Who needs a lanyard hole?

[Jerome Howard]

I have no use for lanyards on folders. So I slapped a deep carry clip I had in my drawer on my Stretch 2 XL. Now this large knife disappears in my pocket.

[VooDooChild]

I would always rather have a lanyard hole, even if I dont use it.

Its a useful option to have and there is no downside to having one.

[SchoonerBum]

Agreed. I still sometimes use my knives when I'm up on something tall and being able to add a lanyard is critical.

[Skar]

If climbing or fishing they can be useful in not losing your knife.
I don’t use them but they have their place.

[Coastal]

I'd rather have one than not, unless it interferes with proper placement of the clip. The location of the clip is much more important to me than a lanyard hole.

[mikey177]

I've never used them, but I understand that many people do, and their presence on a knife doesn't bother me at all.

[ladybug93]

every once in a while i feel like i want a lanyard and i put one on a knife. it's immediately in my way every time and i take it off almost as fast. the only one that has stayed is on my ladybug hawkbill salt. even that one frequently gets trapped under the blade when i close it. eventually it'll get cut and i'll put it on a keychain or something instead.

[DavidNM]

For me personally I have no need for either but I think I would prefer a lanyard hole over a pocket clip. I prefer to just drop my knife into my pocket like I have been doing for many years.

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

For a few reasons: 1) to provide addt’l space for a four finger grip on a small knife i.e. Dfly when gripping behind the choil…2) to attach a floating wrist lanyard while fishing…3) to tether to a harness while climbing…4) some people like the aesthetics of a lanyard and those are just my uses…go ask some CRK fanboys…or maybe don’t

[TkoK83Spy]

CRK fanboy here! First thing I do is remove the lanyard and use a drop of adhesive to eliminate the tube from rattling.

Some lanyards look cool or have a cool bead. But their just not for me, so I could care less if knives had them or not. I guess all those weight saving junkies can appreciate the lanyard hole!

[VashHash]

When I go to the beach I put a lanyard on my salt knives.

[Bill1170]

You can’t just put on an aftermarket lanyard hole! Seriously, though, they don’t bother me and I don’t personally use them. Lanyard holes are very important for some users, and I’m glad those users have them available.

[Brock O Lee]

I dont ever use them on folders. FB's maybe for a wrist lanyard.

[MFlovejp]

I use them for small to very small folders instead of a pocket clip. My dragonflies, ladybugs, Manbug all have lanyards. Even one Delica has a bright orange lanyard and rides in my hunting pack, clip removed.

[Evil D]

I like them on Ladybugs but that's about it. I enjoyed making them but really don't like them dangling off my hip and don't get any other use from them on medium+ knives. On a Ladybug they create extra grip space and make one handed opening actually doable.





I leave them on Ladybugs even when they're not on my keys.

[kobold]

Better to have it and don't need it than to need it and don't have it. In which case I sometimes add a hole myself. The same as with the pocket clips, on some knives I take them off, on some I leave them on..

[gooeytek]

I like having them for attaching fobs. Makes my knives with deep carry clips easier to remove from the pocket and provides additional purchase for smaller knives.

[kennethsime]

I started using lanyards on fixed blades which rode deep in leather pouch sheaths. The lanyards really help to retrieve the knife reliably.

Then I started using them on small knives, like the Dragonfly, the Para 3, and the Bugout. Those knives are a lot better with a lanyard to extend the grip.

With the Bugout and the Para 3, I noticed it helped to retrieve them from the pocket. Now if I install a deep carry clip, there’s a 50% chance it gets a lanyard, too. With the Lynch clip, you can still have both.

[vivi]

never used one, can't imagine I ever will.

Having them on my knife doesn't bug me since they stay out of the way, but if they went away I'd never miss them.

to me installing a deep carry clip and a lanyard seems silly when the stock pocket clip does the same job better with less fuss and expense.

[Naperville]

Never used one. But I'm a thinkin on it. It might be nifty to have a lanyard on my Native Chief in black knitted paracord to draw the knife faster with the 5x5 Exo.