Lanyards

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Mindz_I

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Ever paranoid about loosing my pocket knife, I'm in the market for a retention type lanyard.

Ideally I'd like something that is coiled (so it can strech out), and can quickly be detached from the knife without removing the lanyard from the belt. Also when detatching the lanyard from the knife, I'd prefer not to leave anything too large attatched to the knife (no fastex buckle etc swinging from the knife).

My first thought was just to buy a bog-standard, coiled lanyard and add a large loop of thin braided cord.
This should allow me to thread the loop through the lanyard hole and pass it over the knife, forming a sort of reef knot 'tween the lanyard hole and the cord loop.

It'd be easy enough to detach the lanyard, but not so easy to reattatch.

Anyone have any ideas / reccomendations ?

Even if not for a solution, for good coiled lanyards.

Thanks
 
I bought a Gearkeeper retractor from Hammerhead Industries a while back (www.gearkeeper.com).

They have different attachments and different retraction strengths. I use mine to hold my trout net on my fishing vest. Works great, is waterproof and surprisingly small and strong.

Guy
 
You may already know the hazards of retention lanyards. An unsheathed knife is "armed" all the time, so be careful that you are using the knife with a lanyard appropriately. Make sure the lanyard is long enough. (At least as long as your arm on a stretch.) If its too short, when you reach out with the knife, the cord could pull the knife back through your hand, esp. on guardless patterns. A retractable one constantly has tension which may interfere with your cutting. Of course, the lanyard could snag on foliage.

For extended cutting and ease of "hands-on" work, I like the loop around the wrist. While using the hands for dressing game etc. let the knife dangle 3-4inches from your wrist and just grab it again when you need it.

An idea - how about a bit of cord attached to the belt / trousers via a little alligator clip - you know the type on name tags. Easy to move around wherever you need it / take it off.

Lanyards have more good points than bad, and its bad juju to lose a nice knife in the field. Deer can get their revenge too !!

Not sure if this is relevant to you or not. Jason.
 
Jason Cutter:

Cheers for the opinons :)

I'd not really considered the points you raised.

The main reason I require a lanyard is for carry purposes, rather than retention while working over water etc.
Its basically so I can carry the knife immediatley availible, with a lanyard preventing loss, should it become unclips from the pocket etc.

Ideally i'd not want to be using it while attatched to the lanyard, but would like it as an option.

Thanks again
 
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