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inspector_miami

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If you were to put a lanyard on your RC-3, how long would the lanyard be? Any suggestions on pre-made models. Or is it best to make your own?
 
Do you want the lanyard to go around your wrist or do you just want a nice looking one to extend your grip a bit?

Either way, if you just get some paracord and go on youtube, there are a ton of tutorials on how to make a plethora of cool stuff like lanyards, bracelets, watch bands just about anything you can imagine.
 
This should keep you busy! :)

Stormdrane's Blog - http://stormdrane.blogspot.com/

Animated Knots by Grog - www.animatedknots.com/
Boondoggle Man - www.boondoggleman.com
Chris Reeve Coil Knot - www.chrisreeve.com/knotright.htm or knotleft.htm
Digital Cowboy - www.geocities.com/dgtlcwby/
Folsom's Knots - www.folsoms.net/knots/
Frayed Knot Arts - www.frayedknotarts.com/index.html
International Guild of Knot Tyers - www.igkt.net/index.php
Knot Heads World Wide - www.khww.net/news.php
Ropers Knots Page - http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm

Purpose Of Lanyard ?
www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=396823
 
I disagree with the concept of lanyards as wrist straps. If you drop it it can swing/slide down your arm and retrieving it is highly awkward.

I recommend draping it off of your thumb, passing around the back of the hand and then up and into the palm. With a properly sized lanyard the knife is comfortably locked into the hand, will resist sliding during heavy chopping or stabbing, and if you drop the knife it is simply and readily retrieved with a rotation of the hand.

A bit difficult to describe but I hope it makes sense! I can post pics if anyone is interested.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
I recommend draping it off of your thumb, passing around the back of the hand and then up and into the palm. With a properly sized lanyard the knife is comfortably locked into the hand, will resist sliding during heavy chopping or stabbing, and if you drop the knife it is simply and readily retrieved with a rotation of the hand.
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From the Purpose Of Lanyard ?

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I usually make my lanyards long enough to go around my wrist, but include a cord lock to change the length, that way I can use it around the thumb too. Here's one I did for my SRK a while back.

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I like the turk's head knots, they give you a little extra 550 cord if you need it in an emergency.

Woops! I thought I was on the WSS forum, guess I should have posted a RAT cutlery knife!
 
I like to use a simple cow hitch and a cord lock. While carrying, the cord lock is moved down against the cow hitch to lessen the chance that something will snag the lanyard and during use I push it to the end and use as Esav and FortyTwo have described.

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Thanks to FortyTwoBlades for describing how to use a lanyard and Esav for the pictures...they complement each other perfectly. I haven't thought seriously about using a lanyard until I've seen all the preceding posts. Thanks for the information! :thumbup:
 
Esav that was indeed a good post. In the Corps they taught us to lanyard just about everything. iIt is amazing how much less equipment you lose that way.
 
sk8ermaclean said:
Stormdrane is awesome. I made a lanyard for my keys earlier today based on his instructions.
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wildmike said:
Esav that was indeed a good post. In the Corps they taught us to lanyard just about everything. iIt is amazing how much less equipment you lose that way.
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Agree with both posts! I've taken to making lanyards for pretty much all my knives. I never really thought it was a practical idea till I got a small one for my RC3, now I'm hooked. I don't personally use one that you can put around your thumb that much, I prefer the ones that are there just to aid your grip (some would call it a fob I guess), and to make removing the knife from it's sheath (or pocket) easier. I've found that it works really well on pocket knives that ride low, saves you from having to fumble for it.

As for Stormdrane's stuff, most of it is fairly easy to do once you get the hang of it, and like chewbacca said, you can carry a decent amount of paracord with you in a small package. Plus it's a great way to kill some time when your bored. :D
 
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De4thStr1ke said:
I don't personally use one that you can put around your thumb that much, I prefer the ones that are there just to aid your grip (some would call it a fob I guess), and to make removing the knife from it's sheath (or pocket) easier. I've found that it works really well on pocket knives that ride low, saves you from having to fumble for it.
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Part of the idea with the Chris Reeve coil knot is that it is easy to take apart, giving you the cord to do a "thumb" lanyard. Most of the time, a fob is handy, sometimes you might want the lanyard wrapped around your hand -- especially with a bigger blade when you're chopping.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Part of the idea with the Chris Reeve coil knot is that it is easy to take apart, giving you the cord to do a "thumb" lanyard. Most of the time, a fob is handy, sometimes you might want the lanyard wrapped around your hand -- especially with a bigger blade when you're chopping.
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Yeah, I agree. I guess I should have clarified what I meant, I was talking about smaller fixed blades and folders. For a larger blade I completely agree. I've got one on my Cold Steel Tanto, and it's saved my skin several times (literally) when it slipped out of my hand.

Really? I didn't know that about the Reeve knot. Are you talking about completely undoing the knot? I've always just tied the knot and never messed with it again. Learn something new every day....... :p
 
All you have to do is pull that last step back out, where you slip the end through the loop and snug it up. Pull that out and the whole knot uncoils. I've been tying hangman's knots for years. :)

Another use for a lanyard:

A lot of people worry about guardless knives, like bushcrafters. Your hand can slip up onto the blade if you're not used to working with them. So tie a lanyard through the lanyard hole that's just long enough to loop around your hand when you grip the handle, and you cannot move up past there. Your hand can move back on the handle, but no farther up than the lanyard allows.
 
All of the posts have been great so far. In my orginal post I think I might have used the wrong word. But if you learned from this post, then it was the right word. What I ment to ask about was a lanyard to strap to your belt, so you won't lose the knive. Something like what you would put on a pistol so you won't lose it. From my experiance so far, I think the shealth would hold it in good enough. Any thoughts?
 
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