Where are some good places to get inexpesive paracord. I'm trying to get into this as a small hoby. My grandpa is looking In to buying me some stuf but I would love to know what websits are good for this and wich one sort of scam you
Put anything heavy in a sport sock and swing it, wet sand is good so is gravel or a half brick, this is an improvised weapon not something you spend a fortnight putting together.. Ladies,, you already have one , hit them with your hand bag. I think yanks call it a purse
thats how the cheeky bugger did it. my granddad was a skipper by trade and he kept his keys on a "monkey fist" as he called it. he put a big ol bit of cork in the place of the steel ball and thats what helped them float when i accidentally dropped them overboard when we were doing a boat delivery on the Norfolk broads when i was a kid. he actually made it himself and ive always wonderd how he did it.
its easy to do, I used to do them by my self, without any tools back in highschool, I didnt use any filler, I just used bigger dimension rope. the hardest part was tightening. When I had to respond to teacher and go back to tightening It was 50/50 to realise which direction I should tight it xD
I learned the Monkey's Fist in the Navy. Never used a jig - did it all by hand. Instead of using paracord, we used orange shot line and a lead shot filled bag. Nice process you have demonstrated here though.
I could see turning a blade and two sticks into a scythe with knitting. perhaps you could replace the sticks with knitting alone but it would take a lot of rope, and perhaps you could replace the single blade with many razor blades linked together to make a blade, to prevent it from being wobbly you would likely need to add acrylic, but then it's not truly just knitting alone. perhaps you could melt the cord some to harden it, perhaps even if you use lots of melted and pressed ends you could replace the blade, but again at that point it's more of plastic and not really fully knitting. rope craft I guess.
I’ve always done monkey fists using my fingers as the guide. Your stand makes it so much easier and neater since you can use both of your hands to manage the lines! Love it!
It was 1992 the first time I made a Monkey's Fist. I was 18, in the US Navy, & was watching this Boatswain's Mate First Class Petty Officer on the fan trail of our ship, the USS Mobile LKA115, a gator freighter pulling out of Long Beach. He was making up a few with lead to throw to the peer while mooring. 'Boats' had done about 10 in twice as many minutes, never once looking at them, while carrying on a conversation with a few other deck hands. When they left I asked what is was & what is for, then asking if he'd show me how to make it. He showed me once quickly & went back up to the forecastle where he ran the storage locker. I was a Boiler Tech on the fire room side of our combined space. Got a little flak for tying knots & playing with lines, but I NEVER EVER forgot how to make a Monkey's Fist.
I enjoyed your comment about 'Never forgetting how". I learned how when I was about 25 and a few years ago, at over 65 I 'lost something in a tree' ....and tied a monkey's fist just fine....it was a very pleasant surprise. I like to use a lead weight, about 8 oz seems to work. -Veteran '66-68
P.S If you are putting one on the end of a heaving line...do NOT forget to put a half hitch in before splicing the running end to the standing end, it will not fly well otherwise. I do not know why, but I was a deckhand on a shipdocking tug for awhile and found that to be true.
USN 1986 to 1991. I used to make these for shooting from a grenade launcher with line attached to haul over mooring lines and for UnRep. I also made lanyards for the Boatswains. All the knots I learned from the sailor's Big Book of Knots, a great book if you are interested in knot making.
Made a few of these in/for the USN on a couple of ships, the jig sounds like nice way to have to futz with it. The ones that I made went from using a die (like for monopoly) up to a tennis ball (split and put a lead core in it for longer ranges. We had a variety on the ship(s) depending on the range and wind you had to use them. The biggest was literally fist sized, and could travel nearly a hundred yards in a high wind (put one through the side window of the Commodore's official car at what we figured was over 50 yards!
I learner to make them by hand when I was a kid. No idea if I still could. My cousin and I made them with cotton inside so we could hit each other with them
Another awesome video buddy. I watched another one you made a year ago and then had this one saved to watch. I like watching your videos over others on RUclips mainly because you go at a speed we can follow at home an if I need to pause for any reason I can easily then pick it right back up, and I love the fact my 7 year old grandson loves to watch with me and after we watch it the first time, the second time we try to make this stuff. I find it alit easier if he watches it first so I know he's paying attention to everything you've doing and he caught me going the wrong way once and corrected me, that's a so proud of him moment. Call it a win win for this old Papa. He and I spend quality time together an he's learning about making something from regular straight length of rope or cordage into a useful tool. Thanks again and keep videos coming. We are here watching.
Terry, thank you for sharing that with me. It's comments like this that make it all worth while. Glad you're able to spend quality time with your grandson over these projects and videos. All the best to you both!
Good video. We called "heaving line", you tie it to a nylon line, and is used to send a merchant ship's docking line ashore. You take advantage of the weight of the ball.
Nice whacker. Just a note: when enjoying (employing) the "fun and novelty" of this project, when the fist hits something solid it will rebound, especially if you swing through, and that rebound can go in unexpected directions, but because of the "maximum retention," it will be in the user's general direction. A 1.5" steel ball monkey's fist to the forearm/elbow will suck. Take my word for it. With this type of weap...umm...impact tool, a 'crack the whip' motion is the best/safest movement, or pulling down/towards you at the moment of impact to maintain control of the ball.
I'm not happy with the way it's tied. The wrapping around the ball is good, the braided looped handle is substantial, but the ball is attached to the handle with only two cords. Four would offer more security.
@@maxzhao8331 Correct. You'd _think_ something like that would rebound, but they usually don't. This thing looks very similar to a "brock", basically a kind of cosh. The idea is to have only a couple inches of cord between your fist and the weight. How it's normally used is as a force multiplier to the power hand (right for most people) in a regular boxing stance. You wouldn't want to swing the thing around by the end of the cord like a rope-dart or something (which you'd need to be doing to be in danger of hitting your own elbow).
@@jamesheffington3931 - I don't know, but I'm guessing that if a configuration can be devised whereas two chords are used, a person can play around with it and figure out a way to have four chords left after wrapping the ball.
I like how you finished it up. I've made quite a few smaller ones for keychains. I did manage to make a larger 7 strand one but always screw up those bigger ones when I tighten them. My line always twists making it look like crap and the lines cross or they end up being bulging on one corner.
Okay, coming from an actual sailor, what you are calling a fid is actually a lacing needle, and what you are calling a knotter’s tool is actually a marlin spike, a type of fid. If the marlin pike was wood, it’d be a fid
great production. i learned many things, including the hot water which will come in handy for many procedures. i do want to point out that knotters tool and marlinespike are synonimous with "fid" for the most part, while what he is calling a "fid" is commonly referred to as a needle. i enjoy turk's heads, and have only done monkey's fist once years ago, so i look forward to learning to adopt your great techniques. thanks.
Using that exact same yellow mechanism, I've made my first Monkey's fist about a year and half ago with, like yours, an 1 1/2" stainless steel ball, (it may be chromed for I know). I like how you finished yours as compared to mine, so I've saved your video for future examination if I forget how.
@@nondescriptname it has, it also functions as a stress reliever, and monkey's fists can have other uses as well. depending on what you use as focus for the impact. Cork and it can actually float. And then it functions as a key chain. And as you don't have to swim to the bottom of the ocean for them.
Their original purpose was for throwing ropes for docking ships. You throw a small rope with a monkey fist to drag over larger rope then chains to dock large ships like freighters.
Brilliantly made video, informative, clear, with a wonderful end product. I have a minor issue with a design feature. Where the ball weave joins the handle braid, there is only two strands holding the weight of the ball. I know true paracord is strong, but it still appears to be a weak spot joining two very strong sections. Would it be better to braid the whole tool with four strands and therefore strengthen this section?
learned this in the Navy '69-'70 in San Diego in the Waterfront Division on a yard oiler YO200. Used them to to get mooring lines to the dock or other ships when re/de-fueling. that handy dandy jig would have really been useful. used a rigging knife with a marlinspike to make them then. things have changed
Very interesting , but what do you use it for .? I can only think it is to hit other people with and if so why not just put the steel ball in a sock and save the trouble using the rope.
Hoping to get a little guidance in finishing my monkey fists!? I like the closed loop method and have been making them based off this video, but shorter and sans the crown knot. The Question: is there another method you can suggest to help me get a clean finish after braiding back into the original 4 strand? I feel the only way I can get a strong and sturdy finish is to melt the hell out of the ends and flatten it which sometimes looks okay depending on the color. I have been gutting a few inches of the ends to make it easier to get back through which helps avoid white inner threads from getting ugly. I also use 750. Always for the strand that is around the core and 50/50 for the other strand. Hope my questions clear lol. Love the vids!
