speaking of lanyards...

[bmcneil]

When you use a lanyard on a knife, what do you usally attach the other end to.

I mean genrally, How to you utilize a lanyard.

(I'm sure this sounds like a dumb question)

 

[Buzzbait]

That's not a dumb question at all. Most lanyards are merely ornamental, being too short to be useful.

If you have a tip up carry folder with a pocket clip, the lanyard can be used to help draw the knife from your pocket. If you have a fixed blade knife, the lanyard can be used to draw the knife from the sheath. A lanyard can also be used to secure a knife to a loop on a vest or jacket, to keep it from getting lost. You can also run your wrist through a looped lanyard so it doesn’t get dropped into the water during use.

 

[Cosmic Superchunk]

If you have a small knife, such as the Kershaw Chive, a lanyard can give you an extra gripping area to hold onto when you use the knife.

 

[Alberta Ed]

A short lanyard used to draw the knife is properly called a "fob", I believe. They were common on pocket watches at one time. Sailors during the age of sailing ships often braided elaborate lanyards which they commonly wore around their necks, to keep from losing their jackknives when aloft. Lanyards were also used to secure gear like marlin spikes. If you're working around water it's a good idea. However, a lanyard fixed to your belt can get tangled on things and in the worst case yank the knife out (ouch!). The Ashley Book of Knots has many examples of lanyard knots and braids.

 

[GigOne]

The intent is to unravel the lanyard/hangmans noose. . .using the lanyard. . .what Buzzbait said. . .

I've yet to unravel the lanyard so that it can be secured to anything. I have several knives without clips. . .so the lanyard protrudes from my pocket and use the lanyard to assist in removing the knife from my pocket.

And. . .they look cool !

 

[OwenM]

belt loop
Hate using one, but sometimes it's practical.