Southard lanyard hole, tube or no tube?

[peter469]

I have two Southard flippers, one with tubing in the lanyard hole and one without. I've browsed the web and it seems that some have the tube and some don't. Was there a change in production or have some people removed it (the previous owner to mine included)?

[Buendia518]

I'd guess it was removed by the previous owner. A production change doesn't make much sense to me.

[peter469]

That was my first thought, but according to google there are quite a few out there without tubes. Enough to make me doubt my initial guess.

[senorsquare]

I would assume the tube was taken out by the previous owner. I bought my most recent Southard around X-mas and it had the lanyard tube (which I removed a few days ago).

[nccole]

I removed mine. It does nothing structurally like the Military and PM2. A lot of guys remove it especially on examples with custom scales, or custom clips.

[Evil D]

My only thought on removing it is the potential to cut your lanyard if you use one, though it's probably unlikely. If I ever have a need to take mine apart I'm removing the tube. I don't care for how it looks all bunched up with the pillars.

[peter469]

I agree, it looks better without it

[gull wing]

Took mine out as well. Open design should be simple, the tube adds clutter.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

When I dyed my scale black, I put the lanyard tube back in. It now has a light rattle to it from the tube shifting around, that may be why some took theirs out (aside from the stark beauty of not having it installed), and may certainly be the reason mine might not have one for too much longer.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Well, only took about 10 min after writing my last post that I pulled the tube out of my Southard. Nice and quiet now, thanks guys!

[senorsquare]

When I dyed my scale black, I put the lanyard tube back in. It now has a light rattle to it from the tube shifting around, that may be why some took theirs out (aside from the stark beauty of not having it installed), and may certainly be the reason mine might not have one for too much longer.

Yup, mine developed a rattle, and that's why I took it out.

[jabba359]

Mine is there, but I'm going to make some custom scales this year and when I do, the tube is getting the boot, as I don't intend to even drill a lanyard hole in the new scales.

[Holland]

I think it looks better without, but I would leave mine in for the off chance I put a lanyard on it