Used the leash and handle part but added the billiard ball with it and ended up trying 12 passes, little difficult to handle with the bit of extra cord but still came out looking shweet! Super thumbs up to the vid for all the help🖒👍
I just completed mine in black and green and it was so fun to make. I’m going to keep it in my car just in case I need some one to back up. One thing I noticed when I tried doing the 35 inches of braid that you did was; I did not have enough slack left. I suggest only going to 30-32 inches that way you have enough to cover the splice and still have slack to finish. Also I did not do the first six braids very tight so I had enough room to splice in the other end.
joepiet, I was Line 2 PO on SSBN655G. I really liked the old, hard monkey fists. When they changed over to the big orange balls, getting the lines over was more difficult in a stiff wind. I once knocked a sleeping non-qual off his pier-side bollard. Left him with a big knot on his forehead.
I've been thinking. If I were to skip the diamond knot and start the round braid right at the base of the fist and do a long round braid and do a long splice. I could then start the crown know at the base of the fist. Hopefully I would end up with a fist at the top of a semi rigid "stick". Once it's complete (don't expect it soon) I'll post pictures of the completed project. The other option (which I've done) is to tie a lanyard knot between the diamond knot and the base of the fist. This keeps the fist from wobbling a bit more. It's never going to be completely rigid, but it comes darned close.
Hi dear. Congratulations for your chanel and for your projects, they are really lovely. I have a question, how could I do a band for holding my guitar when I play it? What would be the best knot? A conquistador knot for example? Perhaps it is an idea for a new video project. Thank you in advance for your kind attention sir. Greetings from Spain.
I remember when I was in the RN an Italian warship coming along side us used a metal monkeys fist, hitting the superstructure and nearly bashing someone in the head. We cut the line and threw obscenities' back at them.
As a side note this looks like it fits the definition of a Slungshot and might be questionably legal to walk around with where you live. It is very nice however!
You can buy hollow plastic cores, so the weight is reduced (less kinetic energy to deliver to the target) which would negate its weapons potential to near zero. Then you can have the cool “key chain”, etc with less likelihood of jail time.
Everything looks beefy except that, at the end of the day, you still have only two strands of paracord attaching the monkey fist to the 4-strand braid. Is there a way to attach more than two strands?
Perdón por mi ignorancia como se llama el soporte donde pone la pelota o canica y de cuánto mm es el cordón paracord m podrías ayudar x favor Gracias espero respuesta
God level demo. Goddamn awful music. Back in the 70's, many years before joining the RN, my lighthouse-keeper dad taught me how to tie one of these. I think I was only about 10 but still remember him telling me that if you put a weight inside that it becomes an offensive weapon.
I was having extensive problems with things like turks heads, diamond knots, monkeys fists and suchlike. Then I bought a tiki mug. The paracord gods were pleased.
Why am I watching this? Possessing one of these is illegal in my state, but for some reason I can't stop watching. BTW, nice old-school Casio digital watch.
ya but why? you must be one of those bikers that thinks public roads are for your play time. let me clue you in on a little secret. if you hit some one or someones property with with your insecurity whip, you will be charged and go to jail. it doesnt pay to peacock around trying to convince everyone how hard you are. how about you just drive your bike like a considerate human instead of showboating around looking for trouble and attention.
If you live in the UK or somewhere weighted impact weapons are illegal I would suggest that you replace the steel ball with a hollow plastic ball or a rubber/silicon ball of similar size as cops take a dim view of you carrying something that can stove in a skull with little effort, the replacement core is more likely bruise than break any thing.
I was gonna say the same thing about illegality. The system I practice uses the ball in a bandana, which is innocuous until deployed, and easily disposed of afterwards, if necessary. The use-case is for multiple (possibly armed) opponents, in order to drop the first two before the third knows what happened.
originally, monkey's fists was a sailor's knot that was used to make lengths of rope easier to toss - like say for boarding another ship, or from ship to shore. Usually they were made around a length of lead shot or some similarly 'heavy' object to give it some heft. They could, in extreme cases, be used as a crude weapon though usually belaying pins were more common and just as nasty.
My folks an I went to the ship celebration in San Diego one year that featured all kinds of sailing craft and a nuclear Russian sub you could tour. One exhibit had a hands on showing of a monkey's fist ball and rope with 3/8's line and a softball for the core. They had a game of chance to toss the ball into a target but it was a scam due to the complete lack of real weight in the fist to overcome the weight of the rope for the thrown distance. My father and I were linemen and we would make our own throw lines for running phone lines through tree lines and tossing lines up a pole to other workers, so we tried the game and got the closest over all others that tried that day, including long time sailors. Had the fist been weighted with like a small cannon ball (as would be normal) we would have easily hit the targets.
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Where are some good places to get inexpesive paracord. I'm trying to get into this as a small hoby. My grandpa is looking In to buying me some stuf but I would love to know what websits are good for this and wich one sort of scam you
Where are these cards that he speaks about . I'm having problems tightening can't figure out where to start help me at creetillman@gmail.com
Hi sir do you have an E-mail where you can be contacted?
With a hard rubber ball. This setup is perfect tie a dock line to make it a heaving line. Then you stow it away.
Put anything heavy in a sport sock and swing it, wet sand is good so is gravel or a half brick, this is an improvised weapon not something you spend a fortnight putting together.. Ladies,, you already have one , hit them with your hand bag. I think yanks call it a purse
thats how the cheeky bugger did it. my granddad was a skipper by trade and he kept his keys on a "monkey fist" as he called it. he put a big ol bit of cork in the place of the steel ball and thats what helped them float when i accidentally dropped them overboard when we were doing a boat delivery on the Norfolk broads when i was a kid. he actually made it himself and ive always wonderd how he did it.
its easy to do, I used to do them by my self, without any tools back in highschool, I didnt use any filler, I just used bigger dimension rope.
the hardest part was tightening. When I had to respond to teacher and go back to tightening It was 50/50 to realise which direction I should tight it xD
I keep mine on a monkey's fist as well... did it myself about a decade ago with some random paracord I had on hand.
@_aaaa lol ill ask him now if you like. not likely though as hes been retired for about 10 years. hes in his 80s.
I have been able to make them since 4 or 5-year-old, dad was AB seaman and Rigger, I followed him into the same trade, old school rigger
that's a cool story, thanks for sharing
I learned the Monkey's Fist in the Navy. Never used a jig - did it all by hand. Instead of using paracord, we used orange shot line and a lead shot filled bag.
Nice process you have demonstrated here though.
Lock in a sock?
Thank you for your service.
Sometimes the YT algorithm does weird things to my recommended feed. What a cool hobby to have.
Today: weaving a tool to bash someones noggin in.
Tomorrow: knitting a scythe.
Next week: whittling an AK-47
I don’t know why but I just had a laughing fit after reading that. 😂
I would actually like to see them make a knitted scythe cover
I could see turning a blade and two sticks into a scythe with knitting. perhaps you could replace the sticks with knitting alone but it would take a lot of rope, and perhaps you could replace the single blade with many razor blades linked together to make a blade, to prevent it from being wobbly you would likely need to add acrylic, but then it's not truly just knitting alone. perhaps you could melt the cord some to harden it, perhaps even if you use lots of melted and pressed ends you could replace the blade, but again at that point it's more of plastic and not really fully knitting. rope craft I guess.
Like BLM terrorists need anymore ideas for easy to hide weapons.
Intructions unclear, summoned a tiki god who now wants to throw me in a volcano
Watch this. It'll absolve you of your Tiki sins.
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“Yes officer, I use this tool to hammer nails.”
its a ball you throw for your dog :P
@@StMargorach The ones thrown for dogs are rubber, not steel.
@@weissanima8978 Not when you’re trying to get out of a “situation “.
@@themanfromcabowabo1559 sadly, they're pretty easy to check and wouldn't help the "situation".
"Officer I just feel like hammers are a bit barbaric and overrated"
I’ve always done monkey fists using my fingers as the guide. Your stand makes it so much easier and neater since you can use both of your hands to manage the lines!
Love it!
It was 1992 the first time I made a Monkey's Fist. I was 18, in the US Navy, & was watching this Boatswain's Mate First Class Petty Officer on the fan trail of our ship, the USS Mobile LKA115, a gator freighter pulling out of Long Beach. He was making up a few with lead to throw to the peer while mooring. 'Boats' had done about 10 in twice as many minutes, never once looking at them, while carrying on a conversation with a few other deck hands. When they left I asked what is was & what is for, then asking if he'd show me how to make it. He showed me once quickly & went back up to the forecastle where he ran the storage locker. I was a Boiler Tech on the fire room side of our combined space. Got a little flak for tying knots & playing with lines, but I NEVER EVER forgot how to make a Monkey's Fist.
I love this story!
