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
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.
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’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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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?
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!
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.
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 UA-cam 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everything going great until i try the crown knots. Every time i pull on a thread it loosens the one next to it. when i try the 2nd knot it looks a mess and not even going to try a 3rd or 4th knot. :( :( :(
It is usually used aboard a boat or ship to add weight to the end of a light line in order to toss it from deck to deck. The light line can then be used to haul a larger rope (usually called a cable) for towing purposes etc. Unfortunately, a bunch of idiot kids have just been shown how to make a fairly lethal weapon. DO NOT get caught in a stop and search with one of these in your pocket.
@@raymondo162 yeah thanks for that input but its extremely hard to get a stainless ball bearing to rust as as for using Paracord most commercial para cord isnt actually para cord. but thanks for adding your two cents.
If you don't have a fid but have a little skill (hacksaw or cutting implement and a piece of sandpaper or a grinder) and a USGI .223 / 5.56 one each section of ramrod, you can make an excellent fid on your uncle's dime! Disclaimer: Please do not steal, your government hates competition...
Nice build but the monkeys fist knot was never meant to be used for anything other than adding a weight to a throw line. It will need a lot of modification to be a useful impact tool.
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
0:30 - Materials and measurements. 0:56 - Start of monkey fist! 1:15 - First layer complete start of second layer. 1:50 - Second layer done, start outer layer. 3:24 - Tightening of monkey fist. 3:45 - Relocating end points of monkey fist. 4:30 - More tightening, and with hot water. 5:35 - Monkey fist done, diamond knot tutorial. 6:45 - Handle weaving.
I have a link for where to get it in the description box. It is possible without a jig, but its a lot harder and will require more practice to get right.
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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
“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"
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.
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
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.
ua-cam.com/video/furq8lobb9I/v-deo.html
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.
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!
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
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
Sometimes the YT algorithm does weird things to my recommended feed. What a cool hobby to have.
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....
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
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
UA-cam has been pushing this for a week for me
wanted to make a weapon, ended up in the scouts
"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
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: ua-cam.com/video/574Sy4RYUGw/v-deo.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.
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!
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.
This is knot technology, knot greatness, knot genius, i love it
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.
A great tutorial, and easier to follow w than other Paracord tutorial UA-camrs as usual.
That does least a 1d4 +1 damage!
thought the Mega was sick but I gotta say the Backhand killed it!
James Bond refers to this tool as a 'ball scratcher'.
Ouch.
If this is "for fun and craft purposes", and not a weapon, then why not put a light weight plastic golf ball inside?
a golf ball would crack a skull just as well:) a lot of monkeys fists actually use them instead
"These are made for fun and novelty-" HEHEHE HUMAN SKULL GO SMOOSH SMOOSH!!
Ha lol
I enjoyed that immensely! Thank you so much. I especially liked the jig you used. I must get one.
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.
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
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.
9:28 “...you’ll have to do some creative problem solving here.”
Wait...what?!?
😂😂😂
"Be nice to each other out there" 😂
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
ey man when you finished the tool, you rewarded the viewer with an ad. Maybe put a minute of glory shots before that, feels more satisfying.
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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YAY! I was waiting for your take on this to be uploaded! Definitely going to make!
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.
Wasn't "Weavers of Eternity" one of the songs from Spinal Tap's debut album?
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.
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 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
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 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.
Geniiiaaal.😊😊😊very good.
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?
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. ;)
Can’t believe Skillshare sponsored a weapon video.
Forgive my ignorance but is this a legal self defence weapon
I learned a lot in the Girl Scouts, but never anything this cool. Could have used a monkey's fist in Middle School, actually...
Looks like a more aesthetically pleasing blackjack.
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!
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.
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.
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 UA-cam 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!
that was really fun to watch. subbed
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.
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.
I'm going to make a couple of these with lead instead of steel. A slightly larger ball, maybe a pyramidal one. Large lead sinkers should be perfect.
impact "tool". "The Mechanic" - Jason Statham.
