Holy shit, for 20 years I wanted to learn how to do stuff like this with Paracord for the knives I make, and have always struggled. Either the videos I watched were too fast, or the person trying to teach would talk and go on and on, about something irrelevant. You taught me how to do this particular knot, in literally 3 minutes, you sir, have gained a follower, thank you so much.
Easiest tutorial to follow. Thank you. I've done it on two of my knives now. I used to hate lanyards on my knives because I couldn't get them nice but thanks to you and your amazing video, I was able to do it with ease.
While I'm not a fan of random dangly bits on my sharp tools, I have used this snake lanyard with a diamond knot stopper as a zipper pull like you mentioned on practically everything I own. The flexibility and uniform size is ideal for me compared to the stiff and asymmetrical wraps like cobra. And it's always oh so very satisfying to cut off all the loud clinking clacking metal zippers and make your gear finally just be QUIET. Give it a try if you haven't already! 👌
Thank you very much! I've no experience with paracord but following your steps i was able to create a fob for my small edc knife. Very well done tutorial, easy to follow!
As many others have already commented, this video has the clearest and simplest instructions of how to make a paracord snake knot of any of those that I have previously watched. I spent a few frustrating hours yesterday trying to follow instructions from other videos on the subject. In contrast, I knew exactly how to tie the snake knot after seeing and listening while the first knot was being tied in this video. SMH - it's really that simple?!? Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video!
Hiya Jon, everyone of these UA-cam snake knot tutorials seems to be slightly different; backwards, forwards, upside down and behind, you name it. I come here and I get it the first time I tried it; being somewhat dyslexic I learn by rote. Once I get it, it becomes carved in stone, but I have to get it first and you are the best teacher. Thanks.
Thank you for doing this Tutorial. I’m an Old DAV with memory issues and try to keep busy and the Audio from this was so helpful in me remembering which way to loop, the British Voice is just so memorable i didn’t have any issues and I will remember this without having to reference the Video like I have to on so many others. Semper Fidelis
This is by far the easiest snake knot tutorial I've seen on UA-cam yet. The other ones make it way more complicate than it needs to be. I'll be adding lanyards to my new ZT, Hogue, and Cold Steel knives along with a couple of beads I think they will look much nicer. Also going to be replacing the cheap square braid string that came on my CRKT SPEW with a small snake knot lanyard using some Nano cord that I just got in my recent paracord shipment.
Bless you for making this video the way you made it. I'm SO BAD at braiding (ask my daughter 😳). But your slow and deliberate method while repeating your steps actually got thru my Neanderthal skull. Now I've got a bunch of nicely braided knives and I can stop buying the dang pre-made lanyards! Thank you and cheers!
Thx so much John. I have looked at so many UA-cam to try & get this & boom you explained it so so easily. Wonderful job...could you maybe do a tutorial with a couple of colours & beads? :)
After just learning this knot from this video and a little bit practice. It's super straight forward once you done a few knots. Here's some tips I've found. Melt the ends BEFORE you start the knot so rope doesn't stays intact as you go. for stability place the object in between some headphones .
Hi Jonathan, I've been looking for a simple way to do this for a long time and your video is brilliant. Thank you for your work, I'm going to view more of it!
I went into the lanyards for my knifes like crazy. Bought the paracord, started with the snake knot, thought to myself "this ain't so hard", went to the next level of knots and....... went back to the trusty old snake knot which is the style of lanyard knots all of my knifes now sport... I simply couldn't learn the more intricate and technically more demanding knots... I simply don't have the fingers nor the nerves for it. And I do love lanyards. Not only they are aesteticaly pleasing to my eye (despite the fact they are all made out of the simplest snake knots with an occasional lanyard bead), but they serve an incredible role of making the pulling of the knife out of the trousers faster and more convenient. All of my knifes have lanyards on them except some oddballs that for some reason don't have the lanyard hole (looking at you Benchmade Osborne..)
Jon, this was very helpful! And I see that you tied this knot on one of my favorite slip joints - the Real Steel Luna Lite! I like your version with the contrasting dark scales and brass(?) hardware. Very nice, indeed!
