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Lanyards on your survival knife and a very cool TOPS Woods Knife!
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I think that where some makers like Fiddleback use that big lanyard hole is the way to go. That way you can carry a lanyard and if you are using the blade in a situation where you might drop it between two rocks or off a cliff or in the water or on your buddy's head as you are above them you can loop the thing thru the hole and run it thru itself and then take it back off.
By the way I do think it's easy to get your knife pulled out of the sheath by the lanyard if it is a pouch sheath and the brush is thick. I do a lot of bushwhacking and have had it happen more than once.
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I hear ya. Great little knife but a little too steap for my blood.
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If you look around at online retailers, they are much cheaper than SRP direct from TOPS. They seem to be more in the $120 neighborhood.
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I think they could be had for cheaper than retail, just gotta search!
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@bearthedog Those look a lot like the lanyards I make. Except I use a cord lock or a sliding paracord bead so you can colapse the loop when it's not in use. No snags on anything that way.
The last thing I ever mean to do during a post is debate or seem like a jerk so please don't take it that way. I spend so much time in the bush hiking through some awful nasty thick wilderness all over the world and I have never even once had any lanyard snag on anything in my life. Now this doesn't mean it doesn't happen to anyone else or that it won't happen to me tomorrow. Also I think we all have our own quirks that may even make up our own style of travel. As for me, I am a clown about 90% of my time. When it comes to wilderness travel I am like "Thomas the Doubter" who has to see for himself. I think there is picture of me wearing gortex boots in the jungle and another picture of my jungle rotted foot on the RAT website. I guess I proved that one correct, don't wear gortex in the tropics. Another thing I do is I never tuck my shirt in, not even in the jungle with thousands of creepers. Guess what, I have never had anything crawl up my shirt either. This brings me to my point about lanyards and style. Not tucking my shirt in means that it usually covers my knife handle. I think that is where I differ from others who have been caught up and snagged so much in the woods. Also to add when my knife handle is exposed, my lanyard is almost always tucked into my pocket as to not catch on anything. Enough of my useless ranting!
-RB
I seem to be around water a lot more these days and all kinds of boats, maybe a habit for me to use one.
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Hey Reuben... I said it on the other site... great topic...
I understand the reasoning behind lanyards but have personally found them to be more of a danger than a safety feature. IMHO, they keep everyone one else safe but YOU. I have never seen a lanyard save someones skin but have seen two incidents when a chopper has swung around and bit the user, instead of dropping to the ground. I have to say that FORWARD POSITION around the wrist and over the back of the hand is a nice alternative. That's what most of the guys in the cutting contests use. I think the only time I would consider a lanyard is working over water.
Like I said, that's just my humble opinion. The arguments FOR them seem valid, enough... however, my own experiences have led me to think otherwise.
I wouldn't rely too heavily on that snap, should it get snagged, brother... just sayin. I have seen folks lay the lanyard along side the handle under the retention snap and thought that was a great idea.
Rick
I understand the reasoning behind lanyards but have personally found them to be more of a danger than a safety feature. IMHO, they keep everyone one else safe but YOU. I have never seen a lanyard save someones skin but have seen two incidents when a chopper has swung around and bit the user, instead of dropping to the ground. I have to say that FORWARD POSITION around the wrist and over the back of the hand is a nice alternative. That's what most of the guys in the cutting contests use. I think the only time I would consider a lanyard is working over water.
Like I said, that's just my humble opinion. The arguments FOR them seem valid, enough... however, my own experiences have led me to think otherwise.
I wouldn't rely too heavily on that snap, should it get snagged, brother... just sayin. I have seen folks lay the lanyard along side the handle under the retention snap and thought that was a great idea.
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The last thing I ever mean to do during a post is debate or seem like a jerk so please don't take it that way. I spend so much time in the bush hiking through some awful nasty thick wilderness all over the world and I have never even once had any lanyard snag on anything in my life. Now this doesn't mean it doesn't happen to anyone else or that it won't happen to me tomorrow. Also I think we all have our own quirks that may even make up our own style of travel. As for me, I am a clown about 90% of my time. When it comes to wilderness travel I am like "Thomas the Doubter" who has to see for himself. I think there is picture of me wearing gortex boots in the jungle and another picture of my jungle rotted foot on the RAT website. I guess I proved that one correct, don't wear gortex in the tropics. Another thing I do is I never tuck my shirt in, not even in the jungle with thousands of creepers. Guess what, I have never had anything crawl up my shirt either. This brings me to my point about lanyards and style. Not tucking my shirt in means that it usually covers my knife handle. I think that is where I differ from others who have been caught up and snagged so much in the woods. Also to add when my knife handle is exposed, my lanyard is almost always tucked into my pocket as to not catch on anything. Enough of my useless ranting!
Hey no man, you don't seem like a jerk.
I was just saying "hey look we use similar stuff", not making any real point.
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Hey no man, you don't seem like a jerk.
I was just saying "hey look we use similar stuff", not making any real point.
Much love!:thumbup:
-RB
Got any pics Sgt.?
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@bearthedog Those look a lot like the lanyards I make. Except I use a cord lock or a sliding paracord bead so you can colapse the loop when it's not in use. No snags on anything that way.
That's actually a good idea. I grew up with equipment "dummy-corded" to prevent loss at night when patrolling or maneuvering through thick vegetation. I too have never had a lanyard snag on anything (except my pistol lanyard). It does and can happen, but I haven't seen any knife snags over 20+years of field exercises and deployment.
I do remember Ron Hood using a lanyard looped over his forearm to stabilize a large blade when choking up...pretty cool technique!
ROCK6
OT but what make knife is that? It looks familiar!
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I agree with your post as it brings the dangers of having a lanyard also into perspective. If you slip and fall you cant chuck the knife away from you.
I use a lanyard mainly for visibility, I misplace things while working. A bad habbit and I work sometimes where water is a factor and a machete has flown out of my hand and if someone was alongside me in a 5m radius I dont want to think of it (even though I bought one a few weeks ago it already happened). So rather have them and not need them....
Bear Grylls......But I dont know if ROCK6 has the one from Bayley or .....(there is another maker)...
I use a lanyard on smaller knives in the same manner as Rock6. I got the idea from Marble's B&T. Once you get used to using the knife this way it makes cleaning fish and game much easier. Some of my choppers(not that I have many) have lanyards and others don't, I like to wrap the lanyard in the same manor as Bear posted.
Great post with great pics on an interesting topic.
Great post with great pics on an interesting topic.
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Good thread.
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