KenK talked about a lanyard to prevent knife loss and I have 2 stories on that topic.

My hunting partner had a Grohman #3 Boat Knife (also known as the Canadian Forces "Jump Knife") in an open-topped sheath with a lanyard. He would knot the lanyard to his belt but one day, about 25 years ago, we were hunting grouse in heavy cover and the knife must have been pulled from the sheath and it was lost. We looked hard for it, but never found it.

The same hunting partner surprised me at Christmas in 1981 with a custom-made drop-point hunting knife that I carry when hunting to this day. It has a leather lanyard on it that I clip into a snap on my belt, it is one of my most prized possessions and to me is irreplaceable.

This post has made me think that I should replace my hunting partners lost knife, only this time with the model that has the overlapping sheath, seen here http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/r3s.html .

Mike