oh you mean like this?
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy239/kevingg_2000/knife lanyards/001-2.jpg
I plan to take off the scales eventually, but for now, I want to try making a successful lanyard, with an end knot in this fashion
http://www.jbrucevoyles.com/A48/DSCN0106.JPG
That doesn't sound like what he is explaining. Sounds like he is talking about a "blood knot" or "needle knot" as fisherman call them.
A little more detail for his explanation:
Lay your knife on the table, tip pointing away from you.
Take oh, about 3 feet of cord, and fold one end over one third and lay it perpendicular to your knife with the loop to your left(if your right handed).
Position the knife so about 3" of the short end is on the right of the knife, and the loop is to he left, with the short end closest to you.
Ok, now to wrap.
Take the long piece to your right and wrap it from right to left over itself and the other end somewhat loose.
It should go throuh the tang of the knife and over 2 strands.
Wrap as many turns as is required to fill up the hole in your knife up to one cord diameter from each end.
If you wrap all the way to the ends, it will have the tendency to fall off the corner and loosen.
Now take the end of the cord you were wrapping, and put it through the loop sticking out to your left.
Grab the short end sticking out to your right and pull, cinching up the loop on end of the cord.
Pull it under the wraps to about half way, while working it through neatly.
Now just go back and tighten it all up by working the wraps and pulling on the ends, but be careful not to pull the loop all the way out either end.
This is the most basic way to capture both ends under its own wrapping, but not the cleanest. Practice with this before you move on.
By the way, you should check out KHWW.NET for other projects and tutorials.
-xander