Best and easiest way to tie a large 8 pass monkeys fist knot

[Paracordist]

Best and easiest way to tie a large 8 pass monkeys fist knot. Check vid info for credits. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlI-4uELWX0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Bardster]

ingenious, thanks for sharing.

 

[Mafro]

Just need to whittle yourself 4 pencils now Bard

 

[sandbender]

Thanks for putting all those videos up.

 

[3bears]

oooh i like the jig! I normally just go around my fingers lol

 

[Bardster]

nah, got some ready made arrow shafts will do the job

 

[Ben Trout]

Thanks for posting, Mr Paracordist, Sir!

I've faffed about with elastic bands and insulation for many an hour, particularly with big Monkeys Fists. It works but with lots of frustration, dropped knots, tools and material thrown about the room. Guess I'll be raiding the work scrap bin again tomorrow.

Have you got a formula for diameter of ball and number of passes?

Cheers.

 

[Paracordist]

Thanks for posting, Mr Paracordist, Sir!

I've faffed about with elastic bands and insulation for many an hour, particularly with big Monkeys Fists. It works but with lots of frustration, dropped knots, tools and material thrown about the room. Guess I'll be raiding the work scrap bin again tomorrow.

Have you got a formula for diameter of ball and number of passes?

Cheers.

About 4.33 Passes of cord per inch dia

 

[yomperalex]

I have always been impressed with the quality of your work, and have often been frustrated when trying to do monkey fist. Thanks for sharing.

Alex

 

[Hoodoo]

Totally awesome video. Thanks for sharing! I usually make much smaller monkey fists with thinner cord and I'm thinking small dowels or chopsticks will work a treat for the pins. At any rate, this will make the process SO much easier. Mucho appreciato!!

 

[Paracordist]

Glad it helped. I rather like how it came out!