Safe Lanyard?

These are the breakaway barrels that I use for paracord. From hobby lobby I think. I just melt the para to mushrooms rather than tie a knot inside. It fits better, and gives two more easy breakaway points.

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bflying,

Do they have enough strength to hold the knife and not break loose in normal use? I have seen something similar on kids necklaces.
 
Worst case scenario you could put a small dab of Elmers glue on one spot of the barrel to act as an impromptu secure point.

It doesn't have the vulcanizing effect like crazy glue would, so you should be safe from over doing it with a small dab.
 
I had to put together some lanyards for some neckers recently and had a couple of problems to address. First off had a person who was having a weird reaction to beaded chain. Secondly I had noticed in using the gutted paracord with beaded chain through the center that it was possible for the chain to migrate and become detached. Not good if you want to keep your knife.

So an easy fix was to still use gutted cord with beaded chain, but also run a small piece of shrink tubing (I think it's 3/16" to 1/8") over the small exposed piece of chain (the connector).

This provides a comfy lanyard, that will still snap away in an emergency, covers the chain, and prevents accidental loss. I wear a necker everyday and haven't had any issues with this setup.
 
There are a bunch of different breakaway hardware styles for paracord, from the single barrel for gutted cord up to buckles that can take 3 strands. I made lanyards for wife's work ID, and a 3 strand braid lies flat and can be in darn near any color (though thankfully she wears a lot of black and it's easy to match). The breakaway buckles can be fiddled with to hold really well by bending out the tines and bulking them with a bit of epoxy, or loosened by squishing them together or running a bit of sandpaper. Beaded chains usually have a bunch of nickel in them, and anybody with a nickel allergy is going to experience a wide variety of amusing symptoms. The fancy option is to go to anyplace that sells jewelry and get a sterling ball chain--might as well make your man-jewelry look classy as well as sharp.
 
I carry my knife in a dangler sheath
The Lanyard goes over my shoulder and under my arm so the lanyard is across my body and no choke danger
The loop slides tight or loose
So tighter for travel, looser for work

And in front of that, a jack knife/Pioneer with a bail in a belt pouch
In the Army in that pouch; a Camillus Demo with a long arm-reach lanyard shackled to my belt
Rescue working from heights on ladders, the lanyard worked very well and would swing away away from me

Ball and chain threaded thru 550 for all skeleton necker and the likes
Used it on Dog Tags for years in the Israeli Army and with a cover for the tags too
All the boys carry a whistle taped to the tags

Heavier knives that can be necked, then use heavier ball chain

OR
Buy a tag holder lanyard for a $1 from an office supply
Great selection of colors
 
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Rebel Nimrod said:
bflying,

Do they have enough strength to hold the knife and not break loose in normal use? I have seen something similar on kids necklaces.
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I'm not the biggest neck worn fan, but I have tried many different combinations of knife size, weight, and force required to deploy knife from sheath. So far I've had good luck finding an optimum configuration for knife, sheath, and lanyards.

I have heard of some barrels that do not hold tight enough, but I've not seen one in the 30ish pairs that I've purchased. As mentioned above, if needed you could add a small amount of adhesive to the connector.

Or, you could even use permanent adhesive on the barrel and rely on the cord mushroom melt to break through the plastic. Not one of my first suggestions, but you'll find that there are many ways to configure once you start playing with them to adapt to your specific need.




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