How to tie a paracord snake knot lanyard in 3 minutes

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In this short video I show you how to tie a paracord snake knot lanyard in 3 minutes. The snake knot lanyard is very easy to learn and very quick to do and makes the perfect EDC knife lanyard. This snake knot technique doesn't just apply to a paracord knife lanyard but can also be used to create a paracord bracelet and the paracord snake knot makes an ideal zip pull for your carry gear.
My name is Jonathan, I have a passion for all things 'gadget, travel and EDC' which has filled both my personal and work life for many years. This includes sourcing, reviewing and product development and the creation of two UK national retail chains. Find out more here: • About Jon Gadget - Who...
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Contents of this video to help you navigate:
00:00 Intro
00:15 How to tie a snake knot
01:00 Repeat
03:00 Cut loose ends
03:45 Finished product in action
04:20 Outro
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  • @ToddBrooks-gm6hy
    @ToddBrooks-gm6hy5 ай бұрын

    No idea why I watched this, but it raises the question: Can we get this guy to make EVERY YT instructional vid?

  • @PaddyMc85
    @PaddyMc859 күн бұрын

    Thanks Jon. Wife now has a simple but elegant snake knot letting for her mini and easily lost Swiss Army knife. Thank you.

  • @mrjoshua6979
    @mrjoshua6979 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this 100 times simpler then the other videos out there. 👍

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    Жыл бұрын

    no problem - thanks for the feedback

  • @jeitoots

    @jeitoots

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I managed to make a nice one for my Rovy A29 first attempt 👍🏻

  • @checkpointchecky9665

    @checkpointchecky9665

    7 ай бұрын

    I thought the same thing . Made one for a baby banter 😂

  • @maguer4

    @maguer4

    5 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @Santaheckler

    @Santaheckler

    Ай бұрын

    Outstanding instructional video! Thank you for being effective AND efficient. 😎👍

  • @virginiawilliams8947
    @virginiawilliams89475 ай бұрын

    Thank God someone that actually repeats for the knot challenged ppl like me. Thank you👍🏽

  • @BTeehanKnives
    @BTeehanKnives5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @balsalmalberto8086

    @balsalmalberto8086

    2 ай бұрын

    It's so dang easy once you get down the basics with some practice.

  • @GenitalSkinTag
    @GenitalSkinTag2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @RavenRedwood
    @RavenRedwood Жыл бұрын

    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! 👌

  • @hollycramer5846
    @hollycramer5846Ай бұрын

    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!

  • @balsalmalberto8086
    @balsalmalberto80862 ай бұрын

    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 .

  • @swaggercat
    @swaggercat5 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Phreggie
    @Phreggie Жыл бұрын

    Thanks dad. It also helps to note, this will still take some practice to get just right. It did for me.

  • @ELaster1
    @ELaster13 жыл бұрын

    The quality of the videos is outstanding. Well done!

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Eyal, much appreciated.

  • @4449John
    @4449John Жыл бұрын

    Hiya Jon, everyone of these KZread 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.

  • @jimgardnerpa
    @jimgardnerpa Жыл бұрын

    You made this SOOOOOO much easier to follow and understand compared to every other video EVER made! Thank you so much!!

  • @waldemarkoyczov5119
    @waldemarkoyczov51196 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @willtrax71
    @willtrax71 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @mcadamschristopher2295
    @mcadamschristopher2295Ай бұрын

    Great little video, thank you! Just made my first couple snake knot lanyards thanks to you!

  • @Nerotique
    @Nerotique Жыл бұрын

    When you're right, you're right. When you're wrong, it's usually because you over complicated things. This video got it right!

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @boonedog1457
    @boonedog1457 Жыл бұрын

    I followed your instructional video and I am pleased to say, the results are most excellent! Thanks again!

  • @boonedog1457
    @boonedog1457 Жыл бұрын

    Well done! Easy instructions to follow. Thank you! Looks great! Just what I'm looking for.

  • @krazmokramer
    @krazmokramer10 ай бұрын

    Concise and to the point. Plus, I learned something! THANK YOU!!!

  • @larrya197140
    @larrya197140 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Just added 7 knots of reflective black paracord to my Milwaukie 6 and 1 utility knife, looks awesome!

  • @kyongkim702
    @kyongkim7022 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @butchcassidy3373
    @butchcassidy33734 ай бұрын

    Best tutorial video ever. Thanks. My lanyard looks great.

  • @nicholashayes3716
    @nicholashayes37162 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @subarurex02
    @subarurex02 Жыл бұрын

    I don’t normally comment on KZread, but I’m going to here. Thanks, this was the easiest tutorial video I have found. Thank you!!

