What kind of knot do you finish your lanyards with?

[fireincairo]

Also, are there any on line lanyards that you can make (one length doubled over)? Any videos or links to tutorials would be great.

thanks in advance

 

[Kyrs]

I always use this: (warning: mute sound)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twe3JuvGPE

He calls it a Celtic button knot.

If you're using two strands, go with a diamond knot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVl6u5Vbagg

 

[ron_m80]

Lanyard is a term that gets tossed around alot incorrectly. My lanyard terminates with a heavy stainless steel clip, for my knife to attach to.

 

[cziv]

Lanyard is a term that gets tossed around alot incorrectly. My lanyard terminates with a heavy stainless steel clip, for my knife to attach to.

Can you talk me through a visual of how you employ that rig? Knife's clipped to the metal right? So you have a certain amount of length to work with in close, but you have to unclip it to use the knife at say. arm's length? What's up wth the looped end and the little bud popping out of the side there?

 

[fast14riot]

Lanyard is a term that gets tossed around alot incorrectly. My lanyard terminates with a heavy stainless steel clip, for my knife to attach to.

I see I am not the only fan of Brion Toss on here! Very nicely done, I am still having trouble with those 6 strand M.W.K.'s on the transitions so I split mine and did two 3 strand M.W.K's. Is that cotton clothes line you used?

To the O.P. the stopper knot should be determined by how many strands you use.


-Xander

 

[ron_m80]

I see I am not the only fan of Brion Toss on here! Very nicely done, I am still having trouble with those 6 strand M.W.K.'s on the transitions so I split mine and did two 3 strand M.W.K's. Is that cotton clothes line you used?

To the O.P. the stopper knot should be determined by how many strands you use.


-Xander

The MWK's actually were not so bad if i recall, it's the star knot that took me several months. The lanyard was made from 550 cord. Who is Mr. Toss?

CSIV, that is esentially a belt loop, the looped end is placed around the star knot a little farther down the lanyard. The star is a button pattern knot, and is flat on the back side, so it is really a rigid diameter of line forming a nice button.

 

[fast14riot]

I actually had the opposite experiance, the star not I have no problem with, but the M.W.K. is a pain in the butt for me. Brion Toss is a master rigger and outlines this exact lanyard in his book The Rigger's Apprentice, that's where I made mine from. I have mine detailed here with a pic of the rig on my belt.


-Xander

 

[ron_m80]

The book title rings a bell. I got that project from a library book, and had to do the semi-old school Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, with a bit of change and a copy machine that was bigger than me at the time.

 

[Jet B]

I always use a diamond knot. You don't need two pieces of cord either. Just run the paracord through your lanyard hole and bring the ends around towards each other the same way you would bring the two pieces in these pictures. It works great but it does get tricky to tie if you have a short piece. It's very workable though with practice. This is a very strong knot for tying two ends or two cords together, plus it looks nice and gives a great little knob to grip.

This is the link I used to learn it. Simple pictures, easy to learn from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_knot

 

[Esav Benyamin]

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[jds1]

I really like this one.

http://www.atwoodknives.com/home/16390018.php

Jeff