Ever seen some guy wearing a knife around his neck, like this dude wearing the Ka-Bar LDK TDI, and asked yourself, “Why a neck knife?” The short answer is—because knives. The longer answer involves a bunch of cavemen who loved knives but didn’t share the same fondness for wearing pants. Go figure. But, in all...
Gong Hey Fat Choy! Or, for those of you not fluent in Cantonese, Happy New Year!! Yesterday (February 8th, 2016) was Chinese New Year! This is the year of the Monkey, easily one of my top ten favorite animals! The zodiac monkey is known for being fast acting, and constantly re-addressing their lifestyle as they...
If you’ve never done a paracord wrap for your knife before, now is the perfect time to start. This wrap I’m going to show you takes about 30 seconds to learn, and it’s an easy way to add more comfort and personality to your knife. This wrap is basically the same as a pretty popular pattern...
It’s been a while since we’ve done anything with paracord on the Knife Blog. Since we did a handle wrap in the last tutorial, I thought we’d do a lanyard today. The snake knot is super easy to do once you get started. Honestly the hardest part is just getting it set up, but once...
When I was a green Blade HQ employee, I thought paracord was just used for making survival bracelets and wrapping knife handles (oh, young grasshopper… you had so much to learn). Now, however, I consider myself to be more of a yellow Blade HQ employee, as my knife and gear knowledge has expanded significantly. Some of this...