Combat Beads is the work of Keith Griffin, who started machining lanyard beads as a hobby in his Cambridge, Ontario shop in 2015 and ended up making some of the most sought-after EDC accessories in the community. The name comes from the finishes: each piece gets a hand-applied treatment that makes it look like it's already been through combat, and no two come out identical. Alongside the Griffin Co. co-brand, it remains a family operation where everything is CNC machined, turned, and finished in house.
The Revolt is a two-piece design that pairs an outer sleeve of blasted titanium, blackened titanium, aged brass, aged copper, or Micarta with a contrasting titanium core, letting you match a bead to the knife it hangs from. The Phoenix covers the warmer end of the spectrum in aged brass, copper, and Delrin, while the Mini Concealed Bead solves the oldest problem in lanyard building by swallowing the end knot entirely inside the bead for a clean, seamless drop.
The 1911 Pocket Pry brings bead-level finishing to a proper titanium, brass, or A2 tool steel pry bar sized for a pocket or keychain, backed by the simpler anodized Pocket Pry Tool. The V3 Precision Driver dresses a working screwdriver in G-10 or canvas Micarta, and the Line of Fire FOB packs a removable 1/4" Phillips bit into a titanium key fob that weighs under an ounce. They sit naturally alongside the machined gear from Lynch Northwest for anyone building out a pocket kit piece by piece.