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T1 Lanyards

T2 Lanyards

Lanyards for serious bird hunters!

First produced in 1993, T2 lanyards were the culmination of making, using, and improving many lanyards during the preceding 35 years of  field experience.  T2 lanyards, herringbone braided leather lace over nylon cord cores, are  robust, well-behaved lanyards. The braid is firm enough so your whistles won't swing wildly to and fro and strong enough to hold a dog as a slip lead when a field emergency makes that necessary. The tan kangaroo T2 whistle lanyard at left has a brass covey counter, a Fox 40 Classic whistle with my logo,  and a quail call.    

Variations on the T2 lanyard base  include the fixed-loop T2FL (seen on the hat on the front page and at the bottom of this page), flat-braided neck T2FN lanyards immediately below, and the continuous-bottom-loop lanyards.  Accessories include brass compasses and counters, a variety of swivels and clips, and call loops.

Lanyard Design and Options   How to Order and Prices

The T2FN-C lanyard at right, a design first requested by Mr. David N. Smith, Winston-Salem, NC, features a flat-braided neck piece of tan kangaroo lace and a continuous bottom loop with a slide knot,  two brass counters  (to count coveys or flushes, and or birds taken), and a single brass swivel with a brass Acme Thunderer logo whistle.  Order.

The T2FN lanyard at left, made for Mr. Don Bennett, West Point, GA, has a braid of white kangaroo with 1/8 tan accent and tan accents in white knots to suggest a white English Setter with orange ticking.  It has one brass counter, a brass whistle, and a tassel.
 

The T2FN lanyard at left, green with tan knots, features two brass counters, a brass whistle and two short detachable call loops. Made for Mr. John Flynn.

"Superb, exquisite, nes plus ultra!"  Dr. D.J. Catton.

The T2FN SSM lanyard at right,  chocolate kangaroo lace with tan knots, has a brass compass in the slide, two brass counters, brass swivels, a microclip  and a brass whistle. This lanyard was designed and produced for Gov. Bill Clements.

The T2FN-C Lanyard at left, tan with black accents,  made to carry
 a transmitter, was requested by Mr. Jeffrey Owen, Asheville, NC .

The T2 Lanyard at right, natural with tan knots, with one counter, Tru-Nord compass, and brass whistle, was made for Mr. Jim Chase

For the Ages....Park Cities Quail commissioned a special T2 Lanyard, shown at left, for presentation to Mr. W.C. Kirk, distinguished guest at the 2011 Annual Dinner and Auction held March 10, 2011.

The lanyard, done in the Martin F. Wood Classic Upland Lanyard motif, black kangaroo with tan knots, features the small bronze version of the  Park Cities Quail Medallion.  Mr. Kirk was also presented a full-sized 2011 PCQ Medallion featuring an English Setter and a very special piece Walter Matia created to recognize and honor Mr. Kirk and his accomplishment.  

Mr. Tom Davis, Editor at Large,  recounted the remarkable story of Mr. Kirk and National Champion Johnny Crockett, the last English setter to win the National Championship, in two articles in the Pointing Dog Journal, Jan/Feb 2010, p. 11, (Part 1) and Mar/Apr, p. 10, (Part 2).   That feat was accomplished in 1970, and it was twenty-four years before that that a setter had last won that title.  We of PCQ were pleased to recognize and honor Mr. Kirk and to pay homage to the memory of National Champion Johnny Crockett!

My personal T2 lanyard, at right  was braided using natural goatskin lace (goatskin lace has not been available since a revolution in Haiti in the late 90's). With use over the past 15 years, the natural goatskin has taken on a very pleasing patina. A Fox40 Classic with cushioned mouth guard rides on a McMahon snap swivel on my lanyard's right leg, and on its left leg, a microclip carries a quail call and a Trail Drop II digital compass by High Gear. 

At right a T2-C lanyard, a T2 with the Van Duyn Option, a continuous loop lanyard with a connecting knot at the back of the neck, made for  Mr. David Van Duyn, Hanover, MA.
 

The T2 lanyard at left, chocolate with natural accents in the slide and bottom knots, has one snap swivel and a tassel.

The T2 lanyard at left,  tan with chocolate accents, made for Mr. Roger Brown, Old Hemlock Setters, carries a 150C Tru-Nord compass compensated for the UP and a Fox40 Classic logo whistle with mouth guard (not currently available).