42 Amazing Tricks And Stunfs With Rope

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C o n t e n t s

Introduction Page ..5

Rope Flourishes, Appearing andDissolving Knots

Vanishing Bow Tie Knots Page ..6

Tricky '8' Knot.. Page ..7Knot so Easy ! Page ..7Instantaneous One Handed Knot Page ..8The Appearing Knot Page ..8Knots to Order Page ..9Easy Slip Knot Page ..10The "Right" Knot ! Page ..IITriple Appearing and Vanishing Knots Page .. IIMultiple Vanishing Knots Page ..13Undaunted Knot Page .. 13The Chefalo Knot Page .. IS

Dissolving Knots Page .. ISDissolvo Page .. 16

Twin Appearing Knot Page .. 17Knot that is NOT Page ..17Pull and Vanish Page .. 18The Stretching Rope Page ..19"Do as I do" Not! Page ..20

Cut & Restored Rope effectsEasiest Cut & Restored Rope Page ..22Classic Cut and Restored Rope Page ..23Comedy Cut & Restored Rope Trick Page ..24

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Double Rope Restoration Page ..25Easy Restoration Page ..26Hindu Rope Mystery Page ..27

'Multi' Cut and Restored Trick Page ..28

Rope Penetrations andOther Rope Tricks

Handkerchief through Rope Page ..30Knotted Ring Page ..31Ring in the Knot : Page ..32Ring Off Rope Page ..33Ring on Rope Page ..34Another Ring on Rope Page ..35Ring On or Ring Off! Page ..36Double Rings on Rope Page ..37

Rope Through Neck Page ..39Rope through Magic Wand Page ..40Three Ropes to One Page ..40Two to One Rope Page ..42Rings Release Page ..43Threading the Loop Page ..44Rope through the Thumb Page ..45Professor's Nightmare

(Unequal Equal Ropes) Page ..45

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Introduction

You can carry a piece (or more) of rope in your pocket, and useit to r.erform some amazing magic for an intimate audience of acoup e of spectators, or on a stage for an audience of hundreds.

There are hundreds of tricks you can perform with a piece of rope. The most famous of these is the Cut &Restored Rope trick,where a piece of rope is cut into two or more pieces, and magicallyrestored.

But there are many others, where knots magically appear or vanish from a length of rope, rings or handkerchiefs penetratethrough a length of rope, or a rope penetrates through your knee or neck. There are two Encyclopedias of Rope tricks for Magicians published by Abotts, with 100s of Rope tricks of all varieties.Dover publications has an excellent book o f Self Working RopeTricks by Karl Fulves. You will also find t"any Rope tricks in any book of Conjuri"] tricks, like the Tarbell Course, or Mark WilsonCourse in MagiL.

The purpose of this compilation is to giveyou many tricks of onassorted variety with ropes, enough to get you started on one of the easiest, most effective, and most economical types of magicyou can perform. Apiece of rope costs less than a good deck of cards, and a good rope trick can make a much bigger impact on amuch larger audience. .

The best rope for magic tricks is a soft cotton rope about aquarter inch in diameter. It is easy to handle, knots well, and iseasy to cut when an effect requires this. It is also very visible to alarge audience. at a considerable distance. Many of the tricks(execpt the C&Rrope ones) can be easily adapted to a borrowed necktie, or a muffler or even a piece of cord or string, makingthem impromptu innature ..

The dimensions for the ropes given inthe tricks are as a roughindication. You can adapt them as you think fit, - a length of ropeheld at shoulder height and hanging just below your knee (about40" for most adults) is good for most rope effects. Sometimes youneed a longer or shorter piece, as indicated.

Learn the tricks that catch your fancy, and with a piece of rope in your pocket, you are ready to entertain and mystify anysize of audience, any time, any place, and under any performing

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Rope Flourishes , Appear ing andDissolving Knots

Rope flourishes, appearing and disappearing knots arenot "magic", but entertaining things to do with a pieceof rope, (and sometimes a borrowed necktie or "muffler")for a spot of impromptu entertainment. They makea good prelude to more elaborate rope tricks, or you can usethem "off-the-cuff" to reinforce your reputation as anentertainer at a party.

Vanishing Bow Tie K n o t sA bow tie is tied ina length of rope

and the ends are pulled through the loopsa few times making multiple knots. Therope ends are pulled and the knotsmagically disappear leaving a length of

plain rope.Drape the middle of a three foot .

length of rope over the hands, as shownInFig.!. Note one end is in front of thehand, and the other at the bock. Extend the first two fingers of both hands facingeach other,

Now bring the hands together,as t~e,right fingers clip the left part marked Xand the right fingers clip the part marked 'Y' as in Fig. 2.

~ Pull 'X ' and 'Y' through the loopformed and a bow knot wiII be formed. Pullthe

~ knot reasonably tight being careful not totWist the loops. Figure 3 shows the knot.

of t~Oi bring each end away from you and around the bottom partaroun~ ~h~~~and through the loops. Repeat this; twisting the endsas you wish br~spectlve loops. You may continue this as manytimestimes. _ Fi 4u you must tWist both ends the same number of it forms mg'It"' ~kw pull the ends making the center knot tight and disappear u ip e

t nots. If you continue pulling the ends, the knots

. one a a time.

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Fig.5.The right palm is turned downand the end 'A' is

clipped with first and second fingers as shown inFig.b. The picture in the inset (Fig.6) shows thisclearly omitting the hands.

The ends are pulled, as the fingers extract end 'A'from the loop, and the result is a figure '8' knot as shown in Fig.?

Knot so Easy IA single genuine knot is formed in

the center of a rope without bringingyours hands together, or crossingthem. This works better with a stiff rope, is a little difficult to master,and hard for a spectator to duplicate.

A length of rope about three feetlong is used. One end of the rope isgripped between left second and third fingers as shown in Fig.8. Thefirst finger is extended back aut of the way.

The rape is flipped up, so that the points 'A' and 'B' touch to form a loopas in Fig.9. The loop is allowed todrop aver the three extended fingers

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Tricky '8' KnotA knot (that loaks like the

number eight) is formed without bringing you handstogether, or crossing them.

A length of rope aboutthree feet long is draped over the right hand passing over the three fingers as shown inFig.5. One end, 'B' of the ropedrapes over the back af thehand.

