Post your home-made lanyard photos! (Part 2)

[Stormdrane]

A paracord lanyard and a fob made with spiral braids and lanyard knots...

 

[Buster Bodine]

Hey Stormdrane,

That's an awesome "acorn" you've got there. What is that knot?

 

[Stormdrane]

Hey Stormdrane,

That's an awesome "acorn" you've got there. What is that knot?

That's a lanyard knot(also called a diamond knot/boatswain's whistle knot) tied with 4 strands instead of 2. It looks like a doubled two strand lanyard knot when tied. I just treated the 4 strands as a pair when tying and kept them from overlapping/twisting while gradually tightening the knot.

 

[Stormdrane]

This is my first try with the 8-strand square plait, seen in the center of the lanyard. The lanyard is just under 6 inches long, not counting the Blue Alox Farmer or the #1 sized S-BINER.

 

[Buster Bodine]

Holy crap, that must be a true booger to chase and tighten. Now I've got to go lookin' in my books for a good series of pics on the Bos'n's knot. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Stormdrane]

This one is made with shock cord. The ends are worked around and hidden in the doubled lanyard knot.

 

[Stormdrane]

I tried a 4 lead 3 bight Turk's Head knot over the doubled lanyard knot on this one, using GID cord...

 

[Data]

Stormdrane, I am really enjoying your stuff. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

 

[jag808808]

Here is a GITD Paracord made for DocD's wife...

Day shot...

Another day shot...

In the dark...

 

[Stormdrane]

A sliding knot fob/lanyard...

 

[Patriot]

Ok, you guys are completely and ridiculously talented!!!!!!!

Let's say a guy like me, with next to zero knot talent, wanted to learn a few of these methods, where is the best place to start? Is there an online source of instructions for beginners or do I need to purchase a book? I'd have to start at the "3 year old" level.....seriously.


Also, do you guys have lanyard sales threads? I think Green LED does but I'm not sure where it's at anymore. The reason I'm asking is that I need two or three lanyards made for a PH50, WiseLED tactical, and I'd probably like one for an M6.

Thanks guys. I sure enjoyed marveling at these pictures.

Paul

 

[greenLED]

Hi, Paul,
Stormdrane's blog is a constant source of most excellent ideas and great execution.

For the basic sinnets and the cobra stitches, Boondongle Man has nicely illustrated tutorials.

We also have a long-running thread over at EDCF forums where we share designs and tutorials. There's also this one.

Hope that helps. If not, ask away!

 

[Patriot]

All excellent links! Thank you GreenLED.

I can tell that I'm going to have information overload for a while...:huh:

I do have some old, junk paracord around so I should be able to start messing up right away..lol.



Since I most likely won't be producing anything of quality for a while. Would there be any chance of paying one of you guys to make me something nice for one of the previously mentioned lights?

Thanks.

 

[jag808808]

Patriot36,

I would be willing to give it a shot for you! Some of my friends provide the cord and tell me what they want made. They just pay me for my time. Let me know.

Aloha,

jag

All excellent links! Thank you GreenLED.

I can tell that I'm going to have information overload for a while...:huh:

I do have some old, junk paracord around so I should be able to start messing up right away..lol.



Since I most likely won't be producing anything of quality for a while. Would there be any chance of paying one of you guys to make me something nice for one of the previously mentioned lights?

Thanks.

 

[phaserrifle]

best i can do is short paracord things, which I use to help me open stuff (pouch lids ect) or as a keyring. past that it's loops of paracord and a figure of eight knot.

 

[Stormdrane]

Here's a 16 lead 3 bight Turk's Head knot made with 1.4mm braided nylon cord over a Mini Maglite 2AAA light.

 

[Stormdrane]

Tried another with black 550 paracord and 1/8" Cool Glow Stuff cord on a 2C LED Maglite. It's tightened up over the knurled section, so it doesn't move at all.

 

[jasonp]

thought I'd jump in here. Here's a camera lanyard I did:

a PFD zipper pull for when I go kayak fishing. TX state law requires a whistle on board when kayaking. The whistle is the closure here and the extra swivel is to attach clippers (to clip fishing line):

Here's one I just did. I found a road killed Western Diamondback rattle snake so I relieved him of his rattle. I did the round weave to a point, I screwed the tip of a short phillips head screw into the middle of the weave, epoxied the rattle to the head of the screw and then finished up the weave around the base of the rattle and over the screw. The finish didn't turn out as good as I'd wished. It still looks really cool in person.

I'm just learning. Stormdrain's stuff is inspirational.
Jason

 

[Stormdrane]

Jason, those look great and adding that snake rattle is a neat touch.

I put up a video tutorial for the 16 lead 3 bight turks head knot. It can take a while to make them start to finish, so I just showed the start in making the first pass, so if someone's familiar with those types of knots, I think they'll be able to follow it.

Here's one(16L3B) that I put on a CMG Infinity Ultra with about 12 feet of 1.4mm cord.

 

[Stormdrane]

Here's a Gerber Infinity Ultra with a long 3 bight turks head knot with 1.4mm braided nylon cord and 1mm green cotton cord. And a single strand lanyard with two loops and the ends buried inside the doubled lanyard knot and a small Nite Ize S-biner.

And another one done with 1.4mm cord on a small Eddie Bauer/Coast flashlight. I extended one of the bights for use as a wrist lanyard and went over that strand with a cobra stitch(Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet).