Why do people put lanyards on their knives?

[sog]

It gets better and better all the time. Please let us know the name of the dojo so I can call them and get signed up.:thumbup:

You will first have to go through the Chinese tea ceremony before I take you on as a student if I even consider you for a student.

 

[sog]

you think that sort of information is released to the general public? You must be crazy to think these kinds of lethal techniques could be taught to just anyone.

It is taught as a totally defensive technique. You don't go around swinging things in public do you? This technique is taught to (almost) anyone coming in the door. If you want to learn truly deadly techniques that are meant to be used for offensive, as well as defensive, you will have to go through (all the way) acceptance in the school.

 

[sog]

Usually when my home is under attack by multiple invaders I just call up Chuck Norris - I keep his number posted by the phone with the other emergency numbers like Tyler Florence's Food 911 number in case my souffle doesn't rise. Chuck's a pretty busy guy but he'll generally try to free up some time to come over and maybe kick a couple of guys' heads clean off.

That side issue having been cleared up, I do decorative knot work and make lanyards, braids, sinnets, etc., but I don't like them on my knives. I guess I like to do it just to keep my hands busy when I'm not whittling.

If you can get CN to fight your battles go ahead. :yawn:

 

[sog]

This is all fine and good but what kind of damage would one sustain from a hit with a knife on a lanyard? The blade can't possibly penetrate or slash deep enough. It would have to carry some kind of substantial weight. Not too mention, if someone skillfully grabs the lanyard as you're flailing about.

If they are that skilled (or dumb) to grab the lanyard you should have starting running right away. It is meant to keep them off, if they still move in and get cut then they probably deserve it. It is not meant to be kept swinging all day long (excuse the hyperbole).

 

[sog]

Actually, I think with the right knife, the lanyard flailing thing would work. I EDC a Swiss Champ with a landyard. Swisschamps are pretty heavy compared to, say, an FRN handled knife. Here's a pic of my SC on a lanyard.



Yes, I have skinny wrist.

EDIT, I took the pic with my webcam. That why there's a frame....

That's right. Keep on keeping on keeping your options open. :thumbup:

 

[a2d2]

i typically use a lanyard for the reasons already mentioned...but aside from these reasons,i like to have a tourniquet handy(after all i'm using a knife),and a decent length lanyard will do for that purpose.i always use a hangmans knot(crk coil)as it's easy to remove from the knife.

 

[sog]

Wow, look how far this thread has deviated from the original question! I would rather have a longer knife, or numchucks than a mixture of the two .

Deviated? You wanted to know why people put a lanyard on their knives. I told of one instance, that others havent told of, what I use a lanyard for. You are getting a lot of milage out of your thread and you complain? Carry a long knife or a nunchucku (correct not street name) if the police don't haul you off to jail for carring a nunchuku. I am saying what "I" would use it for in a givin situation. If you don't like it don't do it.

 

[Cougar Allen]

No, he's talking about continuous half hitches. I like to do that with thinner cord than 550 -- mason's cord is good. The knots will naturally form a spiral or you can make them line up if you want. You can throw half hitches onto a handle about as fast as you can do a plain wrap.

Do you have a pic of this you could post?

The black pen is wrapped with flat-braid mason's cord. The wood pen is twisted mason's cord. Both were white cord I painted black with a poster paint pen after wrapping.

 

[OilMan]

You will first have to go through the Chinese tea ceremony before I take you on as a student if I even consider you for a student.

I don't know what you heard about me but I'll have to pass on the tea-bagging. That's just not how I roll but I have no problems if you choose to. Sounds more like a frat with initiation tests like that.

 

[longbeachguy]

You will first have to go through the Chinese tea ceremony before I take you on as a student if I even consider you for a student.

You perform the Chinese tea ceremony in your dojo?

So are you a Sifu or a Sensei? I'm a little confused.

Sorry for the digression. Back to lanyards!

 

[Gary W. Graley]

odd direction for this thread, edited content...
G2

 

[sog]

You perform the Chinese tea ceremony in your dojo?

So are you a Sifu or a Sensei? I'm a little confused.

Sorry for the digression. Back to lanyards!

From explaining that I use a lanyarded knife defensively against multi-attack to giving my lifes history.

FYI a student must be invited to the "private in home" ceremony.

Master in both disciplines

 

[GibsonFan]

You perform the Chinese tea ceremony in your dojo?

So are you a Sifu or a Sensei? I'm a little confused.

Sorry for the digression. Back to lanyards!

Never mind soggyboy, in another thread he was a master motorcycle mechanic who knew all the ins and outs of how motor oil will delaminate damascus knives.

 

[korbiaka]

I can't think of a thread that made me laugh this loud. I really hope this "Dues Paying Member" is a regular with a great sense of humor.

 

[sog]

Mock away. It become you.

 

[Th232]

Personally, I use lanyards simply to make sure I don't drop the knife. Oh, sog, master in which disciplines?

 

[Keith Montgomery]

It is almost always others that call someone a master of a martial art. Those that do reach the highest levels tend say that that they will be learning until they die and that they have mastered nothing. Those that call themselves master are usually nothing more than BS artists or are hyping themselves to sell memberships to there dojo.

 

[Th232]

And those that don't know that sifu and sensei mean master (Cantonese and Japanese, respectively).

 

[BJE]

Deviated? You wanted to know why people put a lanyard on their knives. I told of one instance, that others havent told of, what I use a lanyard for. You are getting a lot of milage out of your thread and you complain? Carry a long knife or a nunchucku (correct not street name) if the police don't haul you off to jail for carring a nunchuku. I am saying what "I" would use it for in a givin situation. If you don't like it don't do it.

Are you serious about this knife-on-lanyard-swinging-attack/defence-technique, or is it a joke I am not getting? I know what the proper name for numchuks are, I have been pacticing ITF Taekwondo for 4 years now. I wish you could carry "nunchuku" leagally, and I have carried them illeagally before when I just started MA and didn't know they were illeagal.

 

[a223cat]

I would imagine the knife helicopter master of all things move would get you quickly shot.

either by invading mongolian sifu hunters or more likely the local police.

We need a smilie for laughing!