End 'B' is now pulled downwith the free hand until end 'A'.almost reaches the top. Itis important that end 'B'crosses in front of end 'A' -

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of the left hand. The loop will twist on its own while dropping asshown in Fig.lO. .

The end 'C ' is gripped between the ·thumb and first finger, and pulled through the loop. The loop is allowed to slip off the three

fingers and pulled. Immediately a knot appears as shown InFig. 11.The moves should be performed quickly. You can repeat to

form more than one knot.

Instantaneous One Handed KnotA length of rope about three feet long is given a quick shake

and instantly a knat appears in the center of the rope.

The rope is draped over the right hand. Anend is clipped betweenthe 3rd and 4th fingerswhere as the other end passes over the hand asshown in Fig.12.

'''' The hand is turned palm downand the end 'B' is clipped betweenthe 1st and 2nd fingersas shown in Fig.13. It is better to keep the end

'B' shorter so that it can be clipped easi Iy. Without any pause theloop over the back of the hand is shaken off with a flip of thewrist. A knot appears on the middle of the rope. Fig. 14.

It looks really magical if all the moves blend in a quick,continuous motion. With a little practice the 'Instantaneous Knot'can be done with either, or both hands.

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The Appearing KnotA length of rope held at one end is whipped, and a knot

magically appears on it.

A rope about two feet long, with a knot tied at one end isr~U1red. The rope iSJicked up with the end that has the knot tied an It. The hand is hel cupped around the rope just abave the knot,which IS grasped by the first two fingers and hidden in the hand asIn the Fig.l5.

The other end is brought up with the free hand and placed beside the knotted end. (Fig.16) The rope is snapped, releasing the plain end.


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This is repeated a

t\few times, then finallythe grip is switched and when snapped, theknotted end is allowed to drop down. The

'i movement of snappingconceals the switchand seemingly the knotappears by itself. (Fig.17.)

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Knots to Order A length of rope about five feet long is shown, and someone is

asked to callout any number between one and seven. Suppose'Three' is called out.

The length of rope is coiled andJlaced on the table. A littlemagic gesture, and the rope is Iifte up by one end, and threeknots have appeared on the rope. The rope can be given to someone to untie the genuine knots.

Any number of knots, depending on the length of the rope, can be tied in the act of coiling it.

Once the number is called, one end of the rape is taken and held in the lefthand. Now the other end of the rope is picked up and placed in coils over theleft hand, as shown in Fig.1B.

To form the knots. the coils areturned over so that the ropes cross,and the knots form. If the coils are notturned and just ploced over the lefthand, the knot does not form.

Practice is essential so that turningthe coil as needed could be donewithout making it obvious. If three coilshave to be made, five coils could bemade, but crossed on every alternatecoil. The result would be three knots.

When the coils are placed over the table, they aretaken off the left hand, and placed down, keeping thestarting end of the rope in the left hand extending through

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the coils as shown in Fig. 19.

Finally, this original end is lifted, gently shaking it as you pick up the rope and the desired number of knots appear on the rope(Fig.20).

Easy Slip KnotThe slipknot is a knot that looks like a genuine knot but unties

with a little tug. Slipknots are required in many tricks and here isan easy way to tie the knot

A length of rope is held in theright hand with a strond between the

thumb and first finger and the other strand between the second and third

2t fingers. The center of the rope is pulled out about three inches fromthe fingers as in Fig.21.

Now with the left hand palmdown the left first and second finger are inserted into the loopas shown inFig. 21

The left hand is turned palm upand the left first and second fingersare inserted through the loopasshown in Fig.22. The fingers clip the

./ strand at 'X' - below the right thumband first finger as in Fig.23.

The clipped strand is pulled back to left and at the same time the looparound the left first ond second

finger is ,allowed to slideoff the fingers - see Fig.24.

A push with the left thumbhelps.

Bypulling both the endsthe loop is made smaller and a knot is formed as inFig.25. A little tug as if tomake the knot tighter makesthe knot disappear.


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The "Right" Knot IA series of knots are tied in a length of rope. A spectator

selects any knot, and holds it . When the ends of the rope are pulled 0 1 1 the knots but the one held by the spectotor dissolve intonothing!

A length of rope about seven feet long is used and an overhand knot is tied as shown in Figure 26. Then the end marked 'X ' is

.brought up as in Fig.27

The shaded portion 'A' is pulled downas indicated by the arrow in Fig.27. The

A rope appears as in the Figure 28.

Next the shaded portion is brought17 down as indicated by the arrow in figure28 and the rope appears as in Figure 29.The shaded portion is brought down asindicated by the arrow as in Fig.30.

This should be continued unti I the bottom of the rope is reached. This preparation can be done beforehand, or

in front of the spectators The prepared rope is placed over the table.

In performance, the prepared rope isheld with the ends in either hand. You

state there are several slipknots on therope but one knot isgenuine. Someone isallowed to choose anyloopby grasping it between the thumb and forefinger as in the

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Figure 30. Both the ends=::::::: . ::::=== are now pulled in opposite directions

31 and the chain dissolves into nothingleaving a genuine knot in the rope at the

point desired by the spectator as in Fig. 31.

Triple Appearing and Vanishing KnotsA rope held between the hands is given a twist and three knots

mysteriously appear on the rope. Blowing over a knot makes the .first knot disappear, the second knot IS untied and the thir-d one ISslid off the rope.

A length of rope about four feet long and a short piece of rope

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(about 3") are needed. About 6" from one end of the long rope aknot is snugly tied with the

A = = = lS J~ = = = = = = ::::= = ::""~ ~ ::> 'B short piece of rope. The endssew 3~

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of the knot are trimmed to giveKNO'" KNOT it a neat look. Now a 'slip knot'(see Easy Slip Knot on page 10)

is tied about 6 inches from the:"\ other end. Figure 32 shows the rope" with a slipknot at end 'A' and the fake

knot at end 'B'.

In performance the rope is held concealing the knots with thumb and fingers of both hand with backs-of thehands facing the spectators as shownin Fig, 33.

The end 'B' is now placed in theleft hand under the end 'A' as in Fig.34(Figure 35 is an exposed view.)

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Holding the hanging center of the rope ' bYfalm up right hand, it is brought up to the

Ie t hand as in Fig. 36, and placed over the:end 'A' However, in doing so the righthand is turned palm down as in Fig.37.

