Charles Albert "Mickey" Finn (June 21, 1938 – April 24, 2007) was an American weapon designer who specialized in developing military equipment for the United States Armed Forces, most famously the M9 bayonet.
After retiring from the defense industry, he turned to developing knives and sports equipment, including the Mickey Finn T-Bar putter.
[1] Finn's company, Qual-A-Tec, also called Phrobis III, Ltd.,[2] was based in Oceanside, California,[3] and later in Chino Valley, Arizona.
[7] In 1988, after extensive research into black operations, author Tom Clancy used Finn's name to add an extra measure of realism to The Cardinal of the Kremlin, inadvertently publicly revealing his and Qual-A-Tec's involvement in classified weapons development.
[8] Finn retired from the defense industry after this public mention and started a business selling military and hunting knives, while also designing sports equipment, until his death in 2007.