Self-Working Handkerchief Magic

61 Foolproof Tricks

1988
Written by Karl Fulves
Work of Various
184 pages (Paperback), published by Dover Publications
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
83 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Karl Fulves Introduction
iii
Karl Fulves The Basics which silks to use
 		1
Karl Fulves Quick Tricks chapter intro
 		3
Threading the Needle No. 1, loop made around thumb, other end of silk magically threaded in
 		3
Comedy Production No. 2, item materialized under handkerchief, it's a finger, then pencil appears
 		6
A Glass of Helium No. 3, glass wrapped with silk, items that are pushed into glass jump out again, rubber band
Also published here 9
Liquid to Silk colored silk in glass looks like liquid
 		10
Karl Fulves The Holdup No. 4, pen and pencil put in handkerchief vanish, reappear in paper bag, sleeving
Also published here 12
Karl Fulves Mystery Ring No. 5, ring onto rope under handkerchief cover
Inspired by
  • Peter Warlock and Jack Miller principle
Related toAlso published here 		14
Tony Slydini No Pockets No. 6, sight gag, silk pulled from breast pocket even though no pocket is there
 		17
Terri Rogers Crazy Compass No. 7, silk produced from paper tube
 		18
The Cords of Phantasia chapter
 		21
Ottokar Fischer The Cords of Phantasia No. 8, penetration release with two ropes, silks and wand
 		21
Hans van Baaren The Antique Shop No. 9, release with two ropes and a silk in a box à la Dean's Box
 		24
Ribbonesque No. 10, silk penetrated two ropes which are also around assistant's waist
 		28
Houdini's Coat No. 11, using a jacket and handcuffs
 		30
Karl Fulves Silk Appear chapter intro
 		33
The Trap Fold No. 12, folding technique
 		33
Elbow Production silk in fold of sleeve, appears when arm is stretched
 		35
The Birthday No. 13, newspaper rolled into tube, silks produced
 		35
The Coil Fold No. 14, folding technique, production application from sleeve
 		37
A Novel Production No. 15, under borrowed handkerchief appears a wand, then a silk
 		40
Silk from Silk No. 16, one silk starts in elbow fold
 		42
Collard No. 17, silk produced from another silk, stolen from behind collar
 		44
Karl Fulves Penetrations chapter intro
 		47
Freefall No. 18, pen through silk
 		47
Karl Fulves Half Thru No. 19, pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through
Also published here 50
Karl Fulves Exit Coin No. 20, marked coin penetrates down and up through handkerchief
Also published here 53
Karl Fulves General Rise No. 21, method for object through handkerchief
Also published here 55
Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz Pentapencil No. 22, two spectators hold out a handkerchief, pencil penetrates it with newspaper cover
Variations 57
Karl Fulves Curio No. 23, four coins held under handkerchief that is stretched by two spectators, named coin penetrates upwards with paper cover, two methods
Inspired byAlso published here 60
Walter Schwartz Pop Up No. 24, thimble through handkerchief
 		63
Duke Stern Jump Up No. 25, pencil through handkerchief
 		65
Karl Fulves Vanishes chapter intro
 		68
John Braun, Karl Fulves Paper-Bag Vanish No. 26, silk(s) vanish from paper bag
 		68
Oswald Rae, Karl Fulves Silk Spectrum No. 27, one of three different colored silks is chosen and vanishes and appears in initialed envelope, with stand
Inspired by 70
An Impromptu Vanisher No. 28, newspaper cone, "first complete description of the handling to appear in print"
 		72
Karl Fulves Sympathetic Silks chapter intro
 		76
Edward Bagshawe Think Alike No. 29, three silks halfway in paper bag, chosen one receives a knot
 		76
Harlan Tarbell Sympathetic Silks No. 30
Also published here 80
Twist Away Knot
83
Martin Gardner The Mouse No. 31, folding mouse out of handkerchief, "The following description, made available by Martin Gardner, is the first complete account to appear in print."
