The Official Lanyard Thread

I hate to gut the cord also! That's why I've been experimenting with using micro cord for the centers with regular cord for the knots.
See example posted before : I glued this one in but don't like the process or looks. (still working on different ways):
 
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ChazzyP said:
Finally tied up a tail on my 0640. I've been a bit ambivalent about this knife as I'm not the biggest ZT fan and have kept just a couple models of the several I've owned over the years and I've had no experience whatsoever with Emersons. The clip and thumb disk mods helped a lot, along with getting the knife pre-anodized and already Micarta-scaled from USA Made Blade. I'm warming to this one bit-by-bit each time I carry it as it does have a number of features that appeal to me.

Anyway, I remembered I had this bead from one of the makers I like over at the Artsy-Craftsy site and chose 550 King Tut for contrast over a nice dark green cord I have. There's no lanyard hole and I had to gut 4 inners strands to pull the cord into the recess of the back dumbbell stand-off as both spacers are wicked. close to the blade edge when closed. I don't much like the look of gutted cord and remove strands only when I absolutely must. I tried a couple crown and diamond knots but they were pretty much impossible to get symmetrical and balanced with the half-empty shell, so I went with a couple of diamonds which were much easier to leave a little loose and shapely while balancing the size of the bead.

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Looking good.. I sometimes loop a lanyard \fob over the pocket clip on deep carry clips and no hole in the knife! Works well and is easily removed!
 
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I love lanyards and I love tying them. I have a variety of colors and I’m always on the lookout for some cool beads from Etsy to go with my knives. I’ve been trying to find those small beads people like putting at the tips of the lanyards. Lots of creativity in this thread.
 
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