Grasping the-end 'A'with the righthand (fig. 38), the handsare separated making aslight tossing motion as if totoss the center of the ropein the air. The result isshown in the Figure 39.

To vanish the knot thehands are on either side of the 'slipknot'. Now hands

are pulled apart while blowing on the slipknot and the knot vanishes. Next the

B • A genuine knot is untied.

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?>9 rope can then be used for other rope tricks.

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Multiple Vanishing KnotsThe ends of a piece of rope are tied with several genuine

knots. The performer covers the knots with a handkerchief for aninstant, and all the knots have vanished.

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long. The secret lies in the fact that areef knot can be easily upset by pullingone side of the rope. The rope should

A '\0 A '\1 have smooth ends,and not toss led or lashed ends.

Tie a reef knot as illustrated in Fig. 40 . Have a spectator check this. Now tie another knot, making sure the second and third knot make another reef knot as in Fig. 41. Youcan tie yet another knot, but again the third and fourth knot should make a reef knot.(Easy to remember, if you tie the knots left over right, right over left, left over right, right over left ...)

Cover the knotted ends of the rope with a handkerchief for amoment. Pull straight one side of the rope. If you tied an odd number of knots (say three as in Fig 41) you pull one end of therope loop (A), and the opposite rope end (B). If you tied on evennumber of knots, (say four), you pull the rope end on the same sideas the loop (A and B in Fig. 40). Now you can easily slide the other knotted end off the rope.

The same effect can be performed with a large handkerchief{twisting it like a rope, and using the diagonally opposite corners tbtie the knots. Cover the knots with the middle of the handkerchief,and place it on a spectator's hands. Blowon the handkerchief, and ask the spectator to open it, and the knots have vanished.

Undaunted KnotA knot is tied ina rope and tightened. Although attempts aremade to untie the knot, the knot remains undisturbed.

A 'One Hand Knot' (see page 8) is tied in the rope (Fig.42) and the top strand is grasped between the left first finger and thethumb. It is tugged upward (Fig.43) feigning the moves of untying aknot by loosening it.

This is repeated a few times more, feigning a bit of difficultyat the start in untying the knot, pulling a few inches of rope untilend 'B' is completely out of the right hand. If the movements arecorrect, the audiences wiIIbe convinced that the knot has beenuntied. It is better to really untie a knot and follow the naturalmoves to fake the untying.

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The Chefalo KnotThree knots are tied an a piece of rope. When the knots

are tightened, they dissolve leaving a length of rope.

For smooth working, ensure that no kinks or twists whenmoking the knots. First tie a normal knot as shown in Fig.4B, leaving

a large loop about5" in diameter.

Tie 0 secondknot as shown in theFig.49, but do nottighten it. If you

..,.9 tighten the knot youwi II make a reef

knot. Now insert oneend of the ropethrough the lower loop as in Fig.50.Note the rope goesin on the sideopposite to the oneused to make thefirst knot. Finally

thread it through5 1 the upper loop as

shown in the Fig.51.

Now pull each end of the rope and as the knots tighten, blowon the knots. Keeppulling the ends, and the knots dissolve intonothing, leaving a plain length of rope in your hands.

Dissolving Knots .Several knots tied on a length of rope dissolve into nothing,

leaving a simple, straight length of rope.

This is in fact a combination of the Bow Tie Knot and theChefalo knot, both explained earlier.

Just make the knots one over the other. We have detailed theworking below.

Using a length of rope four feet long, make a bow tie knot

as explained earlier (see page 6). Do not perform the dissolvingpart. Just make the bow tie knot, pull ittight and pass the ends of the rope through the loops.

Now over this Bow Knot, tie a Chefalo Knot as explainedabove. Figures 52 and 53 illustrate the final stages.

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Pulltheends and the knotscomeclose together and tangle up in themiddleof the rope.

Havesomeone blowover it as you givethe ends a suddenfast pull.and theknots to dissolve intonothing!

Dissolvo

A tangled knot is formed in a length of rope. The ends are pulled and the knot gets tighter and smaller till it finally vanishes.

A rope about three feet long folded in half is held in the lefthand by both ends, and the right hand enters into the loopcit thecenter of the rope as shown in Fig.54. The right thumb and thefirst finger grasp both the strands as in Fig.55.

The right hand points downward and the looponthe right wristslides off the

~ " , ' " " , , , , .shake of the) wrist helps the

loopto slip off.,> P o . . The left hand

maintains thegrip on the ropeends.

The rightfingers followsthe direction

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and both ends are clipped with the rightfirst and second fingers as in the Fig.57.

The double strand over the rightfirst finger shown by the arrow in Fig.57is allowed to slide: off the right fingers

but the grip on the rope ends is retained as shown in Fig.58.

The knot is pushed downward a littlewith the left hand. Then the ends of the

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rope are taken in each hand and slowly pulled apart. The tangled knot first tightens and then suddenly dissolves.

Twin Appearing KnotTwo knots simultaneously appear on a rope with a simple flipof the rope.

A length of rope about 36 inches long is displayed as in Fig.59.The loose ends should hang straight and clear over the back of hand. Insert the right hand through the loopand pull both ends outand up through the loop with first and second fingers.

Clip the free end at the right between

first and second fingers of the lefthand where as rightfingers keep their hold on the other end (Fig. 60,)

Now do twothings quickly and together. Retainingyour grip on bothends move the handsapart and throw theloops out with a

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quick flip.Two knots appear instantly on the rope stretched between the

hands (Fig.61).

Knot that is NOTA knot is formed in a length of rope several times to let all see

how it is made. Next a second knot is also made. When the rope isshaken both the knots disappears into nothing.

The rope used is about four feet long.The ends are crossed one over the other and held in the left hand as in Fig. 62.

The hanging center of the rope is brought up by the right first

finger (Fig. 63) and placed over and between the crossed ends sothe end 'B' passes through as shown in Fig.64.

Taking the ends 'A' and 'B' in the left and right hands, thehands are separated and a knot is formed in the center of the rope.The knot is untied and tied again.

Now start again and when the position in Fig. 64 is reached the

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rope is transferred to theright hand - Fig. 65.

The leftmost loop is nowlifted up by the left first

finger and put over the end 'A'. Thus

63 the second knot isformed.

