What sort of midle you use in monkey fist tie?

I think wood is good. Is it good idea?

Wood is just fine but youll be cutting down greatly on the burn time since the core wont absorb fuel. Ive never personally made any but some other options are a smaller monkey fist knot or a ball of absorbant natural fabric (cotton/denim/wool).

Golf ball heheeh

for practice Meteor

I use a small cylinder of solid aluminum, drilled and tapped to accept a stainless steel eye bolt (for connecting to the chains). It won't absorb extra fuel, but I like the weight it adds.

i can make a fire monkey fist. i would like a full midlle from something, beacause i like a heavier poi:]
i think some metal will be good, but i don't now how i make a ball from it....
thnaks for all replays:]

Metal core in a monkey-fist = masochism.

Monkeys are already heavy when they've taken fuel! You won't be needing anything heavier, in my opinion!

and one question about flys in mokey fist...
how many flys of rope you have on monkey fist?
i want use 12mm of kevlar rope.I think 3 flys it will be good:]
somebody who use more flys?
i would like relatively big fire head, beacause i wont a big fire:]

Big monkeys have smaller monkeys,
in their core when you light em,
small monkeys have smaller monkeys,
and so, ad infinitum

mo-seph: I think something diferent...

http://www.realknots.com/p/k/faqmfist.gif
there is a picture of monkey fist .the last picture of monke fist have three ply of rope.do you understand what i mean?


sorry my englis is very bad , because i am lerning english this year

Yes, I understand what you mean

I was making a silly joke based on a very old poem about fleas. Which no-one found funny
Except me

when I made monkey fists, I did a fig8 knot, then did a 2 bight monkey around that, then a 4 bight monkey around that. You might find 3/8" (about 9mm) rope easier than 1/2" (12mm).

I should also tell you to do a search, because there's lots of information about this on here already:
http://www.homeofpoi.com/search/search.pl?Terms=monkey+fist&x=0&y=0

(bight is a term for what you're calling ply or fly)

i laughed dave