The Official Lanyard Thread

[Mr.sig239]

With 4 new beads I made yesterday fresh off the finishing rack. Purple heart and Bokote. The bocote in person is unbelievable!

 

[r8shell]

 

[sonofwilfred]

With 4 new beads I made yesterday fresh off the finishing rack. Purple heart and Bokote. The bocote in person is unbelievable!
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Well made mate

 

[Mr.sig239]

Well made mate

Thank you!

 

[airmojo]

I've been customizing some Victorinox knives the past couple of years...
Here's my Victorinox Mini-Champ with Sambar stag scales (that I messed up from a Vic Executive SAK project)... going smaller can be a good thing... HAH !
I've been using nitrile o-rings in black & red colors for various lanyards.,, I love black & red combinations !
They make nice separators between knots, and metal bling.
I have a collection of navigational compasses... and I still get lost... HAH !
This little Testrite compass and magnifying glass needs to hang from a knife... so I made a lanyard for it !
I think the snake knot has become one of my favorite knots... cuz I can remember how to do it... HAH !

 

[iamunique127]

Great idea with the o-rings. I'm imagining a rubber wiring grommet with a red o-ring in the groove.
Those stag handles are nice too.

 

[airmojo]

Great idea with the o-rings. I'm imagining a rubber wiring grommet with a red o-ring in the groove.
Those stag handles are nice too.

I have used the o-rings with brass lanyard beads... the right sized ones will fit nicely in the grooves.
Of course they would fit any bead that has an indented groove.
I usually always add some patina to brass using Birchwood Casey Brass Black followed up with some fine 3M pads or emery cloth.

 

[Mr.sig239]

Good idea with the o-rings! Those look great!

 

[Mr.sig239]

Made 4 more beads this morning. Just playing with the lathe. Zebra wood and bocote.

 

[Mr.sig239]

Toxic Avenger green. With one of my wood beads.

 

[sonofwilfred]

 

[Mr.sig239]

That bead goes great with that knife! Nice looking knot work too!

 

[ChazzyP]

I got new scales for my Kapara. The CF was nicely done if not a little slick, but I was always kinda meh about it. The natural Micarta has made it seem like a whole new knife to me and I'm really digging it, both for its looks and feel in hand. I kept the same bead but changed up the cord to 550 Desert Heat to add a bit of brightness. I also decided to keep the original dark red backspacer instead of using the nat Micarta one that came with the RGT scales as Kapara is another name for the Australian Redback Spider for which the knife is named.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Used some purple thread for the whipping knot

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[iamunique127]

New Rat 1 work knife

https://flic.kr/p/2ocdZ6V

 

[ac3boyz]

I can't believe I've had this a week before I got around to putting a lanyard on it. I originally thought fobs/lanyards were just for show but I've realized how helpful they actually are.

 

[CPM-ROCCO]

 

[airmojo]

Here's a custom Victorinox SAK that I put together with Sambar stag scales... I call it the "Trail Mechanic" (merging of a Trail Guide and a Mechanic).
Just figured out how to do a "diamond knot"... need some more practice, especially getting it to end up where I want it.

 

[sonofwilfred]

 

[iamunique127]

This CRKT Pilar III arrived today and I tied up a fob for it.

https://flic.kr/p/2oeVUFk