lanyards

[Texas_T]

What is the purpose of a lanyard? I have seen many with a loop for the wrist which is self explanatory but what about the lanyards tied like a noose without the loop. Do those serve a purpose other then decoration?

 

[Rev. Pete]

The "tail" style lanyards help you draw the knife. They are also decorative and that ten inches length of cord could come in handy.

 

[slide13]

After using the noose style lanyard on a couple of my smaller fixed blades and one of my folders I can say that it really changes the feel of the knife for me. On the folder it was nice for the draw, but it was also a way of making the grip of the knife seem a little larger. I took it off one of my small fixed blades (Camillus Cuda Arc Lite) and the grip felt really strange. I didn't realize it made such a big difference in the way it felt untill I removed it. After that I put one on my Dozier Straight Personal when I got it and am loving it.

 

[GigOne]

The "noose type lanyard" serves the same purpose. . .to secure your knife to something (wrist, belt, belt loop, piece of equipment, etc.) so that you don't lose/drop the knife as you're working with it and other tools.

The "noose" is nothing more than a means of keeping the lanyard compact. And, it's also decorative. . .to some.

Can you imagine what a pain it would be to carry a unraveled lanyard ? It would get in the way of all of the other cool things we carry.

 

[Daniel Koster]

truth - just to look cool...