How to tie a paracord snake knot lanyard in 3 minutes

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...
This channel is here to help you find great travel and carry gear on the back of solid and detailed reviews along with years of experience. I also hope to give you ideas and inspiration when it comes to everyday carry gear, travel gear and gadgets, which make life a little bit easier and perhaps more fun.
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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]

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

[@mrjoshua6979]

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

[@JonGadget]

no problem - thanks for the feedback

[@jeitoots]

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

[@checkpointchecky9665]

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

[@maguer4]

😊

[@Santaheckler]

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

[@virginiawilliams8947]

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

[@BTeehanKnives]

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]

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

[@GenitalSkinTag]

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.

[@hollycramer5846]

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!

[@PaddyMc85]

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

[@swaggercat]

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

[@willtrax71]

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

[@RavenRedwood]

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! 👌

[@jimgardnerpa]

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

[@Phreggie]

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

[@mcadamschristopher2295]

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

[@4449John]

Hiya Jon, everyone of these KZbin 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.

[@ELaster1]

The quality of the videos is outstanding. Well done!

[@JonGadget]

Thank you Eyal, much appreciated.

[@boonedog1457]

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

[@boonedog1457]

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

[@krazmokramer]

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

[@larrya197140]

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

[@nicholashayes3716]

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.

[@biekgiek]

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

[@butchcassidy3373]

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

[@SpacecityEDC]

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

[@PrasenceKasichka]

Very easy and simple! As always pleasure to watch!

[@puzzlering1]

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

[@ozcampnhuntdan7858]

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

[@waldemarkoyczov5119]

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!

[@kyongkim702]

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!

[@TexasPatriotOffRoadAndOutdoors]

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

[@MichaelB2L]

Cheers Jonathan. Great tutorial very easy to follow 👍🏻

[@triple9finestacker631]

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!

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

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

[@TheQuietBeast]

This was awesome! Thanks for this great vid

[@timnewling6187]

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

[@Jay-qf5js]

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

[@Patriiots]

Well done! Thank you! Great and informative.

[@clayl9202]

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!

[@Fishbag61]

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

[@John-mf6ky]

Simple and to the point, thanks man!

[@josueneris1861]

Easy to learn! Thank you so much!

[@quincylewis8819]

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

[@bourrinopathe764]

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

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

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

[@JonGadget]

great 👍

[@manishbhoola]

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

[@subarurex02]

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

[@hre2bviolent107]

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

[@jedmcdonald4695]

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.

[@pete6503]

Amazing ! Great teaching skills 💪🏼

[@jaysee2213]

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

[@markbrisec3972]

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..)

[@dalecarr5445]

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

[@JonGadget]

Perfect 👌

[@Calgacus1232]

Thanks for the video 😊

[@j.v.7451]

Very good explanation and instruction. Thank you.

[@connorward7822]

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

[@epbrewtus1]

Very Cool Knot!!! Thank You!

[@12345678927164]

Thanks I had forgotten this art.

[@olliecarson5150]

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

[@amandatwospirits8028]

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

[@georgeg.5488]

Your awsome! thanks for simplifying this.

[@Nerotique]

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]

Thank you

[@BatterySonic]

Thank you very much for this information!

[@jimpurcell]

Easy to understand, thanks!

[@badayong665]

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

[@HeathFoley]

Super simple, thank you very much

[@dougdeal7216]

Loved it thanks for teaching me the snake knot

[@Killicon93]

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

[@Killicon93]

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.

[@richrock8960]

This is by far the easiest snake knot tutorial I've seen on KZbin 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]

Thanks for the great feedback 👍

[@Mike-ef7xe]

Nicely done. Thanks

[@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo]

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.

[@michaelgeorge5197]

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

[@balsalmalberto8086]

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 .

[@balsalmalberto8086]

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

[@shanemaille3525]

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 ✊

[@markwoodcock01]

Excellent thank you Jon…

[@vonboom1]

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

[@kcb1784]

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

[@Hungrybird474]

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

[@PanhandlePrepping]

Excellent! Cheers, mate!

[@alejandrospeed6399]

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]

😊🙏

[@sayuncle9631]

You’re the real MVP🏆

[@random_player01]

My go to tutorial when I forget. Thanks

[@Autodidacct]

Wonderful video. Great quality and succinct. Thank you!

[@JonGadget]

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

[@toothless-tiger]

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

[@JonGadget]

🙏

[@daven.7685]

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]

Great knife and thank you

[@420thugsta]

Thank you!

[@carolinesanderson5950]

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

[@marianmiller7672]

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

[@JonGadget]

you're welcome Marian

[@michaelneutral3803]

Good Job 👌🏼

[@djmini2numpty141]

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

[@Java_Dude25]

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!)

[@Suko1983]

Nice video and awesome man cave you have, cheers!

[@Robert_Thomas832]

Thanks Jon 👌

[@dragonshadow9564]

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.

[@shramj]

Excellent video, took me a couple of tries but I got it down.

[@EB-dr8qv]

yup best video ever friend thank you

[@butchermasterfranky752]

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 😄

[@andrewfett142]

👍🏼thank you sir. Couldn’t quite remember how. :)

[@petipetya]

Perfectly understandable, thanks.

[@JonGadget]

You’re welcome.

[@SurvivalistChick]

Love it.

[@mDiago6200]

Thank you.