Thursday, January 25, 2007

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Keychain lanyards made with the king cobra stitch/doubled Solomon bar/doubled Portuguese sinnet, lanyard knots, and a couple of cobra twist stitch/twisted Solomon bar/twisted Portuguese sinnet key fob/lanyards.

They have about 10 feet of paracord used in each one. The twists ones have about 5 to 6 feet in each.

And a fob, using olive drab and black 550 paracord, with a Schmuckatelli pewter skull bead, for a pocket knife with a bail, or larger sized lanyard hole, since the paracord inner strands are intact instead of gutted on this one.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Paracord single strand braid knot lanyard


This lanyard is made by using a few feet of paracord, making a small loop on one end with a lanyard knot, then tie a braid knot(like a 3-strand braid, but using only one strand) of desired length, finishing with another lanyard knot with a small loop.

Then you can ring/cow/girth hitch it onto a swivel clip or other attachment piece at one end, and add an everyday carry(EDC) knife, multi-tool, pocket watch or flashlight on the other.

I made this one long enough so that it can also serve as a wrist lanyard when I clip onto the braid, making a loop.




Here's a lanyard in black and neon green paracord done in a diamond braid with an eye splice loop and a black snap hook swivel. Overall finished length is 8.5 inches.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007



A few more that I made for some of my SAKs(Swiss Army Knives), using Type I OD Green Paracord(from the Supply Captain).

Thursday, January 11, 2007

I started out using a piece of shockcord with loops on each end secured with lanyard knots and decided to make the length between them into another loop. I used Type I paracord to overlap the three loops. Keyrings, swivel clips, or snap hooks may be put on the ends for multiple attachment options. Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

A few more that I made with 1/16" utility cord in a cobra twist stitch and added small pewter skulls.
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Monday, January 08, 2007

SAK Lanyard/fob with skull bead

I used about 4 feet of 1/16" camo utility cord for the cobra twist lanyard/fob with a small pewter skull bead.

Shown attached to a Victorinox Ranger.

SAK lanyard with 'Type I' paracord...

Using 'Type I' paracord, I spent over an hour on the one pictured below by tying, untying, retying, over and over so that I could get 10 feet of cord into it and have the finished lanyard's total lenght at about 6 inches. I started with a set amount of 10 feet plus about 3-4" extra that I usually trim off it there's room as I finish.

I had to figure how many inches to start tying from the center(4"), how long to make the first set of cobra stitches/Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet(2"), then overlapping those 3 more times and still have enough left for a finished tail end with a lanyard knot and a doubled granny knot(1.75" long after tying them), and have the loop on the top for attaching it to the knife(1.75" which is long enough to fit thru a lanyard hole and still have room to loop the lanyard body thru it on an average pocket knife, it appears long when just looped onto a split ring like on the SAK).

That kept the finished lanyard at about 6 inches. I have a tape measure handy, but I don't measure precisely as I tie. I mostly just tie/untie until it looks ok to me. I only know those measurements after I've finished, and these only work for that sized cord.

The Swiss Army knife is a Victorinox Ranger.

Saturday, January 06, 2007




Here's a lanyard/fob made of Type I paracord for my Victorinox Swiss Army Tinker. I used several feet of cord(I'm guessing 5 to 7 feet, I didn't measure it as I was using leftover pieces) using the king cobra stitch and finishing with a lanyard knot and a doubled granny knot. And you can see the size difference compared to the regular 550 paracord on my keychain.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Shock cord lanyard...




I used shockcord for the main length of the lanyard and put round sinnets of black and olive drab paracord on each end with a swivel clip on one end and a snap hook and swivel on the other.