  • @markbrisec3972
    @markbrisec39724 ай бұрын

    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..)

  • @Fishbag61
    @Fishbag6111 ай бұрын

    Brilliant! EVERY other vid I watched I failed to follow...I learned in 30 seconds with yours.

  • @richrock8960
    @richrock8960 Жыл бұрын

    This is by far the easiest snake knot tutorial I've seen on KZread 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.

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great feedback 👍

  • @timnewling6187
    @timnewling61874 ай бұрын

    For something so simple it took a few attempts, looks great once accomplished.

  • @biekgiek
    @biekgiek9 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated. I wasn't able to follow other tutorials on this knot. Your method worked for me like a champ!

  • @cosmiccharlie8294
    @cosmiccharlie82949 ай бұрын

    Hey thanks! Just made one for my Bravo 1 and it turned out perfect.

  • @dalecarr5445
    @dalecarr54453 жыл бұрын

    Well done. I like that knot and now I can actually tie it.

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perfect 👌

  • @puzzlering1
    @puzzlering1 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Jon, a great job very well explained and presented, my first ever lanyard turned out great.👍 Thanks again Sam

  • @John-mf6ky
    @John-mf6ky Жыл бұрын

    Simple and to the point, thanks man!

  • @josueneris1861
    @josueneris18615 ай бұрын

    Easy to learn! Thank you so much!

  • @SpacecityEDC
    @SpacecityEDC Жыл бұрын

    Great job as always. Simple, straight forward and easy to understand. 👍

  • @olliecarson5150
    @olliecarson5150 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, I’m thirteen and very into bushcraft, so I added a ferro rod button on the end.

  • @PrasenceKasichka
    @PrasenceKasichka Жыл бұрын

    Very easy and simple! As always pleasure to watch!

  • @Patriiots
    @Patriiots11 ай бұрын

    Well done! Thank you! Great and informative.

  • @TerryClarkAccordioncrazy
    @TerryClarkAccordioncrazy3 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool and your description is good enough that i tied it myself right away. Thanks !

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    3 жыл бұрын

    great 👍

  • @ozcampnhuntdan7858
    @ozcampnhuntdan78589 ай бұрын

    Now you, sir, have made my life so much easier, thank you very much for a perfectly concise tuition, champion as always.

  • @BatterySonic
    @BatterySonic3 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this information!

  • @Killicon93
    @Killicon93 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Was a nice and efficient tutorial. Got myself a lanyard on my water bottle now.

  • @Killicon93

    @Killicon93

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @balsalmalberto8086
    @balsalmalberto80862 ай бұрын

    I regret never going to boy scouts. I'm going to put this knot on everything I see.

  • @jedmcdonald4695
    @jedmcdonald46956 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @manishbhoola
    @manishbhoola11 ай бұрын

    Excellent short no nonsense tutorial. The far right loop part was perfectly explained

  • @clayl9202
    @clayl92022 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @Jay-qf5js
    @Jay-qf5js Жыл бұрын

    i have been trying to learn how to tie a snake knot for a while now, this video is perfect. short simple and effective.

  • @TexasPatriotOffRoadAndOutdoors
    @TexasPatriotOffRoadAndOutdoors Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for that…simplest way I found to make a snake knot! Just added a 4 knot to my Esee 3!!!

  • @quincylewis8819
    @quincylewis88192 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the simple effective video! I made a lanyard first try:)

  • @TheQuietBeast
    @TheQuietBeast3 ай бұрын

    This was awesome! Thanks for this great vid

  • @HeathFoley
    @HeathFoley Жыл бұрын

    Super simple, thank you very much

  • @triple9finestacker631
    @triple9finestacker631 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @epbrewtus1
    @epbrewtus14 ай бұрын

    Very Cool Knot!!! Thank You!

  • @michaelgeorge5197
    @michaelgeorge5197 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Going to get some paracord and try this tomorrow for my new spyderco ladybug3

  • @jaysee2213
    @jaysee22132 ай бұрын

    Excellent, i love an instructional video that gets to the point and is east to follow. Thank you

  • @j.v.7451
    @j.v.74516 ай бұрын

    Very good explanation and instruction. Thank you.

  • @E.L.RipleyAtNostromo
    @E.L.RipleyAtNostromo Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dragonshadow9564
    @dragonshadow956420 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @pete6503
    @pete65033 ай бұрын

    Amazing ! Great teaching skills 💪🏼

  • @kcb1784
    @kcb178411 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. I just put a lanyard on my on my leatherman charge using this knot.

