How To Tie A Decorative Paracord Diamond Knot/Knife Lanyard Knot
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Knot tying video tutorial. Learn how to make a knife lanyard knot. Easy step by step instructions for tying a knife lanyard knot in this simple guide.
The diamond knot is an ornamental knot. It is knot #787 in the Ashley Book of Knots (AboK). It is also known as the sailor’s knife lanyard knot, the marlin spike lanyard knot, the bosun’s whistle knot and the friendship knot.
The knot is tied by joining two ends of a single cord with a carrick bend to form a loop in the middle. The ends are then wrapped around the outside of the loop and up through the center of the knot.
Use/Application
It is often used as an ornamental part of a knife or tool lanyard. It can also be used to make paracord jewelery, as a decorative part of a paracord survival bracelet or key fob or zipper pull. It is often used as a paracord bracelet end knot. If you pull the slack out and completely close the loop you can form a button knot (the chinese button knot), which can be used as a functional button. Sailors used to tie the knot with a large loop and use the loop as a necklace with the knot as an attractive pendant.
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I have been trying to get this right for at least 2 hours using other tutorials. Yours is the best! First time perfect. Thank you!!
The people are telling the truth you are a born teacher my dear sir I also watched several others only to get frustrated at their lack of the want to actually show others how to do it. Thank you keep it up!
Geeze I have been working on this knot along with watching every "how to" video on UA-cam with out any luck 😤 after 1 time of watching this I FINALLY GOR IT! 🙆🏻♀️ So wanted to THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I still can’t do it. I feel so dumb!
Same here!! I tried it like 30 times and wasn’t able to get it right until I saw this video.
I did them all... I gave up , F this
Praise be to God, finally I did it. Thank you very much.
Without a doubt, the easiest method I have seen. Thank you...Thank you...Wait...did I say thank you...THANK YOU!!!!!😀
first time I have easily tied this knot - well explained - easy to follow - many thanks for making it so simple
Wanted a spherical knot to use for zipper pulls on a soccer backpack--the diamond knots turned out perfectly, like tiny little soccer balls! Thanks for the clear, easy to follow instructions!
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Thank you so much, I could not get this knot. Seen 6 or 8 videos then you made it easy, Bless you. Thanks again
Hands down (literally) the best diamond knot tutorial on UA-cam, thank you sir! 💎🪢
Not only the least confusing of many tutorials, it was actually quite easy to follow and understand. Thank you...
This is the best tutorial of the diamond knot on UA-cam. The video is done slowly explaining the process instead of going quickly through it assuming the watcher already knows how. Well done with much thanks.
Hey thanks for this video! I got some paracord for my son’s school project. Needed to learn a quick single strand knot with a loop for a handle and this is exactly what I needed. It’s a good clean and strong knot that won’t come undone! Thanks! A video as good as this will last for many more years to come 👍
took me 5 tries in 4 different videos and I got it with you, WP.
Such a neat way to tie this most useful knot using your hand as a former.
Thanks, buddy. With your help, I tied the first knot in my life. It remains a little practice, and my knife will get a lanyard. 👍
The ABSOLUTE easiest way to tie this beautiful knot! Thanks for the short concise video. You are The Man!
Seriously best how to video for complicated knot. Made it look easy and made me feel like a genius when I did it on the first try lol
Absolutely the beat, clearest and simplest way to tie the diamond knot! Thank you.
Sorry, I got lost. The Weavers of Eternity video was easier to follow...just my opinion :-)
I humbly disagree, this was terrible for me.
Excellent video. I've tried other videos on this knot. This one beats them hands down. Thank you very much.
So many positive comments I decided to give it a go. So clear video and voice it worked first time. Going to go and follow your channel. Thanks.
Crazy easy to follow along, just made 2 attempts both came out great thanks :D
The best description of a lanyard knot I have been able to find on youtube, thank you!
Have tried a lot of tutorials for this knot. Yours is the best !!! Finally managed to make it work. Thanks🙏
Thank you so much. I just spent about an hour trying to do this and i got it first try with your video
A very confusing knot imo, and you made it so easy to learn. God knows how you managed it so effortlessly. Thank you!
I've watched a lot of tutorials with this knot. Yours is the clearest and simpliest.❤
I’ve watched like 10 of these tutorials and yours is the first i’ve been successful with, thank you good sir
This is the best Diamond Knot tutorial I've taken. My tying has gotten better because of that. Thank you!
This was the first video of yours I ever saw and it's still my favorite. One bonus to your method is that it looks like a magic trick -- pull the ends and a knot appears! I use it at craft shows and it is always a crowd - pleaser. Thanks!
I'm glad. Thanks so much for sharing with me.
Sir I've been trying for years to tie this specific knot , Thank You
Thanks. Been trying this one for hours
Thank you for those simple step. Easy to understand. its working.
I’ve watched like three or four videos before this one and couldn’t get it you rock dude thanks!
This was the one video that made sense for me. Thanks for sharing.
by far the best tutorial
Thank you so much your the best . I have watched so many videos on this knot . I watched your video and I did it with out tiring my hand up. Keep up the great videos .
This is such a good instruction video. I could finally make a diamond knot thank you
Wonderful n best tutorial on diamond knot. Thank you.
I think I have finally found the knot I want for a number of lanyards I need to tie. Thanks for posting. :)
Omg! So much easier to follow than other videos for the same knot. Many thanks!
