I too would like to see how you wrapped your knife in cord. If I don't learn how to to that, I'm going to wrap mine in tennis racket tape.
Please, save me from myself.
This is my first warden/shaker style knife, so it is my first attempt at cord wrapping. So, I might not be the best person to ask. But, I will try and explain what I did here.
- I started with about 4 foot of cord.
- I started at the end towards the blade. I had to back my wrap off a bit so that it would fit in my sheath okay.
- When starting the first wrap, I left about 1 inch of cord on the inside of the knife. As I started wrapping backward, it kept getting wrapped up more and more. I doubt it is going anywhere.
- I just kep criss-crossing all that way to the back.
- Finishing it off: This is where it might get tricking to explain. There are probably many methods that would work. The one I used only works with the dangle off the back. When I was about done I made the last wrap loose, and then ran the cord underneath the last wrap on the handle. I then brought that up through the other lanyard loop and back down. It then went through the center are of the handle, back up and through the actual lanyard hole. That is it. Once it was through, I cut it, and melted it. I actually melted it a little into the cord next to it. I added a dab of super glue just in case.
I am sure the cord will have to be cut off rather than untied.
As far as blood and all that stuff, while this knife is more than capable, I wouldn't use it for that. I have other knives I use for hunting and such. I have carried folding knives for years. I recently switched to carrying a smaller fixed blade in my front pocket. It was a little long, and the leather sheath didn't make it easy to remove and use. So this looks like it is going to be the perfection solution for dumping the folder for my EDC.
I am not sure how well my explanation came across, so let me know if you have questions about it.
