[quote=MN3][quote]popeyez7
~~~ interesting, I kinda thought it was a key-chain thingy
Me too, until I ran across this article.
The monkey's fists they are talking about were baseball sized and had a large metal nut or pipe inside.[/quote]
have a feeling these were used for ship to ship or ship to shore line throws. toss a light line with a heavy end... lashed to a bigger line, and so on
we have better methods in the USN these days to send a line to a ship or shoreman
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[quote]MN3
that's why i carry a 50lb anchor everywhere
legal and no one wants to get hit with one
Does it have shoulder straps, or do you holster it?
Gives new meaning to the title Anchorman! [/quote]
I keep it in my back pocket[/quote]
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