Lanyard question

[dniice87]

hey guys, this is my first lanyard ive ever made. I was wondering why mine looks all dumb when i burned the end, yet when i checked out other peoples lanyards on this site, they seem to look like u cant tell where the person ended their lanyard. There are no burn marks or strands of paracord coming out or anything like that. What do they do to end their lanyard? Do you know any websites that have instructions? thanks guys - Derek

 

[naggalowmo]

my guess from looking at other peoples lanyards is that u started on the wrong end. try flipping it by first making the actual lanyard and then attaching it to your knife. good luck

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I do a chain stitch lanyard and I backfeed the loose end through the chain.

I'll have to take a better pic when I have time, for now it's off to my Daughter's HS Marching Band Competition.

 

[Stormdrane]

You've got the stitch down right. To finish it off, use scissors to trim the excess off as close to the lanyard as possible and do a 'quick' burn with a lighter(torch lighters work best). Just enough to melt the frayed end that you cut. One quick light for each end, if you hold it too long you just burn and melt the whole end. Just undo the last 2 or 3 stitches and try it. You can also knot the end and leave the four strands so you have tassles. See www.boondoggleman.com for pics, he uses plastic gimp strap, but the knots work fine for paracord as well. Good luck!

 

[dniice87]

thanks for the tips! So i guess shouldnt of started with the knife attached to the lanyard first like the website told me to.
( http://www.lighthound.com/info/square_weave_paracord_lanyard.php ) I took a few stitches out and did the completion knot shown on www.boondoggleman.com it sure looks alot better now. how do you do something that looks like this with the long loop at the top? http://bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=47034

 

[Don Luis]

I like to start and end those lanyards with a knot, here's an example with a "rosebud" knot, which is a variation of the "diamond" knot, which is a variation of the "completion stitch" shown in the boondoggleman site, they are all basically combinations of the "crown" and the "wall".

The "crown" is the square stitch that you have been using, a series of crowns is called a "crown sennit", a "wall" is a crown going backward, each strand going under its neighbor.

Starting with a knot allows you to leave a loop to begin with, so that you can thread it through a knife or whatever, alternatively you can make a loop in one piece of cord, bind it with some strong thread and cover the binding with a bead, then add a second cord over the bead and do the crown sennit.

The second picture shows three fobs that I have made with knots and sennits, the one standing up is made with 8 strands (four pieces of cord folded at the middle), the other two use 6 strands (three pieces of cord folded at the middle).

Luis

 

[dniice87]

awesome stuff thanks for all the help guys. i think im getting the hang of it now.