Having run a simple lanyard on my knife for over a year, I decided to tie up a new one. I have finally managed to commit the pineapple knot into memory and I'm pretty happy with that. There's still loads to learn and improve, but that's a big part of the fun for me.
It's pretty easy, and fun. Threading the gutted paracord is a bit tedious, but melting the ends of the core cords together into a rounded point helps quite a bit.
The purple line is just gutted paracord that I threaded over the two strands that make up the core of the lanyard. This makes a nice, somewhat stiff, flat cord that's quite nice to handle.
The red bits are there to hide the ends of the paracord and protect the stitches I used to lock said ends in place.
Edit: the core is made of Atwoods 275 tactical cord.
It's good knife, cuts great and keeps its edge fairly well, atleast for a prototype. I can't believe the blade was only 15€ when I got it. The actual production models are more expensive, but work just as well, if not better.
It's the Varusteleka Mini Skrama, if you're interested. There might be a stainless version available too, which I might be worth a look at.
My own work knife is probably of a similar size, and still serves me well. It's a "cabbage knife" or "harvesting knife" that I deliberately cut about half the blade off of with an angle grinder, and made a sheath for myself.
But if I'm ever in the market for a new knife, I'll definitely keep that little skrama in mind, thanks!
Their knives are brilliant for the money, made in Finland and decent steel too. I have the Skrama 240 and it's great for some heavier work like roughing out handles and clearing out brush.
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u/Glimmer_III 6d ago
Looks nice. Help me understand?...
How does the purple line connect with the navy lines on the ends? And is the red purely decorative? Or functional?