Lanyards for your knives

You can easily tie you own. Google the Chris Reeve knot and it will get you started. Another easy one is called a zipper pull. Get some 550 paracord and have at it. A nice paracord pattern is woodland camo.
 
I've just started tying my own out of both 550 and 450 Paracord. heres my very first one.

BMwithmylanyard.jpg
 
Looking good! I also just started making my own, and with Stormdrane's online guidance I'm doing pretty good.
 
How to tie the Chris Reeve knot lanyard:

http://www.knifeart.com/how.html

Joy Ride, I've tied this knot myself and I am the perfect klutz. However, if you use black cord you cannot easily tell how poorly you've tied it. My first attempt was made with purple and yellow cord, from REI, and it looks like a first attempt. I'm switching to black.

Best,

oregon
 
Is that what is called a sinnet knot SG? I have one of those, right down to the skull on a flashlight of mine. Really looks KEWL......IMO!
 
Crappy picture because all I have to use is my camera phone, but you sorta get the message! Btw, that is one of the new TADGear AR's with the tritium thumbstuds and rounded handles........BOY, is it ever sweet!
 

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Gentlemen--be advised that if the Reeve's Coil Knot is not tied snugly, the loop that passes through the knife's lanyard hole can open further, and possibly interfere with the blade's opening. This is a serious issue if the knife is carried for self-defense. I now use the coil knot exclusively on my fixed blades.
 
VERY valid point you bring up LJ. That opened area will swing around and catch the blade as it is opening in the split second you need it to open. I have started to wet my cord, then tie the coil knot and as it dries it will slightly skrink causing it to tighten up some and then I apply a drop of super glue to the top and bottom areas of the knot to firmly secure it. Works out real well.
 
Sidebar: The Chris Reeve knot, aka Hangman's Knot, is preferred by executioners because when this knot is used the subject's neck breaks, speeding death, more often over the similar Gallow's Knot. Apparently, use of the Gallow's knot causes the subject to strangle and die slowly. :eek: Perhaps our friend Don Luis, in Mexico City, can explain this performance difference, if it is not just a tall tale that is, in the two similar knots.

http://www.realknots.com/knots/noose.htm

Best,

oregon
 
The hangman's knot is easier to tie than the gallows knot, either will make a good noose, there are other varieties of noose and some confusion in names.

As far as I know in hanging executions for breaking of the neck the knot is not as relevant as the length of drop, hanging has been used so much for this that there are even tables relating proper length of drop to the weight of the person to be hung.

The hangman's knot is good for lanyards and fobs because it is easy to tie and untie so you can take it apart and use the cord in an emergency, being a noose it can get loose and cause the problem mentioned, of course it can be pulled snug and a stopper knot used on the sliding end.

There are many way to do lanyards and fobs including the multi strand sinnet as shown in sauerglocks' post, macrame knots and others can be used, there is even a knot called the lanyard knot.

For show, here's a picture of some fobs and bellropes that I have made:

http://tinypic.com/b5nr0p.jpg

Luis
 
Outstanding knot work SG. I am jealous of your skill and artful use of color. How many trials before you got the hang of the square sennit? Can you untie them and use the cord if you need it for something else or are they permanent?

I tied my first monkey fist the other day but my son worked the slack out of the knot with small pliers for me. Patience, patience, patience. It looks ok but next time I think I will use a small round insert to give the knot body.

Have you seen the mods to these Opinels, quite creative, I like the carved rope handle: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=330387

Best,

oregon
 
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