Lanyard or Fob?

Lanyard or No Lanyard?

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They are relatively useless, and more trouble than they are worth as they just seem to get in the way.

The way some guys go on about the color of paracord and all the different beads is like how my 4 y/o daughter goes on about string and beads for making bracelets... therefore I just equate lanyards and beads to men acting like little girls ;)

My Zaan came with a nice looking one and I legitimately tried to keep it on. It did not make it a single day. Every time I would reach for it in my pocket and felt the lanyard it was just irritating. Get out of my way Rat-tail and give me the knife!

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The only time I can see use for one to attach a flotation device to my knife like a seadoo keyfob if I am on the water. So I like to keep the lanyard hole available if needed.
 
mt666tm said:
They are relatively useless, and more trouble than they are worth as they just seem to get in the way.

The way some guys go on about the color of paracord and all the different beads is like how my 4 y/o daughter goes on about string and beads for making bracelets... therefore I just equate lanyards and beads to men acting like little girls ;)

My Zaan came with a nice looking one and I legitimately tried to keep it on. It did not make it a single day. Every time I would reach for it in my pocket and felt the lanyard it was just irritating. Get out of my way Rat-tail and give me the knife!

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The only time I can see use for one to attach a flotation device to my knife like a seadoo keyfob if I am on the water. So I like to keep the lanyard hole available if needed.
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Uhh-ohhh you best believe if I posted something like this it would be copied and paste into that high-school drama part of the forum saying how much of a dou*he I'am :D
Some people just don't have a sense of humor huh?
 
mt666tm said:
The way some guys go on about the color of paracord and all the different beads is like how my 4 y/o daughter goes on about string and beads for making bracelets... therefore I just equate lanyards and beads to men acting like little girls ;).
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Man, do I want to post a Sprockets/Dieter meme. :)

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mt666tm said:
They are relatively useless, and more trouble than they are worth as they just seem to get in the way.

The way some guys go on about the color of paracord and all the different beads is like how my 4 y/o daughter goes on about string and beads for making bracelets... therefore I just equate lanyards and beads to men acting like little girls ;)

My Zaan came with a nice looking one and I legitimately tried to keep it on. It did not make it a single day. Every time I would reach for it in my pocket and felt the lanyard it was just irritating. Get out of my way Rat-tail and give me the knife!

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The only time I can see use for one to attach a flotation device to my knife like a seadoo keyfob if I am on the water. So I like to keep the lanyard hole available if needed.
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SpySmasher said:
For me, knife lanyards perform two functions:

1) On really small knives they function as a handle extension. For example, I added a lanyard to my Christy knife to make it safer to open one-handed by allowing me to grip it further back.

2) They help me identify judgmental douchebags.
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SpySmasher, my man!

I like to have a lanyard/fob/whatever to help pull the knife when I'm in a position that makes getting it out of my pocket difficult, such as sitting or in various working situations. I also like them for decorative purposes and to personalize my knives. I also have many knives without.

I generally prefer longer, slacker lanyards--some with beads, some not. They don't get in the way--I know they're there and handle accordingly.
 
ChazzyP said:
SpySmasher, my man!

I like to have a lanyard/fob/whatever to help pull the knife when I'm in a position that makes getting it out of my pocket difficult, such as sitting or in various working situations. I also like them for decorative purposes and to personalize my knives. I also have many knives without.

I generally prefer longer, slacker lanyards--some with beads, some not. They don't get in the way--I know they're there and handle accordingly.
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Different strokes for different folks I suppose, nothing wrong with that.
 
If your hands are all beat up from working on cars or grinding knives or whatever, a lanyard it can be nice to pull out your knife without scraping the back of your hand on the edge of your pants pocket too much.

One of the many things I like about Ben Davis pants (the ultimate mechanic's pants) is that the pockets are specifically designed to not scrape your beat-up hands.
 
Aquaholicc said:
You've had that thing on your Sebb this whole time?!
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I swapped the factory one for a 550 cord snake braided when I got it and now I like it better without anything, but I'm keeping one on my Inkosi and Umnumzaan because it still feels better drawing from the pocket on those two. I keep the seb on me at all times even in jammies :D so that wad of cord on the end had to go.
 
Glad to know there is diversity on this topic. This thread wasn't meant to bash one or another just simply trying to get some knowledge and understanding about "lanyards/fobs" and how they have either proven functional or a nuisance to you guys. Thanks for the replies.
 
A thong, or fob (heavier thong - sometimes with a "thing" attached to it) is convenient for drawing the knife from a sheath or a pocket. In the case of Wave opening knives, it not only helps the draw but provides a bit more purchase which can facilitate wave opening.

A lanyard, OTOH, which can be fashioned into a fob (CRK) is used for knives that can be dropped into the water and also for safety in a large fixed blade chopping knife lest one loses their grip while chopping and the knife goes flying.
 
No lanyard for me on a folder. I don't mind em on a fixed blade. Although I must admit that I don't mind the ones that come on a crk.
 
I am in the lanyard group -- for all folders with clips and for some fixed blades.
At least for me, I can whip the knife out of my front pocket probably twice as fast with a fobbed lanyard as not having one. I just make sure the clip is secured on the same end as the lanyard hole.
 
No for fobs, but I can see the safety reasons for using a lanyard on a large knife while chopping.

And, as noted before, you can call a little knotted thing with a bead on it a lanyard. You can call it a choil too.

And in both cases you would be using the wrong word.

Unless its function is to go around a body part like a wrist, its a fob.

Words have meanings.

It's the same as calling slipjoints fixed blades.
 
marcinek said:
No for fobs, but I can see the safety reasons for using a lanyard on a large knife while chopping.

And, as noted before, you can call a little knotted thing with a bead on it a lanyard. You can call it a choil too.

And in both cases you would be using the wrong word.

Unless its function is to go around a body part like a wrist, its a fob.

Words have meanings.

It's the same as calling slipjoints fixed blades.
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Meaning is use.
 
marcinek said:
No for fobs, but I can see the safety reasons for using a lanyard on a large knife while chopping.

And, as noted before, you can call a little knotted thing with a bead on it a lanyard. You can call it a choil too.

And in both cases you would be using the wrong word.

Unless its function is to go around a body part like a wrist, its a fob.

Words have meanings.

It's the same as calling slipjoints fixed blades.
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:thumbsup: Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't thought about it, but now that you bring it up, you are right.
I use a fob on some of my knives. In most cases, the fob helps me draw the knife out of a sheath or pouch, and is usually orange, a color more easily spotted if dropped amongst foliage or other natural environments, and I do use a lanyard on my machete. Formerly, I would attach lanyards on knives I would use while up on a ladder or suchlike, but eventually decided that if it slips, I would rather the knife fall away than have it hanging on me out of control. Actually, neither has happened to me yet. :oops::eek::rolleyes:
 
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