Same here. I was a Gunner's Mate, and learned from one of the lower Boatswain's, around 98.
I enjoyed your comment about 'Never forgetting how". I learned how when I was about 25 and a few years ago, at over 65 I 'lost something in a tree' ....and tied a monkey's fist just fine....it was a very pleasant surprise. I like to use a lead weight, about 8 oz seems to work. -Veteran '66-68
P.S If you are putting one on the end of a heaving line...do NOT forget to put a half hitch in before splicing the running end to the standing end, it will not fly well otherwise. I do not know why, but I was a deckhand on a shipdocking tug for awhile and found that to be true.
USN 1986 to 1991. I used to make these for shooting from a grenade launcher with line attached to haul over mooring lines and for UnRep. I also made lanyards for the Boatswains. All the knots I learned from the sailor's Big Book of Knots, a great book if you are interested in knot making.
yes someone else knows what its used for
Made a few of these in/for the USN on a couple of ships, the jig sounds like nice way to have to futz with it. The ones that I made went from using a die (like for monopoly) up to a tennis ball (split and put a lead core in it for longer ranges. We had a variety on the ship(s) depending on the range and wind you had to use them. The biggest was literally fist sized, and could travel nearly a hundred yards in a high wind (put one through the side window of the Commodore's official car at what we figured was over 50 yards!
I'm stoned right now and what you're doing looks godlike to me
same, i forgot how to tie my shoelaces after i was done watching
@@pheature i frigging forgot I had shoes surprisingly
THE Kaiser Soze? from The Usual Suspects? 🤫🤫🤫........
@@ralphwiggum6385 I can't tell you that let's blame it on keaton
I learner to make them by hand when I was a kid. No idea if I still could. My cousin and I made them with cotton inside so we could hit each other with them
Another awesome video buddy. I watched another one you made a year ago and then had this one saved to watch. I like watching your videos over others on RUclips mainly because you go at a speed we can follow at home an if I need to pause for any reason I can easily then pick it right back up, and I love the fact my 7 year old grandson loves to watch with me and after we watch it the first time, the second time we try to make this stuff. I find it alit easier if he watches it first so I know he's paying attention to everything you've doing and he caught me going the wrong way once and corrected me, that's a so proud of him moment. Call it a win win for this old Papa. He and I spend quality time together an he's learning about making something from regular straight length of rope or cordage into a useful tool. Thanks again and keep videos coming. We are here watching.
Terry, thank you for sharing that with me. It's comments like this that make it all worth while. Glad you're able to spend quality time with your grandson over these projects and videos. All the best to you both!
Good video. We called "heaving line", you tie it to a nylon line, and is used to send a merchant ship's docking line ashore. You take advantage of the weight of the ball.
Nice whacker. Just a note: when enjoying (employing) the "fun and novelty" of this project, when the fist hits something solid it will rebound, especially if you swing through, and that rebound can go in unexpected directions, but because of the "maximum retention," it will be in the user's general direction. A 1.5" steel ball monkey's fist to the forearm/elbow will suck. Take my word for it. With this type of weap...umm...impact tool, a 'crack the whip' motion is the best/safest movement, or pulling down/towards you at the moment of impact to maintain control of the ball.
I'm not happy with the way it's tied. The wrapping around the ball is good, the braided looped handle is substantial, but the ball is attached to the handle with only two cords. Four would offer more security.
@@maxzhao8331 Correct. You'd _think_ something like that would rebound, but they usually don't.
This thing looks very similar to a "brock", basically a kind of cosh. The idea is to have only a couple inches of cord between your fist and the weight. How it's normally used is as a force multiplier to the power hand (right for most people) in a regular boxing stance. You wouldn't want to swing the thing around by the end of the cord like a rope-dart or something (which you'd need to be doing to be in danger of hitting your own elbow).
@@donmiller2908 how would you get 4 cords coming out rather than 2?
@@jamesheffington3931 - I don't know, but I'm guessing that if a configuration can be devised whereas two chords are used, a person can play around with it and figure out a way to have four chords left after wrapping the ball.
@@donmiller2908 I'll think about that & play around with one, see what I can come up with....
I like how you finished it up. I've made quite a few smaller ones for keychains. I did manage to make a larger 7 strand one but always screw up those bigger ones when I tighten them. My line always twists making it look like crap and the lines cross or they end up being bulging on one corner.
got this for my little sister when she was a freshmen in hs , 10 years later she's still got it!
