JLove P-Cord makes cool things too

I love the work on that. The original sailor units were called monkeys fist units. I carry them for tossing lines on my boat.

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2 жыл бұрын

Nice. I talk about monkey fists-sailor lore in my book.

Yeah, this would stop you for sure. Especially if it gets you in the...uh....well...yeah.

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2 жыл бұрын

Rack 'em up indeed.

I have seen this type of slungshot being called Celtic slammer,these with open sides. Only reason i had to buy billiard balls.

I was a kid too, and yes, Steven Segal was cool… then…

I've had a bit of practice making and testing monkeyfist and celtic slammer type slungshots. I prefer the inch and a quarter or inch and a half bearing as the preferred load. A lead cannonball sinker also makes a good load that doesn't bounce back too much. Also, I suggest a technique where after you connect you pull it back at an angle (not straight) to minimize bounce back and dont follow thru with the swing. My 2 cents lol.

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2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. I have other videos where I show the pullback method that's my main way of striking and negating dangerous bounceback. It's a little different than yours in that you don't angle but same purpose. This time I just went for really simple swings.

@wlphantom

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObjectHistory Another factor to think of is targeting with this weapon. The human body is far softer than a flat surface. A good strike to the clavicle, shoulder, or elbow would be a non-lethal method of stopping an attack. Bounce back would be minimalized by these targets. Yes I've put a lot of thought into this lol.

@toddellner5283

2 жыл бұрын

@@wlphantom And one to the head or chest could be lethal.

I was in a bar near Ft Benning in 1983. A guy got backed into a pool table by an bigger dude. The smaller guy discretely reached behind himself and grabbed a ball off of the table and proceeded to slam it into the guys forehead. Dude was out cold when the smaller guy left the bar.

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3 ай бұрын

I can use that in a future book! Thanks. Author, former street fighter Marc MacYoung wrote about a buddy of his that would always move near the pool tables before a rumble would start because then he would throw a billiard ball into the chest of anyone that came at him.

You really should get your hands on a length of very heavy duty electrical cable. Like roughly 30-40mm diameter and about 20+ cm in length. These pack an absolute hell of a punch

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2 жыл бұрын

I talk about that in my book! My grandfather kept a length of it in his car and I have a true crime story involving some.

Nice review. Pam does nice work.

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2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. Yes she does.

This is a "door prize" or maybe a "desk surprise" type tool imho. Still groovy though

I've seen other references to slungshots, ABOK maybe? that said the core was often a piece of grape or canister shot which would put its weight anywhere from about 12 ounces to a couple pounds. That puts it in Chinese Flying Meteor territory. I suspect both of them have their origins in heaving lines. A related weapon definitely mentioned in ABOK was piece of line ending in a wall and crown knot. Reasonable thumpiness, no heavy core, useful for dealing with angry sailors non-fatally.

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2 жыл бұрын

I have a grapefruit sized monkey fist (no load) and my son popped me in the leg sparring once. It hurt plenty and he was only like 8 years old.

I used to think he was cool, too lol Edit: Does the composite load reduce bounceback? I would think it would just deform on impact and actually allow more force on target, although with greater surface area.

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2 жыл бұрын

I get into this in the book, comparing deadblow hammers to saps, etc. Which is to say, I agree. It 1) reduces bounce, 2) 'sinks' more energy into the target.

If we're talking about weaponizing pool balls in pop culture, I think one of the more dramatic examples comes from the Indonesian film "the night comes for us." We see examples of pool balls being used as a fist load, but also an entire pocket being ripped out of the table and hitting with a load of 3 or 4 balls. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2d8wbJ6j5vLms4.html

That is a genius flail. Wow. Give me one made of a heavy rope and call if a day.

Yo quick reminder to check your email

Skall is great dude. And kudos to you for using yourself

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2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Interesting weapon bro!

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2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

The Seagal movie made me think of someone infinitely cooler - Charles Bronson - with twenty dollars worth of quarters in a pair of socks.

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2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I will not fail to mention that if/when I do sock-sap video.

@toddellner5283

2 жыл бұрын

@@ObjectHistory Or as the grandfather of my first Silat teacher said "A man should always have a bar of soap and a clean pair of wool socks.

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2 жыл бұрын

@@toddellner5283 Hell yeah. Got that one in the book.

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Жыл бұрын

Thanks!