does anyone else tie a fob on their knives?

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Every since I got my first microtech, thanks to confederate cutlery, I have liked to have a fob on my folders. I have used paracord and put one on most of my knives.

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Dennis Bible
Knoxville, Tennessee


 
Dennis, not sure what you mean by "fob". If you mean tying paracord around itself to form a stiff little "tail", then I for one do that on all my lanyard-holed knives. It keeps the paracord handy, yet out of the way, and just looks "right" to me.
Paul
 
Paul

Yep...that's a fob. Often, wrongly, called a "lanyard".

I took the fob off my Sebenza because it was a nuisance.
It is now on my Dozier Professional Guide.
The Dozier's handle is half hidden by the deep Kydex sheath and the fob gives me a better hold to deploy the knife.

Oh, yeah....many years ago (more than 30) I had an English lockback. I made up a fob from a shoelace...it had a large knot at the end which I slipped between my belt and my waistband. The knot was, actually, exposed over the top of the belt and trapped there. And The knife hung vertically in my front pocket. It was easy and convenient to access quickly with a light tug. Sorta like a pocket clip.
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BrianWE
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[This message has been edited by brian w edginton (edited 13 December 1999).]

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Exactly! When I'm in a situation where the sight of my CQC7 clipped to my pocket makes people nervous, I slide it into my pocket and the fob sticks out the top. Deployment is fast and positive. I like 'em! I got the idea after seeing a pic of Ernie in one of the combat-knife type mags-he was holding a C6 in a defensive pose and the fob was hanging by his wrist. It looks great and is extremely versatile and useful to boot.
 
Depending on the sheath, I like a fob. I have added them to all my fixed blades.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA


 
I've found them useful when doing work where my hands bacame very greasy and also working wearing gloves.
 
Yep...that's a fob. Often, wrongly, called a "lanyard".
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Brian, why "wrongly"? In my experience it's perfectly acceptable. Not to get into a semantics exercise, but was wondering if there was something specific about the term lanyard and knives.

Thanks
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Nick
 
I also use a cord on any knife where it is applicable. For those of you who like to have the knot through the belt, try a "monkey's fist" (AKA "monkey nut"). It looks good. Hmm... never called it a fob. In fact, I've only used the word "fob" when someone else has referred to the word. I think I'll stick with "thong", "cord", "rope", or even "lanyard". When it isn't a matter of concealment, try just carrying it normally, with an arm's length cord tied from a belt loop to the knife.

Howie
 
Hi Shootist..

Yup I'll do that quite often,, but more times then a Fob,, I'll use a lanyard of some type...

Brian,, I've also used the knot system you use.. Works well Eh ! Pants have to be on tight though..

ttyle Eric...

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yeah Howie,

I always heard them called a 'monkey's ball'.

I like them with or without a clip.

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Ron Knight
Scottsdale, Arizona
 
A lanyard is for retention. You tie one end to the knife and the other end to you (or your gear). People would wrap up the lanyard and make it into a fob when circumstances didn't require a lanyard. Of course, this usually yielded a pretty big fob.
 
Normark
you are right about tight trousers. At the time, they were fashionable....along with pointy toe shoes
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And the 4th got it right. A lanyard is totally different to a fob. Some cavalries used them to retain their revolvers. The Mounties still use them with their redcoat uniforms, I believe. Referees use them on whistles, too.
Not semantics or pedantry.....just correct usage. We all aspire to being experts, after all
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BrianWE
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Dennis,

I always tie one on my folders that may see use in a boat or near-water locale. This one is usually made of lightweight high strength nylon decoy line. I also normally tie one on my large fixed blades suitable for chopping. These are normally made of 440 paracord.

Waldo
 
Hi Guys...

Brian..

The Queen's Cowboys do still wear them with their dress uniforms...

A neck knife,, in some ways could be refered to as a lanyard,,well not really ,,but kInda..

Lynn...

Yup a thong is an interesting term no doubt!
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ttyle Eric...

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Eric E. Noeldechen
On/Scene Tactical
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Concealex Sheaths and Tool Holsters
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A thong.....hmmmm.....Shades of Cindy Crawford.
"....I'm sorry, what were we talking about....Oh yeah!!

I usually limit that to the Seb and a fixed blade or two. Tried it on some others and didn't like it much.

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2 Cor 5:10

 
I created a 3 inch braided fob using 4 lengths of black nylon cord. I tied a large knot at the bottom to keep it together. I also threaded a somewhat tacky small (1/4 inch diameter) rubber ball to the the cord, near the point where it attaches to the knife, to assist in extraction of the knife from the sheath. The rubber ball is too small to cause shirt tails to adhere to it so concealability is not hampered. This device is attached to my Polkowski Bodyguard an has worked well for me. I have not used this device on any other knife.
 
Gee, I didn't know this was a "science". I use very thin, very soft latigo strips that I slice and braid them or even use a hangman's noose to attach to the thong hole and it sure helps in retrieving those folders from the jean pockets or the belt sheaths.
 
When I was in high school (before the days of "zero tolerance" :P ) I braided three pieces of cotton twine to make a fob about six inches long, with a knot ar each end. I threaded it through the steel ring on my ol' SAK. And, like folks earlier said, I kept the knife in my pocket, with the two braids of the fob hanging out.
And not to get too far off topic, but that knife served me well throughout high school, in the chemistry and physics lab, in algebra when I was too lazy to get up and use the pencil sharpener... Sometimes I would use the can opener to cut the top of my coke can at lunch, just to "freak the mundanes". Man, those were fun days. Can you believe it was only five years ago? Try that today, even at a rural high school.

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Well, I tried tying a fob to my BM 710, but I could never get it to work out right
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. I guess I'm just fob-ally challenged.

Does anyone know of a good web site that shows how to tie one of those like on a MT or such? Even the bastardized one that I managed to tie to my 710 helped a lot with extracting it from IWB.

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