Lets see all your knife LANYARDS!

Ive been wanting to try my hand at making some beads using the lost was casting method..maybe soon..
 
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Lanyard made by and gifted from POCEH KOCEB.

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brandoak said:
Just pure awesomeness Blues Bender.
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Dddrees said:
Those beads look real cool. The only problem I have are the ones I really like are pretty expensive.
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Thanks guys:)

DD, the beads in my pic are rather inexpensive. But yes, they can get pretty darn pricey!

exracr said:
/\ That's COOL... Details... links?
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If you're refering to me, thanks!:)

What details are you looking for? The fobs or the tritium?
 
Where, how, costs.. hell start a new thread telling us newbs how to do that mod! I think a ton of folks would like to read/know how you did that mod! Tritium in lanyard holes how to :)
 
exracr said:
Where, how, costs.. hell start a new thread telling us newbs how to do that mod! I think a ton of folks would like to read/know how you did that mod! Tritium in lanyard holes how to :)
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The tritium? They are just 4x10mm tritium vials that are held in place with glow-in-the-dark o-rings (8 gauge).

The hard part, is trying to find 4x10 tritium vials for a reasonable price:( They are rare.
 
I tend to prefer a practical lanyard to a decorative fob, but there are some knives that look quite enviable with a decorative fob.

Here's my ZT0562CF lanyard extended.

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Here is how I use it as an actual lanyard

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Blues Bender said:
Thanks guys:)

DD, the beads in my pic are rather inexpensive. But yes, they can get pretty darn pricey!



If you're refering to me, thanks!:)

What details are you looking for? The fobs or the tritium?
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Expensive or not they look real nice.

However the less expensive the better.

Some of the ones I was looking at were north of $300. Although that may not be as much as some others, that did seem pretty steep to me.
 
This old-school Spydie was the first knife I ever put a lanyard on - I worked on a climbing wall at the time, and the material, which is a bit elastic, fits around my wrist nicely:

 
These days, the only knives that I put lanyards on are those that can use a little helps with extracting the blade - typically a fixed blade that sits deep in its sheath, like this Bark River Bravo-1 in a bushcraft-style sheath:



Pretty simple, really - it's a variation of a "Chris Reeve" (aka, hangman's) knot.
 
Mainly Reeve coils or various lengths for me on folders; mostly leather but a few in paracord. Some have beads above or below the coils. I enjoy wrapping Reeve coils, kinda therapeutic like sharpening can be. it makes them integral with the knife and not just back-looped through the lanyard hole to be easily removeable like so many fobs tend to be.

I put lanyards (real ones, not fobs) on my fixed blades, all with slip knotting/slip beads to make the loop disappear until I need it....when in brush or anything that could grab a loop.

Have a special one on a Camillus USMC where I drilled up through the pommel in two places, 180-degrees apart with the wrap extended up through the holes up to end with a trit bead at the end of the loop formed. A whole different animal in that it creates a different physics to the lanyard orientation and adds amazing leverage to chop and makes the lanyard almost part of the knife, with an extremely secure feel in-hand. Plus it looks great as the handle wrap extends right out the top of the knife to form the variable size loop. Word of advice though: don't try to drill a Busse.

I only put trit beads on my outdoor knives, obviously to find them at night if necessary--don't want the tritium roentgens that close to the jewels when I pocket carry folders.
 
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^........Word of advise though: don't try to drill a Busse.........

Ever try a masonry bit? (the ones with carbide tips) it works great on hardened blades :thumbup:
 
^^^^^^^ Yeah, thought of that and prolly could have, but decided to just use the lanyard tubes on 'em so as not to risk screwing up a good thing. Works OK for me on the Bear Cub, but still wonder now and then whether to try it on the larger ones.
 
That looks great Spyder59! Im trying to figure out how you did it but Im just getting a headache....:o
 
brandoak said:
That looks great Spyder59! Im trying to figure out how you did it but Im just getting a headache....:o
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You do know there are paracording tutorials all over the www, right?

Go to a local surplus or Hobby Lobby, find some cord you like (patterns are cool), start good and basic, pick Course 1 and go.

I'd advise your first one be just doing a handle wrap....play with it some, just to get the feel of the cord, then make a simple weave fob...you'll be like Martha Stewart and building para-tables in a couple of months. Remember--you can do it with leather too.
 
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