What is a lanyard for on a pocket knife?

Hickory n steel said:
They may meet the technical definition of a watch fob, but watch fobs always have a way of attaching them to you which these do not do.

I think the best thing to classify them as is a pull ( just like a zipper pull ), and since they're attached to a lanyard hole I will call them lanyard pulls.
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Vintage pocket watch fob (1920s)


Variations of pocket watch fobs:






BladeScout said:
A fob is an appendage fastened to your knife for easing extraction of said knife from your pocket. There is a precedent for why its called a fob and it works the same as a fob on a pocket watch hence the term 'watch fob.'

A fob is often also or exclusively for decorative purposes - same as on pocket watch fobs of yore.
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oh lord, that's a watch chain....
I have fobs on some pocket watches....and I also have chains......which are like a freaking lanyard...keeping the watch secured to my pants.
These things have actual names...

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Just a shame. An interesting thread driven off topic and killed by someone more interested in quoting sources and correcting others than actually participating in a knife-related discussion.
 
steve.knight.792 said:
In every forum I have ever been in a subject aways goes off track eventually. It is a human thing.
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Point taken, Steve, but not every thread and not all that do wander or die because someone takes perverse satisfaction in belittling others.

Merry Christmas, though, Happy Holidays, and a Joyous New Year to all the good people I've come to know here over the past couple years.

Peace out,

Steve
 
ChazzyP said:
Point taken, Steve, but not every thread and not all that do wander or die because someone takes perverse satisfaction in belittling others.

Merry Christmas, though, Happy Holidays, and a Joyous New Year to all the good people I've come to know here over the past couple years.

Peace out,

Steve
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I wonder who that someone is your speaking about :rolleyes:
 
Some of my favourite things, from full fledged lanyard that you use to retain the knife to your wrist, to what I nick named Bob tail fob, just to aid in drawing the knife as well as decoration, but on mine, I do a whipped tie close to the knife so the lanyard/fob doesn't move into the folders blade when closing

Here's a How to Thread I made to help people learn to tie the diamond knots as well as how to do the whipped knot.

bead_cincher.jpg~original


and on the wrist the celtic bead slides up and acts as a keeper

paracord_cincher.jpg~original


You can also use it to be a more secure carry in high traffic areas, if you worry about it coming out of your pocket, this one was made a while ago before I started doing the whipped knot

915_lanyard.jpg~original



and just as an aid to help draw the knife out of the pocket, my bob tail fob works great and looks nice too ;)

DragonFly2.jpg~original


G2
 
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I like the way you use the bead to slide between the two stop knots, Gary. I do have a couple knives that have lanyards long enough to slip around my wrist, but no way to cinch them up. Lots of my knives have lanyard pulls that are for extraction and decoration. While your whipping is interesting, I've never really had a problem with closing the knife on the cord. I generally make the starting loop as long as possible, but short enough that it can't slip over the butt and into the path of the blade.

I had to look up your knife, as I was unfamiliar with the Triage. Is that something you carry and find EDC use for? What blade style do you have, sheep foot? I do really like those orange scales.
 
That's the Benchmade 915 Triage and right now it's about the best folder I've carried in a long time, for several reasons,
Blade's grind is a high flat grind down to a fairly thin edge, excellent slicer
Handle is flat and the scales are grippy but not overly so, the flatness provides the ability to lock in on the grip during use, less chance of it twisting in hand during a cut
Lock mech is the Axis lock system, great system, super smooth and solid
Orange...yep, Orange ;)
Has a seat belt cutter that flips out the back side, quite sharp
Has a glass breaker at the end of the handle

While it comes with a sheepsfoot blade shape, I was never taken with how rounded the tip was, it's purpose was for paramedics or emergency service to be able to cut away clothing with less risk of puncturing the victim, but I really like a pointed tip, so I ground down the spine so it now has a long clip point, the actual point stayed in it's position, I didn't lower it, so you can see it is kinda like a modified wharncliff blade shape.

IMG_6424 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

IMG_6426 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr


I also made the start of the edge rounder, so it was not as abrupt as before, material now slides up and onto the blade instead of being caught on the sharp corner

Benchmade_915_softenstart by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Sorry for the thread side track, but, it is a great knife ;)
G2

edited to add, forgot to mention that the G2 on the side of the blade, my daughter got me this knife for Christmas a few years back and had them engrave G2 on there, clever girl, that's one of the reasons it's been with me so long!


additional edit; As to the whipping knot, I make the first diamond knot just far enough away from the end of the knife so I can hook my pinky around it to draw the knife out, being that far away leaves the two pieces of paracord long enough that on some knives it can swing into the path of the blade, also with a whipping knot it makes it a bit more firm at that point, I just find it works better, for me at least :)
 
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Nice mod at the plunge grind, G2. I prefer a blade with a sharpening choil, but, like you, have found myself getting stuff hooked on it when cutting close to the handle. Excellent solution.

No worries on the side-track, brother, as we're still talking knives and not wasting pages on what to call the cords we attach to them.

Merry Christmas,

Steve
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Some of my favourite things, from full fledged lanyard that you use to retain the knife to your wrist, to what I nick named Bob tail fob, just to aid in drawing the knife as well as decoration, but on mine, I do a whipped tie close to the knife so the lanyard/fob doesn't move into the folders blade when closing

Here's a How to Thread I made to help people learn to tie the diamond knots as well as how to do the whipped knot.

bead_cincher.jpg~original


and on the wrist the celtic bead slides up and acts as a keeper

paracord_cincher.jpg~original


You can also use it to be a more secure carry in high traffic areas, if you worry about it coming out of your pocket, this one was made a while ago before I started doing the whipped knot

915_lanyard.jpg~original



and just as an aid to help draw the knife out of the pocket, my bob tail fob works great and looks nice too ;)

DragonFly2.jpg~original


G2
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Is it just me, or is blaze orange an awesome color for knives ?
It's not actually my favorite color, but for some reason I just love blaze orange knives ( I only have one though, and it's just a 1$ key chain lockback I keep attached to my mini fishing pouch )
 
Nope, not just you, HnS. It's a great color and I think I want a Triage like Gary's. Those scales look super grippy and the orange just pops! I've got a small/large Griptilian pair with orange Igordeds and my Endura 4 is orange. That one's my woods knife for up in Vermont to be easy to find if it gets set down or dropped. The orange Delica is my wife's.

To segue back on topic--I really like the lanyard K made for J's knife--nice cord with the extra knots on the tails. The one I put on mine makes a good pull, but the cord's kinda meh.

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It's for working on the water and in places you can't see. It's supposed to go around the wrist and the finger. This way if you drop your knife you don't lose it. Just a personal opinion
 
Yep, good reasons there too, also, if you have to grab hold of something and don't have time to set the knife down, it can hang from your wrist, I'd recommend closing the blade first but afterwards it will be right near by to get again if you need to continue cutting stuff up.

G2
 
For me, it depends on the knife, whether or not I want a lanyard. Most of the time, I don't much care for them, but I DO have my exceptions. One of the exceptions is, the lanyard on my Inkosi; I like it.

I bought 2 lanyards for a small custom pry tool that I have, and I ended up putting one on my Mini Grip. I like it on the Mini Grip, as it aids in grabbing the clipped knife out of my pocket.

But, generally, no I don't put them on my knives.



 
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