Taking the end 'A' in the left hand,and end 'B' in theright hand, thehands are drawnapart. Both theknots magicallydisappear.

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A knot tied inarope disappearswhen it is tightened.

A length of rope three feet. long is draped over the left

hand with the palm facing the spectators as shown in the Fig.66.

The ends are pulled out as in the Fig.67 and then placed between the left first and second fingers - Fig.68.

Retaining the grip over the clipped ends the loof

is allowed to slip of the left hand,ond a knot isformed, whichlooks genuine.(Fig. 69.)

Now holdingthe ends in both handsslowly draw the handsapart. First the knot willtighten and then dissolveQway.

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The Stretching RopeTwo pieces of ropes of equal length are shown and their ends

knotted together. The knot is slid down to the bottom then untied.One rope is now seen four times longer than the other.

Two pieces of ropes one 36 inches long and the other 8 incheslongare needed. The small piece is looped around the center of thelonger one as shown in Fig. 70.

In performance the rope is held in left hand as in Fig. 71concealing the joints by the thumb and fingers. It seems two pieces

of ropes of equallength are held inthe hand.

Pretending totie the ends of thetwo ropes. the smaII piece of rope istied around thelonger one (Fig.n.)

Holding the

rope in left hand byone end (Fig. 73)the right hand slides down theknot a little at atime up to a pointfour inches fromthe opposite end asin Fig. 73.

The long rope isthen turned end for

end and the lefthand holds the knotted

portion.

The right hand untiesthe knot and one end is

'c1ippedbetween the leftsecond and third fingers as

shown in Fig.74 (exposed view). Inactual performance the hand is held

closed around the rope. Holding the end of the smaller piece inright hand the hands are separated and one rope is seen more than4 times longer than the other is. (Fig. 75) .

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"Do as I do" Not IThe performer ties a

knot ina length of ropeB without letting go of the

ends from the hands. Whenthe spectators try, they failto duplicate it.

This makes an excellentParty stunt of the "1>0-0$-I-Do" variety, and can be performed with neckties, besides rope.

Showthem how easy itis to tie a knot without

77 leaving the ends, thenwatch their futile attemptsto duplicate this!

The rope should be

about three feet long.Theends are held betweenthumbs and first finger of

\::dQ~~;:~ both hands as seen in-, 78 Fig.7b.

To form the knot, theright hand is brought over the left hand as in Fig.77.

The right hand further moves downand back to

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right as in Fig.78. '\ I/; /

Then the right

ahand enters into the -left loop and comes -:::::~~~:::::::~out of the right one I 90following the arrow = = : : : : : : : : = : : : : = = _ : :in Fig. 78. The final position isshown in Fig. 79.

Now to tie the knot on the rope it is necessarytl0 grasp point 'X' with right thumb and first fihger eovlng hold on 'B'.


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This has to be done secretly, as you pretend to throw the longloopover the wrists. The hands are turned over, to throw off theloopcircling them. Under cover of this movement the right fingersrelease their grip on end 'B' and grasp the rope at 'X' as the longloopover the wrists is slipped off the wrists (Fig. BO). Slide your

grip to the end, so that to all appearances you are holding the sameend 'B' of the rope, and not a part several inches below this.

A knot is formed in the rope as shown in Fig. BI.

When a spectator tries, and slips the loopoff the wrists,unaware of the secret move, the knot willnot appear.

Presentation PointsSome of the several flourishes given in this chapter blend

naturally to form an effective rope routine. On the other hand following up the same effect (like producing or vanishing a knot) by several different methods, in the same performance could bemonotonous.

A good routine for example would involve having a single knotmagically appear on a length of rope, then several knots magicallyappearing.

Follow this with a dissolving knot or vanishing knot (or knots),and you have an interesting routine with some variety.

Then follow this with some strong rope magic, as described inthe following chapters.

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Cut & Restored Rope effectsCut & Restored Rope Tricks are strong magic - the poor man's version of "Sawing a lady in two". There are someingenious mechanical methods for performing this, usingspecial tricked ropes, but the trick can be equallyeffective with a piece of ordinary rope, and one of themethods that follow.

Traditionally a pair of Scissors are used to cutthe rope. You may find a 1" wide "snap

off" blade Craft knife, with a push-out blade (Fig. 82)easier to carry around in your pocket, and use with one hand to cut a thick cotton rope.

Easiest Cut & Restored ropeThis is the easiest

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method of cutting arope and restoring it.

I Use a piece about.' 83 6 feet long. With one

end, tie a reef knot onthe rope about 2 feetfrom the end. as infigure 83. Dothe samewith the other end of the rope, so you have a

a length of rope with4 loopsat either end.

Now,you cut therope inthree parts. Cut the rope on the sameside as the ends of the rope about 2"away from the knot, as

85 in figure 83. You havea perfect illusion of 3 pieces of 0 rope, tied together. (Fig 84.)

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Trim away the ends of the knot, so that they are less than aninch long. Now ask someone to blow on the knot, as you tug therope on both sides of the knot. The knots fly off, (Fig. 85) and you have a fulllehgth of rope. .

If you cut the rope at the wrong end of the knot, your rope wiII

be really cut in three! .

Classic Cut· and Restored RopeA length of rope is cut right through the middle. The cut ends

ore tied together. The rope is coiled over the hand, and whenuncoiled the knot has vanished, leaVing a single piece of rope.

A length of rope

Aabout 40" long is held in

A· B S 'the left hand with oneend 'A' between thethumb and first finger and the other end 'B' between the tips of thefirst finger and second finger cs shown in Fig.

86 87 86. The back of thehand should face the

audience.The right palm is

placed under the A ~ hanging center of the

rope and brought up asin Fig. 87. When theright palm is near theleft hand the rope isgrasped by the rightsecond and third fingers about seveninches below the end 'A'

89 as shown in the Fig. 88.8 B Grasping the rope

firmly it is pulled through the loop in theright palm and up to

meet the left hand. A loop is formed in the right hand, about thesrze of the end of the rope end held in the left hand. The leftthumb and first fingers hold it beside the end 'A' Fig. 89.

With the right hand, the loop is cut through as shown in Fig.

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trick. One end ofthe rope is threaded through the left handle of the scissors.,then around the blades and bock thraugh the samehandle as shown in Fig.92.

