Lanyards

[Nyayo]

OK - daft question time - why do some knives and axes have lanyard holes? To hang up? To secure around your wrist?
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[greasemonkey]

It saves me fishing about in my pocket at work.

 

[Kerne]

I loop the lanyard on my U1 around my belt before putting the knife into its sheath. Why? It was so Bl***y expensive that i can't afford to lose it!

 

[launditch1]

The hole on an axe handle is to put a loop on to hang it up.
Its just plain dangerous to put a lanyard on it and then loop it around your wrist.
I use a short lanyard on my knife so i can pull it out of its sheath easier.

 

[stevesteve]

If you have a hatchet-sized axe on a lanyard around your wrist it puts you in considerable danger.

Good axe practice means that you will have checked ahead of you in case you lose your grip. If you lose your grip with it around your wrist it is going to swing towards your thigh, groin or abdomen. Not good!

I have read that if you are cutting through ice you should use a lanyard as it stops an axe disappearing under the water when it slips from your wet frozen hands. Any other time it's a bad idea.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[durulz]

As others have said - the lanyard on an axe is so you can hang it up. If you have the lanyard around your wrist and it slips from your hand then the axe is going only one way - back to you! Without the lanyard it flies off safely (well, relatively so).
The lanyard on a knife is different. It can be for whatever you want - to hang it up, to stop it falling, to make it easier to retrieve from the sheath. Whatever.

 

[welshwhit]

Lanyard on my knife is to aid in removal from the sheath, as I found it tricky without!

First time I've used one though!

Drew

 

[Everything Mac]

there are some situations where having a knife on a lanyard around your wrist is a good thing - slippy environment etc.

don't use a lanyard on anything other than my keys these days as it makes them a lot easier to get hold of in your pocket!

andy