It's easy and it's cheap and it's fast and it requires no special tool or talent.
It is really obvious (and, in hindsight, brilliant) ... perhaps so obvious that it might actually be easily overlooked. Unless there's a sudden thinking-outside-the-box epiphany ...
I took a short piece of thin (maybe 2mm) red nylon kernmantle cord (coincidentally from the lanyard which I'd removed from my great little Mora Light My Fire knife) and threaded it through the two holes (for drainage and/or adding a neck cord) in the bottom of the Eldris sheath. I fastened the two ends together with the perfect knot for this purpose. I cannot remember its name, but it consists of a loose overhand knot in each end that is snugged up and then are drawn together until they jam together. Bombproof and nicely symmetrical.
The loop is intentionally very small ... about the size of a quarter ... with the barrel-shaped jam-knot naturally hanging at the bottom.
Voilá ... you're done.
I am retired and live in assorted nice overalls from Carhartt and Dickies, and the Eldris rides perfectly in a front pocket or (better yet) the usual thigh-high knife/ruler vertical pocket alongside the outside seam on the right leg.
It really doesn't matter how or where the little knife is carried or stashed or stored ... in a cubby on a boat or a vehicle's console ... but now it can be grabbed and opened with just one hand ... which might come in handy someday ... when your other hand is holding a beer, or jammed down a bear's throat.
Edit: Just a gentle tug on the loop using your teeth ...
It is really obvious (and, in hindsight, brilliant) ... perhaps so obvious that it might actually be easily overlooked. Unless there's a sudden thinking-outside-the-box epiphany ...
I took a short piece of thin (maybe 2mm) red nylon kernmantle cord (coincidentally from the lanyard which I'd removed from my great little Mora Light My Fire knife) and threaded it through the two holes (for drainage and/or adding a neck cord) in the bottom of the Eldris sheath. I fastened the two ends together with the perfect knot for this purpose. I cannot remember its name, but it consists of a loose overhand knot in each end that is snugged up and then are drawn together until they jam together. Bombproof and nicely symmetrical.
The loop is intentionally very small ... about the size of a quarter ... with the barrel-shaped jam-knot naturally hanging at the bottom.
Voilá ... you're done.
I am retired and live in assorted nice overalls from Carhartt and Dickies, and the Eldris rides perfectly in a front pocket or (better yet) the usual thigh-high knife/ruler vertical pocket alongside the outside seam on the right leg.
It really doesn't matter how or where the little knife is carried or stashed or stored ... in a cubby on a boat or a vehicle's console ... but now it can be grabbed and opened with just one hand ... which might come in handy someday ... when your other hand is holding a beer, or jammed down a bear's throat.
Edit: Just a gentle tug on the loop using your teeth ...
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Or what it is supposed to do.
