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hi everyone, I have a question. My Mora Clipper has a lanyard hole at the end of the handle, what are the pros/cons/reasons for attaching a lanyard and what sort of knot is best. Thanks in advance 
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I have a lanyard on my little Fallkniven F2, which I use to give me additional and more stable grip on what is a very short handle. Depending on the knife, you need to make sure that the lanyard length suits your own hand. A lanyard can also be useful in pulling a blade (gently) from a tight sheath. As for cons, If you had a knife with a lanyard and didn't actually use it, you could cause problems if e.g skinning, where a dangling lanyard could just get in the way and become dangerous, or at the very least possibly contaminate the meat.
The knot I have used is called the Lanyard Knot (although it has other names) and you will find many tutorials on Youtube. Hope this helps.
The knot I have used is called the Lanyard Knot (although it has other names) and you will find many tutorials on Youtube. Hope this helps.
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yes it does, thanks. I was wondering that maybe it could get caught on something and you might lose your knife.
I found this website for knots www.animatedknots.com which I think is very clear and useful.
I found this website for knots www.animatedknots.com which I think is very clear and useful.
One reason I might fit a lanyard is to avoid losing the knife. My favourite folder is often tied to me or my kit with just a bit of string, but I'm less fussy about most of my other tools. Even when they're on my belt (one of them is there all the time) the multi-tools that I have just sit in their pouches with no lanyard because a lanyard would get in the way more often than not. If you fit a dayglo lanyard then a knife which might be difficult to spot amongst the undergrowth can suddenly be easy to spot.
The main thing governing the choice of knot would probably be the material from which the lanyard is made. Man-made fibres tend to be more slippery than natural fibres and require different knots in some cases, especially on something like a lanyard which doesn't stay under tension all the time. You might consider a splice instead of a knot, which can be neater and more secure no matter what the fibre. An eye splice can work well. If for some reason I thought it would be a liability, I might want to remove the lanyard temporarily. That might influence my choice of knot/splice too.
A lanyard can be a loop or a single line. Even if it's a loop I'd think the probability of losing the knife because the lanyard catches on something is much lower than that of losing the knife because it isn't attached to you by its lanyard, but these things happen. If it's a loop (or part looped, for example if you've made an eye splice in it) then you might want to be able to pass the doubled line through the lanyard hole. If it's a single line you might use different ways of fixing each end for flexibility. People sometimes go, er, overboard with lanyards for decorative purposes.
Try a few different ideas until you come up with something you get on with.
My favourite folder is often tied to me or my kit with just a bit of string, but I'm less fussy about most of my other tools. Even when they're on my belt (one of them is there all the time) the multi-tools that I have just sit in their pouches with no lanyard because a lanyard would get in the way more often than not. If you fit a dayglo lanyard then a knife which might be difficult to spot amongst the undergrowth can suddenly be easy to spot.The main thing governing the choice of knot would probably be the material from which the lanyard is made. Man-made fibres tend to be more slippery than natural fibres and require different knots in some cases, especially on something like a lanyard which doesn't stay under tension all the time. You might consider a splice instead of a knot, which can be neater and more secure no matter what the fibre. An eye splice can work well. If for some reason I thought it would be a liability, I might want to remove the lanyard temporarily. That might influence my choice of knot/splice too.
A lanyard can be a loop or a single line. Even if it's a loop I'd think the probability of losing the knife because the lanyard catches on something is much lower than that of losing the knife because it isn't attached to you by its lanyard, but these things happen. If it's a loop (or part looped, for example if you've made an eye splice in it) then you might want to be able to pass the doubled line through the lanyard hole. If it's a single line you might use different ways of fixing each end for flexibility. People sometimes go, er, overboard with lanyards for decorative purposes.
Try a few different ideas until you come up with something you get on with.
I use a lanyard to ensure my knife won't come out of it's sheath. I rarely use is around my wrist. I used a fisherman's knot to create a loop.
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Me too. It's a short piece of looped paracord (about 3") attached to the keyring of my SAK Farmer with a Reeves knot. I have an open top leather belt sheath (still going strong, thanks Topknot!) which gives me very easy access to the knife in camp but if I tuck the lanyard between my belt and my trousers it can't fall out. Mind you the sheath is so well made that you would have to hang me hang me upside down and shake me to have it fall out. The cord just lets me pull the knife out more easily.
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