRP MSRP. Oh, correct. I guess street price on our site is gonna be a little
bit lower than that. Yeah. Don't don't want the number to scare people off, right. Yeah.
And then the other thing we did with this one is we chose to do the MagnaCut blade steel. So
it's again, listening to customer feedback and what the trends are out there in the marketplace.
And that that's what we put together here.
That's excellent. That I told people wait,
we're probably going to be seeing some Magna cut from SHOT Show. And it's happening, guys. Yeah,
that's what I've been carrying, too. So we have different colors,
different variations. Yep. Both of
the blade shapes both of the finishes on the correct Yeah,
yep. What colors are we starting out with? I think we got a blue and we got the black.
Yeah, we've got a FDE with a black blade. I think that's what we started out with
for now. But you know, hey, maybe we can work out some other colors.
KnifeCenter exclusive in the future, perhaps we'll see. No, it feels good. And I've always said your
guys's action on your ABLE locks. Here is the one to beat honestly. But this one in particular. I
don't know why. Maybe it's because it's gotten a lot of exercise over the last couple of days feels
absolutely phenomenal. I mean, it's effortlessly smooth. You've got that razor thin blade. I mean,
that's gonna be a great carry right there. It is a great knife. Fantastic. Our next thing
we got that, of course, Hogue is very strong at his new automatics as well.
Correct. So, we've had some aluminum frame but lock automatics in the past.
But what we've done here is made some changes to it really taken as much cost out of the
manufacturing process as possible. And we have a recessed button, there is a manual safety so you
can lock it in the closed or the open position. Nice. We've got the finger choil here, and it's
got a good guard. So you don't have to worry about cutting yourself or any dangerous there but you
can get further up on the blade for certain style cutting. These were starting out MSRP 189.95. So
again, especially because you know the actual sale price you guys are
gonna pay is gonna be a little bit under that right? A pretty strong
sounding price point. Correct. So again, a pretty strong sounding knife blades. Yeah,
yeah. So different variations, we got our tanto we got our drop point,
we got to partially serrated on this one here. And we chose to use the 154 cm on
this again to keep the price point now. As with all Hode knives, all US materials made in the US
yet that lifetime sharpening service and lifetime warranty.
And you got I mean, their factory edges are phenomenal right out of the box. So you get
to get some professional resharpening. Like that is great. So this is called the Ballista one at
sublease to one. We're going to have different versions of knives in this series. Okay,
so we're not 100% planned out yet, but we made room in there will really stick with automatics,
and oh, maybe maybe we'll see some assistant in this line. Oh, that'd be
cool, too. Yeah, yeah, really nice. You've got that distinctive look here like very similar to
the K 320. Last year with the you get a little bit of that protection, so you're not right on
that back edge. But you added the sharpening soil here to make a little easier to maintain.
So good feedback on that from the K 320. So we went ahead and did that again. We
also use the same deep pocket carry clip is on the K 320. That's got these louvers
right here. And those are really intended when you pull it go to pull it out of your pocket,
all you can really get to is the clips Yeah, it gives you a little traction,
you don't have to pitch so hard to get it so you're able to slip it out of your pocket a little
easier. And that's always kind of the trade off with a deep carry clip and why a lot of
tactical knives don't always have a deep carry clip because you know,
discretion is not always the top priority there. You want to be able to get to that knife fast. So
it's a really nice way to kind of bridge the gap between those two a little bit.
Yeah, very nice. The blue color on this too has really vibrant it looks really good
and right pops pops really well sure does.
Nice thin edge. Gotta love it. So speaking of that K 320 design, right? We're over here in the
on the K 320. Stand now. We've got the original from last year, which is the polymer frame.
Correct? Correct. So we do a lot of work directly with Sig Sauer, we worked out with them to get the
same materials, the same color. And really, this entire knife was designed around that pistol.
Well, since then they've come out with the K three, the P 320 AXG versions of the firearms.
So what do we do? We got to match the knife, right, the new pistols come out.
So this is the scorpion bird, the Emperor Scorpion version. And that's got the Gmascus green, g 10.
inserts. Now we make the grips for six. So we make the inserts maked, exactly the same.
This is aluminum frame. So this is going to be a higher price point than the original
K 320. So it's just on what you're looking for. When you
get that more solid field more more premium field definitely than the the
synthetic handles or you can spend save a little money and buy. That's right. The synthetic are
so right now as they are,
these are in the ABLE lock models. The button lock automatic models are still in production.
And it feels so even better than the synthetic versions. Yeah.
That's what's really the precision machining. Yeah, we're tool makers by trade. Yeah, my partner
Jim Bruins really brought that that skill into our facility. And I've been working with him since I
was 15. And we just kind of transfer that through all the training and all of our machining and
it's really about the precision that makes action so nice. People are like, Oh,
that bearings in there. What do you do special? It's we just make it right.
Just do it. Right. Yeah. I love that. I feel so good.
Yeah, there's gonna get that younger clip and so that really helps get it out of the pocket.
These are going to be a block and automatic version, as well just like the base version.
Right now the ABLE locks are shipping shortly.
And the button lock autos are going to be falling behind this.
Man. That feels so good. May I try that one. Absolutely.
I'm a big fan of the drop point I like is that a rosewood inlay? What is that?
Yes, I believe that is a rosewood and look, a walnut. That's what
walnut Okay, gotcha. Yeah. Excellent. Very cool stuff, guys. Neil, thanks for taking the time
to show this stuff to us. Absolutely. If you want more details, check out hoax website,
or these are going to be up on KnifeCenter Very soon. If they're not already. Probably not.
By the time this video goes up, because we're moving fast, but
keep an eye out there. In the meantime, we'll leave links in the description that
will take you over to our home section. So you can check that out. Let us know what you
thought down in the comments. Keep sticking around for more SHOT Show coverage. Neal.
Wonderful. Thanks so much, David.
Thank you, sir.
Take care.