Tiny little useless lanyard holes...

Another way to get cord through those little holes is to thread a thin but strong cord through the hole, and use it to pull the 550 through.

Dental floss is a good example. Put a loop through, then use it to pull the thicker cord through.


It is annoying. I have a knife or two with lanyard holes that I don't use lanyards for. But some that I do.


One thing those holes are great for is for a retention lanyard, rather than a fob. I have a blackhawk handgun retention lanyard that I will use on my knives when I am canoeing. Nothing like loosing a nice knife if you flip to ruin your paddle. Or pulling your knife out while fishing, and dropping it into the drink.
 
Pete3 said:
It depends on the knife.
There are many knives that I wouldn't want any lanyard on.
On a smaller knife I definitely wouldn't want a huge gaping lanyard hole, if I'm not using it.
so keeping it small makes sense. good middle ground.
on a smaller knife many would be using cord smaller than 550 anyways.
On a bigger knife though, a bigger hole to accommodate a bigger cordage would be fine.
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i doubt anyone's looking for a big gaping lanyard hole.

any knife big or small wouldn't suffer if it simply had a hole that could (at the least) fit 550 comfortably.

it's probably safe to say that people aren't using cordage any thicker than 550...
 
Call me a hippy, but I like hemp lanyards too. And it's completely unassuming. Comes in all sizes.
 
four_shore said:
i doubt anyone's looking for a big gaping lanyard hole.

any knife big or small wouldn't suffer if it simply had a hole that could (at the least) fit 550 comfortably.

it's probably safe to say that people aren't using cordage any thicker than 550...
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I dont use lanyards on any of my folders, but honesty 99.9% of the time they are just for EDC. not bushcraft, so I have never felt I needed a lanyard. thus a hole for 550 on a small knife is on the bigger side. IMO. That's where I think a small hole would look better, and still function. On some scales I made I didn't put lanyard holes for a clean appearance.
 
I often have the same gripe. I can normally fit a lanyard through a hole but I have to gut the cord to do that. I would prefer to keep the strands in the cord to provide rigidity. I had a heck of a time putting lanyards on my spyderco salt 1 and spyderco tasman salt. It probably took 5 or 6 minutes a piece. I think those barrel screws for the clip are an awful idea after fighting to get that cord through. Not to mention you need to take your lanyard off to tighten the barrel screw. I'm glad spyderco went away from that design for the most part.
 
Well I thought of some ways you can give your blade a bigger lanyard hole
1. obviously drill a bigger one, which could mess up the knife lock so be careful
2. Get a small to medium sized key ring and loop it through the hole so that you can put the paracord through it. This might not be as convenient on some knives but you still have a lanyard hole if you really want one I guess.
 
Go to your nearest boating supplies outlet - you can buy high quality cord in a bucketload of different thicknesses and colours that works perfectly for smaller lanyard holes.

I got a spool of 50 yards and used it on Emersons and Spyderco salts that have small lanyard holes... all good!
 
four_shore I really don't have anything to add that hasn't already been said. Smaller diameter cord and gutted 550 here. I do share your frustration with this issue. The lanyard hole on my PM2 amd former DPX Hest spoiled me. I tend to use lanyards more for retrieval or extending my grip on smaller knives. I have a few small fixed neckers that would be useless without small lanyard extensions.
 
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Hey, just my two cents here, you might not it like though...Lanyards are not so much for carrying a knife, nor for putting around your wrist. The true function of a lanyard is to prevent your hand from slipping onto the blade edge when trusting the knife into something and hitting bone or something unexpectedly hard. It it a safety feature that too few remember how to use.
 
Totally off topic, but one of my pet peeves is how lanyard holes have been eliminated from most handguns. Granted, MOST of us are not required to conduct cavalry charges or be involved in hand-to-hand melees any more :D and the elimination of them MAY have saved manufacturers a few pennies on each weapon but I still like the backup of a lanyard when in the woods/brush.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. :D
 
Big Mike said:
Seems pretty clear to me that your opinion is that companies should provide you bigger lanyard holes.

It also seems that some folks don't agree with you, and as such you're taking offense.


Looks to me like you're just sore about this thread not going where you intended.

Many of us find the existing holes satisfactory or not required.

I guess in your world 550 paracord is the only cordage that exists.


I like to focus more on a knifes performance then how easily it might take a 550 lanyard,

..obviously you have a different opinion.




Big Mike
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Thanks for your opinion Mike, I appreciated it as part of your over view on the subject while being clear and concise. You just can't please everybody. I never came across someone (no fingers pointed) who enjoyed hearing himself type before. There needs to be a thread discussing how to fashion a noose from paracord that didn't fit in a lanyard hole. :p
 
Big_E said:
Just like at the range, the guy with the biggest gun usually has the smallest .........
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Wow... How many guys did you have to check to come to this conclusion? :s LOL

edit* Sorry Karda, I posted before getting to the last page of the thread. Anyway, I don't use lanyards on any of my knives, except the CRKT Minimalist. On that particular knife, the hole is really small.
 
On some smaller knives I am not sure if they are intended to be lanyard holes at all
I have been attaching smaller knives to my key rings for over 30 years, and I might be wrong but I always thought the small holes were for key rings or small snaphooks

And some models may have holes designed more for traditional materials like leather

For newer tactical designed medium to large folders I just don't know what the reasons may be
 
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coyotebc said:
On some smaller knives I am not sure if they are intended to be lanyard holes at all
I have been attaching smaller knives to my key rings for over 30 years, and I might be wrong but I always thought the small holes were for key rings or small snaphooks

And some models may have holes designed more for traditional materials like leather

For newer tactical designed medium to large folders I just don't know what the reasons may be
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that's a good point.

some knives (the crkt minimalist for example) have holes only meant to fit the cord that is included.

in that case, i understand.

thanks for the post.
 
Found this thread (and site for that matter) researching this very aspect of some current knives.
The minuscule hole and the lanyard issue.
I've been using Kevlar thread/cord to make lanyards for the small diameter holes.
It is difficult to maneuver into the usual paracord weaves but it "works".
Has anyone else experimented with kevlar cord for lanyards and if so what's your thoughts.

Glad I found bladeforums, loved knives all my life...
 
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