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Honey Badger Folding Knives in South Africa

Honey Badger has built a following on a simple proposition: a genuinely good folding knife at a price that does not make you nervous about carrying it daily. The range covers several blade shapes and two locking systems, with steel and handle material driving most of the price difference. NeonSales carries 24 Honey Badger products, from R155 for a Kydex neck sheath up to R3,972 for a Cross-Bolt in M390.

What Honey Badger products does NeonSales stock?

  • Flipper folders: Tanto, Drop-Point, Spear-Point, Claw, Claw Serrated and Wharncleaver, in small, medium and large
  • Cross-Bolt folders: Drop-Point in FRN, plus G10 versions in stonewash, D2 PVD and M390 PVD
  • Steels: standard, D2 and M390
  • Handle materials: FRN and G10
  • Colours: black, blue, tan, olive drab, orange and grey across selected models
  • Carry: Kydex neck sheath with paracord

Which blade shape?

Shape Profile Best suited to
Drop-Point Curved belly, strong tip The all-rounder, and the sensible default for a first knife
Tanto Angular reinforced tip Piercing and tough materials, at the cost of slicing ability
Spear-Point Symmetrical point Fine control work and detail cutting
Wharncleaver Straight edge, no belly Clean straight cuts, opening boxes, cutting on a flat surface
Claw Hooked edge Cutting cord, strapping and material under tension

Steel and handle, which is worth paying for

Standard steel takes a keen edge easily and needs sharpening more often, which suits someone who does not mind stropping a knife regularly. D2 holds an edge considerably longer and is more work to resharpen. M390 sits at the top for edge retention and corrosion resistance, and it is the main reason the M390 Cross-Bolt costs several times the FRN version. On handles, FRN is light, grippy and inexpensive. G10 is denser, more rigid and feels better in the hand.

Flipper or Cross-Bolt?

The flipper models open with a tab and a flick of the finger, and lock with a liner or frame lock. The Cross-Bolt uses a push-button crossbolt lock, which many users find easier to disengage one-handed and safer, since your fingers stay clear of the blade path when closing. Neither is better in the abstract, though the Cross-Bolt is the more considered mechanism.

Common questions

What size should I choose? Small is genuinely pocketable and enough for most everyday cutting. Medium is the common choice. Large is a working knife rather than a discreet one.

What does PVD mean? A physical vapour deposition coating applied to the blade. It resists corrosion and reduces reflection, and it is cosmetic as much as functional.

Is serrated worth it? Serrations cut rope, webbing and fibrous material better and are harder to sharpen. If you cut cord regularly, yes. Otherwise a plain edge is more versatile.

Why do some listings say Beretta? Two Cross-Bolt models in this range carry Beretta branding in the product title. They are the same knife pattern, so treat the branding as a variant rather than a different product.

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