Christy knife?

Yes, they are still being made the same way since the beginning, and apparently they are a favorite for those mini-survival tins. I just placed an order for one for no other reason than nostalgia...I did have one of those in the 60's.

Oh, and the blade is replaceable, which they sell. Come to think of it, I may have discarded my original one after snapping the blade through hard use/abuse.
 
I stopped carrying mine. Too many times I had found the blade deployed by itself.

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I stopped carrying mine. Too many times I had found the blade deployed by itself.

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Did you check the holes where the blade stop pin lock into? It sounds like there may be some pocket lint or debris in there, preventing it from closing all the way. If nothing is clogging the stop pin hole, it's pretty much impossible for a Christy knife to deploy by itself. You just have to once in a while clean the inside of the slot and pin holes with a piece of rag or paper towel.
 
Did you check the holes where the blade stop pin lock into? It sounds like there may be some pocket lint or debris in there, preventing it from closing all the way. If nothing is clogging the stop pin hole, it's pretty much impossible for a Christy knife to deploy by itself. You just have to once in a while clean the inside of the slot and pin holes with a piece of rag or paper towel.
Yes, I checked. It happened twice in the course of a month.


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I have been EDC one in my pocket with my keys not cleaning it at all since I read about nascar's knife not closing a while back. I am planning to post when it gets stopped up or quits working. So far, I haven't had it give any trouble in any of the positions or locking closed. Sounds like his was a dud, or somehow the pin/spring got worn down.
 
I have one that's gold plated. I inherited it with my brother's knife collection. I wasn't sure it was gold, but when I took it to a jeweler, they said it was "rolled gold", which is thicker than just "gold plated". I've never used it, so I don't know about the spring jamming. It always seemed to work for me.

It seemed too nice to carry around and let it get scratched up in my pocket!
 
Some how I completely missed this thread. I have never owned a Christy knife but remember my grandfather having one. Like so many threads before this one I got it on my mind and ordered two this morning, one for me and one for my daughter because her name is Christy. I know there is no fee required to become a member of this forum (thanks Spark) but this has been the most expensive forum I have ever been a part of because of knife purchases.:eek:
 
I have been EDC one in my pocket with my keys not cleaning it at all since I read about nascar's knife not closing a while back. I am planning to post when it gets stopped up or quits working. So far, I haven't had it give any trouble in any of the positions or locking closed. Sounds like his was a dud, or somehow the pin/spring got worn down.
That's the thing. It was never carried in a pocket. It was always on a keychain, suspended from my belt loop, dangling on my side, outside of any pocket.


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How have I never heard of them before😱😱😱😱
I want one now, that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
 
These were "The Pocketknife" to have when I graduated the Fire Academy in 1983, so of course I bought one. Never fell in love with it and ended up giving you a friend in the next graduating class. Besides, my Dad had given me a Schrade LB7 with my name engraved in the right scale; I used the absolute crud out of that knife:)
 
That's the thing. It was never carried in a pocket. It was always on a keychain, suspended from my belt loop, dangling on my side, outside of any pocket.


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I figured it would speed up the clogging/opening accidental process to carry it in my linty pockets, banging around with keys and change. I have a buddy at work that carries his keys on a clip on his belt, I will lend it to him for a few weeks to see if we can get it to have an issue.
 
Sure enough, after about two weeks my friend the plumber was able to get the lock button to move enough that it started to slide open by about 1/16". He was excavating old pipe under a building, and the button moved when he dragged against something. It would have possibly opened farther if he had not noticed it.

I am putting mine back on my keyring in my pocket, and Mark is going back to his old TL-29 to hang on his belt.
 
Hello gents. I haven't posted in quite a while, and I know it's an older thread, but just had an experience I wanted to share, and this seemed the right place. You see, my grandfather passed away May 27th, the day before my oldest son's wedding, at the age of 89 years. I grew up with Grandpa Leo as my hero, the man who could do anything. The survivor of the Dust Bowl, in the Oklahoma Panhandle in the 30's, as well as the Great Depression. The army Corporal during WWII, who was a boxer with a short temper, who then boxed in prison after he put his sergeant in the hospital, for calling him an "SOB" (you couldn't speak I'll of his mother. Long story). He raised five children, including my mother, and lived to see his own great-grandchildren, but, finally, his body had enough of the hard work, and now he's gone.

This weekend, my family and I took the opportunity to visit my widowed grandmother, and while we were there, she asked me if I'd like to look in Grandpa's drawer, and choose a keepsake. I didn't want to rummage through Grandpa's things, but she really seemed to want this, so I agreed. She opened his sock drawer, and a hundred little items, most of which I'd seen him use during my childhood, on camping trips and family events, we're spread out before me. I handled a few of his belt buckles, cufflinks, and trinkets, even a pocket knife or two, swallowing a lump in my throat, when I caught sight of something a little different. It was a small, unusual looking knife, that I'd seen grandpa use, but never really noticed. I picked it up and turned it until I could read the engraved script: Made in USA by The Christy Co. Fremont, Ohio. Immediately, I remembered Jackknife talking about this little knife, even telling one of his "tales" about it, and instantly, I had a connection with this little, simple pocket knife, which grandpa obviously appreciated, judging from the wear on the blade. I asked my grandmother if she would mind if I kept this as my keepsake of Grandpa. She said she thought he'd like that. Now I'm back at home, unpacked from our trip, holding a little knife in my hand, and remembering.
 
Sorry to hear of your Grandfather's passing.
Though I'm glad that you have all those good memories.


And congratulations on your son's wedding.
 
Thanks, gentlemen. It's nice to have a place like this to "come home" to and share these things with. Most of my family think I'm a bit crazy for being a knife knut, but I know you all understand.
 
My grandmother always kept one in her Singer sewing machine kit. It took a while for that memory to jog even after seeing one for the first time in many years in Jack's thread a while back. Just like the Japanese scissors she kept there was always a thin layer of sewing machine oil applied to it which I wasn't sure if it was needed or not.

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