Lanyard. Yes or no? >>

Ketsugo

Ketsugo

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Ok guys, knives like a SOCOM or a Sebenza that come with lanyards, do you guys keep them on? I see a use for them when dropping the knife would result in it's loss, but other than that, am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,
John
 
Mainly I just like the way they look, and don't find them at all obtrusive on a folder like the Sebenza. On folders, they also make a convenient way of accessing the knife when carried in the pocket -- just let the lanyard stick out a bit.

But like I said, I really just like the look.

-Al-
 
Actually, they kind of get to be a pain after a while, but they do look neat. My advice is to keep it until it gets annoying, then take it off. You can always put it back on again.

-Fred
 
I love going out and buying new colored lanyards for my Sebenza. Also, my baby rides along in my left pocket all alone and I don't clip it, so the laynard helps me pull it out.
 
I keep the lanyard on it, especially if the knife is designed for tip up carry. It aids in pulling the knife from your pocket and it gives you an additional area to grip the knife particularly if the knife is small. I use black or olive drab paracord on all my tip up carry knives and do a Sebenza style braid on them.
 
I left the lanyard on my large Sebenza for a while, then took it off. I was carrying it in my right front pocket, and without the lanyard it was a lot less conspicuous. I didn't need it for a grip: I just slid my thumb behind it, index finger on the exposed clip, and pulled.

Now I got the belt pouch, and put the lanyard back on. It's much easier gripping the lanyard than pulling at the tiny bit of knife sticking up at the top of the pouch.

remster135 changes the matched lanyards or fobs he ties on his pair of large and small Sebenzas pretty often. He has a series of photos posted here somewhere, using different colored beads and knots. They look good.
 
I made a very simpel lanyard for my spyderco starmate. It is just an ordinary shoestring. but I really like to use it, you can let the knife hang when you become tired of cutting, or when you need to grip a stick or something with your (knife) hand. you don't have to close the blade, or stick it in a tree.
 
Totally useless to me. The first thing I did with my MT Mini SOCOM was remove the lanyard. But the hole in the butt of the knife doesn't bother me and it's nice that some of you use the lanyard for its' intended purpose. :)
 
I skip the landyard for EDC and car trips, but whenever on the water for any reason, I usually use a lanyard (lemme tell you, trying to find X knife underwater while it rusts away sucks)
 
I echo what YoungCutter said.I took the lanyard off my MT MA SOCOM but continue to use one on my Spydie Endura that I carry when I`m fishing.It`s long enough to loop around my belt and still use the the knife.In an emergency it is easily released from around my belt or cut.
 
. . . unless they look ugly as hell without it !

Personally, all knives should have a lanyard ! Unlimited imagination works best ! !
 
So far the conversation has focused mostly on fobs.

A fob is a braid or a carved item that helps with the extraction and use of an item.

A lanyard is a length of cord that is used to secure an item.

Properly speaking, the braids on Microtechs and CR are fobs.

A loop of cord to go around your wrist, or tying the knife to your belt is a lanyard, sometimes also called a tether.
 
For everydau carry I don't use lanyards, (though I would still ahve at least 2 knives I can think of if I did), but I have been the butt of a few jokes from my brother when it comes to fishing, because I will lanyard everyknife on me while in a boat.
 
CR calls it a lanyard because his intention is to provide cord to tether the knife to the user, but it so happens that the form it takes while coiled is properly known as a fob. And, until it is unraveled to form a lanyard, it is a fob.
 
I like lanyards/fobs/whatever on my knife for a reason I haven't seen covered on this thread.

People are more apt to think your knife is a tool when there is something hanging off the butt. Don't ask me why this is, but you should take advantage of it when you see fit. Sheeple see most knives as weapons but if they see a lanyard hanging, they see it more as a "utility" item.

BTW I only put lanyards on my tip-up and fixed blade knives
 
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Besides around water which I addressed in my initial post (where it could be lost) that is the <b>best reason</b> I have heard so far. Makes sense. Thanks <b><i>solid_soldier</i>!</b>
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I carry my Sebenza in my right front pocket, or in a belt pouch. A lanyard/fob makes it easier to get to.

Paul
 
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