Christy knife.

Poncho65 · **Reply #180 on:** March 16, 2021, 11:27:01 AM

Thanks cbl

cbl51 · **Reply #181 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:23:09 PM

Ya know whats funny; even though I've "outgrown" my whole knife nut obsession thing, and sold off/given away my knife collection, I will still always have a small SAK on me because they are sooooooo useful in day to day life, but I still feel a draw to the odd little Christy knife. Sometimes I don't carry an Opinel, which is the only other non SAK knife/tool I bother with, The Christy is in my pocket as much as a SAK.

Go figure.

VICMAN · **Reply #182 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:34:50 PM

Quote from: Poncho65 on March 16, 2021, 02:20:05 AM

Cool pic Poncho!

VICMAN · **Reply #183 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:38:25 PM

Quote from: cbl51 on March 16, 2021, 02:23:09 PM

Ya know whats funny; even though I've "outgrown" my whole knife nut obsession thing, and sold off/given away my knife collection, I will still always have a small SAK on me because they are sooooooo useful in day to day life, but I still feel a draw to the odd little Christy knife. Sometimes I don't carry an Opinel, which is the only other non SAK knife/tool I bother with, The Christy is in my pocket as much as a SAK.

Go figure.

The Christy is in a class of its own and as you say the small SAK gives you more options.

I also agree that an Opinel can be handy.

Poncho65 · **Reply #184 on:** March 16, 2021, 04:06:23 PM

and thanks VMAN

pfrsantos · **Reply #185 on:** March 16, 2021, 05:06:11 PM

Another thing I just thought about, is how easy it is to clean. You can dip it in water and soap and just put it in the sun for a few minutes and it's good to go.

cbl51 · **Reply #186 on:** March 16, 2021, 06:20:20 PM

Quote from: pfrsantos on March 16, 2021, 05:06:11 PM

Another thing I just thought about, is how easy it is to clean. You can dip it in water and soap and just put it in the sun for a few minutes and it's good to go.

That'l work, but sometimes I'm too obsessive and end up carefully taking it apart. I'll be carefull to not strip the screws, and use a needle to pick any lint our of the locking holes, and use a pipe cleaner to put a bit of oil in the locking stud channel.

But I could just hold it under the faucet and use a toothbrush to clean it.

VICMAN · **Reply #187 on:** March 24, 2021, 06:18:07 PM

Picked up another Christy knife

cbl51 · **Reply #188 on:** March 24, 2021, 07:01:53 PM

Quote from: VICMAN on March 24, 2021, 06:18:07 PM

Picked up another Christy knife

That is sooooo cool!

I think advertising knives are another click up on the dial for interesting. Makes you wonder about the added back story of the knife, and who had it and how they got it. Whoever did the supply for the Underwriters Company had good taste. Like the CHrosty's that were issued to the Coast Guard and Customs people.

VICMAN · **Reply #189 on:** March 24, 2021, 07:06:15 PM

Quote from: cbl51 on March 24, 2021, 07:01:53 PM

That is sooooo cool!

I think advertising knives are another click up on the dial for interesting. Makes you wonder about the added back story of the knife, and who had it and how they got it. Whoever did the supply for the Underwriters Company had good taste. Like the CHrosty's that were issued to the Coast Guard and Customs people.

Thank you cbl51!

I agree with you.

Poncho65 · **Reply #190 on:** March 24, 2021, 08:12:14 PM

Very nice,VMA

I like the two tone of it as well

VICMAN · **Reply #191 on:** March 24, 2021, 08:22:08 PM

Quote from: Poncho65 on March 24, 2021, 08:12:14 PM

Very nice,VMA I like the two tone of it as well

Thank you Poncho!

TonySal · **Reply #192 on:** March 24, 2021, 09:47:25 PM

Quote from: VICMAN on March 24, 2021, 07:06:15 PM

Thank you cbl51!

I agree with you.

any pics of the USCG one?

VICMAN · **Reply #193 on:** March 24, 2021, 10:11:44 PM

Quote from: TonySal on March 24, 2021, 09:47:25 PM

any pics of the USCG one?

Which one do you mean by the USCG one?

I just realized you must be referring to the Coast Guard one. I don't have any pics of one.

Jim the Brave · **Reply #194 on:** March 25, 2021, 12:10:20 AM

You guys are gonna make me get one of these!

VICMAN · **Reply #195 on:** March 25, 2021, 12:34:20 AM

Quote from: Jim the Brave on March 25, 2021, 12:10:20 AM

You guys are gonna make me get one of these!

You know you want one!

Poncho65 · **Reply #196 on:** March 25, 2021, 01:16:18 AM

TonySal · **Reply #197 on:** March 25, 2021, 01:31:37 AM

Quote from: VICMAN on March 24, 2021, 10:11:44 PM

Which one do you mean by the USCG one?

