Who is using a lanyard?

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Just curious:

Who is using a lanyard, on which knifes (fixed or folders) and in which situations? Do you have a lanyard on your EDC?

If you have a clipped folder, a lanyard is very awkward when carrying the knife in the pocket or IWB. Do you always remove the clip when fitting a lanyard, or only on Tip-up carried folders?

I understand a lanyard is practical in cold/wet weather, on boats, etc. But are that the only situations where a lanyard is practical?

And last but not least: Did anyone accidently cut the lanyard when closing the folder? :D

I just removed the clip on my Al Mar SERE 2000 and tied a lanyard out of paracord. Going to try that for the next couple of weeks.
:cool:
 
I put short lanyards/fobs on my SAK's because they usually end up in my pocket, and it makes it easier to pull them out. I also use lanyards on some of my larger knives, usually wrapped over the back of my hand and around my thumb, to help ensure that I don't lose my grip on the handle while chopping. When i am on the beach, I'll usually try to have a longer lanyard running from my folder to my belt/clothing. I've seen too many knives lost in the sand or water. If you don't see the knife as it falls, your chances of ever finding it again are slim to none.
--Josh
 
You'll use a lanyard if your a paratrooper with a folder in your BDU's. Otherwise say goodbye to it. I won't purchase a folder without the lanyard hole.
 
I use about an 1 1/2" lanyard on my mini talon neck knife to ensure a better grip and I'm more likely not to miss when I grab at it fast.
 
I use lanyard on both fixed a folder, fixed blade, Ontario Spec Survival Machete, and on a lot of my tip up tacticals with clips,(makes for a quick draw), also on a lot of smaller lockers, and clipped knives,(it helps to extend the effective length of the handle, you just grip the knot with your pinky).
 
I use a lanyard on my one hand opening SAK. I kept losing SAK's out of my front trouser pocket when in civilian clothes. Now I use about a 1/8 inch elastic bungie type cord I bought at the local REI store. I can keep the lanyard shorter than a non-elastic lanyard, buyt can still stretch the lanyard out to arms length, without a lot of tension trying to pull it out of my hand. I put a loop on one end, run the loop behind my belt, then stick the SAK through the loop and pull it tight. If I have to remove the SAK I do not have to undo my belt to get at it, just run the knife back through the loop, use and re-loop it when I am done.
 
I use ‘em often on SAKs and multi-tools, but not on Clipits. Sometimes I tie lanyard loops on hunting or camp knives so that they can be hung from a branch. I think that lanyards can be dangerous for machetes if you fall, so I don’t use them with machetes.



- Frank
 
I tied a coil knot on most of my EDCs, which are tip-up folders.
The lanyard looks out of the pocket and helps drawing the knife easily out of the pocket.
Thumb in pocket on the upper handle scale, index finger along the clip, and holding the lanyard with the last two fingers.
This way the knife is still in the pocket, but you hold it already(closed) in your hand, so to say.

On rare occasions I carry a BM Tether Knife, and on this knife it also works as a kind of prolonged handle.
 
I use a short paracord lanyard (more a fob really) on my Busse Assault Shaker. Makes it a lot easier to draw and gives a rest for the fourth finger!
It's the only knife I have a lanyard on permanently, but I sometimes use one on a folder when sailing, on a bike or something.
 
I am a scuba diver and a lanyard is a must for lights and knives underwater. I use a SOG seal pup when diving.
 
On folders I use a lanyard (Sere included) to make it easier to yank them out of my pocket.

I use a lanyard on fixed blades to wrap around my wrist so I can ease back on the grip to extend my reach. With a lanyard, I can use almost any knife just gripping it with my first and middle fingers and my thumb. With the lanyard steadying my hand, it's easy to to turn even a 5" bladed fixed blade into a chopper!
 
I have the lanyard on a few of my folders. It is great when you lose your grip on the knife and as it falls, you catch the lanyard before the knife hits the concrete floor tip first.

Otherwise, it looks pretty cool to have a great lanyard on a terrific blade! :) :)
 
In various situations, I'll use them. Some frame locks I use lanyards when the clip interferes with the lock. BM750 for example. Generally the coil knot for ease of grabbing

I use them on lots of gear when I'm out in the snow as that's the piece I'll see if I drop them. The heavy part just sunk in to the snow a ways and is invisible but the cord may still be.

I use them when backpacking. I tie a bright colored lanyard to make them easy to see if dropped in dusk situations or in the general ground litter. Also helps as my pockets tend to be obscured by the hip belt so I can easily clip them onto d rings, straps, biners and such for retention.

And I use them in my emergency kits. Extra cordage, retention, easy storage outside the kit (and a utility 'biner for them all to clip into) Locating when dropped etc. etc.

Phil
 
I rarely use a lanyard on a folder, as it can catch the tip and interfere with opening. The only times I have used them on folders was while working as a stagehand, when I was 60 feet up it was nice knowing I wasn't gonna drop my spyderco on anyone below unless I went with it.

My bush blade has a laynard, and I do prefer one on a big fixed-blade. Only bad thing is, it can snag on on things as you walk past, so be careful.
 
Only in special situations do I use a lanyard. This comes from my former life before I had a college education where, if I was using a knife, it could easily fall into a piece of power equipment if I happened to drop it. If there happened to be a lanyard attaching my wrist or thumb to the knife as it was ground up, etc, I could find my hand being pulled in as well.
 
i find lanyards are not all that great the hole all it does is get tree branches stuck in it and pulls stuff off your pack or kit if you use one i recommend you tie it down till you use it :D
 
I use a lanyard on a small fixed blade, the Hunters Scalpel from AG Russell. The lanyard actually attaches to the sheath, so there's no interference with using the knife. I tie it to a belt loop and just slip the knife into my pocket. I mostly wear the knife when motorcycling, hiking, or going to work.

I think it's wonderful, the longest I've ever used the same knife without losing it!

-Bob
 
BUDDHA said:
i find lanyards are not all that great the hole all it does is get tree branches stuck in it and pulls stuff off your pack or kit if you use one i recommend you tie it down till you use it :D
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Awesome, another four year old thread finds new life. ;)

O yeah, I don't like lanyards either. :cool:
 
I have a lanyard on several of my mountain man folders but the lanyard is not "looped" (so that you can put it around your hand) but pulled through the hole with the ends out and then whipped with leather cord so the knife can be put into the back pocket and pulled out easily by the lanyard. I have really found this to be my favorite way to carry my mountain man folders and will not buy one without the "lanyard hole". I cut the lanyard at "pocket depth length" and it lays along one side of the pocket but is not long enough to be hanging out.
 
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