Every Hogue knife I've looked at has been made in the USA.
I own both a X1 and a OTF auto.
Their website shows made in the USA.
https://www.hogueinc.com/knives/
I trust Hogue's website more than I do some random Amazon seller.
That Amazon description may be correct because there's about a 50% chance it's a Chinese made rip-off.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
I sent an email on their website earlier to confirm.
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BladeHQ lists every single Hogue knifes country of origin as USA and the Hogue brand is in their "American Made Knives" category.
On BladeHQ's YouTube they did a tour of the Hogue knife making facility as well.
https://www.bladehq.com/cat--America...er:brand:Hogue
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Spend $8-$10 more and buy from a reputable knife dealer and avoid getting counterfeits especially with popular knives like Benchmade and Spyderco...... Hogue may be there too.
Hogue responded this morning
Good morning,
Thank you for reaching out regarding Hogue knives. Our knives are made in the USA.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. We are reaching out to the Amazon seller to correct their account.
If you have any further questions please feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
Kara Ramage | Customer Service Manager
Hogue Inc.
550 Linne Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446
toll free: 800-438-4747
fax: 805-239-2553
www.HogueInc.com
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I caved. Just ordered.
https://amzn.to/3422Yg3
#RESIST
Yeah, I been to culinary school, where dishwashing knives was a no-no...I have done food prep with folders, too. Not seen an issue. A couple of my high end kitchen knives (literally) had issues after a decade or so of being tossed in the dish washer, but they are tools, to be replaced as needed. All my knives go through the dishwasher, regularly, and two have had problems. The problems were minor, and I have not replaced them yet.
Also, I carry a few knives at work that go through the dishwasher every few months or so, sanitize setting, no detergent, just for piece of mind as I carry them. I quit worrying about using folders for food prep when I stopped dissassembling them for occasional cleaning, litterally decades ago. It seems that the detergent and rinse aides are more damaging to materials in quality knives than the water and temp....
pat