I just realized you must be referring to the Coast Guard one. I don't have any pics of one.

no prob Sir Vic.

cbl51 · **Reply #198 on:** March 25, 2021, 04:17:02 AM

Quote from: Jim the Brave on March 25, 2021, 12:10:20 AM

You guys are gonna make me get one of these!

You need one of these, you just don't know it yet. Every knife person needs a Christy. Its the kind of knife that you have to use to really appreciate the design and handiness of it.

MichaelGT83 · **Reply #199 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:16:55 AM

This thread is getting to all of us, clearly. The only reason I don't now own a Christy knife is because I can't find a UK seller!

VICMAN · **Reply #200 on:** March 25, 2021, 12:43:29 PM

Quote from: cbl51 on March 25, 2021, 04:17:02 AM

You need one of these, you just don't know it yet. Every knife person needs a Christy. Its the kind of knife that you have to use to really appreciate the design and handiness of it.

GearedForwards · **Reply #201 on:** March 25, 2021, 03:01:54 PM

Quote from: MichaelGT83 on March 25, 2021, 10:16:55 AM

This thread is getting to all of us, clearly. The only reason I don't now own a Christy knife is because I can't find a UK seller!

Speaking in a purely hypothetical manner, should you locate such a UK seller, you should post them here for er... peer review.

cbl51 · **Reply #202 on:** March 25, 2021, 03:09:10 PM

You guys know that the Christy knife is really a metaphor lesson in life don't you?

Being a lifelong knife nut, and now having reached genuine old age status, I look back on it and see the lesson that I sometimes was too young and dumb to see. Its all about over kill. I see the Christy knife like the little Victorinox 58mm's; the 'easy does it' route of not usng more than you have to. When I was in my 20's for some reason I didnt think twice about opening my mail or cutting a piece of string with a hearty built 4 inch bladed knife. I looked at all the "old guys" with the little pen knives, and wondered why they bothered with such inadequate cutlery. I looked at my dad with his little Case Peanut and a Christy knife and just shook my head. He gave me a Christy when I was a boy of 12, but it had to wait until I grew up for me to really appreciate it, and the lesson it represented.

By my 30's I had settled down and carried my regular SAK, and sometimes the Christy. In the army I had learned by watching my sergeants and what they did and carried, and I grew up some more. My platoon sergeant, a tall hard but fair guy who was reminiscent of actor Louis Gosset Junior, carried a little Case pen knife buttoned in the top right pocket of his fatigue shirt. He cut all kinds of stuff with it. My squad leader, a E5 buck Sargent named Kohler, carried a Victorinox secretary in his top pocket, in addition to the issue Camillus 'demo' knife in a nylon web pouch on his belt. These were guys that has survived two tours each in Vietnam, and they shunned the more, for lack of a better word, macho knives, that the younger guys carried. A lesson there.

Out of the army on a medical discharge from injuries that left me 50% disabled, I was in a VA sponsored job training for machinist. I ended up working with older guys who had been vets, and even survivors of the Great Depression like my dad was. They all carried the typical small one or two bladed pocket knife of the era. Case, camillus, Kabar, Imperial, Colonial, Schrade, and other small slip joints. Yet, they all got by very well, cutting what needed to be cut, and sometimes they made fun in a god natured way of some of my oversize heavy duty cutlery. I watched these guys and learned more lessons. I got converted.

My dad has passed away, and I started carrying his old well worn Case peanut. It did everything I needed. It cut open boxes of parts to be modified on the mill, cut the grimy duct tape that held bundles of round stock together on the racks for the lathes. I bought my own peanut, and used the ever loving dog poo out of it. And by then, having grown all the way up, I really appreciated the beauty of the Christy design. It cut tape, cut plastic price tags, cut twine/rope/string, cut open the plastic blister packages that defy tooth and nail and small charges of C4. IN fact, in modern life, opening the plastic blister packages needs a tool all its own. this task the Christy is the master. Blade opened to the fist step, and used like a box cutter, is has no equal in blister pack destruction except for maybe a real utility knife like a Stanley 99.

The Christy knife is like the derringers of old. Small, drop in a pocket and forget tis there until you need it. Then, when used in the parameters of what it is, it works fine. People have a natural tendency for the over kill factor. This is why we have 5 foot 5 inch lone females drive got the store in a 5,000 pound SUV with a massive V8 engine spewing hydrocarbons like they are going out of style. Or carrying a 17 round Glock for personal protection when 99% of car jackings/muggins/assaults/rapes/whatever, are done at arms length, and its all over in a few seconds, with a few shots, at a few feet. The Christy knife is a lesson in efficiency of the tool. Beauty of design, and enough to get the job done, but be abled to be dropped in a pocket and forgot about until needed. In any urban/suburban environment, how much knife is needed to cut packages/twine/price tags?

But then, I'm now the old guy with the pen knife, so may be a bit prejudiced. Just a bit.