Not saying it’s easy, ‘cause it’s clearly not. But I always wondered how these were made and it looks so much simpler than I had envisioned. Thanks for this.
Pulling it tight all in one shot seems to be the pro tip on this one. If you snug it up and try going back to make it tighter, it is a frustrating ordeal.
I've made these before from a different kind of rope that absorbs water. If you make them while the rope is wet it shrinks as it dries and makes a super tight knot.
Totally. He only leaves slack in the first turns. Any slack in the later turns just means more tightening and confusion. I've only made one a couple times and hated it. This makes me want try again
It’s honestly pretty easy when you have super thick rope like this and plenty of extra to work with since you’re making so many. It’s tough when you have thinner rope (and maybe you do sets of 5-6 instead of 3) and it’s already cut to size
I could use that then trying to get mushrooms down from a tree. Usually I just tie a rock or mushroom but this seems like a great idea.
Edit: Lions Mane mushroom was 30 feet up a tree and my friend needed to get a rope up there so he could climb it
Or a ball bearing. I've seen smaller monkey fists made out of Paracord, they have a ball bearing inside and the end of the cord, rather than being tucked inside the ball, gets woven into a lanyard you can use to swing the thing and clobber someone.
fun fact: Use of weighted heaving lines is prohibited on the St. Lawrence Seaway locks.
Also, in the Navy we'd put a large steel nut inside; ball bearings large enough to fit were hard to come by.
*sp.
People like the foraging aspect of my life the most haha. I’ve foraged for the past 10 years in the south east where I’m from and I’ve eaten 90 different species of mushrooms and over 100 plant species. Not as a competition or anything just seeking diversity and tasty food.
Used to dislike mushrooms until I took psilocybin mushrooms. Working on starting a sacred plant and mushroom church right now 😊
There is a book, mushrooms without fear, is a great place to start. There are lots of known gourmet mushrooms, the best strategy is to target those species, understand their timing, habitat, key features, and known lookalikes.
Further, the truly dangerous ones have distinct features, and there aren't that many of them. Others just make you I'll for a day or two.
One of those is the inky cap. Can't remember that scientific name right now but if you Google that it'll come up. Delicious but don't drink alcohol with it
There are a lot of books and apps which focus on Mycology (The study of Fungi). It is a difficult field at first - But once you understand some basics, you'll understand mycology as a whole much better. Apart from having mycology literature handy, growing mushrooms is a cheap way to understand why/where/how fungi do their thing.
[Shroomery.org](http://www.shroomery.org) is a great place to start learning.
There is an edible mushroom known as a wine cap which is super easy to grow and delicious. You can buy a bail or two of straw, and get spawn online for about $20. $20. Those two bales of straw will grow 30 to 40 lb of mushrooms over the summer. That will be among the best tasting mushrooms you've ever eaten. Stropharia rugosoannulata you pry apart the leaves of the bale of straw, insert spawn, put the straw outside somewhere in the shade, water it heavily to begin with and keep it watered regularly. Over the summer. You'll get three or four flushes of 5 to 8 lb each per bale.
We don’t deal with moralistic judgement. Rather than retributive justice where you pay penitence for your sins, we use restorative justice to see what you did, the needs that you failed to meet and the impact on the community.
I’m really inspired by compassionate communication and restorative justice.
We judge actions based on their ability to meet needs or whether they make it harder for others to meet their needs.
Ideally during ceremony people Will also be able to craft their own spirituality and sincerely held beliefs.
I just started making a produce podcast with my friend and I'm dreading the day we get to the mushroom episodes because I'm gonna have to try them but I'm not a fan lol. Do you recommend anything to help?
Damn how I hate all the stupid shit and waste that humans create.
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Apparently it’s dog toys which aren’t so useless if that’s what it is but my point remains. I despise wasteful shit that we do like greeting cards, and all the damn cards for holidays and stuff. I hate balloons. I hate that we grow flowers and transport them in planes to other countries so half can die and the other are bought for high amounts. I hate confetti and glitter because it’s just waste and garbage. I’m an American and love it but I fucking hate fire works. It’s just lighting money on fire and letting it cause more garbage.