 		87
Karl Fulves Square-Knot Secrets chapter intro
 		94
The Square Knot No. 32
 		94
Teach In No. 33, two silks tied together untie in paper bag
 		97
Karl Fulves, Tony Slydini Dissolvo No. 34, two silks tied together untie in glass
Also published here 99
Sid Miller, Sol Hirsh Switch Over No. 35, two handkerchiefs tied together, third brought to them, two other handkerchiefs are tied now
Also published here 102
Dr. Jacob Daley Releaso No. 36, three handkerchiefs are knotted together and the two knots placed in a glasses, knots dissolve
Also published here 106
Karl Fulves Psychic Silks chapter intro, mental silk tricks
 		110
Karl Fulves Instanto No. 37, performer's wrists knotted with handkerchief, he turns and he's free, then knotted again
Also published here 110
Matchmaker No. 38, three different-colored silks for performer and spectator, performer blindfolded, spectator lifts a silk and performer lifts one of same color, stooge
 		113
Basic Blindfold
114
Karl Fulves Match Mates No. 39, two spectators move three different-colored silks or objects around and matches occur
 		115
Triple Prophecy No. 40, three different-colored silks knotted in box, spectator names order, they come out that way
 		117
Ken Allen, Karl Fulves No Strings No. 41, knife poked into handkerchief-covered glass causes glass to suspend on knife
Related toAlso published here 119
Karl Fulves Glorpy No. 42, secret fork used to animate knife under handkerchief
 		121
Karl Fulves Spooky Spoon No. 43, zombie principle to levitate a spoon with a secretly attached fork behind handkerchief
 		124
Karl Fulves Twentieth-Century Silks chapter intro
 		127
Come Back Silk No. 44, silk vanishes from paper cone and reappears knotted to silk given previously to spectator
 		127
Karl Fulves They Jumped No. 45, two initialed handkerchiefs transpose
Also published here 130
Lyle Laughlin Twentieth-Century Silks No. 46
 		133
Karl Fulves Cut and Restored chapter intro
 		135
Karl Fulves, Fred Culpitt Decapitated Knot No. 47, paper napkin, knot torn off and restored
 		135
Jeanne van Zandt Cut Up No. 48, two silks cut in half in paper tube and restored
 		139
Phoa Yan Tiong, Karl Fulves Ultra Cut No. 49, bluff restoration
Inspired byRelated to 141
Karl Fulves Productions chapter intro
 		146
Produce a Wand No. 50
 		146
Karl Fulves, Bob Read Bottle Production No. 51, first coin appears, then bottle from under handkerchief
 		148
Howard Wurst Rainbow Silks No. 52, several silks appear from one silk
Inspired by 152
Silk Fold with Pencil folding method
 		152
Eric C. Lewis, Harold Rice Double Appear No. 53, silk shaken and another silk appears at the end of it, repeated
 		155
Karl Fulves Animation chapter intro
 		161
Fatima No. 54, figure build from silk, its legs "dance"
 		161
Willie No. 55, folding mouse or cat out of handkerchief
 		163
The Rabbit No. 56, folding rabbit out of handkerchief
 		165
Karl Fulves He Found It! No. 57, rabbit folded from handkerchief finds one card chosen out of four and bites off corner
 		168
Karl Fulves One out of Four Force number from one two four, involves spelling
 		168
Karl Fulves Cards and Handkerchiefs chapter intro
 		171
Karl Fulves Jinx Deck No. 58, a red ace rises through handkerchief covered deck, then deck drops out leaving other red ace behind
Inspired byAlso published here 171
Karl Fulves Four-Way Prophet No. 59, one of four cards forced, some face-up cards added together to arrive at same card in another deck
 		176
Eddie Ward, Karl Fulves Zombie Card Rise No. 60, under handkerchief
 		179
Karl Fulves Magic with "Handkerchief Magic" No. 61, this book is a force-book with "one" as every tenth word at the start of each chapter, ten-value is forced with cards
 		182
Under-Handkerchief Cut-Force
182
Data entered by Denis Behr, June 2018.