The monkey's fist knot is most often used as the weight in a heaving line. A lightweight feeder line would be tied to the bowline, then the weighted monkey's fist could be hurled between ship and dock (or vice versa). The other end of the lightweight line would be attached to a heaver-weight line, allowing it to be drawn to the target easily.
Today the monkey fist knot is being used in many applications such as keychains since they are very attractive and useful.
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We now offer the 1" Chrome Steel Ball Monkey Fist. These are Approximately 7" long.
Chrome Steel Ball Monkey Fist
We also offer the 3/4" and 1" Chrome Steel Ball Monkey Fist in our original Hangmans Noose and Cobra Braid. We also have the 3/4" and 1" Wooden Ball if you want a Key Chain that is not as heavy.
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Greg
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I like the idea of the long (14") snake braid.
A key chain with attitude, I love it!
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Our best sellers are the snake braid and the spiral braid.
http://www.paracordkeychains.com/monkey-fist/index.html#1a
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We have the smaller Monkey Fist Key Chain with the Snake braid and the Spiral braid as well as the Thin Line Monkey Fist and they are all awesome.
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>>>ADMIN: Hello Mark J. Glad you like the Monkey Fist Key Chain. I also have a client that likes the long snake braid on those Monkey Fist. She get's a whopping 14" over all length and they sell really good and I would only think they work very well for protection since they do have a 1" Chrome Steel Ball inside the fist which would allow a person to have their hand next to the ball so it would not be easily taken away and I would only think a bunch of keys across the face would stop any one, at least give someone enough time to run away. Hopefully no one would ever need it to defend themselves but its there just in case.
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>>>ADMIN: Hi Mike, So glad she was happy with the Monkey Fist Key Chain and I'm glad you talked her out of taking it apart.
>>>ADMIN: Hi Carol, thank you for your kind words and we are very glad you love your spiral key chain. I really like the spiral braid and we get a lot of orders since we added that braid to our paracord merchandise.