Next the some end goes through the right handle, around the blades and back through the right handle as shown in Fig. 93. The

ends of the rope are given to two spectators to hold - Fig. 94.Whi Ie bringing out the handkerchief from the pocket, a small

3inch piece of rope is olso secretly removed. The scissars areremoved under cover of the handkerchief from the rope, and thisshort piece af rope is tied around center of the rope.

The scissors are removed as follows:

There are two loops around the blades of the scissors. Firstone loop is drawn downwards as shown in the Fig. 95 until it is off the blades. Next the other. loop is drawn down off the blades. Thescissors should nowbe free from the rope. Hanging the scissors bythe left little finger the short piece of rope is tied around thecenter of the rope.

. The scissors are now shown free off the rope, and then thehandkerchief is removed. Seeing the knot on the rope, the audience believes that the rope has been cut to remove the scissors and thenre-tied.

Holding one end, the rope is wound around the left hand and inthe process the knot is slid off and hidden in the right hand and the rope is givento the spectators ...the rope has been restored bymagic.

Double Rope Restoration

Two examined lengths of rope are held and a spectator cutsthrough the center of both at a time. The cut pieces are held wideapart and then both are restored.

Two pieces of ropes about four feetlong are needed, along with a ring of thesame rope about 2" in diameter. To makethis ring or circle a length of rope about4" is taken and the ends are diagonally

cut. A coat of clear rubber cement isspread over the ends and C_ A,' B one end is put over the

~ other and rolled between96 ~~ the fingers.

" 97 D In performance, thering is kept concealed

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between the right first and second fingers. After the ropes areexamined, and taken back in the left hand both ends are grasped near the top-and placed in the right hand. In doingso, the ends aresecretly pushed through the ring and when they emerge are held by the right first finger and thumb. Both the ends are grasped

again with the left hand and pulled up so that the ring comes to thecenter.

Taking both strands of each rope in separate hands the ring isstretched between as shown in Fig. 97. The thumbs and fingerscover the joint at 'A' and 'B' . The spectator is allowed to cut thering on the dotted line shown in Fig.97. He cuts the ropes under theimpression that this is the middle of the pair of ropes.

Both hands are held wide apart and it seems to be two halvesof the two ropes in each hand. Both pieces are then held in the lefthand and under cover of suitable patter the ends 'C ' and 'D' areswitched over. Now as the spectator takes both ends and draws theropes for examination, the two short pieces are kept hidden in thehand. .

Easy RestorationA long rope is coiled and the center loop is cut dividing the

rope into two halves. Then the rope is magically restored.A rope about seven feet long is used. The coils are made in the

following way:

First three or four coi Isare made around the lefthand until about half of therope is consumed. After a

pause another loop isfarmed; as the right hand cames over, the loop'A' isgrasped as inFig. 98 (that isthe first loopthat wasformed) and pulled throughthe other loopsas shown in

Fig. 99. One more loop is made So that all seethe actual center of the rope.and it is placed with the loop 'A'.

While reaching for the scissors from your pocket, or a nearby table, this last loop isallowed to drop. Now the loop'A' is openlycut.

In fact only a small piece has been cut off from the end of the

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rope. Thct piece, about 8-inch long runs through the first three/four loops formed. Holding the ends of the short rope, allow theloopsto drop. The short rope is looped through the middle of thelongone. The ropes appear as in Fig. 100, apparently cut in two.

Allfour ends are brought together in the left hand. The righthandgrips together one end of the short rope, and one end of thelongrope between the right thumb and the forefinger.

Let the other ends drop and the rope willappear restored.

Hindu Rope MysteryA long piece of rope is held by two spectators stretched out to

its full length. The rope is cut into two equal pieces and then

Immediatelyrestored by magic.The rope used inthis effect is about 10 feet long or more.

Twospectators partkipate and they hold the rope by the endsstretched to its full length. The performer stands between the two

and holds the rope in the

, y ____ middle with his left palm-

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Flg.101.I 101 He takes the end 'B'

from the spectator to his A • 6 right. The end 'B' IS held

Oin the left hand with the

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~ 102 j ~-- that place while the righthand holds the strand toform a loop as in Fig 102.

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The Fig .102 is anexposed view. In actual performance the hand isheld in a loosely closed fist.

Momentari Iy the loopis transferred to left

hand (Fi.g.103.) It is important to hide the next move under cover of showing the scissors with the right hand.

Replacing the scissors, re-grip the loopjust below the left hand as shown in Fig. 104.The rope is brought up to the right to formthe loopagain. Tothe spectators this appears to be the same as infig. 102 but in reality the true position is shown in Fig.l05. Thecenter of the rope has been switched for the end.

!he spectator at the right is asked to cut the rope at the point

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sho~n in the Fig. 106. Toall appearances the center of the rope is cut, whereas in reality a point near the end 'B' is cut.

Once the rope is cut,12.-' -- the right hand's grip is

released and the rope fallsto the position shown inFigure 107.

The new end 'D' isgiven to the spectator and he is asked to step back Sothat the rope is taut again.The left hand maintains itsgrip on the rope. The ends'B' and 'C is are tied together and the hand isremoved to show a knot onthe rope as in Fig.lOB.Holding the knat with left

hand and taking the scissors in the right the knot is trimmed off the rope, and it is now totally restored.

'Mult i' Cut and Restored TrickA rope is cut into many small pieces, tied ina chain. The rope

is then completely restored.

A length of rope about 13 to 15 feet long is placed around theneck as in Fig. 109. The rope is crossed in front of the body by

placing the right strand over the left as in Fig. 110.A single knot is tied about a foot below the neck as in Fig. 111.

The left strand is now placed over the right and a second knot istied and drawn over the first one as shown in Fig.112. This processconverts the first simple knot into a square or reef knot.

Now several more linksabout 5 to 6 inches are made in thesame fashion by first crossing the right strand over the left,

followed by left over the right. Figure 113 shows how the ropelooksafter making several links over the total length of the rope.

Now starting from the first link on top the linksare cut oneafter the other, down to the last one on the bottom _ Fig. 114.

Next the cut ends are trimmed, beginning from the one shownin Fig. 115.

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Finally, the link aroundthe neck is cut - Fig. 116.

Now hold the rope by

the two ends and displaythe knotted pieces. (Fig.117)

Finally, the ends arepulled making the knots flyoff the rope and the ropeis visibly restored.