Mine got a breakaway pink kitty key chain knuckle.
I read this as. Got the for my little sister when she was a "Fishermen" in hs. Lol
@I don't know anything we don't live in the ghetto, i guess
wanted to make a weapon, ended up in the scouts
Okay, coming from an actual sailor, what you are calling a fid is actually a lacing needle, and what you are calling a knotter’s tool is actually a marlin spike, a type of fid. If the marlin pike was wood, it’d be a fid
I realize that and I've actually addressed that in this video here: ruclips.net/video/574Sy4RYUGw/видео.html
Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this 😄
great production. i learned many things, including the hot water which will come in handy for many procedures. i do want to point out that knotters tool and marlinespike are synonimous with "fid" for the most part, while what he is calling a "fid" is commonly referred to as a needle. i enjoy turk's heads, and have only done monkey's fist once years ago, so i look forward to learning to adopt your great techniques. thanks.
Using that exact same yellow mechanism, I've made my first Monkey's fist about a year and half ago with, like yours, an 1 1/2" stainless steel ball, (it may be chromed for I know). I like how you finished yours as compared to mine, so I've saved your video for future examination if I forget how.
This is like the adult version of those toys for kids where you braid little rubber bands together
Oh I used to teach boy scouts how to do this
we called it gimp back in the 90s. is that what youre talking about?
Rainbow loom bands?
@@rogueslinky9537 yes
Uh huh... "impact tool" for cracking skulls. That's a lovely blackjack you made.
Id use a 2.5 incher..just to make sure
Right? I love the disclaimer, as if this has any application beyond ringing someone's bell.
@@nondescriptname it has, it also functions as a stress reliever, and monkey's fists can have other uses as well. depending on what you use as focus for the impact. Cork and it can actually float. And then it functions as a key chain. And as you don't have to swim to the bottom of the ocean for them.
@@nondescriptname You could use it to dust off a rug. Useful for cleanly disposing of a corpse you bashed in the head.
Their original purpose was for throwing ropes for docking ships. You throw a small rope with a monkey fist to drag over larger rope then chains to dock large ships like freighters.
"impact tool" is an innovative way to spell "Mace"
Technically impact tool is more accurate as it doesn't have any spikes or a solid handle
@@HQLYS bruh it was a joke he was just trying to make a few people laugh
@@blizzyblz7832 I know it's a joke like my reply is a fact am saying it doesn't fit the definition of a mace
@@HQLYS Would 'cosh' pass your rigorous test?
@@HQLYS if you knew it was a joke than why did you respond trying to correct him? If you knew it was a joke you would not have to correct him
Brilliantly made video, informative, clear, with a wonderful end product. I have a minor issue with a design feature. Where the ball weave joins the handle braid, there is only two strands holding the weight of the ball. I know true paracord is strong, but it still appears to be a weak spot joining two very strong sections. Would it be better to braid the whole tool with four strands and therefore strengthen this section?
learned this in the Navy '69-'70 in San Diego in the Waterfront Division on a yard oiler YO200. Used them to to get mooring lines to the dock or other ships when re/de-fueling. that handy dandy jig would have really been useful. used a rigging knife with a marlinspike to make them then. things have changed
That is outstanding. Best one I’ve seen so far.
What am i watching?
How did i get here?
Why am i even here?
same
@@cadepearase822 me too
This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!
bow to the power of the algorithm
RUclips has been pushing this for a week for me
This is knot technology, knot greatness, knot genius, i love it
A great tutorial, and easier to follow w than other Paracord tutorial RUclipsrs as usual.
Very interesting , but what do you use it for .? I can only think it is to hit other people with and if so why not just put the steel ball in a sock and save the trouble using the rope.
I have so much respect for weavers.
Thank you for making this video so easy to understand. How long does this particular version take to make?
Wow that jig is brilliant. I always tie mine in hand.
Thank you very much!!!
greetings from Spain!!!
Whats a good tool so I can start knitting?
Hoping to get a little guidance in finishing my monkey fists!? I like the closed loop method and have been making them based off this video, but shorter and sans the crown knot. The Question: is there another method you can suggest to help me get a clean finish after braiding back into the original 4 strand? I feel the only way I can get a strong and sturdy finish is to melt the hell out of the ends and flatten it which sometimes looks okay depending on the color. I have been gutting a few inches of the ends to make it easier to get back through which helps avoid white inner threads from getting ugly. I also use 750. Always for the strand that is around the core and 50/50 for the other strand. Hope my questions clear lol. Love the vids!