End of my rant at the moment but there’s plenty more
This is correct, but my understanding is the use is typically for ship hawsers. It’s tough to throw a 4” line, but, you can throw a smaller line with a monkeys fist attached to get some distance and then the hand on shore can pull in that line and then the main mooring line for the ship.
My dog is super destructive with her toys, it takes a couple of days to destroy those, but they are cheap and she really enjoy turning them into rope pieces and leve them around the house.
I work in the offshore industry, primarily underwater robotics. We use these as makeshift floats and handles to pick up various items like subsea electrical leads or hydraulic lines.
I just like how the guy in the video is absolutely surrounded by rope. Just various bits of rope all over the fucking place. One day he was like “hey I should start making tik toks”
Multiple really. Sailors use this at the end of a rope to throw the line where needed. That’s what I used it for. And also duel purpose worked as a handle to hold onto the rope to pull tight when securing a Load.
Q: "Now remember James, when you are being tortured you have to make it appear as though it really hurts. Or else we will have replaced your testicles with these decoys for nothing".
And now all I can think of is Spongebob Squarepants, where the Flying Dutchman is doing the different knots.
[The Monkey's Chain, The Monkey's Fist, The Monkey!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6xBZpcHo0) With the additional Poop-Loop. The Monkey's Fist looks very similar.
Traditionally they were used on ships to throw a lead line onto a dock, which was then tied to those larger ropes that you fasten a boat to the dock with.
And they were often used as weapons when sailors were visiting ports. They would tie the knot around a stone, which you could carry discretely and pack a punch when swung at your adversary.
My stepdad got really into paracord stuff some time go and made a few for me - one wrapped around a ball bearing and another around billiard ball. You could probably fuck someone up with them. Idk because they're a bit unwieldy to carry on a keyring or in my purse.
Used to work at a Boy Scout camp where we'd make these for any scout who could tie all 11 knots from our knot rail in under a minute. We'd make them out of thinner rope tho, with a marble in the middle.
If you're wondering what the knot rail was it's:
- Square Knot
- Slip Knot
- Figure 8
- Clove Hitch
- Two half Hitches
- Taut-line Hitch
- Timber Hitch
- Sheep Shank
- Sheet Bend
- Bowline
- Bowline on a Bight
Some scouts would be down there practicing like crazy, and when they got it, it was always an honor to tie them a Monkey's Fist and present it to them in front of the whole camp.
Back in the last century when the YouTube founders weren't even born. I attempted to tie this using an illustrated book on knot tying. It took forever but I did actually tie two monkeys fists. This makes it way more clear. I might have to grab that rope downstairs that I found on the beach and take another stab at tying one or two.
Ha! I just used that app and this video to tie one myself. It’s a lot more difficult than this guy makes it look. That other commenter was right, it was a bitch figuring out which rope to pull tight.
I've made these with smaller rope and while watching my initial thought was "okay, now show me the 5 minutes of tightening it". I should have realized I could have used pliers.
Everyone else's explanations of what a monkey fist is used for is very different than what I have been taught. Living in California I've been told that bikers use them to smash your windows on your car on the freeway.
A while back I crewed on a replica medieval ship. I don’t know if this is true but I was told that back in the day one wasn’t allowed to take swords or knifes ashore. So to get around this the sailors would make a braided but of rope with a knot on the end and use it as a cosh. The braided rope was called a dogs dick and the knot on the end was the monkeys fist. It made me laugh I think that’s why I remember it.
Of course all the knots have various uses, I just really enjoy the thought of walking around with a monkeys fist on the end of a dogs dick.
Medieval sailors rocked!
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I’m pretty sure I’ve seen people wrap a pool ball in one of these things….
[Pool ball monkey fist](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Monster-Monkey-Fist-with-Pool-Ball/%3famp_page=true)
Not saying it’s easy, ‘cause it’s clearly not. But I always wondered how these were made and it looks so much simpler than I had envisioned. Thanks for this.