P.S. Accidentally made the lanyard loop around the bottle's cap ring (an aluminium Sigg bottle), so I couldn't take it off. After spending at an event I used my subway ride home to re-do the lanyard such that it loops around itself and can be taken off.
Yay thank you! I’ve been needing a way to make a pull in the end of lines. I have a sheath that I made a toggle for to hold the knife in using a Canadian jam knot. It could use this for the ends.
Great job, Jon ! Im really enjoying your gadget vids ! Just ordered a Victorinox mini champ based upon your glowing review. This will be my 4th or 5th Victorinox. Never a real big fan of the classic red handle, and think the alox really classes things up !
this is so cool! i did it on my Gerber Swagger (Edit: my Gerber Swagger got stolen so i now put one of these on my CRKT Overland Compact but the paracord has a little bead on it!)
Thank you for showing us how to do this; it was simple and easy to follow. However, try as I may, I just cannot get it to look like 2:57. I think my clumsy fingers and/or brain gets the sides mixed up, so it just doesn't look quite right.
Thanks, very helpful! Excellent tutorial. I've done cobra stitch knots alternating the loop side to side, but I like the look of the snake knot better. I've also added a bead in the middle of my lanyards as Reeve does, and then finished the lanyard which sets them off and helps with a smaller knife like the Spyderco McBee. You can also experiment with removing the 7 center strands first. The cord will lay a bit flatter if that's the look you want, and is just as strong. Finally, what I've done on my last few is tie them OFF the knife, say on a hook or dowel sticking up, with the loop that goes through the lanyard hole approx. 1.5" long depending on the placement of the lanyard hole in the knife. That way you can easily take them off and put them on the knife as needed, or move them to another knife or multitool.
Ay Up John, been subbed for a year, love your content, thanks for presenting this. Also I've got impaired hearing & your voice is easy for me to listen too, don't know owt about the technics of intonation or how/why but it's nice to watch your stuff without subtitles. Thanks again merry Xmas & be well ✊
Being trying to make that knot for the longest time. With this tutorial I was able to follow your steps and make it in a snap. Also wanted to ask about the pouch, would you be so kind and provide me with the brand/make?
Thank you sooo Much i just did my First Snake knot Lanyard for My Voctorinox Pioneer ♡ And the funny thing is my paracord looks Kind of a Snake its green yellow and black Pretty awesome 😄
That made it simple. Thanks. Even though I was twitching like a madman because you didn’t put the knife in a vise or stop it some kind of way from falling over. That’s my only petty little complaint. Lol
Nice always good to know what it is called in English. Here it is called, roughly translated, a round knot. Please keep making your interesting videos they are lovely.
I has a loving cold steel Japanese tanto it would look better with that lanyard I had to do it with my legal carry pocket knives too thanks buddy 🇮🇹👍🐾🦊🇬🇧
No idea why I watched this, but it raises the question: Can we get this guy to make EVERY YT instructional vid?
Thank you for making this 100 times simpler then the other videos out there. 👍
no problem - thanks for the feedback
Yeah I managed to make a nice one for my Rovy A29 first attempt 👍🏻
I thought the same thing . Made one for a baby banter 😂
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Outstanding instructional video! Thank you for being effective AND efficient. 😎👍
Holy shit, for 20 years I wanted to learn how to do stuff like this with Paracord for the knives I make, and have always struggled. Either the videos I watched were too fast, or the person trying to teach would talk and go on and on, about something irrelevant. You taught me how to do this particular knot, in literally 3 minutes, you sir, have gained a follower, thank you so much.
It's so dang easy once you get down the basics with some practice.
Very helpful, I’m thirteen and very into bushcraft, so I added a ferro rod button on the end.
Thank God someone that actually repeats for the knot challenged ppl like me. Thank you👍🏽
Thanks a lot, I can now remember how to start the knot, and you have made it easier than any of the other videos I have seen. Great stuff.
Easiest tutorial to follow. Thank you. I've done it on two of my knives now. I used to hate lanyards on my knives because I couldn't get them nice but thanks to you and your amazing video, I was able to do it with ease.