Nice craft. I think I missed something. What do you do with this?🤔 Perhaps a demonstration.
Used the leash and handle part but added the billiard ball with it and ended up trying 12 passes, little difficult to handle with the bit of extra cord but still came out looking shweet! Super thumbs up to the vid for all the help🖒👍
thought the Mega was sick but I gotta say the Backhand killed it!
Where could I buy that same monkey fist? Thank you.
I didn’t ask for any if this!!! I guess I’m into paracording now 🤷🏽♂️
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I really want one of those but i think I'd have to have you do it unless I want to have a rage induced stroke.
That does least a 1d4 +1 damage!
I found a really old slapjack recently leather with 2 lead balls it’s pretty cool didn’t know what it was till I looked it up
I used an old mouse ball from a dead mouse. it's got just a hint of give but is very heavy and a nice size to make a monkey's fist.
The Monkey's Fist was used by marinas as a weight to cast a line to other ships/shore.
still standard procedure
right, commonly used a lead ball as the weight.
Wow that is awasom. Great video. Easy to follow along with.
Yay! Slungshot!
No longer illegal where I'm from.
I just completed mine in black and green and it was so fun to make. I’m going to keep it in my car just in case I need some one to back up. One thing I noticed when I tried doing the 35 inches of braid that you did was; I did not have enough slack left. I suggest only going to 30-32 inches that way you have enough to cover the splice and still have slack to finish. Also I did not do the first six braids very tight so I had enough room to splice in the other end.
My left ear enjoyed this.
Threw my share of these on a heevie line , as a line handler on a Submarine.
joepiet, I was Line 2 PO on SSBN655G. I really liked the old, hard monkey fists. When they changed over to the big orange balls, getting the lines over was more difficult in a stiff wind. I once knocked a sleeping non-qual off his pier-side bollard. Left him with a big knot on his forehead.
I've been thinking. If I were to skip the diamond knot and start the round braid right at the base of the fist and do a long round braid and do a long splice. I could then start the crown know at the base of the fist. Hopefully I would end up with a fist at the top of a semi rigid "stick". Once it's complete (don't expect it soon) I'll post pictures of the completed project.
The other option (which I've done) is to tie a lanyard knot between the diamond knot and the base of the fist. This keeps the fist from wobbling a bit more. It's never going to be completely rigid, but it comes darned close.
What is this used for?? I wanted to see it used
This is fascinating.
I think it might become my new hobby.
"Be nice to each other out there" 😂
Hi dear. Congratulations for your chanel and for your projects, they are really lovely. I have a question, how could I do a band for holding my guitar when I play it? What would be the best knot? A conquistador knot for example? Perhaps it is an idea for a new video project. Thank you in advance for your kind attention sir. Greetings from Spain.
Im new even have a metal ball but wont even attempt this lol. Very nice work
So calming, I wish I had tools.
All you really need to do this is Paracord, a heavy ball, something to cut the paracord with and a lighter. I'd start with a simpler project though.
Thank you sir. I can't wait to try it.. You make it look very easy but I'm sure it's harder than I think
Many thanks for this Brilliant tutorial .
You are welcome!
Wasn't "Weavers of Eternity" one of the songs from Spinal Tap's debut album?
I remember when I was in the RN an Italian warship coming along side us used a metal monkeys fist, hitting the superstructure and nearly bashing someone in the head. We cut the line and threw obscenities' back at them.
"Appease the paracord gods" that comment earned the video a like
As a side note this looks like it fits the definition of a Slungshot and might be questionably legal to walk around with where you live. It is very nice however!
There's about a half dozen states where having one of these is illegal
You can buy hollow plastic cores, so the weight is reduced (less kinetic energy to deliver to the target) which would negate its weapons potential to near zero.
Then you can have the cool “key chain”, etc with less likelihood of jail time.
It's definatly a slungshot. Though it'd be better with a lead ball.
Everything looks beefy except that, at the end of the day, you still have only two strands of paracord attaching the monkey fist to the 4-strand braid. Is there a way to attach more than two strands?
The splice must flow
He who controls the splice, controls the universe.
@@TheWeaversofEternity Spice.. Not splice.. But maby you can splice the spice... Or would the universe implode?? :P
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I enjoyed that immensely! Thank you so much. I especially liked the jig you used. I must get one.
