ivan salis said:
its blue and I did a bit of reading up on it seems that the man who found tersoro design it -- back / loaner is its function with me
Yep, I believe you are correct about Jack Gifford's involvement. I never used either of the Cats, but I do remember the folks who wrote the field tests reports for the THing magazines at the time saying they were excellent machines and that a large part of their value was in their small size. They were just right for backpacking into remote hunt sites. The other machines, at that time, were still being manufactured in the large rectangular metal cases. There was SOME movement to the plastic boxes, but no one else was anxious to get into the miniboxes. Gifford not only pioneered circuit advances, but also lead in the use of mini boxes for MD housing.
The Cats were out of my price range at the time, but I sure did WANT one. Pretty close to
coveting, but not quite.
When Tesoro introduced the Compadre a few years ago, the first thing I thought of when I saw one was, "That looks like one of the old Cats." I was visiting with Wayne Whitener in his shop in OKC that day and BOTH of us had the same thought.
Since this is the Bounty Hunter section, I'll mention that I have a Bounty Hunter Marauder XV VLF/TR that must have been ANOTHER Gifford design, because it, too, is just like the Cats physical design, but in shades of brown that would later be used by the Giffords as the brand color of the Tesoro line. I got this little dude from one of my Aunts. She and my Uncle bought it new, used it in their yard for about an hour, then put it back into it's original box and into the back of their closet. When I bought it from her about 10 years ago, it still had the original battery in the container. (they took it out of the machine thank goodness).