Didn't have a tiki cup i have monkey balls everywhere now
You can soak them in paint for added impact.
What is this used for?? I wanted to see it used
"Appease the paracord gods" that comment earned the video a like
will this break a car window from a motorbike?
asking for a friend
Shattered spark plug insulator works best
So I've heard...
yes it will but the paracord will probably fray or split from the impact or so I've heard.
@@moenibus I have heard, but not were I live so it's a moot point to me.
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.
Could you use shoe laces
great now i have to go buy a tiki cup! i dont want the gods mad at me !!! lol
Revival Man
Steven Seagal made a similar "tool" using a bar towel and a billiard ball. "Anybody seen Ritchie?"
I didn’t ask for any if this!!! I guess I’m into paracording now 🤷🏽♂️
You don't know what to do with your life, don't worry UA-cam will guide you through life
In my prison times I used to put a piece of soap in a sock, et voila I had a monkey fist.
The Flying Dutchman approves 👌👍😎
I've got a Monkey's paw and ever since then nothing's gone right!
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.
Everything going great until i try the crown knots. Every time i pull on a thread it loosens the one next to it. when i try the 2nd knot it looks a mess and not even going to try a 3rd or 4th knot. :( :( :(
Awe I want to make this but it's illegal to make them and even have them on you in California :(
I carry one in my BIG RIG 🚛 USE FOR WORK
Where could I buy that same monkey fist? Thank you.
Today I learned that a knotters tool is just a wine bottle stopper
idk why this popped up in my recommended, but I'm not complaining
this feels like one of those times where you go "this looks simple enough that even I can do it" but you'll never know cuz you'll never try it
shout out to the people who are listening to this in their left ear.
What do you need it for, what is the use of it??.
It is usually used aboard a boat or ship to add weight to the end of a light line in order to toss it from deck to deck. The light line can then be used to haul a larger rope (usually called a cable) for towing purposes etc. Unfortunately, a bunch of idiot kids have just been shown how to make a fairly lethal weapon. DO NOT get caught in a stop and search with one of these in your pocket.
I would substitute the steel ball for an iron ball for extra weight.
That’s a naval knot not novelty... it has a purpose lol sailors used them to toss stuff up onto the sail or lookout and also as a hand to hand weapons
It is actually a hunting knot from the beginning. That is wher the name comes from.
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.
That's neat, but can you show me how to tie my shoes?
Can i just send you a check and you make it for me ?
On eBay why are some cheaper or more expensive than others
soak it in salt water let it dry and depending on the cord it will shrink and be harder then a rock.
@@raymondo162 yeah thanks for that input but its extremely hard to get a stainless ball bearing to rust as as for using Paracord most commercial para cord isnt actually para cord. but thanks for adding your two cents.
whats the dps?
If you don't have a fid but have a little skill (hacksaw or cutting implement and a piece of sandpaper or a grinder) and a USGI .223 / 5.56 one each section of ramrod, you can make an excellent fid on your uncle's dime!
Disclaimer: Please do not steal, your government hates competition...
Nice build but the monkeys fist knot was never meant to be used for anything other than adding a weight to a throw line. It will need a lot of modification to be a useful impact tool.
@Ron Burgundy Correct, that's why the monkeys fist is only a weapon in form and not in function.
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
0:30 - Materials and measurements.
0:56 - Start of monkey fist!
1:15 - First layer complete start of second layer.
1:50 - Second layer done, start outer layer.
3:24 - Tightening of monkey fist.
3:45 - Relocating end points of monkey fist.
4:30 - More tightening, and with hot water.
5:35 - Monkey fist done, diamond knot tutorial.
6:45 - Handle weaving.
Please make the same monkey fist with hands🙏
6 hours later...I crocheted a rock on a string.
How does he keep the cord in the fid?
Better question, where do I find that 4 post jig, and the fid?
I have a link for where to get it in the description box. It is possible without a jig, but its a lot harder and will require more practice to get right.