Notes: I. While tyingthe knots remember to tief.3i~~bt=1 the knots 'Right over left -

Left over right',

2. Whilecutting the links, cut themon the right side, and youwill not go wrong.

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The right hand carries carner 'B' in frant of theropeand places in between the thumb and base of the first finger of the left hand as in Fig. 120. The

thumband first finger of the right handreach through the loopfrom above andhold.it (Fig. 121). .

As end 'A' is pulled through theloop,the left hand is turned so thefingertips point downwards. The leftsecond finger forms a smaller loop inthe Silk.Spectators do not see this finger that unsettles the knot. The knot is pulledreasonably tightly around the rope as thesecond finger secretly slips out of the Silk. Nowcorner 'B' is held in the left hand andcomer 'A' in the right. Although it eppears '24that the silk is securely tied to the rope, inreality it is a slipknot around the rope.

Corner 'A' is carried in front and above thecorner 'B', totally around the rope in a counter c1oc~wisefashion as shown in Fig. 122. Both thecorners are tied together in front of the rope. (Fig. 123.)

Now holding the upper end of the rope near the mouth in onehand, the ather hand grasps the tied corners of the silk and pulls itfree from the rape. The handkerchief has penetrated the rope,leavingthe corners tied together (Fig. 124).

Knotted RingA length of rope

about four feet longand a ring about 4'in diameter arerequired.

The rope, with

the ring on it is held by the ends in eachhand as in Fig. 125.

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To do this, takethe rope in your right hand over theleft wrist, and

behind the rope inleft hand. (Fig. 126.)Then the right hand enters the loopasshown by the arrowin Fig. 126, passes behind the ropehanging from left

wrist, (Fig. 127), and out of the loop. (Fig.128 is audience view)

Now if the hands are brought together, turned and the loopsare dropped off the wrists you would be back to the starting position (Fig.125).

However to tie the ring on the rope you makea secret move thatis not obvious. When the hands come close together to drop off theloops, the right hand leaves the rope at end 'A'and grabs it at the

position 'x' as it

passes through theloop 'C '. Figures 129and 130 show this.

/.-::gt.lJJ"~ The result is the ring~-::c-- 131 knotted on the rope,

as in Fig.l31. Note: This is the same as the Impossible Knotdescribed

earlier, with the ring added in for a different effect. If you have

learnt the moves for that, you will find this very easy to do.

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Ring in the KnotA knot is tied on a length of rope, and a ring thrown towards

the knot. It appears tied in the knot. A very visualeffect!

At the start the ring is held over the right forearm and a knot istied on a length of rope as Shown in Fig. 132.

Make the knot so that the end that is held in right hand (withthe ring resting on the forearm) comes out of the knot towards you.If the knot is made the other way around the trick willnot work.Ho!dlng the left side of the loop with the left fingers the ring isdropped from the right forearm and the right fingers catch thesame as shown in Fig. 133.

During this simple move, the ring is secretly passed over theend held by right fingers.

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The left fingers release its

1 ~ , : : : : : : : : : ( l . Z ; ~ W = : : :hold over the loop but keep a firm: : z hold on the end of the rope. Both

the hands sway forward a little,and at the Same time th~ ring is

thrown sharply towards the loop.The ring appears tied on the knotat the bottom of the loop, by it'smomentum. (Fig. 134)

Simultaneously, both the handsare spread apart tightening theknot and trapping the ring within.

Ring Off RopeA ring threaded on a ropefolded in half comes free.

The rope is threaded throughthe ring and the ends are held inone hand as shown in Fig. 135.

, It .s importantthat both theends of the rope are held about

half-an-inch apart and do notoverlap or touch each other.

With the free hand the ring is picked up and placed over thewrist of the hand holding the rope.The hanging loop is stretched with

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the finger, as inFlg.136 .

The hand istipped forward, asthe ring drops intothe cupped fingers,It ISdeliberatelycaught between theslight gap in the ropee n d s , a s s h o w n i nFig.137

(Fig 137 is anexposed view for clarity. The hand isshown open to show

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the position of ringand rope. In fact,the ring and the ropeare held in a loosely

_..--.~- closed fist.)

The free hand '~1' now holds the ring

as shown in Fig.138.The ends of the rope

138 are held in a firmgrip above the ring,and the ring is held loosely in the cupped

fingers.Both the hands

are separated with a jerk, with the ring in one hand, and the ropein the other. The ring apparently comes right off the rope.

Ring on RopeA piece of rope is draped over the fingers and the center of

the rope is struck with a ring a couple of times. Suddenly the ring penetrates on to the rope.

A length of rope about 5 feet long is draped over the righthand and the ring is brought over the center between the thumband fingers as shown in Fig.139 (This is an exposed side view. In

performance thefingers face theaudience, thumb behind).

The ring is pushed downwards, pushing the ropedown with it. Theends of the rope aregripped as they slideup to the hand, and

140 the ring is shown off the rope as inFig.140.

This action isrepeated and themoves are exact Iythe same from the

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spectators' view,In reality, as soon as the ringgoes down, the thumb moves out from under the rope as shown inFlg.l41. (This figure and the two following ones are performer'sviews of the action, On the side away from audience, the fingers provide perfect cover for the movement of the thumb.)

. Once the ring is past the thumb, the thumb is reinserted under

tne rope, as in Fig.142. The move of pushing the ring downwards iscontinued exactly os before and the ends of the rope are gripped os they slide up in the hand. However, the ring is now found tohovepenetrated onthe loop as in Fig.l43.

Another Ring on RopeTwo persons are invited on stage and given a ring and a length

of rope for examination. They are then requested to hold either

end of the rope. The center of the rope is covered with a hanky(which could be borrowed from one of the spectators) and the performer puts the ring under the handkerchief.

After a few moments the handkerchief is removed and the ringis seen securely double knotted to the rope with both ends stillheld by the spectators. The performer claims the Ring is not onlyknotted but also threaded on the rope.

A spectator is requested to untie the knot while the other stillholds one end. On opening the knot the ring is found actuallythreaded on the rope, having apparently penetrated It.

. A length of rope about 6 feet long and a rin~ approx. 4" indlometer are required for this effect. The rope ISstretched and held by the ends by the two spectators.

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In Fig.144, 'x ' denotes thecenter of the rope, which is pulled t.hrough the ring in a loop.