Dude you rock! the way you show how to tie this knot is so much easier and u actually took the time to show where to guide the cord. 2 thumbs up brotha!
Thanks. Feedback is always welcome.
Brilliantly explained, thank you. Best Paracord channel on UA-cam, hands down.
this is the perfect video I have a customer that needed one done one his knife.Thanks for posting this video!!
Thank you very much for this at last a video I can understand I have just watched it twice and now tied my first one thanks
Thank you!!! I've been trying to get this knot for so long. This is the best video I've found. Thanks again :)
Wow. It s best tut. Diamond knots on UA-cam . Thx
Sir: Thank you for an excellent tutorial of the Lanyard Knot.
What the hell 1st try! Thank you
Your video was very clear and easy to use. Followed your tutorial and had the diamond knot finished with you. Thank you!
You made this very easy!! Thanks for posting.
Можно по русскому,Я Кыргыз. Очень приятно смотреть ваше видео.❤
extremely well explained and then easy to knot this one. thanks a lot man
After so much frustration it worked ! 😄
great tutorial !!!
Best and easiest yet
Superb tutorial. God bless🙏🙏
Great tutorial! Actually the best out there!
Really great videos easy to follow.
thanx man, for the nice disign. for my knife lanyard. Lex the Netherlands
Thank you this helped alot
Awesome! Got it. Thanks!!
The best tutorial of this not... thank you
This is a great tutorial; however, I won’t be able to use because I lost the use of my left hand. Cr😢
you make it look easy, thx forthe vid!!
This works with 80 cm of line, so you have two short strands, how do you do it at the end of a long line?
Why do I feel like Homer Simpson trying to build a bbq when I finish 😂, but seriously thanks for the video 👍
i cant seem to get it mine looks "chunky" if you will
of all the Times I have tied this knot , this is the First time using this Method... took me 4 tries to get it correct, I will add this method to my repertoire...
LaAttiDah I'm glad you got it! I know the knot gets a little messy toward the end.
You Sir are a bad ass
Por fin pude hacer este nudo! Gracias.
Cheers Mate!
This is a foot rope knot as the ends finish of by going up through the middle a diamond knot the ends do not go through the middle they finish of by going on the outside of the knot but the last tuck is under ,
I tried to tie this on a thin stranded wire to get a bit sturdier thin loop. It did not come out quite as nice and regular but it seems solid enough. Some of the loops went to the bottom so had to turn the knot like halfway inside out. I wonder how short can you cut the loose ends for it to remain reliable.
Thank you 😊
Structurally, is there any difference between the diamond knot and the chotki knot used in prayer ropes? I know the method of tying them is different, but the end result seem very similar.
would it be reasonable to put two of these in? one at the end with the handle to prevent the loop spinning and then another at the very end to finish the strap/lanyard?
I did it !!!!
i love your canal
I really need to know how to take a fixed pocket knife fob/lanyard, and resize it because the loop that attaches to the knife is way too long, how can I make it much smaller to my knife? Will I have to cut it and retie a knot? Please I really need someone's help here I've searched UA-cam ty.
thank you brother
Looks exactly like a chotki (prayer rope) knot.
Thanks, bro!
It`s the best way to tie a diamond knot.
Why oh why with all these lanyard knot videos no one ties it on a knife, which is it's purpose? Do you all tie these off the knife and then do a lark's head with a bite over the eye? I don't just need to know the knot, I need to know the application!
My guess is that the eye of the knife replaces the middle finger?
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This is a footrope knot which is a diamond knot inside out. If you roll the crown down over the wall you end up with a diamond knot
That's approximately 31 and half inches for us American blokes. 😁
This is a 3l X 4b Turks head made with 2 cords
Thank you
That's an easy one to remember. :-/
Excellent demonstration, the other video I watched was pitiful, no verbal instructions and the music was worse than the knot tying.
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Your name is genius
i dont know what im doing wrong!!! mine's looking like a car accident!!!
I think it's a Gordian knot.
Ditto
EAR/ONS brought me hear
Me too
Me too...wanted to see how hard it was....anyone wonder more about his use of this?
Deborah Vercammen I wonder more about where he learned it...because I know what he used it for. Lmao...kidding ya...
We all know what he used it for...however, yes...where did he learn it? Back then it was probably not as easy to have this experience...do Boy Scouts use this? Do paratroopers in the army? Was it something that was used in a particular job? Navy, boating?
Deborah Vercammen I'm thinking Boy scouts...or Navy
Third tutorial and mine still is not the same. I believe something is missing.
Great tutorial! But an overrated knot. 1. Difficult to do. 2 Hard to untie. 3 strands become uneven and the strain on the rope depends on one strand instead of two. 4. It takes a long time to do so you are not helped in a stressful situation. 5 Hard to remember. 6. Rarely turns out great. 7 Easy to make a mistake and get it wrong. Anyway, thx for the upload. I will put this in my "tucker bag".
I got stressed Out ... Trying the double ... Diamond knot... 😅 Trying that this one be more easy...
@plywoodcarjohnson5412 really? This is one of the first knots I learned to tie reliably. And it is a very good stopper knot. Maybe give it another try or maybe knottying isn't your thing.
these are decorative knots. not really practical unless you want a permanent knot
This is the worst showcase of how to tie this knot I have ever seen!