Towards the end of last month I received a Knotters Tool from Russell at the Jig Pro Shop. I've since had a chance to use it and add a little knot work to it. Example pic shows the tool being used to tighten a monkey's fist knot.
The knurled and anodized aluminum tool is a marlinspike/fid/kubaton with a removable pocket clip, and has a hollow interior, which can be accessed by unscrewing the top cap that has a lanyard hole, or the opposite pointed end. The one I received came with three different sized threaded stainless steel lacing/stitching needles stored inside.
I tied a few gaucho knots around a couple of the grooves with orange and navy blue 1.4mm cord, and had a short leftover strand of gutted paracord to add to the lanyard hole along with a Schmuckatelli Co. Mini Cyber Skull bead in between a few two-strand wall knots.
The Knotters Tool is larger than some of the other marlinspikes/fids and improvised tools that I have, as shown in one of the photos in this blog post, but it worked just fine with paracord as I tried it with both tightening and loosening some knots.For those curious about the other tools shown, there are a couple from Rhino Ropework, one from BayouBug's Knots & Tools, along with a titanium dabbing tool, leather awl/fid, and a clay stylus.
Titan Paracord also sent me a package that arrived at the same time, with a nice t-shirt and a 100 foot hank of their paracord to try out. I have an upcoming project in mind from the 'to do' list for this cord, so stay tuned... ;)The VENOM mochi by Stormdrane drawstring backpack is still available, and make sure to take advantage of the Mochibrand Refer-a-Friend Program. ;)
