Forums > Technical Discussion > Monkey fist and crutches

Posted: 29th Aug 2005
I was thinking when I was playng with monkey fists that you could put one of those screw on and off wee D bar things (sure would help if I knew technical names huh?!) on the kevla rope about half way through the monkey fist and have all of the lines going in that direction go through it, then finish the rest of the fist, and when it was all pulled tight the D bar would be held securely in place and you could unscrew it to attach whatever chain you wanted to use.
what do you think?
if you try it or find another way I'd love to hear about it, as for extendables, I haven't played with them yet, but would like to know to, cos I'm travelling with double mini staff, and would be cooler by far to have the option of big ones!

Posted: 1st Sep 2005
When making monkeyfist poi, I use a double ended eyebolt, o-o, with the knot tied securely through and around the one eye, and the other external, and use a quicklink to attach it to chains. If you want to make an intermediary head, use a triple eye-bolt, o-o-o, and tie the knot around the middle eye.

Problem with most telescoping staff options is that they are usually aluminum, because it's lighter (same with crutches) which is a pain to weld and bends easily.

Yellow and blue make green.

Posted: 2nd Sep 2005
and they rattle. boo!

T

This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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