Homemade lanyard

image.webp Here is another option for a long lanyard, about 28' long, all but 5' or 6' go into the reel. The rope is 3/16 dyneema with a nylon cover. I like the nylon on hitch cords, so decided to try it on a lanyard. It works ok except my handsaw keeps picking strands of the cover. Had to move my handsaw to the other leg.
 
I bought a CE Lanyard from Sherrill's last year, and I really love it. It's extremely versatile. Only your creativity limits what you can do. But you can also make something really similar with extra rope, a snap (or biner) for the end, and a pulley (pinto or other) and a eye-eye hitch...
 
Brocky said:
View attachment 38955 Here is another option for a long lanyard, about 28' long, all but 5' or 6' go into the reel. The rope is 3/16 dyneema with a nylon cover. I like the nylon on hitch cords, so decided to try it on a lanyard. It works ok except my handsaw keeps picking strands of the cover. Had to move my handsaw to the other leg.
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Is that a custom sidewinder?
 
Yes, I made it from a Cordamatic extension cord reel that was in my Dad's shed. It's a metal rather than plastic shell. Went small with the rope to be able to carry more. I had a 2 in 1 that was 20' long made from Vortex before this and there isn't much difference in weight.
 
It works very good. It is a great concept that stores the rope out of the way, if you can remember to reel it back in. At first I was bummed that the rope didn't all fit in, but after using it for a while I found that I could use the extra 5-6 feet to lanyard in without having to pull from the reel.
 
No, I haven't tried the side winder. The Cordamatic recoils nice and smooth, but I do have trouble locking the length sometimes. It works using magnets somehow and you have to play with it sometimes but definitely not a deal breaker.
 
image.webp HE_lives I just bought some small cord and was playing with it to make an adjustable type lanyard and came up with this. I then tried it with ten feet of half inch rope to see how much rope would be used up. I had about five feet of lanyard after tying the knots. I thought this might help if you get a longer piece of rope.
 
Brocky said:
View attachment 39324 HE_lives I just bought some small cord and was playing with it to make an adjustable type lanyard and came up with this. I then tried it with ten feet of half inch rope to see how much rope would be used up. I had about five feet of lanyard after tying the knots. I thought this might help if you get a longer piece of rope.
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That's perfect. So the screw lock ring allows you to advance the blake's hitch with one hand?
 
Yes, you can use a screw link as shown or just one link from a chain that you install when you make the lanyard. The stopper knot by the link is needed or the double fishermens eye will expand when you weight it.
 
Brocky said:
View attachment 39324 HE_lives I just bought some small cord and was playing with it to make an adjustable type lanyard and came up with this. I then tried it with ten feet of half inch rope to see how much rope would be used up. I had about five feet of lanyard after tying the knots. I thought this might help if you get a longer piece of rope.
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That is a great way to improve upon the traditional buckstrap without adding much in the way of hardware. I'm impressed.
 
The screw link can be eliminated if the stopper knot is replaced with a overhand on a bight and the rope is fed through it before tying the Blakes.
 
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