About us

ROGAN® started in 2003 with a simple problem: I needed a stronger tool, and I was tired of breaking knives.

While primitive camping, I often found myself using knives for jobs they simply weren’t designed to handle. Prying, digging, splitting, scraping, and other hard-use tasks. After breaking one too many knives, I decided to build something that could take the abuse.

That led to my first purpose-built pry bar: a simple, compact tool designed to handle the tough jobs so my knife didn’t have to.

Not long after, friends of mine serving as EOD technicians were deploying overseas to Iraq and Afghanistan. I began making tools for them, and they quickly found them valuable for the demanding work they encountered in the field. What started as a tool I made for myself began finding its way into the hands of people who depended on their gear in far more serious environments.

From there, ROGAN® grew.

Today, we build hard-use knives and pry bar tools with the same philosophy that started it all more than two decades ago: build simple, dependable gear that can handle the jobs ordinary gear can’t.

Every ROGAN® earns its name.

ROGAN® is a registered trademark.

Company slogans:

"Built for work. Ready for battle."