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JonMcD said:
Mini Trapper + Amber Bone never treated anybody wrong! Great choice 🦴
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It was my first Case, got a several more after it and don't intend to stop 😅 . The peach seed amber bone tends to grab my eye more than their other current offerings, also have a jumbo stockman (75) in amber bone an CV.
The Mini Trapper helped open a snack on my afternoon walk
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Then opened a feed bag for the chickens

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And later tasted the fermented cabbage to see how the process is going. Not ready yet but tastes good nonetheless.

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So, I often experience this compulsion to attach some type of cordage to any knife with which a hole in the handle has been provided for such a purpose.

I know there are folks (weirdos...) out there who are vehemently "anti-lanyard/fob/retaining strap/what have you - and some even go so far as to pay good money to have the offending hole covered or plugged up. I suppose I'm the opposite of those folks, as I'd be much more likely to add a hole to a knife so unequipped than to remove one from a knife that does!

I also have a tendency to make beads out of random (and some not-so-random) things I find laying around. Sure, ok, ok - laugh it up, fellas...

Done? Ok, anyhow, these three great loves of mine - knives, lanyards, and beads - often combine and overlap; but rather than take you through the whole haphazard process (which 'The Rider' is generally an integral part of), I'll skip right to the end and the finishing touches.

But first - the setup:

So, it all began a few months ago when I found a disembodied head from an oversized reproduction of one of the classic "Green Army Men" toys floating around my back porch - well, not really "floating," it was just kind of laying there, so I picked it up and dropped it in my pocket. Hey, why not?!

Eventually, I decided it would make a strange bead so I used The Rider's punch to make an indentation where the hole should be and finished drilling it through with a pin vise - I could've used a drill, but then I'd have had to go look for my drill, so I didn't.

I'm fairly certain that the head in question originated with one of these unfortunate fellows.
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Today, I was attempting to move some of the hoard from the coffee table back into some glass-topped display cases I purchased for storing knives in, and discovered that I had a GEC #71 Bullnose with a lanyard hole but -gasp! - NO LANYARD!!! (You're thinking "Quit stalling - what the heck does this have to do with that gorgeous ebony-covered #86 Harness Jack??!! Just hold your horses - ok? We're getting there...)

Part of the coffee-table hoard - this is the point at which the GF starts to rumble and grumble a little bit... pssss - if you see anything modern mixed in there, DO NOT TELL THE MODS, OK?!!
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Now, I hold a very strong belief that the knife to which a lanyard will be attached is the one that should perform the cut that separates the length of cord that will become the lanyard from the rest of the donor material - in this case, a leather boot lace - so I used the #71 to cut off a piece of appropriate length. The Rider may have only been a spectator during this cut, but don't count her out - she returns to perform some absolutely essential steps!

First, I attempted to run the leather lace through the Green Army Man's little noggin, but - uh oh - the hole wasn't quite big enough (or the lace was too big - dealers' choice). I attacked this problem with a two-pronged approach, I used The Rider's punch to ream the hole out a bit more, and used the blade to skive the end of the leather lace down a bit. No pics of this as these are very much two-handed operations!

Bingo-bango, I was then able to pull the leather lace through the army man's head and the #71's lanyard hole, at which point I did all the wrapping and tying necessary for my preferred lanyard style. Hey - we're almost there!

Finally, my Bull Nose had a lanyard, and the lanyard had a bead, but it also had two ends that were too long and unsightly and because it's a big ask to trim a lanyard with the knife it's currently attached to - we needed a ringer! The Rider made short work of those ends, trimming them down to a neat and compact length.

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Voíla! (or Viola! - your pick), my #71 Bull Nose has a lanyard and bead thanks to a timely assist from The Rider!

Doctor and patient celebrating after the completion of the procedure.
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Where and when will its useful benevolence strike next? Only The Rider knows! Stay tuned, kids - same Rider time, same Rider channel!

P.S. - I hope, as a recently unemployed writer (thanks, ChatGPT...), that I'll be able to secure gainful employment soon and will no longer have to torture you nice folks with these incredibly lengthy posts. I'm sorry. I really am.
 
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