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Zombie Zeke said:
I would never and will never wear anything around my neck. It's always fun to bag on things that we think will never happen to us, until they do. I have seen guys in prison kill themselves with shoestrings, I have also seen trained professionals shoot themselves in the foot while bringing a Mossberg 590 to the ready. Never say never.
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It's not that it's impossible, it's that it's highly unlikely. Your chances of getting killed in a car accident are astronomical compared to what we're talking here but it doesn't stop you from getting into a car does it?
 
coote said:
I sometimes wear a knife on a cord around my neck, but instead of having it just around my neck I put my left arm through the loop as well so the knife hangs at my side under my arm. I didn't know there was a name for this, but now I can refer to it as Brazilian carry (if I'd just heard that name without an explanation I might have assumed the knife was jammed down the front of my undies :foot:).
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This is what I've been doing lately too. I've called it bladric carry but maybe that's wrong. It seems to be the best way I've found for carrying a knife. Out of the way when I don't need it and can be reached by both hands if I do.
 
I only take showers, never baths. You can drown in an inch of water, you know.
 
I'm glad you started the thread; and it was a good, creative thing to do instead of just being peed off.

I'm off topic now, but I marvel at how often paracord gets a mention on outdoors forums. There is a huge range of wonderful cordage available that may even cost less and which might be easier to work with.
 
coote said:
I'm glad you started the thread; and it was a good, creative thing to do instead of just being peed off.

I'm off topic now, but I marvel at how often paracord gets a mention on outdoors forums. There is a huge range of wonderful cordage available that may even cost less and which might be easier to work with.
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My rants over so let's get off topic.......what other cordage do you use ?
 
I use all sorts of cordage. The stuff I've used the most of in recent years is for my many possum snares. I buy it on spools from a local commercial fishing supply company. It is a simple braid with no noticable inner core to worry about. All sizes of the stuff cost about the same per spool, but of course you get a longer length of the thinner stuff on a spool. I'd pay maybe NZ$25 for a 1 kg spool, and this gives me an awful lot of string.

Here's a link to my favourite rope shop:
http://musselrope.co.nz/

And here is the stuff I'd typically use for snares and odd jobs:
http://musselrope.co.nz/Nylon_Flat_Braid.php

I've grown up in a family that has boats and machinery. So I've had a long familiarity with things requiring cordage. Fishing lines, nets, complete chain and rope swing moorings, general boat ropes, tow ropes, log hauling, tying down loads, vehicle rescue, tethering animals and makeshift repairs.

I've played around making my own natural cordage. And, like primitive firelighting has made me appreciate matches, (even though I can 'make do' in the wild) it has given me a huge appreciation of the strength, stretch, durability and relative low cost of synthetic fiber cordage.

Natural cordage snare for small animals (untested):
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Mooring ropes (polypropylene and polyester here I think):
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Braided cord snares. The black one has been impregnated with some kind of 'tar' --- presumably to give it certain better qualities for some fishing application. I've caught dozens of animals using black cord like this.
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You're more likely to slip and crack your head than drown in the bath. Sponge baths only from now on I guess.
 
Gulp. Ahem....

On a more serious note, if anybody is worried about having an attacker grab their lanyard to strangle them, I suggest that they make one of the protective shields worn by the handsome model below. This is the 'dead' version of the shield, but for even better deterrence I suggest using live animals.
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There are some morons that will scream about the choking hazard of something around your neck, but even with the risk, it’s still slim. I’m speaking from experience of spending several years on jump status where we could never wear anything around our neck given our chute harness and that we jumped via static line…it just became a habit. I most often carry now via a figure eight harness (aka MercHarness), but I’ll often loop on a smaller fixed blade around the neck when in/around camp. There’s risk in anything you do…I would hazard flip flops have caused more injuries than para-cord around the neck. I personally don’t do it often, but mine is more habit formed, I still think it’s a very good and handy location for a small knife…just don’t be a moron and bungee jump, play Twister or perform yoga sex with anything that could snag around your neck…to me it’s not an issue of wearing a neck knife on a non-break –free lanyard, but more about matching your activities with how you carry a blade and ensuring your carry system protects you from your blade if you do take a tumble. I don’t even carry ID tags around my neck either, but over 23 years of service, I’ve never seen anyone snag even break-away chains from around their neck…and that’s been through some rough activities although if we were doing an obstacle course, strenuous physical training or combatives, we removed jewelry and anything from around the neck. I really just think it’s ironic that some will decry the danger of a cord around the neck, but they’ll completely ignore the razor sharp edge millimeters from their chest, heart, lungs and only held at bay by thin leather or plastic…now that’s funny:D

ROCK6
 
ROCK6 said:
I would hazard flip flops have caused more injuries than para-cord around the neck.
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I think I already started a few threads in the past on that rant :D

In my experimentation, I really distilled my neck knife to three use patterns. 1) In a canoe or fishing boat, when you are sitting for most of the activity its far easier to access a neck knife than one on your hip. 2) While wearing hip waders. 3) During erotic asphyxiation - I guess I just watched waaaay too many Kung Fu episodes when I was younger :D
 
There is more danger replacing a neck knife into the sheath, while the the blade is pointed at your neck, than there is in para cord strangulation.
 
It is all about personal safety.
I am quite conserative when it comes to safety and gear

It is too easy to get injured from not using tools safely or not using PPE
I have seen plain stupidity on constuction site, with always the comment 'it has never happened to me'

Dog tags are on a breakaway chain
Not to pull off the tag, but for safety
 
Pit, you are absolutely correct. Your days are numbered. That's s, a, r, 5 (sar5) for inclusion to the will for all those knives. It's the least I can do.:)
 
Well....lets think about this...You have your "Neck Knife"(Izula,BK11, Custom...) hanging around your neck with 550 cord & lets say you stumble & fall & the paracord hangs up & now you are being hung by your neck knife /paracord ! Pull the knife out of the sheath reach back & cut one side of the Paracord & you are FREE ! Same goes for someone sneaking up & trying to choke you with your own paracord necklace...pull the knife from sheath & cut/slash/stab the "Badguy" & or cut the para cord loose from yourself ! WOW...that was easy ! Gotta use your head for more than a hat rack !
 
How about other things that use cordage as a means of attaching to the neck? Hoods, hats etc.
 
coaldigger said:
Well....lets think about this...You have your "Neck Knife"(Izula,BK11, Custom...) hanging around your neck with 550 cord & lets say you stumble & fall & the paracord hangs up & now you are being hung by your neck knife /paracord ! Pull the knife out of the sheath reach back & cut one side of the Paracord & you are FREE ! Same goes for someone sneaking up & trying to choke you with your own paracord necklace...pull the knife from sheath & cut/slash/stab the "Badguy" & or cut the para cord loose from yourself ! WOW...that was easy ! Gotta use your head for more than a hat rack !
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Exactly what I was gonna say. Amen to that, especially the hat rack part :D

pvicenzi said:
How about other things that use cordage as a means of attaching to the neck? Hoods, hats etc.
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I've attached small items like whistles or little keychain lights to the drawstrings on my hooded sweaters before. That hat idea reminds me of something though...

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Imagine hanging your neck knife from those strings on the ear flaps of those scandi style winter hats :D
 
I think the whole thing got started by canoeists, who didn't want to upset and then get caught in sweepers, where the branches could catch the cord. I wear neck knives all the time and, clumsy as I am, they don't seem too dangerous so far.

Richard
 
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