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ive first seen one in watch dogs 2 and i fell in love with them ive never owned one though but i might make one one day
Forgive my ignorance but is this a legal self defence weapon
Perdón por mi ignorancia como se llama el soporte donde pone la pelota o canica y de cuánto mm es el cordón paracord m podrías ayudar x favor
Gracias espero respuesta
That's a fancy skull crusher you've got there.
Very nice but what is it?
God level demo. Goddamn awful music.
Back in the 70's, many years before joining the RN, my lighthouse-keeper dad taught me how to tie one of these. I think I was only about 10 but still remember him telling me that if you put a weight inside that it becomes an offensive weapon.
Will try right now
James Bond refers to this tool as a 'ball scratcher'.
Ouch.
Very interesting. What do you _use_ these for??
Beautiful work,,greetings from Athens Greece
Will you make a gorilla fist version video with this handle design?
I was having extensive problems with things like turks heads, diamond knots, monkeys fists and suchlike. Then I bought a tiki mug. The paracord gods were pleased.
Muito lindo seu trabalho e vídeos de boa qualidade, sucesso.
Quero saber qual o nome desse suporte que segura a esfera!?
Is this a weapon to strike random target on the street?
Why am I watching this? Possessing one of these is illegal in my state, but for some reason I can't stop watching. BTW, nice old-school Casio digital watch.
That was so satisfying to watch, very cool!!!
Hi there 😊. How long is this in inches between the money first and eye splice handle please? If you said, I missed it.
Thank you
Revival Man
whats it really used for
Wouldn't an old PP9 battery in a sock be equally as effective? asking for a friend
where can i just buy one or more already made?
I wonder if this could be used with a loop handle to make a sling shackle of sorts?
I made some 'Get Back' whips with those steel rings at the ends.
Came out pretty cool.
ya but why? you must be one of those bikers that thinks public roads are for your play time. let me clue you in on a little secret. if you hit some one or someones property with with your insecurity whip, you will be charged and go to jail. it doesnt pay to peacock around trying to convince everyone how hard you are. how about you just drive your bike like a considerate human instead of showboating around looking for trouble and attention.
If you live in the UK or somewhere weighted impact weapons are illegal I would suggest that you replace the steel ball with a hollow plastic ball or a rubber/silicon ball of similar size as cops take a dim view of you carrying something that can stove in a skull with little effort, the replacement core is more likely bruise than break any thing.
I was gonna say the same thing about illegality. The system I practice uses the ball in a bandana, which is innocuous until deployed, and easily disposed of afterwards, if necessary. The use-case is for multiple (possibly armed) opponents, in order to drop the first two before the third knows what happened.
i've never done this. didn't really know this was a hobby. but it showed up in my recommended and know i have this skill i guess
What is this "tool" used for if not knocking someone out cold with it?
originally, monkey's fists was a sailor's knot that was used to make lengths of rope easier to toss - like say for boarding another ship, or from ship to shore. Usually they were made around a length of lead shot or some similarly 'heavy' object to give it some heft. They could, in extreme cases, be used as a crude weapon though usually belaying pins were more common and just as nasty.
It's used for when you need to throw line between ships or any long distance.
Bugger. I did not know there is a tool let a lone a jig. Awesome.
I’ve always made my own drilling holes in plywood using colored pencils
I've found that the water dipping step is unnecessary. Once you get your victim's blood on it, they shrink up nicely.
So you do victims?
Sounds like you need to be on the receiving end of one of these.
Any time :-)
@@tedwarden5803 I ONLY use them on QAnon, etc. ;)
My folks an I went to the ship celebration in San Diego one year that featured all kinds of sailing craft and a nuclear Russian sub you could tour. One exhibit had a hands on showing of a monkey's fist ball and rope with 3/8's line and a softball for the core. They had a game of chance to toss the ball into a target but it was a scam due to the complete lack of real weight in the fist to overcome the weight of the rope for the thrown distance. My father and I were linemen and we would make our own throw lines for running phone lines through tree lines and tossing lines up a pole to other workers, so we tried the game and got the closest over all others that tried that day, including long time sailors. Had the fist been weighted with like a small cannon ball (as would be normal) we would have easily hit the targets.
"These are made for fun and novelty-" HEHEHE HUMAN SKULL GO SMOOSH SMOOSH!!
Ha lol
9:28 “...you’ll have to do some creative problem solving here.”
Wait...what?!?
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