Need help getting some info/history on my Mark VI

[Rob69169]

Hello All,
So I picked this up from a seller who said the knife was new in box. But when I received the knife I saw that it had some old parachute cord (550 cord) as the lanyard. The newer Mark VI I bought (birthday November 2010) came with a black "bootlace" type lanyard. Which got me thinking, was the parachute cord lanyard standard for older knives? When was the switch to the black "bootlace" type lanyard done? Did I get had?
LET ME BE CLEAR!! This is not a knock against the seller and it should not be construed this way. The seller gave me an awsome deal and I would buy from him again today.
I am just curious about the history of the knife and how they were shipped from the factory. I included a pic to show you what the lanyard looks like.
Any info would be good, Thanks

 

[HughesTMH]

There was black paracord on the project one, two and mountaineer 2 I recently accquired, looks after market to me. My dates ranged from 2006 to 09

 

[김원진]

shadow and mountaineer have paracord on mine

besides the opk, ps and nyala all have same

 

[Haze]

All my OPK came with the standard CRK boot lace style cord, I'm not sure what the earliest knife is dated at though.

 

[Rob69169]

Hmmm, well between the research I've done (looking at pictures) and what a few of you have said I don't think my lanyard is factory. No matter, This is a back up (one is none, two is one ) to the Mark VI I proudly carry on any adventure I go on.