'B' is the performer's rightwhile 'A' is his left side. The loop'x' is now overlapped on 'B' as inFig. 145. Finally, the strand 'B' is pulled through 'x' and a new loop isfarmed that is slipped over the ringfrom beneath as indicated by thearrow in the Fig.146. The rope isnow pulled tight on top of the ringto give the appearance of a double

knot.After removing-the

handkerchief and displaying theknotted ring on the rope the

performer asks the spectator onhis left to untie only the first knot.As he does this the other spectator

on the right is asked not to release his end of the rope.

As the first knot is untied, a genuine knot willautomaticallyform around the ring, due to the way the loops were formed. Thering then appears threaded and knotted on the rope.

Ring On or Ring OfflA ring is threaded on the middle of a length of rope and both

ends are held with one hand.

When the ring is pulled, it is either knotted on the rope, or

completely free of the rope, just as the rerformer wishes. The ringis entirely under the performer's contra.

A length of rope about 5 feet long and a ring about 4 inches indiameter are needed. .

The ring is threaded on the rope and held cs shown in Fig.147.

The right end of the rope is crossed over the left end and held in the right hand as in the Fig.148 - 149. The left hand grasps the

ring at the bottom as in Fig. 149 which is an audience view. Now depending on whether the ring is to be trapped on or free

of the rope it is lifted up as shown in Fig. 150 or 151.

Although the audience does not notice any difference in themoves, there is a significant difference.

A B

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Both ends of the rope are held in the left hand.The hangingcenter is spread with the right thumb and the first finger as showninthe Fig.153. The right hand goes up to almost center of the twostrands. The strands are grasped as indicated inFig. 154.

The right hand is turned, and the grip changed so that the rightfinger comes infront of thestrands as in Fig.155.

The right thumband first finger nowgrip the end 'B' by movingupwardsas shown in Fig.156.

The ends 'A'and 'B' are held with left and right

handand the handsseparat·ed. As aresult two knotsappear in the ropeas seen in Fig. 157-

After youget~ th e kriockof =k;"

( the double knotwithout fumblrng, proceed with therings.

Start with therings (preferably borrowed rings)threaded ontherope.

The ends aregrasped as earlier with the left hand and the right thumb and forefinger spreads the center of the loop as in Fig.158.

The rings stay on the twoseparate strands as inFig.158.

Followthe handling explained earlier. When the ends areseparated, the rings are securely tied with knots as inFig. 159.

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Rope Through NeckA piece of rope is wrapped around your neck. Yau hold the

ropeat the twa ends, and pull it right through the neck.

Use a length of soft cotton rope about 48 inches in length.Place the rope over your neck as shown in the Fig. 160.

Note that the end onyour left is longer than the end on your right.Holddownthe shorter end with your left hand. The right hand getsholdon the longer strand, as in Fig. 161.

Bringthis longstrand behindthe neck as in Fig.

162. Now also

bringthe shorter strand behind theneckas if wrappingItaround the neck.

The audiencesee you wrappingthe rope aroundyourneck.

Figures 163 and164show whatreallyhappens. Aloopis made with thelongend of the rope

behindthe neck whilethe other end of the rope goes over thiSloop.

This loop keeps therope In position andfrom the front you havea perfect illusion of arope coiled around theneck, as in Fig. 165,

Now pull the freeends of the rope witha quickmovementandthe rope see";s to penetrate rightthrough your neck!

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Rope through Magic WandA rope is wrapped around a wand and a knife is inserted about

the middle of the wand. The rope is looped around the knife,wrapped a few more times around the wand and the ends are tied.

The performer grasps the knot, and when the spectator removes the knife the rope comes free apparently penetrating thewand.

Have a spectator hold the wand. Hold the ends of the rope ineach hand, with the center over the top of the wand as in Fig.166.

Now the rope is wrapped around the wand in a specific manner.Both the strands are placed under the wand transferring them to

opposite hands.

l J Strand 'A' should

always be directlyover the wand and strand 'B' should

~==== always cross over on

A n

8 top of it. .

The strands are brought to the top

166 167 of the wand. Again'A' should be keptnext to the wand with 'B' crossingover. Wrap the rope

A

over the wand several times in this manner.

A knife is now pushed at point 'C' on the wand. The ropestrands are again crossed over in the same manner several times

over the wand and knife, and finally the ends are tied. (Fig. 167.)The rope can be wrapped (crossed back and forth above and

below the wand) as many times as you wish, but it must cross anequal number of times before and after the knife is inserted.

Finally, as soon as the knife is removed the rope comes freeoff the wand.

Three Ropes to OneA bunch of three ropes, knotted together at both ends are

shown. The knot at one end is untied, and two of the rope ends aretied together again. The same process ;s repeated at the knot at theother end.

The three ropes, now tied in a long chain are wrapped around

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the hand and when unwrapped the knots have disappeared leavingyou with a single long rope.

A length af rope about 4 feet long and two short pieces 4 to 5inches long are needed. The long rope is laid over the table folded

inthree and each short piece is looped in the folds as shown inFig.168.

The two ends of the short rape and one end of the long ropeare now tied with a single knot (Fig. 169). It appears like the endsof three separate ropes as in Fig.170.

The other three endsare also tied in the samemanner.

You now apparentlyhave a bunch of threeropes tied together at

169 both ends1 M ~in~.

17l.To perform.

the bunch of ropes is shown.You untie the knotat one end making sure thatthe short pieceof rope is notexposed.After untyingthe knot therope is

17'3 displayed asIn Fig.172..

holding the

rope in the lefthand with the

thumb and fingersconcealing the joints

of the short rope withthe long one. The righthand pu lis away and

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drops the end of the long rope (Fig.173).

Then the ends

of the short ropeare tied with asingle knot around the long rope.

,76 The other end of the bunched

175 ropes is now untied and the ends of

short rope retied after dropping theend of the long rope

178 exactly as before.You have a perfectillusion of three

177 ropes tied together.os in Fig. 174,

Holding one end of the rope in theleft hand the rope

is wound around it with the right hand -Fig. 175. As the rope passesthrough the right hand, the knots are pulled along, and slipped off the rope - Figs. 176 and 177.