Thank you for the video. I was able to follow you pretty well. I just attached a lanyard to my knife because of your video. Excellent job sir.😊
While I'm not a fan of random dangly bits on my sharp tools, I have used this snake lanyard with a diamond knot stopper as a zipper pull like you mentioned on practically everything I own. The flexibility and uniform size is ideal for me compared to the stiff and asymmetrical wraps like cobra. And it's always oh so very satisfying to cut off all the loud clinking clacking metal zippers and make your gear finally just be QUIET.
Give it a try if you haven't already! 👌
This method is easier to keep ends even than the other left/right loop method.
Thank you!
Thank you very much! I've no experience with paracord but following your steps i was able to create a fob for my small edc knife. Very well done tutorial, easy to follow!
The quality of the videos is outstanding. Well done!
Thank you Eyal, much appreciated.
As many others have already commented, this video has the clearest and simplest instructions of how to make a paracord snake knot of any of those that I have previously watched. I spent a few frustrating hours yesterday trying to follow instructions from other videos on the subject. In contrast, I knew exactly how to tie the snake knot after seeing and listening while the first knot was being tied in this video. SMH - it's really that simple?!?
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video!
After watching over half a dozen videos on how to tie a shake knot, this simple explanation is by far the best out there. Thank you
Beginners like myself, if you watch at 0.5x speed, it's much easier to listen and follow along! Great video.
Thanks Jon. Wife now has a simple but elegant snake knot letting for her mini and easily lost Swiss Army knife. Thank you.
Thanks dad. It also helps to note, this will still take some practice to get just right. It did for me.
Hiya Jon, everyone of these UA-cam snake knot tutorials seems to be slightly different; backwards, forwards, upside down and behind, you name it. I come here and I get it the first time I tried it; being somewhat dyslexic I learn by rote. Once I get it, it becomes carved in stone, but I have to get it first and you are the best teacher. Thanks.
Thank you for doing this Tutorial. I’m an Old DAV with memory issues and try to keep busy and the Audio from this was so helpful in me remembering which way to loop, the British Voice is just so memorable i didn’t have any issues and I will remember this without having to reference the Video like I have to on so many others. Semper Fidelis
This is by far the easiest snake knot tutorial I've seen on UA-cam yet. The other ones make it way more complicate than it needs to be. I'll be adding lanyards to my new ZT, Hogue, and Cold Steel knives along with a couple of beads I think they will look much nicer. Also going to be replacing the cheap square braid string that came on my CRKT SPEW with a small snake knot lanyard using some Nano cord that I just got in my recent paracord shipment.
Thanks for the great feedback 👍
Bless you for making this video the way you made it. I'm SO BAD at braiding (ask my daughter 😳). But your slow and deliberate method while repeating your steps actually got thru my Neanderthal skull. Now I've got a bunch of nicely braided knives and I can stop buying the dang pre-made lanyards! Thank you and cheers!
You made this SOOOOOO much easier to follow and understand compared to every other video EVER made! Thank you so much!!
I followed your instructional video and I am pleased to say, the results are most excellent! Thanks again!
Great little video, thank you!
Just made my first couple snake knot lanyards thanks to you!
Thanks! Just added 7 knots of reflective black paracord to my Milwaukie 6 and 1 utility knife, looks awesome!
Thx so much John. I have looked at so many UA-cam to try & get this & boom you explained it so so easily. Wonderful job...could you maybe do a tutorial with a couple of colours & beads? :)
After just learning this knot from this video and a little bit practice. It's super straight forward once you done a few knots. Here's some tips I've found. Melt the ends BEFORE you start the knot so rope doesn't stays intact as you go. for stability place the object in between some headphones .
Hi Jonathan, I've been looking for a simple way to do this for a long time and your video is brilliant. Thank you for your work, I'm going to view more of it!
Thank you very much Jon, a great job very well explained and presented, my first ever lanyard turned out great.👍
Thanks again
Sam
Much appreciated. I wasn't able to follow other tutorials on this knot. Your method worked for me like a champ!
