EDC
Spice up your daily carry with our EDC accessories. Be prepared, wherever you are, whatever you face.
Lume Insert
Lume Insert
These lume inserts install into the lanyard holes of knives, providing rapid identification and visual flair in light and darkness. The best application is a lanyard hole exposed at the top of the pocket, where it can pick up charge from ambient light, giving it back as glow in darkness. But it is also a great way to find your knife on the nightstand, for all those midnight cutlery activities.
These are powered using strontium aluminate,* the brightest and longest lasting glow technology. Performance varies dramatically by color, however green is the brightest and longest lasting. Charging is best done with a bright light source. We recommend UV lights (320-400nm), the common 365nm LED lights are great. Sunlight or UV is important to fully charge purple color. Learn more about colors and our glow tech.
Each lume insert is a tri-oval, made of a temperature and solvent/lubricant resistant rubber, allowing simple press-fit installation and adaptability to a range of different hole-diameters. No adhesive or tools are required. (although if your knife has picked up a bit of pocket lint, we recommend cleaning the hole with a q-tip prior to installation) The material can be readily cut with a sharp blade, so if you see a version which is too tall, but otherwise has a similar hole-diameter, it can easily be trimmed to fit. For holes on the snug side, a little alcohol or soap mixed with water can be used to lubricate the insert for easier installation.
*For red we have two alternatives to SrAl. Learn more about our phosphorescent technology!
Current models:
6.3x11.5mm - Spyderco Para2/3, Manix, Military (large hole version), Military2, Tuff
6.3x13.3mm - Spyderco Autonomy, Autonomy2
4.8x12.2mm - Busse/Swamp Rat/Scrapyard rivets, Spyderco Phil Wilson South Fork, Techno (trim length), Zero Tolerance 0301/Strider, 0456/Sinkevich
5x12.2mm - Spyderco Caribbean, Native 5 FRN, Gayle Bradley, Rocklobster (trim length), K2 (trim length), Butch Vallotton, SpydieChef (trim length)
* Note many of these will fit additional knives, but these are the versions we’ve measured/tested. These inserts have a little squish so hole diameters slightly smaller often fit, and can readily be cut to accommodate different lengths.