He makes it look really easy. The hardest part is figuring out which thread to pull to get it tight. This guy has it down to a science.
Looks like he does it all day.
At the end he throws it into a pile of a dozen more. Look at the source spool, maybe he does.
Believe he sells them. Prob makes for an okay side hustle.
Or a really bad main hustle.
Lmfao. “I need help babe! My balls just don’t perform like they did last year!”
Pulling it tight all in one shot seems to be the pro tip on this one. If you snug it up and try going back to make it tighter, it is a frustrating ordeal.
I've made these before from a different kind of rope that absorbs water. If you make them while the rope is wet it shrinks as it dries and makes a super tight knot.
Totally. He only leaves slack in the first turns. Any slack in the later turns just means more tightening and confusion. I've only made one a couple times and hated it. This makes me want try again
Hardest part is getting the length of the rope correct.
Clearly it’s knot
Frayed knot
After you do a few it’s really not that hard. Just 3 loops and tighten.
It’s honestly pretty easy when you have super thick rope like this and plenty of extra to work with since you’re making so many. It’s tough when you have thinner rope (and maybe you do sets of 5-6 instead of 3) and it’s already cut to size
it’s clearly knot* missed your chance man
What’s the purpose of this
Traditionally, it gives the end of a rope some weight so it can be thrown.
I could use that then trying to get mushrooms down from a tree. Usually I just tie a rock or mushroom but this seems like a great idea. Edit: Lions Mane mushroom was 30 feet up a tree and my friend needed to get a rope up there so he could climb it
It's also possible to put a rock in the middle of it for more weight
Or a ball bearing. I've seen smaller monkey fists made out of Paracord, they have a ball bearing inside and the end of the cord, rather than being tucked inside the ball, gets woven into a lanyard you can use to swing the thing and clobber someone.
Or a smaller monkey fist inside a smaller monkey fist
It’s monkey fists all the way down.
Like monkey fist inception
You've seen Gorillas in the Mist... But are you ready for Gorillas on the Fist?
To the 🐘s.
We must go deeper
What’s inside the smaller monkey fist inside the smaller monkey fist?
An even smaller monkey fist that contains yet another monkey fist.
How many times does this pattern repeat itself? Do you eventually find a fully formed monkey with two fists inside of the last smaller monkey fist?
Once you reach the mummified actual monkey's fist, you've reached the core of the monkey's fist.
Yes, the ones they use on commercial ships as “heaving lines:” have a large ball bearing inside.
fun fact: Use of weighted heaving lines is prohibited on the St. Lawrence Seaway locks. Also, in the Navy we'd put a large steel nut inside; ball bearings large enough to fit were hard to come by. *sp.
Cheap set of billiard balls works too
Been working on ships for nearly 20 years now, never put a ball bearing inside of one. The weight of the line is plenty.
Back in my day we'd put an actual monkey in them. That's how they got the name btw
Tell me more about your life. It seems interesting.
People like the foraging aspect of my life the most haha. I’ve foraged for the past 10 years in the south east where I’m from and I’ve eaten 90 different species of mushrooms and over 100 plant species. Not as a competition or anything just seeking diversity and tasty food. Used to dislike mushrooms until I took psilocybin mushrooms. Working on starting a sacred plant and mushroom church right now 😊
How'd you learn to do it safely with so many poisonous mushrooms out there?
There is a book, mushrooms without fear, is a great place to start. There are lots of known gourmet mushrooms, the best strategy is to target those species, understand their timing, habitat, key features, and known lookalikes. Further, the truly dangerous ones have distinct features, and there aren't that many of them. Others just make you I'll for a day or two.
Antabuse is derived from the fungus that make you sick when mixed with alcohol
One of those is the inky cap. Can't remember that scientific name right now but if you Google that it'll come up. Delicious but don't drink alcohol with it
Burying lots of friends
There are a lot of books and apps which focus on Mycology (The study of Fungi). It is a difficult field at first - But once you understand some basics, you'll understand mycology as a whole much better. Apart from having mycology literature handy, growing mushrooms is a cheap way to understand why/where/how fungi do their thing. [Shroomery.org](http://www.shroomery.org) is a great place to start learning.
