Ropes, Ribbons, Strings & Reels

Here's a partial listing of what's included:

• Hull's Famous Vanishing Knot
• The Disappearing Square Knot
• The Hindu Knot
• The Magic Shoelaces
• The Cut and Restored Rope
• The Stretching Rope--And A Surprise Ending
• Hull's Rope Through Neck
• Three...

1st edition 2020, PDF 3 pages, video 54s.

A parlor/small stage version of the Gypsy Thread that does not rely on florescent thread, but instead uses yarn. It comes complete with a offbeat and funny script.

• Preface
• Effect
• Methodology
  • Materials
  • Preparation
  • Moves
• Scripts
• Analysis of the trick
• Script Insights
  • Fixing flaws
• Performance Notes
• Errata
• Credits
• An Additional Service
• Final thoughts

1st edition 2020, PDF 21 pages.

Now for two wonderful little-known variations. 'The Legs Of Man' by Vivian St. John. The idea is that a piece of rope is shown and tied so that it forms two circles. It is then cut in two places, then pulled through...

• a Penny Puzzle
• The Paper Ladder
• The Palm Tree
• A Point About A Circle
• The New Square
• The Five Squares Again
• Quartering Three-Quarters
• Splitting Up...

• Preface
• Props needed
• Methodology
  • How to store the ropes until ready to perform
  • Tying the knot
  • Miscellaneous stunts
  • How to move and display the knot
• Script
• Script Insights
• Notes
• Credits
• An Additional Service
• Final thoughts

1st edition 2020, PDF 22 pages, video 3:25.

BUDDHISM - Wrap the band around your fingers and make it jump through them.

POILOCK - The band on your index finger jumps to your middle finger instantly.

SINGL8 - Visually form an 8 with the band within a second.

All of these amazing effects are taught in slow motion and are easy to understand. Download the video and start learning now.

1st edition 2020, length 6:10

It is a routine which can be adapted to be performed either solo, or with a partner; entirely surrounded by an audience in a small room, or from the stage of a large hall; as an entertainment at a function or banquet, or even as a demonstration-lecture before Occult Research Societies and Scientific Circles.

• Foreword
• Introductory Address
• The Routine
• Requirements
• Explanation
• The Fogel Rope Tie in Action
• Production of the Whisky Bottle
• Summary
• Concluding Observations
• Finale

1st edition 1961,...

1st edition 2019, length 11 min.

"WTF, some witchcraft?? I can't figure it out. Amazing!!" - Mario Tarasini

• No gimmick used
• Do with any size (within reason) rubber band
• Watch your angles. This looks great from certain directions, but you are exposed from others. Certainly not a trick to be done surrounded. ...

1st edition 2019, length 7:56

1st edition 2019, length 4:28

1st edition 2018, length 5 min

Seeing the late Edward Victor on stage at the now defunct Metropolitan Theatre in Edgware Road, London, when John was a small boy, started his interest in magic. Later he became enamoured with the manipulative magic of Geoffrey Buckingham, so it is not surprising that Victor's expert thimble magic and Buckingham’s excellent manipulation of billiard balls, should have had a marked influence on the type of magic John performs. Having met and enjoyed the confidence of these two magicians and studied their books, he built his own act. Certainly the Victor / Buckingham influence is there...

How to tie a vanishing figure 8 knot and a script that makes the process more enjoyable and entertaining.

Everyone probably knows how to vanish an overhand knot, or even a Chefalo knot. But how many know how to vanish a figure 8 knot?

How to tie a true figure 8 knot as well as the false figure 8 knot are both shown and are virtually identical. The script provided shows how it can stand on it's own, but it would also fit nicely into a routine with knots. An audience member can even help you tie the knot, and they'll be none the wiser.

Best of all, it's free.

1st edition 2018, 20 pages....

Effect: Houdini escapes three times from being tied up. The last escape is under the fairest and most impossible conditions -- in the spectator's hand. You start and end clean. All is examinable before and after. A rope, tied around your fingers and hand, melts through twice; and then Houdini escapes a third and final time slowly, off the spectators hand under challenging conditions.

1st edition 2013, 27 pages + 9 min video

• The "Coins Through The Table"
  • First Effect (For One Coin)
  • Second Effect (For Two Coins)
  • Third Effect (For Four Coins)
  • Han Ping 'Benzais'
  • With Six Coins
  • Something Extra The Benzais Grip
  • Again With Six Coins
  • It Doesn't Belong Here
  • One Handed Method
• Just A Few More "Coin Tricks"
  • 5c For Your Thoughts
  • The Benzais Concealment
  • Transit Dime
  • Follow-Up For Transit
  • A Simple Vanish
  • Another Simple Vanish
  • Not So Simple
• Different Types Of Card Tricks ...

Dariel Fitzkee applied his world-renowned Trick Brain method to completely analyze and dissemble the Cut and Restored Rope effect into its basic components. Fitzkee's patient explanations and diagrams examine the six basic principles of all rope, cord and string effects, allowing the clever performer to pick and choose the methods that best fit his or her performing style to develop diabolically clever and unique rope routines.

Along the way, you'll learn the secrets to several past and present commercial rope effects that...

You will learn every beautiful move and every comedy touch of the master magicians and every innermost thought that made the trick famous. You get detailed illustrated directions enabling you to perform this in your show. Your hands have been...

A free e-manuscript that explores an age old method to show the power of scripting and analysis.

One of the joys of magic is going through old and dusty ideas and actually finding usable material. This is one of those.

An old, old trick - routined, and scripted - that will fit into a parlor or stage act with almost no difficulty. A trick that - while not a world-beater - will still fool and entertain your audience. A trick that you can keep in your act for those days where you need just a couple of minutes more material.

This ebook gives you every line, joke, piece of timing, setup,...