pocket clip & lanyard hole?

[ADS]

Why is it that so many spdyercos (and maybe other brands) have the pocket clip and a lanyard hole? Do many people use the lanyard hole and if so, for what?



Thanks!

[travis quaas]

alds,
I know of a pretty good reason for why a person should use both. Have you ever seen a Royal Canadian Mounted Police person with a holster, gun, and lanyard? Just because you have a holster does not necessarily mean you should not use a lanyard. I would only assume that the clip and lanyard would serve for the same reason. Take paddlers for instance. They probably don't want to lose the knife in the water just in case they drop it. Hope that this helps.

TQ

Edited by - travis quaas on 10/17/2003 9:49:22 AM

[ADS]

I've never seen a Royal Canadian Mounted Police person with a holster, gun, and lanyard, but I have seen US National Guard soldiers with the same. I understand why some people would use a lanyard and other attaching method (holster, sheath, clip), but it seems to me that most people carying a spyderco would not do so.

[travis quaas]

I'll have to agree. The only model that I put a lanyard on in my collections of knives is the Al Mar Hawk. Even then, it's basically for looks.

TQ

[bigcat]

alds
the lanyard hole adds a whole other deminsion to the use of a knife . a quote from "EVERYBODY'S KNIFE BIBLE" BY DON PAUL is attached. hope this helps your education. every one that owns a knife should have this book IMHO to better understand the practical and tatical uses of their knives.

[4 s ter]

I don't use the lanyard hole for attaching a true lanyard (like Travis's Mountie example). Instead I often use it to attach a "fob". I find these help to draw a tip-up carry knife from the pocket.

Here are a couple of examples using a coil knot tied using rawhide. I'll follow Travis's example and let you guess the models.

David

"Not all who wander are lost"

[4 s ter]

A couple more examples using boot lace and zipper pull clips.

David

"Not all who wander are lost"

[travis quaas]

4 s ter,
I'm still trying to master the "Ball Knot" (I can't tell you if that is the name of it). But, I'm going to keep on trying until I get it right or if it kills me.

I am doing better with the posting of pics, thanks to you!!

TQ

[4 s ter]

Travis

Is that ball knot also known as the monkey's fist knot? I've tried but can't seem to get that one. That's why you see the zipper pull fob on some of my knives - it's the easy way!

David

p.s. welcome back to the Forum again <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

"Not all who wander are lost"

[ADS]

The ball knot is indeed the monkey's fist. The trick to tying it is to add a round object to the center. If you don't do this, then the knot tightens around itself and never really looks like a ball.

Thanks for all the answers and pictures.

[stubfingers]

Lanyard holes - and lanyards - are useful to hikers, mountain climbers, boaters, skydivers or military jumpers, rescue personnel or just anybody else where losing the knife could have disastrous results. The nice thing about the lanyard hole is it doesn't take up any room so, if you don't need, just don't use it but, there are plenty who do.

[bell]

Lanyards are practical when working over water or snow. BTW why dosent the Dodo have a lanyard hole?

[spyderwa]

What if the Dodo did have a lanyard hole? I made some modifications to a photo to see what it would look like, and where you could do it. What do you think?

Spyderwa

Rare Spydercos
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[spyderwa]

Retry on the image.

Spyderwa

Rare Spydercos
www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa


Edited by - spyderwa on 10/17/2003 10:48:37 PM

[Alan2112]

Welcome to the <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>co Forums, alds! RKBA!

[The Deacon]

Saw the ball knot here, wanted to do one, spent a week trying and trying. Spent as much time chasing marbles around the room as trying to tie the darn knot. Every time I thought it was looking good, the blasted marble would pop out! Someone at work suggested using a die (think that's the singular of dice) as the core. Worked like a charm for me.

Paul

[spyderwa]

Deacon, I like that. That is the first time I've seen both knot styles at once. It looks very grippable. Nice work.

Spyderwa

Rare Spydercos
www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

[Mr. Bombastic]

Spyderwa, in your pic the blade would cut the lanyard off when the knife was closed.

You can tie a lanyard/fob around the clip screw anyway I suppose. Though, it might be difficult craming a knot in between the two slabs of G10.

[spyderwa]

It is the new self-clipping lanyard. I probably could move it down a little. Ideally the clip bolt could be replaced with a hollow one that would solve the problem of drilling a hole. :o <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Spyderwa

Rare Spydercos
www.angelfire.com/trek/spyderwa

[bell]

Spyderwa:
Nice work. I like the idea of a hollow clip bolt. In a pinch I guess you could secure the lanyard around the clip bolt between the scales.