I went into the lanyards for my knifes like crazy. Bought the paracord, started with the snake knot, thought to myself "this ain't so hard", went to the next level of knots and....... went back to the trusty old snake knot which is the style of lanyard knots all of my knifes now sport... I simply couldn't learn the more intricate and technically more demanding knots... I simply don't have the fingers nor the nerves for it. And I do love lanyards. Not only they are aesteticaly pleasing to my eye (despite the fact they are all made out of the simplest snake knots with an occasional lanyard bead), but they serve an incredible role of making the pulling of the knife out of the trousers faster and more convenient. All of my knifes have lanyards on them except some oddballs that for some reason don't have the lanyard hole (looking at you Benchmade Osborne..)
Well done. I like that knot and now I can actually tie it.
Perfect 👌
Awesome, I did it! You really made it easy. Much easier than most of the other videos I have seen. Thank you sir.
you're welcome Marian
Thanks, Going to get some paracord and try this tomorrow for my new spyderco ladybug3
Thanks for sharing. I just put a lanyard on my on my leatherman charge using this knot.
i have been trying to learn how to tie a snake knot for a while now, this video is perfect. short simple and effective.
Jon, this was very helpful! And I see that you tied this knot on one of my favorite slip joints - the Real Steel Luna Lite! I like your version with the contrasting dark scales and brass(?) hardware. Very nice, indeed!
Great knife and thank you
Cristal clear tutorial! Thank you for the mantra: "over the top and underneath, underneath and over the top". Got it! Liked and subscribed ;)
Very cool dude, easy tutorial... at first i had the first knot wrong, but i slowed the video down and caught my error. Fantastic, thank you!
Excellent video I just used your video to put a lanyard on my new spyderco paramilitary 2 salt it looks and functions amazingly
Thank you! Was a nice and efficient tutorial. Got myself a lanyard on my water bottle now.
P.S. Accidentally made the lanyard loop around the bottle's cap ring (an aluminium Sigg bottle), so I couldn't take it off.
After spending at an event I used my subway ride home to re-do the lanyard such that it loops around itself and can be taken off.
For something so simple it took a few attempts, looks great once accomplished.
Yay thank you! I’ve been needing a way to make a pull in the end of lines. I have a sheath that I made a toggle for to hold the knife in using a Canadian jam knot. It could use this for the ends.
Great job, Jon ! Im really enjoying your gadget vids ! Just ordered a Victorinox mini champ based upon your glowing review. This will be my 4th or 5th Victorinox. Never a real big fan of the classic red handle, and think the alox really classes things up !
Glad you’re enjoying the channel 👍
Excellent short no nonsense tutorial. The far right loop part was perfectly explained
this is so cool! i did it on my Gerber Swagger
(Edit: my Gerber Swagger got stolen so i now put one of these on my CRKT Overland Compact but the paracord has a little bead on it!)
Thank you for showing us how to do this; it was simple and easy to follow. However, try as I may, I just cannot get it to look like 2:57. I think my clumsy fingers and/or brain gets the sides mixed up, so it just doesn't look quite right.
Thank you for that…simplest way I found to make a snake knot! Just added a 4 knot to my Esee 3!!!
Thanks for the simple effective video! I made a lanyard first try:)
It’s late, early rather lol and I want to try this soooo bad because it looks very good. Time for bed though, well done 👍🏻
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Now you, sir, have made my life so much easier, thank you very much for a perfectly concise tuition, champion as always.
Brilliant! EVERY other vid I watched I failed to follow...I learned in 30 seconds with yours.
Hey thanks! Just made one for my Bravo 1 and it turned out perfect.
I don’t normally comment on UA-cam, but I’m going to here.
Thanks, this was the easiest tutorial video I have found.
Thank you!!
This is so cool and your description is good enough that i tied it myself right away. Thanks !
great 👍
Thanks, lots of videos on this, but it gets super annoying having to stop and run it back, this one made it much easier to follow.
Glad it helped 😊
Cheers Jonathan. Great tutorial very easy to follow 👍🏻
Thanks, very helpful! Excellent tutorial. I've done cobra stitch knots alternating the loop side to side, but I like the look of the snake knot better. I've also added a bead in the middle of my lanyards as Reeve does, and then finished the lanyard which sets them off and helps with a smaller knife like the Spyderco McBee. You can also experiment with removing the 7 center strands first. The cord will lay a bit flatter if that's the look you want, and is just as strong. Finally, what I've done on my last few is tie them OFF the knife, say on a hook or dowel sticking up, with the loop that goes through the lanyard hole approx. 1.5" long depending on the placement of the lanyard hole in the knife. That way you can easily take them off and put them on the knife as needed, or move them to another knife or multitool.
