Knife Lanyard Usage

very cool.
I never use my lanyards though. If I do, they're just tucked back to take up space between the grip and my palm. I put lanyards on everything though. I cordwrap everything too. just to have more para cord handy though.
 
In the jungle on smaller knives that I didn't use for chopping, I put the lanyard on my belt - a double strand of paracord that was about three to five feet long. I stayed with five feet.

When working over the edge of a river filled with gators, I felt better not having to reach into the water when I dropped my knife like an idiot. Good in south Florida/everglades, too. Three feet was too short and caused the sharp blade to swing down towards my leg. Not good if it cuts you. Five feet allowed it to drop.
 
As a Boy Scout, I used to keep a lanyard on my pocketknife, about the same length as your lanyards, Brian, and tied with a lark's-head knot to the belt loop just in front of the relevant pocket. I think it saved me a couple of times from losing the knife.
 
Return of the J.D. said:
As a Boy Scout, I used to keep a lanyard on my pocketknife, about the same length as your lanyards, Brian, and tied with a lark's-head knot to the belt loop just in front of the relevant pocket. I think it saved me a couple of times from losing the knife.
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I forgot to mention, I loop it around my belt in front, similar to your set-up. Belt loop is too flimsy for my comfort though. :)
 
I've started adding a forward lanyard hole on my large camp knives. I believe Warren Osborne (Osborne lanyard) popularized it. It's very effective for chopping. You put the cord over top your hand and twist to a comfortable tightness.

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I have lanyards on everything. Usually they're bright orange or yellow. The main reason I have them on there is if I lose track of the knife in the woods somehow, I'll be able to see it easily. The second function is for keeping it from flying out of my had and whacking me in the d!ck jugular. (I coined this phrase when my father had a heart catheter. We were joking that if he worked himslef too hard, he might pop his dick jugular. What was really funny was that he did work himself too hard and did have leakage which formed a HUMUNGOUS bruise on his inner thigh and he freaked out when he saw it in the shower. Now the really funny part is that, in his panic, he couldn't figure out what to say. He yells to my mother, "Debby, come in here! I think I ripped my... d!ck jugular!") The third thing i use a lanyrad for is for securing it to me, much like Brian said. If I'm going to be using my folder or smaller / medium FB in an area or position where I think I might lose my grip, drop it, etc. I tether it to my belt.
 
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