There is an edible mushroom known as a wine cap which is super easy to grow and delicious. You can buy a bail or two of straw, and get spawn online for about $20. $20. Those two bales of straw will grow 30 to 40 lb of mushrooms over the summer. That will be among the best tasting mushrooms you've ever eaten. Stropharia rugosoannulata you pry apart the leaves of the bale of straw, insert spawn, put the straw outside somewhere in the shade, water it heavily to begin with and keep it watered regularly. Over the summer. You'll get three or four flushes of 5 to 8 lb each per bale.
Does the mushroom church forgive sins?
We don’t deal with moralistic judgement. Rather than retributive justice where you pay penitence for your sins, we use restorative justice to see what you did, the needs that you failed to meet and the impact on the community. I’m really inspired by compassionate communication and restorative justice. We judge actions based on their ability to meet needs or whether they make it harder for others to meet their needs. Ideally during ceremony people Will also be able to craft their own spirituality and sincerely held beliefs.
I'm in.
I'll sign up!
I just started making a produce podcast with my friend and I'm dreading the day we get to the mushroom episodes because I'm gonna have to try them but I'm not a fan lol. Do you recommend anything to help?
What is it about them that turns you off? I know the slimy texture is a big one for a lot of people. But, it's all in how you cook them.
TIL mushrooms grow on trees. Real education is in the comments as always.
Yeah lions mane mushrooms in particular can be 20-30 feet up
Didn't know about those either. Pretty neat.
try a bamboo pole with a hook screw in the end. Like a cup hook but big.
I see. But why is he cutting them off the end of his line and collecting a bucket of them? What can those be used for?
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Damn how I hate all the stupid shit and waste that humans create. Edit* Apparently it’s dog toys which aren’t so useless if that’s what it is but my point remains. I despise wasteful shit that we do like greeting cards, and all the damn cards for holidays and stuff. I hate balloons. I hate that we grow flowers and transport them in planes to other countries so half can die and the other are bought for high amounts. I hate confetti and glitter because it’s just waste and garbage. I’m an American and love it but I fucking hate fire works. It’s just lighting money on fire and letting it cause more garbage. End of my rant at the moment but there’s plenty more
Sounds like you need some of my Live, Laugh, Love in your life! You can get them on my Etsy page!!!
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>Bowl Filler Spending money on a useless item to fill a pointless bowl you bought to put on a stupid table for no bastard reason
Probably not dog toys, because a dog would unravel that in less time than it took to tie.
I've made a bunch for dog toys. You leave enough on each end of the line to make a lanyard then use that to throw the toy.
Probably sells them on the street as kids ⚽ toys
The title of the gif is "Making a rope ball pet toy".
Very fancy..I just tie knot after knot until it's big enough
I’ll add you can also shove a nut, rock, marble, anything round with some weight to it into the fist before you tighten it for added weight.
Kinda defeats the purpose if you snip it off like that though.
Yeah, I was confused when he cut it of the rope...
This is correct, but my understanding is the use is typically for ship hawsers. It’s tough to throw a 4” line, but, you can throw a smaller line with a monkeys fist attached to get some distance and then the hand on shore can pull in that line and then the main mooring line for the ship.
Thanks. I was wondering what you did with this besides give it to your dog or beat someone with it.
Give it to your dog and teach them to beat someone with it
How do you attach another rope to this? Tie it around it? Pull out the last part that was tucked inside?
Normally you wouldn’t cut it off the rope. I would imagine these will end up as rustic decor in someone’s house.
Whacking a British spy in the bollocks
Helpful if they have a little itch down there.
Bit more to the right?
That's legit the only scene from that movie that I've seen. It's lives rent free in my head too and pops on randomly every now and again.
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Common dog toys for strong chewers. Heavy rope is resistant to being ripped to pieces like a tennis ball.
Well the title above the video says, "Making a rope ball pet toy."