  • @georgeg.5488
    @georgeg.54889 ай бұрын

    Your awsome! thanks for simplifying this.

  • @MichaelB2L
    @MichaelB2L4 ай бұрын

    Cheers Jonathan. Great tutorial very easy to follow 👍🏻

  • @12345678927164
    @123456789271642 жыл бұрын

    Thanks I had forgotten this art.

  • @Calgacus1232
    @Calgacus123214 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video 😊

  • @marianmiller7672
    @marianmiller7672 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome, I did it! You really made it easy. Much easier than most of the other videos I have seen. Thank you sir.

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    Жыл бұрын

    you're welcome Marian

  • @jimpurcell
    @jimpurcell3 ай бұрын

    Easy to understand, thanks!

  • @toothless-tiger
    @toothless-tiger2 жыл бұрын

    Sir you are an excellent instructor!!! I thank you and my Victorinox evo s111 thanks you.

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    2 жыл бұрын

    🙏

  • @vonboom1
    @vonboom19 ай бұрын

    You made it easy. Over the top and underneath…. Underneath and over the top! Bam ! thanks

  • @bourrinopathe764
    @bourrinopathe7644 ай бұрын

    Cristal clear tutorial! Thank you for the mantra: "over the top and underneath, underneath and over the top". Got it! Liked and subscribed ;)

  • @markwoodcock01
    @markwoodcock015 ай бұрын

    Excellent thank you Jon…

  • @hre2bviolent107
    @hre2bviolent1073 ай бұрын

    Excellent video I just used your video to put a lanyard on my new spyderco paramilitary 2 salt it looks and functions amazingly

  • @Autodidacct
    @Autodidacct2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video. Great quality and succinct. Thank you!

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good to hear feedback, especially from those with experience of the brand 👍

  • @alejandrospeed6399
    @alejandrospeed63992 жыл бұрын

    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 👍🏻

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    2 жыл бұрын

    😊🙏

  • @dougdeal7216
    @dougdeal72166 ай бұрын

    Loved it thanks for teaching me the snake knot

  • @petipetya
    @petipetya3 жыл бұрын

    Perfectly understandable, thanks.

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome.

  • @amandatwospirits8028
    @amandatwospirits80289 ай бұрын

    I'm a little late to this video, but, it is incredibly easy to follow your instructions. Thank you.😊

  • @Mike-ef7xe
    @Mike-ef7xe3 ай бұрын

    Nicely done. Thanks

  • @badayong665
    @badayong665 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind tutorial. It helped me a lot !

  • @Robert_Thomas832
    @Robert_Thomas8328 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jon 👌

  • @random_player01
    @random_player018 ай бұрын

    My go to tutorial when I forget. Thanks

  • @PanhandlePrepping
    @PanhandlePrepping Жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Cheers, mate!

  • @daven.7685
    @daven.76852 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great knife and thank you

  • @420thugsta
    @420thugsta5 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @connorward7822
    @connorward78224 ай бұрын

    Excellent video, made a really nice lanyard in a couple of minutes 👍🏻

  • @sayuncle9631
    @sayuncle96315 ай бұрын

    You’re the real MVP🏆

  • @Java_Dude25
    @Java_Dude25 Жыл бұрын

    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!)

  • @EB-dr8qv
    @EB-dr8qv Жыл бұрын

    yup best video ever friend thank you

  • @Hungrybird474
    @Hungrybird4742 жыл бұрын

    Good vid . Way better explained than the other vids . 👍👍

  • @hovanti
    @hovanti7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @mangojack1
    @mangojack13 жыл бұрын

    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 👍

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear 👍 yes give it a go , makes great zipper pulls.

  • @djmini2numpty141
    @djmini2numpty1415 ай бұрын

    gotta love a Garmin instinct watch, oh and a good knot to boot lol. frank from down under

  • @carolinesanderson5950
    @carolinesanderson595011 ай бұрын

    Thx so much John. I have looked at so many KZread 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? :)

  • @abdulwahid4789
    @abdulwahid47892 жыл бұрын

    thanks John

  • @SurvivalistChick
    @SurvivalistChick3 жыл бұрын

    Love it.

  • @sterlingwilson-clements4472
    @sterlingwilson-clements4472 Жыл бұрын

    No nonsense straight to the point, I like that. You sir have my subscription

  • @JonGadget

    @JonGadget

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the channel 😊

  • @wiver1676
    @wiver16763 жыл бұрын

    Thanks jon

  • @mikejurnak4253
    @mikejurnak4253 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @michaelneutral3803
    @michaelneutral38034 ай бұрын

    Good Job 👌🏼

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