Lanyards, do you use one?

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manowar669

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I've seen pics of knives with knotted lanyards, or fobs, but does anyone actually attach their knives to their pants, belts, pack, jacket, or whatever?
 
I have never cared for lanyards. I have friends who place one on every knife and every flashlight they have. I have never found an instant where I needed a lanyard. When I do place them on something I find myself complaining because it's always in the way.

Bill
 
I thought they were cool at first until I realized thru use that it's just more bulk in my pocket , Although I do use a hot pink one on my always getting lost thumbdrive. :D


Tostig
 
I see them more as something to keep a knife tied to your wrist, so you don't drop it...like when you're on a boat.
 
well i have lanyards on my knives that dont have pocket clips, SAK's for example, if a knife has a pocket clip i dont think the lanyard is needed.
 
I think lanyards have there place but people often go overboard with them. If it is something that belongs in your pocket, a small flashlight or knife, then a lanyard could be helpful if it was attached to your item and left hanging out of your pocket. Then all you have to do is pull it to expose your edc item out of your pocket. Many bushcraft sheaths are so deep they only leave an inch or so of the knife sticking out. Here again a lanyard would work well to give your something else to grab on to draw the knife out of the sheath. For knives or machetes that are used for chopping, a lanyard to wrap around your wrist could be helpful so you don't drop the knife or send it flying.

But I totally agree with you guys about making lanyards ridiculous by putting them on EVERYTHING. They certainly don't do any good taking up even more space in your pocket. But then again, sometimes I do end up tying a lanyard on. It just depends.....
 
If I'm doing upside down carry with a kydex sheath that has no locking/retention strap, I'll dummy cord the knife to the sheath as an extra precaution, then tuck away the rest of the cord so it doesn't snag or hang about.
 
I put lanyards on all my outdoor knives and attach them to my belt or rucksack so that I will not lose them and can easily access them. Same with other items that I will not put into the rucksack, but have on me for easy access, like compass and flashlight.

For EDC I do not always have a lanyard, but it makes some knives look a bit more nice.
 
They can be helpful on smaller knives to help stabilize them in the hand (Heartsook anyone?) by giving the pinky something to grasp. I like them, I like tying them, but right now I don't think any of my knives have one, just my two keyrings.
 
Generally I don't tie lanyards on my folders because I feel that they are not needed on a edc knife with a pocket clip. I do however have them on most all of my fixed blades. They provide a few different benefits that I have found:

*You can put them around your wrist in use and let it hang when you need both hands to say tie a knot or put a tent pole through the hole.
*If you tie a knot in the lanyard just high enough so that it rests between your pinky and your ring finger you can hold it tightly and use it for leverage.
*You can tie it to your pack so it doesn't fall out while hiking.
*It can help you find your knife if you drop it in the woods (I generally put orange paracord lanyards on my fixed blades.)

I just bought an Emerson cqc-7a that came with a pretty cool square notted lanyard and I can see also has its benefits. It makes the knife real easy to extract from the pocket (However it could also get snagged on a passing by branch and leave you knifeless.) They also provide you with a yard or so of paracord that can come in REAL handy if you ever end up in a survival situation. So all in all I use them for my fixed blades and outdoor folders but not on EDC knives.
 
+1 on everything schmitte said.

In addition to unnecessary lanyards, I also don't get the skull beads trend. Are we not grown men? Knives have enough stigma attached to them. Do they really need skulls dangling from them to add to it?

Right or wrong (I know, wrong!), I usually associate skull beads with a certain kind of person: the self-styled badass/armchair commando (who's never been enlisted) who digs camo, motorcycles, pitbulls, Spike TV, Maxim and FHN magazines, Usual Suspect Network, Strider, Emerson, Busse, auto knives, the wave opening feature, tip-up carry, kubatons, mixed martial arts/UFC, tatoos (and calls them "tats"), and women (er... sorry, "chicks" to him) with oversized fake breasts (or "tits" to him and his paintball buddies), bleached blond hair, and those long, gawd-awful press-on french tip nails. He will have a well stocked Bug-Out-Bag in the backseat of his pick-up truck or jeep... or Hummer. He undoubtedly has a Glock 19 strapped somewhere on his person. He doesn't carry or use a knife/flashlight/phone/wallet -- he EDC's them. He tends to start and/or end many sentences with "Bro." And this person will most likely take my playful rant as a personal attack so he can flex his steroid abetted muscles and call me a fag for not being down with his ultra-rad lifestyle.