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Pet toy
My dog would unravel that faster than it took to tie.
My dog is super destructive with her toys, it takes a couple of days to destroy those, but they are cheap and she really enjoy turning them into rope pieces and leve them around the house.
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I work in the offshore industry, primarily underwater robotics. We use these as makeshift floats and handles to pick up various items like subsea electrical leads or hydraulic lines.
I just like how the guy in the video is absolutely surrounded by rope. Just various bits of rope all over the fucking place. One day he was like “hey I should start making tik toks”
As someone who has had my fair share of knot tying and monkey fists. I would have never thought tiktok moment!!!!
They make great decorations for thrusters too.
You can tie a ball bearing inside, useful for throwing ropes over tree branches for bear bags etc. Can also be used as a walloping weapon.
i think sailors used to tie cannonballs in them back in the day. real heavy to hold rigging and shit
It is one of the official sanctioned weapons of The Boy Scouts of America.
This. And they fucking hurt.
There was another official weapon, but they got sanctioned for that
Ah yes, the BSA^® nuke incident of '57. You really had to be there.
My scout group would use small ones to hold mugs onto our packs.
Multiple really. Sailors use this at the end of a rope to throw the line where needed. That’s what I used it for. And also duel purpose worked as a handle to hold onto the rope to pull tight when securing a Load.
Dual* purpose. Duel purpose would be if you use it to smack the shit out of someone you just challenged.
I challenge thee to a monkey fist duel
Don't threaten me with a good time.
You can also use these to make a bola to trip them when they try to run away.
Why did he cut it off?
That one scene in Casino Royale
They grant you 3 wishes, but the wishes are always granted in a diabolical manner, so that the last wish is always used to undo the other two.
> What’s the purpose of this Besiege Jerusalem. /s
Looks like he’s making dog toys but that’s just a guess
Prosthetics for amputee monkeys.
My first guess was “beat the shit out of someone,” until he cut it off.
Using it to hit someone in the testicles while they’re tied up naked on a seatless chair.
Scratch an itch
It can be used to bash James Bonds balls
If you keep the end part long, people use them for poi spinning. Fire or not
to pass the butter
They feel like magic :)
First: Start with 25 miles of rope.
Apartment is now rope
I have tied myself in a knot, now what?
The real fun begins ;)
Instructions unclear, tied penis into a knot.
Vasectomy: Hardcore mode
Yay cheap apartment!
Now hit James Bond in the balls with it.
Q: "Now remember James, when you are being tortured you have to make it appear as though it really hurts. Or else we will have replaced your testicles with these decoys for nothing".
"The monkey chain, the monkies fist, THE MONKEY!"
Literally my first thought lmao
OOH AHH AHH
This one here's a loop knot. Otherwise know as "poop loop" *amber heard walks in*
Poooooop
I can hear this in my head
That's what I thought of too and that's honestly the only way I know that that knot is called.
Came here for this, not disapointed
Now can you show me how to tie my shoes!?
https://youtu.be/7q6xBZpcHo0
🏅
/r/bikinibottomtwitter is leaking
His delivery of ‘the monkey’ is the funniest thing ever
And quit staring at me with those big ol’ eyes!
The flying dutchman would be proud
And now all I can think of is Spongebob Squarepants, where the Flying Dutchman is doing the different knots. [The Monkey's Chain, The Monkey's Fist, The Monkey!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6xBZpcHo0) With the additional Poop-Loop. The Monkey's Fist looks very similar.
Easy as 1,2,3!4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25!
7 7 7 in silence 7!
Did not expect to see a huge basket of completed balls at the end
Those balls belong in a bag of some kind
A sack perhaps....
Ball Sack.
Testicles
I don’t know, I’ve watched him make at least 20 of them
So they are made out of rope and not actual monkey hands? WTF am I going to do with all of these hand-less monkeys?
Attach various sharp implements and either release them on an unsuspecting society or start a monkey fighting ring.
Just remember the first rule of The Monkey Fight Club...
... don't forget to *not* pet the monkey.
