Great idea for making simple, but cool lanyards! Do you use lanyards?
I started using the lanyards that came with my lights, but as far as the smaller lights go, I didnt really find the lanyards too useful, so I decided to make them more useful, and tried to find better styles of lanyards for sale, and while doing this I found a good source of lanyards, but better yet, I saw that that same store sells LOTS of lanyard supplies for tying your own lanyards out of many, many different colors of paracord, including really good glow in the dark 3/32" paracord that very quickly charges up under a lamp or sunlight, and will hold its luminosity for a long time, yet is REALLY bright!
But before I bought any of it I wanted to see how to make a basic lanyard, so I went to Youtube and found videos(most not very easy to follow) on how to tie some really cool round and box/square lanyards out of paracord. I use 1 link of GITD paracord and 1 link of another non-GITD color like OD green, blue, or tan. The box lanyard is made of 2 different links of cord.
So I bought some paracord and other paracord making supplies for cheap at Lighthound and made several of my own lanyards for like $1.60 each with GITD cord, and about .90 cents with non-GITD colors! You can also buy lanyard fobs that are metal, plastic, glow in the dark, etc all on the Lighthound site.
So here's the link for the glow in the dark paracord:
http://www.lighthound.com/Paracord-Glow-in-the-Dark-332-size_p_1419.html
Here's the link for all the paracord supplies including many other colors of paracord, fobs, etc:
http://www.lighthound.com/Lanyard-Supplies_c_209.html
Lastly, here's the link to a decent Youtube video showing how to tie a cool box lanyard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5gT2UNw4VY&feature=related
These come out really good if you follow the simple instructions, and they will make it nearly impossible to lose your light, knife or whatever you have it tied to due to the superior glow-in-the-dark paracord. Just remember to remove the center strings in the middle of the paracord, and you need about 32-36" of cord for each link, with 2 links of cord.
I leave my 2 home lights on my end table with GITD lanyards and there is no way you can miss them when the lights are out, and they stay charged for several hours too. The other non-GITD paracord to use is the 450 test paracord.
You can tie one of these and have it finished in less than 1/2 hour.
