THIS KNOT IS ILLEGAL!

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[mariokarter]

I feel so much safer knowing you can get literally the same effect with a bike lock and those are perfectly legal.

[TheEcm]

A door knob in a pillowcase is also a dangerous weapon but they aren't illegal.

[SHDW-nfki]

Could have just google searched Abraham Lincoln but no you have to AI generate the most heart stopping image of him possible.

[randomgamer-stie]

Legal in Ohio, as are brass knuckles, switchblades, sap gloves, billy clubs, etc. They become illegal when used as a weapon. If used in self defense, it's up to the prosecutor. In other words, you better be able to prove you were under attack.

[dankolar]

Made and gave a golfball monkey fist to a local hardware store where I purchase cord. It was intended to be a key fob for their restroom key. On a subsequent store visit, I noticed a peculiar dent in a countertop. I suspect a bored paint counter attendant just had to test the monkey fist’s worthiness. It didn’t break the countertop, but it did leave a noticeable divot 😊

[point-five-oh]

People in general are just infatuated by the illusion of security. As a former law enforcement officer (I was a CO at a max security prison), and have read a ton of inmate case files, crimes done "because I can" are so rare that there weren't any guys in my facility of over 2, 000 because of that. Crime is caused from economic and societal problems, which is broken down into the psychology of criminals. Patching the symptoms from the root causes with bandaids like banning some ball wrapped in rope are only going to have a giant wound that's still festering but with a bunch of IOU's. The whole point of being able to carry weapons concealed is so that you are as anonymous as anyone else. Crime isn't caused from concealed carrying weapons. If you want to stop crime, then you need to address the reasons why it happens. Thieves and dealers do it because it does better than an actual job or because no jobs want them or their society pressured them and they feel forced to keep themselves alive, which is the saddest part. Homicide happens from emotional reasons. Examples: Self-Defense: You felt your life was threatened. Instinct, fear, emotion. Found your SO in bed with someone else went on a massacre of the SO and their revealed lover. Rage, heartbreak, emotion. The weapons being used is largely irrelevant. Guns are involved in more homicides than literally everything else combined. We banned a piece of rope wrapped around a rock but did crime stop? No, because the weapon doesn't matter. If we are to progress as a society and take on crime, then we must learn to stop treating the symptoms and face the music of the real problems that cause it. The countries around the world need to do better to take care of its people's mental health, tackle the economic disparities and make every effort to make crime as undesirable as possible through laws that will affect these billionaires hoarding 99% of the resources.

[xGangstABrousKx]

I'm kinda embarrassed as a sailor that my monkey fists never look this neat 😂

[bf]

Used them often while in the Navy. Never seen one used as a weapon. However, I have seen a distracted person walk into one during sea and anchor detail, on the wind up... KOed with a broken jaw and shattered cheek. We made ours with a ball of lead slightly bigger than a golf ball.

[MajKetchup]

I love learning about different knots. These are my favorite i've learned so far:
- Pretzel
- Double Diamond
- Square
- Constrictor
- Gut
- Pillow
- Butterfly
- Monkey chain
- Monkey Fist
- Monkey
- Poop Loop

[paulnormandin]

The legality is varied by state. When I used to tie these in the service we put them at the end of a throwing line with a small piece of lead inside to allow it to be thrown further. The other end of the line would be tied to a larger line so that larger, heavy lines could be pulled from one ship to another or to the dock for mooring (you aren't throwing a 5-8" diameter mooring or tow line anywhere!). So you can imagine that they would make a good sap (for you novices, a sap is canvas or leather sewn around a piece of lead or other small, heavy object for the use of bashing somebody upside their head). So it became fairly natural for sailors on leave in sketchy ports to carry a monkey's fist on a short piece of rope as personal protection. It then was adopted by petty criminals and the like. As it usually the case, we outlaw the devices that have perfectly good lawful uses rather than persecute criminals. Good vid!

[the_jono]

I love how, in the United States, so many people are totally cool with guns but aren't cool with these.

[Ryataro]

I found out a month ago this knot is Illegal in Colorado by accident when I brought a home made begleri through the airport and TSA informed me. After explaining to them the devices intended use is a fidget toy and anxiety reliever for me, they allowed it through and let me go with a warning to not bring it again or giving an explanation as to why it is illegal. Thank you for making this video. This is excitingly informative!

[Uneke]

I’ve never heard of a monkey fist being illegal lol
I’m from Canada, went to school for fire fighting and this knot was taught as a knot for transferring lines from area to area.

[rashern]

Interesting fact. I used to be a fire performer (spinning, eating, etc) and worked at a company that made and sold equipment.

Though a few methods exist to make Poi (the balls of fire you see on the ends of chains) exist, by far the most popular are monkey's fist knots made of Kevlar rope around a solid wooden core, often bigger than baseballs. The practice variety were commonly paracord. They burn well.

To your point, though. When practicing and spinning at speed, they do in fact hurt like hell when you clock yourself in the head and face.

They hurt a bit more when you hit yourself square in the groin.

[muddybear]

Well if the crown has deemed it illegal, I'm definitely going to make one. Screw the government!!

[patronsilver]

I had a Little League coach, way back in the late 70s, who was a mailman in the small town I grew up in. He would show up for our practices right after work, in his uniform, most days. I can vividly remember him having one of these, attached to his belt/loop, calling it "bad dog", and telling us it was for protecting himself from vicious dogs.

[iamcondescending]

I'm going to knot one into the end of the paracord I use to hang bear bags when camping. Way more convenient than finding a rock, putting it in a small bag, and tying to the rope.

[darbonhunter]

I'm in Canada; when I was a kid, my father used one of my street hockey balls as the core of a monkey's fist rope swing in our backyard. It was a fantastic swing that my brother, cousins, and I all loved.

[BlokeOnAMotorbike]

I made a bunch of paracord monkeys fists with four inch tails wrapped around 12mm glass marbles for use as bag and keychain charms. My son had one on his carry-on as he took it all over Europe. He travelled for THREE YEARS and came back with it!

[lavaclips]

the fact that some states allow open carry but not a knot is crazy (edit: for all the people who take time out of their day to argue underneath this comment need to get a life)