But hey, I'm generalizing here. Even I like big breasts.:)
 
KarlMaldensNose said:
+1 on everything schmitte said.

In addition to unnecessary lanyards, I also don't get the skull beads trend. Are we not grown men? Knives have enough stigma attached to them. Do they really need skulls dangling from them to add to it?

Right or wrong (I know, wrong!), I usually associate skull beads with a certain kind of person: the self-styled badass/armchair commando (who's never been enlisted) who digs camo, motorcycles, pitbulls, Spike TV, Maxim and FHN magazines, Usual Suspect Network, Strider, Emerson, Busse, auto knives, the wave opening feature, tip-up carry, kubatons, mixed martial arts/UFC, tatoos (and calls them "tats"), and women (er... sorry, "chicks" to him) with oversized fake breasts (or "tits" to him and his paintball buddies), bleached blond hair, and those long, gawd-awful press-on french tip nails. He will have a well stocked Bug-Out-Bag in the backseat of his pick-up truck or jeep... or Hummer. He undoubtedly has a Glock 19 strapped somewhere on his person. He doesn't carry or use a knife/flashlight/phone/wallet -- he EDC's them. He tends to start and/or end many sentences with "Bro." And this person will most likely take my playful rant as a personal attack so he can flex his steroid abetted muscles and call me a fag for not being down with his ultra-rad lifestyle.

But hey, I'm generalizing here. Even I like big breasts.:)
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hey! i know exactly who you're talking about, ahm let me see. that's two of them, oh no, there's lots.
 
KarlMaldensNose said:
+1 on everything schmitte said.

In addition to unnecessary lanyards, I also don't get the skull beads trend. Are we not grown men? Knives have enough stigma attached to them. Do they really need skulls dangling from them to add to it?

Right or wrong (I know, wrong!), I usually associate skull beads with a certain kind of person: the self-styled badass/armchair commando (who's never been enlisted) who digs camo, motorcycles, pitbulls, Spike TV, Maxim and FHN magazines, Usual Suspect Network, Strider, Emerson, Busse, auto knives, the wave opening feature, tip-up carry, kubatons, mixed martial arts/UFC, tatoos (and calls them "tats"), and women (er... sorry, "chicks" to him) with oversized fake breasts (or "tits" to him and his paintball buddies), bleached blond hair, and those long, gawd-awful press-on french tip nails. He will have a well stocked Bug-Out-Bag in the backseat of his pick-up truck or jeep... or Hummer. He undoubtedly has a Glock 19 strapped somewhere on his person. He doesn't carry or use a knife/flashlight/phone/wallet -- he EDC's them. He tends to start and/or end many sentences with "Bro." And this person will most likely take my playful rant as a personal attack so he can flex his steroid abetted muscles and call me a fag for not being down with his ultra-rad lifestyle.

But hey, I'm generalizing here. Even I like big breasts.:)
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Haha, I lke some of those things but I also agree with you on a lot of points. By the way Karl, your such a fag :p:p :D

Back on topic though, I like to throw small leather lanyards on my knives just so it gives me something to pull out of my pocket. Plus I think they look kind of classy :)
 
Only lanyard I use is on my leatherman multi tool. I have it attached to my leatherman and directly tied to my sheath/pouch. It's very useful when I'm working up on the ladder need a quick tool i whoop out my leatherman, and quickly put it on my pocket, it'll be a bummer if it fell.
 
I actually like having lanyards just because they make your knife look much cooler. I have a skull paracord lanyard on all of my folders. I do have to admit sometimes they kinda get in the way though. It's still a neat thing to have on your knife or flashlight.
 
I use lanyards mainly for my Vic Cadet, Keys, and flashlight...not for folders...for fixed blades, they are a good idea to have on...just incase...
 
joe-bob said:
I see them more as something to keep a knife tied to your wrist, so you don't drop it...like when you're on a boat.
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+1

The only time I use a lanyard is when I am on the boat or using my knife around water, like when I'm fishing or hiking up rivers etc.

I suppose a fob/lanyard could make deployig a folder with a deep carry clip or pouch easier but I personaly don't like using them.
 
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