Where to find steel beads and skulls for lanyards?

[jay2pointoh]

I put lanyards on some of my knives and my keychains especially. I like the beads for them but they are all pewter and most are in skull design. Where can I find beads in good steels at least like 440 or chromed steel and with other options than skulls. I'm not to much into skulls but I might consider it if the design is well done. And also it needs to have holes big enough to facilitate 550 paracord. All pics of good stuff is welcome. Thanks.

 

[shotcaller88]

I was looking for the same thing. I found some Tibetan Silver beads (not silver...it's actually a zinc alloy). They come from China and they're not very cheap unless you buy them by the kilo. Holes are 4-5mm which should be fine for your paracord.

I found 7-8 styles I like, but I'm just not down to $30 on beads when I only want a couple of each.

 

[mrgreen]

Try lighthound.com

 

[Stormdrane]

A.E.S. Custom Knives makes a neat variety of lanyard beads.

 

[mdyn]

Also para-cord.com