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HONEY BADGER
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Every clay ground in the country has the same lost property drawer, and the same item dominates it. Choke keys. They live loose in a gun bag, they slip out of a pocket while you are unloading, and they are never where they should be on the one morning you need to change a tube between stands. This knife fixes that by refusing to be a separate object: the Beretta choke key tool is built into the folder, and the folder is already on you.
Screw in chokes need a key with a flat profile that engages the slots milled into the tube. Fitting one before a stand takes ten seconds. Backing one out at the end of a season is the difference between a choke that comes free and a choke that has cemented itself into the barrel with powder residue and moisture over months of neglect.
The integrated key covers slotted screw in chokes across the gauges listed in the feature list below, and its permanent home in the knife means one less small metal object to lose. It works with the knife folded, so you are not waving an open blade around while adjusting a firearm, which is exactly how it should be.
The pair comes in blue and grey, and they suit different buyers. Blue announces the commemorative edition. Grey does not, which is the point of it. A grey handle looks like a working tool in a hand, in a pocket or across a table at a shoot, and the exclusive Beretta 500 year logo on the blade is still there for anyone who looks closely. If you want the collaboration without the object making a statement every time you take it out, this is the one.
Beretta traces its history to 1526, which makes it one of the oldest continuously operating manufacturers in the world in any field. The commemorative logo carried on this blade is exclusive to the anniversary run, and the knife ships in a premium co branded magnetic gift box that is worth keeping. If it is going to somebody who shoots, you can hand it over exactly as it arrives.
8Cr13MoV is a stainless steel selected for how easily it comes back to sharp. That is a deliberate priority rather than a cost decision, and it matters more than most specification sheets suggest. A knife that needs diamond plates and half an evening to restore tends to be carried dull for months at a time, while one that responds to a few passes on a ceramic rod stays genuinely sharp across a year of use. If you shoot regularly and the knife lives in a bag with damp cleaning kit, wipe it dry when you get home and it will look after itself.
Underneath the collaboration is a serious folder. The blade is a 83.9 mm drop point in 8Cr13MoV stainless steel at 2.5 mm thick. The drop point profile gives a strong tip aligned with the centre of the blade and a generous belly for slicing, which is the shape that handles field dressing, food, packaging and rope with equal competence.
The cross-bolt lock passes a bolt through the frame into the tang so the blade is captured from both sides, rather than relying on a liner leaning against a ramp. It is fully ambidextrous, it engages audibly, and closing it requires a deliberate sideways press rather than a thumb crossing the edge path.
Standard pocket clips leave a couple of centimetres of handle above the seam, which is fine in a workshop and less fine everywhere else. A deep carry clip drops the whole knife lower so almost nothing shows. The practical result is a knife that stays put when you climb into a vehicle, does not catch on a gun sling or a seatbelt, and does not invite comment in a car park, a clubhouse or a shop. For a knife with a commemorative logo on the blade, that discretion suits the character of the grey version particularly well.
Open, the knife measures 207.78 mm. Closed, 123.88 mm, at 72.5 grams. That is longer than the standard model in the range, with the extra length in the handle, giving larger hands a proper four finger grip. The reversible deep carry pocket clip holds the knife low in the pocket with minimal handle showing, and it swaps sides for left or right hand carry.
Fibre reinforced nylon, moulded with a honeycomb pattern. The multi directional cells hold your grip whichever way force is applied, and stay slip resistant when wet, which covers rain, cleaning solvent, gun oil and everything else that ends up on a shooter's hands during a day out. FRN itself is indifferent to water, sun and temperature, so the handle will look the same in ten years as it does now.
Away from a shooting ground it is simply a good folder. It opens parcels, cuts twine, breaks down boxes, handles food at a campsite, dresses a rope end and trims whatever needs trimming around a vehicle or a workshop. The choke key sits there costing you nothing on the days you do not need it. That is the mark of a well judged multi purpose tool: the extra function is invisible until the moment it earns its place.
The knife, and the premium co branded magnetic gift box it ships in. There is nothing to assemble, adjust or configure, though it is worth checking the clip position before first carry so it matches the pocket and the hand you draw with. Two minutes with a small driver sets it for life.
The two versions are mechanically identical, so the decision is entirely about how much attention you want the knife to attract. Choose blue if it is a gift and the commemorative character is part of the point. Choose grey if it is going into your own pocket every day and you would rather it read as equipment.
Shotgun shooters first, for obvious reasons, but the knife stands on its own merits for anyone who wants a slim, light, well locked folder with a discreet finish and a deep carry clip. It is a durable knife for everyday use and outdoor tasks that happens to solve a specific and irritating problem for one group of people, and looks quietly excellent while doing it.
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