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Lanyards

A lanyard can be a very useful accessory to your knife or multi-tool and can offer an enhanced cutting experience when used properly as well as provide you with a length of cord should you need it in your adventures. The section below highlights just a few of the advantages lanyards offer. If you would like to learn how to tie a lanyard then we encourage you to view the video. Bob will take you through the steps and you'll see just how easy it is to learn.

Quick Draw:
A dangling lanyard will offer, limited only by its length, more surface area to grasp for getting your knife into your hand. Some lanyards on key chains, jump drives or other objects are designed to hang outside the pocket while attached to the item riding inside your pocket. The idea here is to acquire quick access simply by grabbing the lanyard hanging out of the pocket. A knife lanyard is no different. Tying a lanyard on your knife with sufficient length to hang outside the pocket will permit fast, one-handed acquisition of the knife. This is an option for those who don’t like advertising they are carrying a knife with an obvious pocket clip outside the pants. A lanyard is less revealing of the nature of the object.

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How to tie a lanyard

The quick-draw advantage is not limited only to pockets. I carry a Victorinox Swiss Champ in my briefcase which goes with me every day. Due to the weight of this knife it quickly sinks to the bottom of the case and anytime I want it I must root around the briefcase through papers and files. I have now attached a 6" lanyard to the knife and this allows me to grab the lanyard like the tail of some wily game and pull it up much easier.

Retention:
A pocket knife is less likely to fall out of a pocket and be lost when it has a lanyard attached. A knife that has been dropped is more easily found if a snaking lanyard trails behind it. A knife that slips into a crevice may possibly be pulled out by its lanyard. If your lanyard is the loop type, the wrist may be inserted through it to ensure the knife does not fall if accidentally dropped. If it is a smaller lanyard, insert your little finger through it and then grip the handle. If the knife is dropped it will dangle from your finger instead of being lost possibly for good.

Additional grip surface:
On a small knife with a short handle that does not extend quite the full width of your palm, a lanyard attached to the end of it can function as an extension of the handle and provide increased grasp. Even on a large knife a lanyard will provide more room to back off your grip, adding overall reach. If a chopping motion is needed the knife can be held far back on the handle, holding half handle and half lanyard. A chopping motion with this grip will increase the energy transfer of the chop.

Cosmetic:
Sometimes a lanyard just looks cool, and that’s reason enough.

Enhanced functionality:
On a survival knife a lanyard becomes part of the overall system. It may be untied to provide 5 or 6 feet of useable line for fishing, snares or shelter building.

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