First proper attempt for me. Weighted with a 5oz sea-fishing weight inside, so it has a bit of heft to it.
Paracord Monkey's Fist Keychain
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I just used my hands although I can see that making some sort of tabletop tying rig would greatly ease things.
The trick I found was to not do the final four turns until I had inserted my core weight. A lot of guides suggest basically making a loose but complete monkeys fist and then forcing your core into it. I found it hard to get it centred doing that.
The trick I found was to not do the final four turns until I had inserted my core weight. A lot of guides suggest basically making a loose but complete monkeys fist and then forcing your core into it. I found it hard to get it centred doing that.
Nice one 
I've done a few multi coloured ones without weights in the core recently and enjoyed making them
I've done a few multi coloured ones without weights in the core recently and enjoyed making them
That's pretty neat. Don't want to sound like I'm trying to be nasty or put anything down. General question here. What is the purpose of the monkey fist?
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In history the Monkey fist was tied to the end of heaving lines aboard ships by sailors. A stone or scrap lead would be used inside making it very heavy. This helped get the lines to the dock side. The dockers would then cut them off as they didn't like having projectiles thrown at them! It has been said that people have been killed on the dock side by monkey fists, and they are banned on ships these days.
Today they are just a decorative knot.
Today they are just a decorative knot.
Interesting, had a funny feeling it had a old purpose, I thought it might of been used as a weapon or something?!
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You often see them sold as a "self defence weapon" in places like the US. Not that I think they would be much use like that, and of coarse you couldn't use one like that here in the UK as it would be against the law. The large one above was made for a business owner who had a problem with his shop keys being lost by the staff. Big old MF stopped the staff putting the keys in their pockets, problem solved.
