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A monkey's fist or monkey fist is a type of knot, so named because it looks somewhat like a small bunched fist. It also looks somewhat like a volleyball. It is tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line, and also as an ornamental knot. It can also be used as a weapon or as a tool in rockclimbing as an anchor, by stuffing it into a crack.
The monkey's fist knot is most often used as the weight in a heaving line. The line would have the monkey's fist on one end, an eye splice or bowline on the other, with about 3 feet (~1 metre) of line between. A light-weight 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 light-weight line would be attached to a heaver-weight line, allowing it to be drawn to the target easily.
The knot is usually tied around a small weight, such as a stone, marble, tight fold of paper, or a piece of wood.
Monkey's Fists were also commonly used as melee weapons by sailors embroiled in street and tavern fights during the 1800s and the use of the Monkey's Fist as a slungshot became common in the street gang subcultures of the 1800s.
To clench a banana? : )
Monkey fists (also known as silk knots) are used for fastening shirt cuffs together.
same as a turks head, stops the end of the rope slipping back through the knot or through a hoop
A monkey fist is used to grant wishes but the wishes never turn out how you think.
Did you get that questions off the simpsons halloween special?
hitting other monkeys
Monkey fcuking.?
its a knot used on sailing boats to keep sails in position
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It is used for many purposes: wieghting a line so it can be thrown to somebody, decoration, forming a handle, or keeping a rope from slipping through a hole.
lol to hang on a tree? ******
to punch other monkeys? lol. i really don't know. look it up on google. hav a star!
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