After the coiling is completed, the right hand goes to the pocket for a pen, or magic wand, keeping the knots hidden in it,

and leaving them in the pocket as you bring out the pen or wand.The coiled rope is touched with the pen or wand and the coi l isunwound from the hand showing the knots hove fused, leaving youwith a long length of rope (Fig. 178) which may be given for examination.

Two to One RopeTwo ropes are tied together. The ends of the ropes are pulled

and the knot flies off the rope, leaving you with a single longlength of rope.

Two pieces of rope, one about 30 inches longand another about 6 inches long are needed. Both are folded in half, and. placed one over the other, with their centers overlapping as inFig.l79.

To perform, the ropes are held in left hand, concealing the

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overlapas shown in Fig.l80 and appear as two lengths of ropeshangingin the hand.

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c D

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AA B B

A

C~::::::D==

182. \' r

Grippingthe small piece

with thumbagainst thelonger one,end 'D' isgripped between theright thumband first

finger.The center

of the longrope is pushed by the rightfirst finger over the smallrope to form a

loop as inFig.181. A knotisnowtied with the small rope around the loop.

The rope is displayed as in Fig. 182 and appears as two piecesof rope tied together.

When the ends of the rope are pulled the knot pops off therope magically welding the two pieces of rope into one.

Rings ReleaseSeveral rings are threaded and knotted ona rope with both

ends held by two spectators. The rings are magically removed leaVingthe knots behind on the rope.

. A thin rope about 30 inches long and several borrowed finger rings are needed for this trick.

The rope is folded and the center of the rope is threaded through one of the rings as shown in Fig.183. Both the ends of therope are then passed through the loop as shown in Fig.184.

Then the two ends of the rope are tied together in a knotalmost upto the ring, but is stopped short, an inch from the ring.Then the remaining rings are threaded on the folded rope and fhzends are given to two spectators to hold.

All of a sudden, the rings mysteriously drop free from the

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rope.

Actuallycovered bythe hand, the

loop marked e- X 'x' in Fig.185

is slipped over and off the ring and that enablesthe rings tofall freefrom therope.

Several knots could be tied with the ends of the rope after thefirst ring is threaded. After the removal of the rings the knots stayonthe rope.

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185

Threading the LoopA piece of rope is wrapped around the left thumb and a loop is

farmed on top between the fingers. Taking the lower end of therope with right fingers it is threaded through the loopwithoutreleasing it.

A length of rope about 18 inches long is woundaround the leftthumb and a small loop is formed with the upper end and held withthe left thumb and first finger as shown in the Fig.186.

Taking the lower end of the rope between the right thumb and forefinger claim that the end will be threaded through the loop

without letting the end goof the right fingers. This is impossible.Butafter a couple of failures the rope is threaded through theloop- Fig.187.

Youpretend tothread the end through the loop but in reality it issimplyslipped up between the leftthumb and firstfinger into theloop.With the rope 187in hand and little practice the moveswillbe apparent. It is recommended to make the loopsmaller. As

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the smaller the loopis the greater the impact willbe.

Rope through the ThumbA length of ropeis securely looped over

the performer's thumb.Aspectator grasps the thumb. When pulled the rope comes free,

apparently passing right through the thumb.

A rope about two feet in length is needed, The center of thefolded rope is put over the left thumb down into the fork.

Both ends of the rope is grasped with the right hand, separated by the first finger as shown in Fig.lBB The rope is jerked a fewtimes to show how firmly it holds.

Declaring to form another loop over the thumb to make the ropedouble secure the right hand is raised a little and a second loop is passed over the left thumb. However, under cover of movements of ~h,eright hand, the left first fingertip hooks on the Rope at pomtX Infigure 188.

Simultaneously the 1 1 ~

right hand ISturned over ~n~ard~')laking two loops J ~ 188Band C as shown InFig189. The loop 'C ' goesoverthe left thumb and therape is pulled tight, Thustwoloops are formed, oneoverthe other with a bightat the back of the thumb.

The loops stay in positionagainst a steady pullon therape.

Now a spectator is invited to hold the thumb tip and is asked tocount 'One', .. 'Two'.., and 'Three'. At the count of 'three' the righthand is moved slightly towards the left, then jerked back ,.. a littlerelaxation frees the rope from the thumb.

Professor's Nightmare(Unequal Equal Ropes)

This is possibly the best rope tricks ever created.EFFECT: Performer shows three separate pieces of rope each

of a different size. There is a very short piece, a medium size piece, and a long piece.The performer folds the three pieces andwhen the ropes are opened out again a!1three pieces are seen to beof the same size. A perfect illusion.

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If required the ropes can again b e restored to their originaldifferent sizes and tossed out for excminction.

Yourequire three ropes of the correct different sizes for thiseffect. The middle size piece should be half the size of the short,ondlongpiece together. A recommended size for the three ropes IS8",24" and 40·

PERFORMANCE: (1) Hold the three ropes inyour left hand asillustrated

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inFigUre190. Theshortest

" rope is to'nTr,",,-' - the left190 19\ towards the

joint of thethumb thenthen-ediumsize ropearid finallyfl'le l'ongrope. Youmay showall the ropesseparate if you w'ish, but finally

19'; the ropesmust be placed in'this position.

(2) Nowgripthe hanging end 'ofthe shortest rope, withyour right hand,from behind the other two ropes and bring it to the top plaCingItto the extreme left of the three ends besides the originalshort end as in Figure 191.

(3) Take the hangingend of the middle sited rape and place itto the right of the four ends inyour hand. Finallytake the hangingend of the longest rope ondplace it to the extreme right. The position at this stage isos in Figure 192. Yourextended t'ingerscover the fold of the shortest rope (rom the audienceview.

(4) Now separate the three ends to your right, and pull out theropes. Let them hangdown,and all the three ropes willappear to

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beof the same size. In fact the position is as illustrated in Figure193.But you can showyour hand freely on both sides, displayingthree equal sized ropes, as your thumb covers the joint of thesmallestand longest ropes.

(5) If you wishto count the three ropes separately, you maydso by a false count as follows. First take away the single rope wiyourother hand counting one. Now bring your hands together apparently taking a secand rope, but in fact you replace the 1strope Inyour hand and take away the joint pair, counting two.Finally,you take awaythe third single rope, counting three .

. Youm a y then ballup the ropes and restore them to their originalSize, and toss them out for examination.


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42 Amazing Tricks And Stunfs With Rope