Forming lanyard loops??

Ducksoup

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I'm in the process of making some woven lanyards and I can't for the life of me figure out how to make the slip knot that looks kinda like a hangman's noose?! Does anyone have pictures, drawings, instructions, etc., on how to tie this? I've seen it on my cousins goose call lanyard but he lives 400 miles away in Boise! His was made from 1/4" parachute cord and I want to use 1/8" camo cord. Any help? Thanks.
 
I wish I knew about the link, a few months ago. I sat down and studied another lanyard I had for 3 or more hours before finally figured it out. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tony
 
Here is a couple Lanyard's i make for my call's. been making them a few year's.there easy to use hangmans noose. these call's are heading to new Brunwick canada. to a bear camp. to see how they work. Rick


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Rick,
Do you have the "hangmans knot" on both ends? I would not think having any kind of a slip knot around your neck or anyone else's (Well maybe a couple) neck a good idea. If by chance the call got hung up on something and tightened around the neck well......

I once saw a salesman shooting a bow on his lunch break. There was a good breeze blowing and the guy was wearing a REAL tie. Well the tie blew into the string when he shot. Tightened the knot into his throat and put him on his knees. Thought we were going to have to call for EMS. He missed the target with the shot also if you were wondering!


Just something to thing about

Skinner 2
 
sorry guy's. i guess no more lanyards with the call's. i'm going to take a break for a while. trying to do something right .this bothers me now. it sucks. Rick
 
AWW RICK, Don't let it bother you! Like Weasel said add a knot or just tie a knot that forms a loop and will not move, simple.

Take a piece of lanyard material 36 inches or so. Tie hangmans on both ends. fold in half and place both hangmans together and form a small loop about 6 inches or so up, now pass the long end through. Simple overhand knot that will not move. Now you have a double lanyard, Have to play with the lengths as I'm guessing.

Skinner 2
 
Easier solution than that.

You will have to cut your lanyard so that you are using two pieces of material.

Make your neck loop, and bring the ends together.

Take your second piece of material and tie a hangmans loop AROUND the ends of the neck loop. Pull tight, and tie your second hangmans noose for the call.

Any pull on the call will simply cause the hangmans knot on the neck loop to get tighter, but it will not move, and can not slip up around your neck.
 
thanks guys i'll try some different things. i'm in a slump right now with the hand. things will get better. thank's again. Rick
 
That's OK Rick were just looking out for you /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif. Think of the slump you would be in if someone fell and was hurt from a loop tightening around their neck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif? Hate to see that happen and it would be a freakish thing to begin with.

You do some very nice work, keep it up!


Skinner 2
 
Predator callers and waterfowlers don't have to worry as much as hunters that climb trees. If you hunt from a treestand, you should always use a break-away lanyard.
 
Weasel, I wasn't refering to a tree hunter. I was just thinking someone chasing a cripple or hurring throught the brush with a call around their neck. They slip on a rock and go boom. Call grabs a branch and lanyard stops fall, or slide down creek bank.

Freakish accident sure and we don't all hunt flat land.

Skinner 2
 
i always try to put my calls under my shirt or inside my jacket when i'm not calling to make sure something like what you describe does not happen. i make my own lanyards, just for the hell of it, and use the ever so dangerous two noose system and it just takes a little common sense to not choke yourself out. BUT...... FREAKIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED! also don't set any of your calls upright anywhere near you because i heard from a friend who talked to this guy who said he accidently sat on one of his calls and had to have it removed surgically, and the worst part about it was that it was one of those can calls for deer. so any time he stood on his head you would hear this barely audible estrus bleat! now he's suing the manufacturer of the "CAN" call because it didn't have a warning sticker on it. anyway, enough lies! people always tell me i'm tying my own noose anyway so.......
 
I don't use a hangman's noose except on the call end...I use an immovable knot on the neck end...I then use super glue to glue the ends together so it cannot ever slip or come undone.....many times I place a glob of super glue after tying and then quickly place a wooden bead over the knot....hides it and helps hold it as well....

Joe
 
Well I guess we could beat this to death, but it seems to me that there are a few things that will make a neck lanyard safer.
1. Make the neck loop fixed. i.e. NON slip. There are many ways this can be done.
One is by brading either 3 or 4 strands together. When the desired length is achieved either continue the braid with 3 or 4 pairs instead of singles for a few inches and then knot it off, or knot it together where they are going to join. You will now have enough cords for either 6 or 8 calls,just use the number you want and hide or cut the rest. At this point you can make your hangman loops for the calls, and vary the length so the calls don't rattle against each other.

2. This one will be short. Make the neck loop long enough so that it can be removed easily.

Hunting by definition of what it is and the equipment we use is most likely not OSHA approved but a little common sense and care is all you really need.
 


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