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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #120 on: March 07, 2021, 03:53:40 PM
If you look close in the first picture you can see that the second small split ring is actually a lobster claw :salute: I used it to give the whole setup a bit more swivel :cheers:

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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #121 on: March 08, 2021, 12:00:22 AM
Picked one up very reasonably on eBay




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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #122 on: March 08, 2021, 12:07:36 AM
Picked one up very reasonably on eBay



Nice find Echotech! :like: :tu: :tu:


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #123 on: March 08, 2021, 12:21:33 AM
Picked one up very reasonably on eBay

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Good catch!!!!

You can see that the older Christy's like that had a slightly different blade tip. More of a strait clip looking thing. And the old button was a lower profile dohicky. But it looks like pretty good shape for its age and has lots of years of life left in ti. :tu:
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #124 on: March 08, 2021, 01:00:25 AM
Nice find Echotech! :like: :tu: :tu:


Good catch!!!!

You can see that the older Christy's like that had a slightly different blade tip. More of a strait clip looking thing. And the old button was a lower profile dohicky. But it looks like pretty good shape for its age and has lots of years of life left in ti. :tu:

Thanks VICMAN and cbl51 :tu:

cbl51, can you give me a rough estimate age on it? Due to the wire bail and some very rudimentary online searching I’m thinking it might be 1939-1959 but no idea if that’s right :tu:

Very nice score for A$19 delivered methinks


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #125 on: March 08, 2021, 02:01:06 AM
I have mine on a chain with my house keys and it works easiest for me if I have my little finger through the key chain to anchor it so that when I slide the blade forward the handle does not slide forward in my hand

So not only does Christy have you on a chain, she also has you wrapped around her little finger!
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #126 on: March 08, 2021, 02:13:20 AM
Good set-up!

Do I spy a Victorinox quatro on your keychain? I grew up carrying a Sear's 4-way keychain screw driver on my keyring, but switched to a Vic quatro a few years ago, for the better small Phillips bits on it. It seems the whole world is now held together with number 2 or smaller Phillips, and the old Sear's just didn't have the good capacity for that. I had then the old Sear's 4-way and filed down the smallest bit on it for Philips use, and it worked, but not as well as the Victorinox product.

Like my old Case peanut, I now find that with a Christy, a keychain screw driver, and my old P-38 in my wallet, I can get by very well in the wilds of modern suburbia or outright urban jungle.  Add a small light like a Fenix E01 and I'm all set.

I didn't know about the Quatro. I looked for it on the SAKWiki and could not find it there....
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Reply #127 on: March 08, 2021, 02:21:10 AM
Besides being intended for pests/snakes, as someone from the UK with great restrictions for firearms but a keen interest in them... Diddy shotgun shells look cute  :dunno:

You could argue that spread means you don't have to be as accurate, but I don't think .410 was ever intended for self defense or tactical use. Same with the weight of the Bond Arms, it's primarily a novelty really I think.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure why .410 was ever invented at all!

(12 gauge all day for me, 20 gauge for those with recoil issues)....
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Reply #128 on: March 08, 2021, 02:24:14 AM
No, not really.  Rule of thumb for cylinder choke shotguns is only about 1" of pattern diameter for every yard of distance from target..

But with a much shorter barrel, wouldn't the spread be greater? Not sure.... :dunno:
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #129 on: March 08, 2021, 07:09:15 AM
But with a much shorter barrel, wouldn't the spread be greater? Not sure.... :dunno:

Negative, sir.  The choke (and distance from target, obviously), not the barrel length, determines the spread.


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Reply #130 on: March 08, 2021, 07:16:43 AM
I didn't know about the Quatro. I looked for it on the SAKWiki and could not find it there....

I hate to nit pick about spelling, as I'm sure I make my share of mistakes in that department.  However, if you search SAKWiki for "Quattro" rather than "Quatro", all will be revealed.

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Reply #131 on: March 08, 2021, 12:27:39 PM
I didn't know about the Quatro. I looked for it on the SAKWiki and could not find it there....

Here:

https://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=1213&highlight=quattro

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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #132 on: March 08, 2021, 01:03:31 PM
Great find, Echo :cheers: :like: :like:


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #133 on: March 08, 2021, 01:34:49 PM
Negative, sir.  The choke (and distance from target, obviously), not the barrel length, determines the spread.
Here:

https://www.sakwiki.com/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=1213&highlight=quattro

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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #134 on: March 08, 2021, 02:56:24 PM
So not only does Christy have you on a chain, she also has you wrapped around her little finger!


Good one Jim!

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Reply #135 on: March 09, 2021, 12:20:48 AM


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #136 on: March 09, 2021, 03:08:19 AM


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Reply #137 on: March 09, 2021, 03:26:22 AM
Nice combo Poncho :like:


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Reply #138 on: March 09, 2021, 04:37:51 AM
With Christy no longer including the bead chain, maybe a small split ring like on a SAK classic in place with a lanyard of some kind. Gutted para cord in color od choice, nylon line braided in a nice design, would do. Give you something to do with those skull beads you've been hanging onto. :pok:
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Reply #139 on: March 09, 2021, 01:25:48 PM
Thanks, my goof!

You're most welcome!

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Just don't call me "your goof" anymore...

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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #140 on: March 09, 2021, 02:55:19 PM


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #141 on: March 09, 2021, 03:02:59 PM
You're most welcome!

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Just don't call me "your goof" anymore...

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Ooops....  :-[
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #142 on: March 09, 2021, 03:17:12 PM
Jim, don't worry about pfrsantos , he's trying to be funny   :facepalm:


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Reply #143 on: March 09, 2021, 03:18:57 PM
Jim, don't worry about pfrsantos , he's trying to be funny   :facepalm:

I know, I'm just trying not to break character. Maintaining my special online persona is hard work.  :D
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #144 on: March 09, 2021, 03:31:50 PM
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Reply #145 on: March 09, 2021, 05:12:28 PM
 :rofl:

Thanks Echo and VMAN :hatsoff:


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Reply #146 on: March 09, 2021, 08:12:24 PM
When I get home this evening I am.going yo try and get some close up pocs of the older Christy Knives that I have similar to this :cheers: Anyone have older ones can do the same and we can compare them all :tu:





I do know that there is no Zip code printed on the older 2 that I have  and they have a different type lanyard attachment :cheers: So there already is a couple differences  :like:


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Reply #147 on: March 09, 2021, 09:07:57 PM
When I get home this evening I am.going yo try and get some close up pocs of the older Christy Knives that I have similar to this :cheers: Anyone have older ones can do the same and we can compare them all :tu:

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I do know that there is no Zip code printed on the older 2 that I have  and they have a different type lanyard attachment :cheers: So there already is a couple differences  :like:

The post office started using zip codes in July of 1963. So it is safe to say, any Christy older than 1963 will not have a zip code.

The other biggie is, the button changed style. I wonder if Hal Christy could tell us when the opening button was re=profiled?
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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #148 on: March 10, 2021, 02:13:52 AM
Good to know that 2 of mine are older than 1963 :o :cheers: Be great to get that nailed down about the slider button change as well :tu:


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Re: Christy knife.
Reply #149 on: March 10, 2021, 02:20:53 AM
One of my older ones  :cheers:





Going to do a few posts so I can keep the 2 sides of each knife together :cheers:


 

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