Best tutorial video ever. Thanks.
My lanyard looks great.
Thxs for your easy to follow instructions. I just made my 1st one for Holtzman Redline Bush knife.
Great 👍
Excellent, i love an instructional video that gets to the point and is east to follow. Thank you
Very nice look, I’ll have to give it a try. I picked up the Victorinox Compact, it’s great been carrying it and haven’t missed the Spartan 👍
Great to hear 👍 yes give it a go , makes great zipper pulls.
I'm a little late to this video, but, it is incredibly easy to follow your instructions. Thank you.😊
Excellent video, made a really nice lanyard in a couple of minutes 👍🏻
You made it easy. Over the top and underneath…. Underneath and over the top! Bam ! thanks
Well done! Easy instructions to follow. Thank you! Looks great! Just what I'm looking for.
Sir you are an excellent instructor!!! I thank you and my Victorinox evo s111 thanks you.
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Great job as always. Simple, straight forward and easy to understand. 👍
Bro thank you I was watching videos and tried for an hour yesterday it was like I was using my feet. This was simple for me
Brilliant! Thanks to you I finally got it right!!!🎉😊
Ay Up John, been subbed for a year, love your content, thanks for presenting this. Also I've got impaired hearing & your voice is easy for me to listen too, don't know owt about the technics of intonation or how/why but it's nice to watch your stuff without subtitles.
Thanks again merry Xmas & be well ✊
Concise and to the point. Plus, I learned something! THANK YOU!!!
When you're right, you're right. When you're wrong, it's usually because you over complicated things. This video got it right!
Thank you
Wonderful video. Great quality and succinct. Thank you!
Good to hear feedback, especially from those with experience of the brand 👍
gotta love a Garmin instinct watch, oh and a good knot to boot lol. frank from down under
Being trying to make that knot for the longest time. With this tutorial I was able to follow your steps and make it in a snap. Also wanted to ask about the pouch, would you be so kind and provide me with the brand/make?
Very easy and simple! As always pleasure to watch!
Thank you sooo Much i just did my First Snake knot Lanyard for My Voctorinox Pioneer ♡
And the funny thing is my paracord looks Kind of a Snake its green yellow and black Pretty awesome 😄
No nonsense straight to the point, I like that. You sir have my subscription
Welcome to the channel 😊
That made it simple. Thanks. Even though I was twitching like a madman because you didn’t put the knife in a vise or stop it some kind of way from falling over. That’s my only petty little complaint. Lol
Your channel has really grown on me, Jon.
Well done.
Thank you that's great to hear 🙏 feel free to feedback on any aspect , I'm new to UA-cam so learning all the time 👍
Excellent video, took me a couple of tries but I got it down.
I always use a 13 wrap hangman knot for my lanyard knots, but I may give this a try. Maybe use a bead on the tail instead of melting the cord.
Very good explanation and instruction. Thank you.
Thanks I had forgotten this art.
Super simple, thank you very much
My go to tutorial when I forget. Thanks
Interesting that you're working on one knife but then grab an SAK for the effort. Long live the SAK!
I wanted to put a Pioneer X in here (the Orange one) but just too big for this sleeve - SAK all the way
Nice always good to know what it is called in English. Here it is called, roughly translated, a round knot. Please keep making your interesting videos they are lovely.
Thank you 🙏 I will try my best
Easy to learn! Thank you so much!
Thanks for the kind tutorial. It helped me a lot !
Loved it thanks for teaching me the snake knot
I has a loving cold steel Japanese tanto it would look better with that lanyard I had to do it with my legal carry pocket knives too thanks buddy 🇮🇹👍🐾🦊🇬🇧
Amazing !
Great teaching skills 💪🏼
Over the top, underneath. Underneath and over the top. Pretty simple. Thanks
Thank you very much for this information!
Easy, simple and straight to the point. 😂
Simple and to the point, thanks man!
This was awesome! Thanks for this great vid
Well done! Thank you! Great and informative.