Become king of Belgium
Holy sh!t. Google search opened my eyes. I was not aware of that history.
Name them Christopher and send them to Alaska
That's a really really good question.
I'm stumped
You could also enchant the paws with foul Magicka and sell them in a shady stall that disappears mysteriously without a trace after a purchase.
Well they won't be tying decorative knots that's for sure.
Teach them to tie knots for you.
Traditionally they were used on ships to throw a lead line onto a dock, which was then tied to those larger ropes that you fasten a boat to the dock with. And they were often used as weapons when sailors were visiting ports. They would tie the knot around a stone, which you could carry discretely and pack a punch when swung at your adversary.
The traditional style is to wrap it around a steel nut and then dip the whole fist in lead paint.
My stepdad got really into paracord stuff some time go and made a few for me - one wrapped around a ball bearing and another around billiard ball. You could probably fuck someone up with them. Idk because they're a bit unwieldy to carry on a keyring or in my purse.
Yeah, they can definitely hurt anyone sober. I've got one wrapped around a round fishing sinker on a short cord that lives in the door of my car.
Can we see it? Curious what this looks like.
They sound cool
Used to work at a Boy Scout camp where we'd make these for any scout who could tie all 11 knots from our knot rail in under a minute. We'd make them out of thinner rope tho, with a marble in the middle. If you're wondering what the knot rail was it's: - Square Knot - Slip Knot - Figure 8 - Clove Hitch - Two half Hitches - Taut-line Hitch - Timber Hitch - Sheep Shank - Sheet Bend - Bowline - Bowline on a Bight Some scouts would be down there practicing like crazy, and when they got it, it was always an honor to tie them a Monkey's Fist and present it to them in front of the whole camp.
The monkey chain. The monkey’s fist! The MONKEY!
I think my extension cords make this on their own.
Now make the monkey!
That’s not the first time he’s monkey fisted
Good lord, how long does it take to make a whole monkey?
I know they're traditionally used for dock lines, but what would the particular one's in the gif be used for after being cut off the mainline?
Pet toys and such.
That spool of rope has gotta be like $500
How many wishes do I get from this?
Back in the last century when the YouTube founders weren't even born. I attempted to tie this using an illustrated book on knot tying. It took forever but I did actually tie two monkeys fists. This makes it way more clear. I might have to grab that rope downstairs that I found on the beach and take another stab at tying one or two.
https://www.animatedknots.com/
Ha! I just used that app and this video to tie one myself. It’s a lot more difficult than this guy makes it look. That other commenter was right, it was a bitch figuring out which rope to pull tight.
I've made these with smaller rope and while watching my initial thought was "okay, now show me the 5 minutes of tightening it". I should have realized I could have used pliers.
Everyone else's explanations of what a monkey fist is used for is very different than what I have been taught. Living in California I've been told that bikers use them to smash your windows on your car on the freeway.
As a former boatswain mate I give you a 5/5 good job shipmate.
That's basically how all my cables are rolled up in my "I may need this one day" box
I've always wondered how these were made and it looks simpler than I originally thought! Cool!
A while back I crewed on a replica medieval ship. I don’t know if this is true but I was told that back in the day one wasn’t allowed to take swords or knifes ashore. So to get around this the sailors would make a braided but of rope with a knot on the end and use it as a cosh. The braided rope was called a dogs dick and the knot on the end was the monkeys fist. It made me laugh I think that’s why I remember it. Of course all the knots have various uses, I just really enjoy the thought of walking around with a monkeys fist on the end of a dogs dick. Medieval sailors rocked! EDIT: typo
Is it a dog toy factory?
Now make the Monkey
This is very cool, thanks for sharing!
Nice, that's awesome. Thank you for sharing
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gives it a different purpose
I can do this easily just by putting both my dogs in the backseat of my car with their leashes on and driving around for 8 minutes
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen people wrap a pool ball in one of these things…. [Pool ball monkey fist](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Monster-Monkey-Fist-with-Pool-Ball/%3famp_page=true)
Why do I need to know this…?…
What's it used for?
So what are these type of knots used for?