A Tale of Two Tails
I ordered my second Jekyll to Hyde backspacer several days before our latest trip to our acreage up north and picked it up from my PO the day we left. My first had been for my Large 31 Sebenza and this one was for a large Inkosi. I have two of those and brought both along, not bothering with any Paracord as I wasn't really sure which knife I'd use it on and figured I'd just re-tie the existing tail for the short term, changing it out when we returned home.
Unlike CRKs that come with lanyard pins (which I remove and tie up through the vacated holes) Inkosi's--like their predecessor 25's--have only a single standoff around which to attach a lanyard. The J2H Inkosi backspacer is cleverly designed to positively affix to the knife through the single opposing set of holes by utilizing a slight shoulder precisely milled into each of its sides which catch the edges of the handle slabs to avoid pivoting on the single attachment shaft. It took a little fussing to align just right as it's a very close fit, but when all tightened down, everything is very positive and solid.
Anyway, when I removed the old lanyard, I was surprised at how much it had been frayed from contacting the blade while closing or in pocket. It was pretty ratty and I went to some lengths after retying to hide its ugliness when taking pics in Vermont shortly afterward, as you can see here.
I took this shot this out back just before removing that old cord today...
...and here's a good look at the fully exposed new backspacer.
The older lanyard was a dull gray/black affair as I'd decided to keep with the muted nature of the Plain Jane's blasted finish with only the blue and brightness of the modest bead to complement the knife's blued and bright hardware. I changed things up this time and added some color using 550 Moonglow, but kept things simple again with six snake knots surrounding that same bead.
Needing another knife to trim the new tail before burning the ends, I grabbed my large 31, this one with a polished J2H backspacer to match all that one's hardware.