Lanyard beads, 3 at a time

Never make one at a time, I try to do at least three.

For one things it's a lot of set up to do one bead. Also out of three I can normally always expect to uncover a fault or void in one, screw up the second, and hope the third comes out alright. :)

How I tie Lanyards on Smaller knives

Thought I'd do a  brief explanation on how I tie the lanyards on the pocket knives, this works for all knives IMO but it's great on smaller ones because it gives you a little extra handle.

And here are some written instructions with pictures of the same thing:

First you start with a piece of leather thong, even or uneven, so long as it fits through your lanyard tube.

Thread the leather through the lanyard tube but leave one side longer then the other. The short side should be about as long as you want the lanyard.

Then take a pen or any other tube object, like a  fire steel in this example, and hold it against the two lines of leather. (Psst:  it's best to put the knife in it's sheath or cover the blade some way so you don't accidentally cut yourself.)

Starting from the top wrap the longer end of the leather thong around the tube (firesteel) ad the other end of the leather

You can wrap it as many times as you like, I normally aim for between 5 to 7.

Then pull out your tube (firesteel) to create a void.

While holding the tension on the coil with your one hand, feed the longer end of the leather back through the middle of the coil.

Make sure you push it through the first revolution as well, hen pull it tight, carefully, while keeping the tension on the spring as it tightens.

Next pinch the top (furthest away from the knife) of the coil and begin to tighten the lanyard by working the excess leather down the coil.

Do this until the lanyard is as tight, even and good looking as you want it.

Trim the ends of the leather ends (cut them at an angle for a more finished look) and then your done.

The coil will still slide up and down for various different purposes but it won't move easily or by accident, it also helps provide that little extra handle for a small knife.

I hope this helps,

thanks

Re-Using broken knife parts

 hey all,

I have a number of broken and overused folding knives and have been playing with them (as the "Pictures of current goings on" post may indicate) trying to find a use I can put them to.

Anyway, here's what I came out with last night, it is a Camilus 15 blade and an old Hammer brand bottle opener from a Hammer jack knife. i used an two Antler tips to give them some more life, hopefully, and went ahead and made them a backpocket sheath since they came out looking like a matching pair.

I gave both sides a welt

Both are epoxied and held in by brass pins that I penned

Camillus Blade

Hammer brand bottle opener

Anyway, thanks for looking,

Post under construction: Stewarts handmade Butcher knife: re-Handle

I'll add comments info soon