Whats the point of a lanyard?

Most people don't know how to use a lanyard properly anyway. You don't just stick your wrist through it. You hook your thumb in it, wrap it around the back of your hand, and then grip the knife like normal. It makes your grip much more secure and stable, especially when doing fieldcraft type work (hacking and chopping).
 
dbltap45acp said:
I have heard the term fob plenty of times, and excuse my noob question, but what the hell does it stand for.
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it stands for "fresh off the boat" and is used to describe people new to America. generally considered a mild insult, but used in a joking manner (often) between immigrant friends :D
 
Planterz said:
Most people don't know how to use a lanyard properly anyway. You don't just stick your wrist through it. You hook your thumb in it, wrap it around the back of your hand, and then grip the knife like normal. It makes your grip much more secure and stable, especially when doing fieldcraft type work (hacking and chopping).
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Well that's not true. The method you refer to will indeed aid in your grip but if you slip your hand though the lanyard loop and draw it snug around your wrist you can elongate the grip on your knife enhancing your chopping chores and also keeping positive control over the blade. Without the lanyard worn in this way you'd only have like half a grip on your knife and in a survival situation if you were to loose your grip or fatigue set in and your knife slipped and you sliced your leg or some other appendage open you could be good as dead. In other words a lanyard can be used in a variety of different ways and for different chores...but yes most just slip them around their wrist just 'cause!
 
+1 what Planterz said. While probably does not apply to edged weapons, a lanyard wrapped around your wrist on say a baton[ that'd be nightstick to some] could put you at a big disadvantage if someone took your impact weapon away with you still attached. Need to be able to release and use whatever next level of force you have available when your Plan A turns to mud.
 
I like em for smaller knives it makes the knife easier to get out of my pocket, easier to use, and harder to loose.
 
zignal_zero said:
it stands for "fresh off the boat" and is used to describe people new to America. generally considered a mild insult, but used in a joking manner (often) between immigrant friends :D
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FOB means Free On Board
It is a term that means the delivery cost of merchandise is up to and including loading on the ship
 
neeman said:
FOB means Free On Board
It is a term that means the delivery cost of merchandise is up to and including loading on the ship
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I've always heard/pronounced that as "eff oh bee", though. (An initialism as opposed to an acronym).
 
I use a small lanyard on my Boker Subclaw and Fallkniven U2, the lanyard gives more grip to the shorter handles. And the exposed lanyard allows me to quickly pull the smaller folders out of my watch pocket.
 
Signalprick said:
Well that's not true. The method you refer to will indeed aid in your grip but if you slip your hand though the lanyard loop and draw it snug around your wrist you can elongate the grip on your knife enhancing your chopping chores and also keeping positive control over the blade. Without the lanyard worn in this way you'd only have like half a grip on your knife and in a survival situation if you were to loose your grip or fatigue set in and your knife slipped and you sliced your leg or some other appendage open you could be good as dead. In other words a lanyard can be used in a variety of different ways and for different chores...but yes most just slip them around their wrist just 'cause!
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Never tie an open blade to your wrist. What if you slip and fall, that blade will be flopping around on your wrist and in your effort to regain your balance you could whack yourself with the blade. Looping the lanyard over the thumb still allows you to release the blade while you are under control and recover it. If you start flailing around while falling you can get the blade away from you so you don't hit yourself with it or fall on it. With the right length lanyard the thumb loop provides a secure grip for chopping with the knife held in any position.
 
mhawg said:
Never tie an open blade to your wrist. What if you slip and fall, that blade will be flopping around on your wrist and in your effort to regain your balance you could whack yourself with the blade. Looping the lanyard over the thumb still allows you to release the blade while you are under control and recover it. If you start flailing around while falling you can get the blade away from you so you don't hit yourself with it or fall on it. With the right length lanyard the thumb loop provides a secure grip for chopping with the knife held in any position.
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I just guess common sense would have to prevail when using your knife w/ a lanyard.
 
mhawg said:
Never tie an open blade to your wrist. What if you slip and fall, that blade will be flopping around on your wrist and in your effort to regain your balance you could whack yourself with the blade. Looping the lanyard over the thumb still allows you to release the blade while you are under control and recover it. If you start flailing around while falling you can get the blade away from you so you don't hit yourself with it or fall on it. With the right length lanyard the thumb loop provides a secure grip for chopping with the knife held in any position.
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Have you ever heard of someone injuring themself in this fashion? Anyone using a lanyard in a situation that would easily lend them to a fall is not too bright in the first place, good for weeding out the gene pool eh?
 
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