Turks head, monkey fist, ball knot

[[176172]]

I am looking for videos showing how to make one of the above.
I used to have some but i lost all my data earlier this year.
Does anyone have links to use.

 

[andsarkit]

Try here: Complete Knot List

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Or here;
Monkey’s Fist Knot

 

[Refueler]

Just a comment : The Monkeys Fist was a common end to a heaving line. It would usually have a small stone or large nut in the middle to add weight. Then enterprising people started dipping them into old paint to harden / add weight.

You can easily imagine that being hit with one of these could do serious injury. On ships that I did Ship to Ship transfers - the designated AB who threw the first heaving line would often do the 'helicopter' method ...

He would start swinging a short heaving line end round and round above his head .. slowly feeding more line out until that circle was about 3m or more .... you could hear the WOMP WOMP WOMP as it went round and round ... then he'd let fly in direction needed ... the distance some of these guys could get was amazing.

The Monkeys fist was banned ! It was replaced with silly small bags of sand ...

Just commenting !

 

[LadyInBed]

Animated Knots Turks Head Knot
or just google it and youtube links come up

 

[Refueler]

Word of advice ... these fancy rope ends are far easier with a Swedish Fid ... that's the 'spike' that is hollow and allows you to feed the strand along the 'tubular section ...

 

[tudorsailor]

I need to re-do the Turks Head on my steering wheel. This is the guide that I used a couple of years ago with success
4 lead, 3 bight turk's head knot - Paracord guild

Good to practice on a t-piece first to get the spread correct

TudorSailor

 

[[176172]]

Word of advice ... these fancy rope ends are far easier with a Swedish Fid ... that's the 'spike' that is hollow and allows you to feed the strand along the 'tubular section ...

That's true, I made a couple from 6 mm brass tube different style ends.

 

[[176172]]

Animated Knots Turks Head Knot
or just google it and youtube links come up

I have been using google, but the ones I had previously, probably made in the USA, do not come up, only the ones where you wrap the line around your fingers do not produce the effect I require, which is why I posted if anyone recalls the source. Thank you

 

[[176172]]

Just a comment : The Monkeys Fist was a common end to a heaving line. It would usually have a small stone or large nut in the middle to add weight. Then enterprising people started dipping them into old paint to harden / add weight.

You can easily imagine that being hit with one of these could do serious injury. On ships that I did Ship to Ship transfers - the designated AB who threw the first heaving line would often do the 'helicopter' method ...

He would start swinging a short heaving line end round and round above his head .. slowly feeding more line out until that circle was about 3m or more .... you could hear the WOMP WOMP WOMP as it went round and round ... then he'd let fly in direction needed ... the distance some of these guys could get was amazing.

The Monkeys fist was banned ! It was replaced with silly small bags of sand ...

Just commenting !

Its not as if seamen were being stunned or injured by the 'Fists' just some jobsworth in health and safety justifying his existence.

 

[Refueler]

I generally agree with you ... its true in many areas - that some Jobsworth has made a rule that really is unnecessary.

But I can say that I was hit by one years ago and it hurt !

A certain country was famous for dockies cutting off 'fists' if they saw one used from a ship ...

 

[rich]

In the lock in St Malo , keeper dropped fist onto the boat in front of us, Lady crew on bow grabbed hold of it and secured it to the cleat, the lock keeper was shouting at her to let go And connect a line to it, but in French, she just stood there looking at him!

 

[langstonelayabout]

Word of advice ... these fancy rope ends are far easier with a Swedish Fid ... that's the 'spike' that is hollow and allows you to feed the strand along the 'tubular section ...

And you can make one really easily and cheaply with a suitably sized section of copper water pipe, hacksaw and file/wet & dry cloth.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Animated Knots Turks Head Knot
or just google it and youtube links come up

As above in Post#3

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

I have been using google, but the ones I had previously, probably made in the USA, do not come up, only the ones where you wrap the line around your fingers do not produce the effect I require, which is why I posted if anyone recalls the source. Thank you

See Post #3.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Both knots are simple to tie, but I would agree with those who urge caution in using them on a heaving line. They need a core to be effective, and it is best if the core is NOT something hard, for all the reasons given. A tightly wound ball of string or a bag of sand or shot would be better than (say) a golf-ball or a large nut of ball-bearing.

Once tied, it is usual to splice the free end back to the standing part in the manner of an eye-splice.

 

[PilotWolf]

Try the local pet store many dog toys are th required design.

W.

 

[tudorsailor]

I need to make a new Turk's Head on the steering wheel. I wondered about making it in a coloured line. Can an expert recommend which line to use and thickness? Would microparacord be too thin?
Thanks

 

[Solent sailer]

we have a monkeys fist over a tennis ball, provides some weight and size but isn't to hard when it all goes wrong! (it also floats which can be helpful)

 

[AntarcticPilot]

we have a monkeys fist over a tennis ball, provides some weight and size but isn't to hard when it all goes wrong! (it also floats which can be helpful)

What diameter rope did you use? A tennis ball is quite large for the core of a monkey's fist, so it requires either a larger rope than usual for a heaving line, or more turns in the knot. But it sounds ideal otherwise.