How does one Tie a Hangman's noose for a lanyard/fob

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I want to put a fob on one of my knives with Paracord. I've heard reference to tying a hangman's noose for this purpose. How does one go about this procedure?
 
Not too difficult, but a stinker to explain, I'll do my best:)


Take your cord & make a flattened "S" shape with the ends long & the "loop" sections @ 4 inches, then take one end & wrap around the loop section ten times or so, keeping it tight & even.

Then put the end that you have just wrapped around through the loop that it's near to & pull the loop through from the other end so the loop tightens up on the end that you just poked through & walla!


Pants explanation, I know, but the best I can do;)
 
righthandcoilknot.jpg
 
Yeah, like I said, a picture really is worth a thousand words ;)
 
One gets a book on knots, learns the Hangman's Noose he sought originally to learn, gets fascinated by the tremendous variety and complexity of the thousands of knots he never knew existed, and then one begins to collect knot books to learn more.

There's a knot for everything you want to do. I recommend you start with Des Pawson's "Handbook of Knots" or anything by Geoffrey Budworth. If you have the bucks, get "The Ashley Book of Knots," which is to knot-tying what "The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening" is to knife-sharpening. It runs around $60-70.

Most people, it seems, don't think about knots beyond tying their shoes or their necktie. I began to learn about them when I bought a car-top kit for carrying our canoe. Learned the Trucker's Hitch from that one. My brother got me "The Morrow Guide to Knots" in 1993 and I have since acquired about ten or so more books on the subject. Get started! You're losing precious time! :p
 
Yes one does indeed.

PJ is sounding decidedly English, one might say. Will the Brits be able to cope, one wonders.

The Ashley is one truly classic work. Should be one in every sensible home.

There you go, there's another one.

Yes I know PJ wasn't the first one with the one.
 
I've always got a couple of feet of para cord on a key chain or wrapped up as a knife fob, this is great for practicing your knots.

One way to keep a nice length of para cord available, take a medium sized key ring,(the coil kind) stick a small piece if the cord under the leaf on the ring, keep feeding the cord thru the center, and winding the cord around the ring, eventually the ring begins to look like a ball. Finally after the cord gets too tough to push through the center tie a loop on the end and put it on you keys.

I'd bet you could get 6' to 10' on a ring, now that's alot of para cord.

It also makes a nice knife fob for pulling your blade from your pocket.
 
Here's another lanyard / fob that looks cool and is rather simple to make. Called the Square Sinnet knot.

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made with 2 colors of paracord


dave
 
If you want to see more do a search on lanyards, there are some threads and links to other sites.
 
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