The Magic of Ascanio — Knives and Color-Blindness

Part Four

2008
Written by Arturo de Ascanio
Work of Arturo de Ascanio
132 pages (Hardcover), published by Páginas
Illustrated with drawings by José Antonio Vega
Language: English
54 entries
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Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Foreword as Fu Manchu
 		10
Antonio Romero Introduction
14
Pablo Luis López Mendizábal Preliminary Note from first edition in 1958
 		16
Arturo de Ascanio Introduction - A few Words about Knives
  • Terminology
  • What Type of Knife Should be Used?
  • The "Fairly Complete" Set
 		22
Arturo de Ascanio The Paddle Move
  • A Modern Take on the Classic Handling
 		26
Arturo de Ascanio A. The Ring and Little Finger Grip
28
Arturo de Ascanio B. The Knife Held between the Left Index Finger and Thumb
29
Arturo de Ascanio C. The Hand-To-Hand Toss
30
Arturo de Ascanio D. The Classic Handling Performed with Two Knives. The V Turn
31
Arturo de Ascanio Through-The-Fist Turn
32
Arturo de Ascanio The Third-Finger Turn
33
Arturo de Ascanio The Ultra-Fast Turn
34
Arturo de Ascanio The Ultra-Fast Turn with Two Knife
38
Arturo de Ascanio The Psychology of the Paddle Move
38
Arturo de Ascanio Two Psychological Procedures reasons for the paddle move
  • 1. The Sharp Knife
  • 2. "Breathing on the Knife"
 		40
Arturo de Ascanio Color Changes
  • The Classic Color Change
 		41
Arturo de Ascanio Insertion Reverse knife color change
 		42
Mariano Bringas A Color Change
Also published here 43
Lewis Ganson A Color Change in the Hands of a Spectator knife color change
 		44
One-Handed Color Change knife color change
 		45
Arturo de Ascanio, Roy Walton Color Changes with Two Knives
48
Arturo de Ascanio A Color Change Using Regular Knives
50
Minar Minar's Visual Color Change 3/4 knife
 		52
Arturo de Ascanio The Psychology of the Color Change
54
Arturo de Ascanio Handling the Knife as a Cigarette
57
Arturo de Ascanio The Sliding Vanish
57
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Two Vanishes from Fu Manchu
  • A. Holding the Knife by One End
  • B. Holding the Knife by Both Ends
 		59
Arturo de Ascanio How to Tell the Sides of Knife apart by Feel
61
Arturo de Ascanio Telling Two Knives apart by Feel
62
Arturo de Ascanio The Quick Switch with jacket
 		63
Lewis Ganson A. Switching two dissimilar Knives
68
Arturo de Ascanio, David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg B. Switching Two Knives with One Matching Side
  • a) Switching a Gimmicked Knife or an Ordinary One
    • I. The Pick and Drop Switch (Fu Manchu)
    • II. Sleeving into the Left Sleeve (Fu Manchu)
    • III. Propelling the Knife inside the Right Sleeve
  • b) Switching an Ordinary Knife for a Gimmicked One
 		68
Arturo de Ascanio Preliminary Note chapter intro
 		75
Fred Kaps A Routine by Fred Kaps color changing knife routine, with handkerchief
 		76
Lewis Ganson A Routine by Lewis Ganson color changing knife routine, with handkerchief
Related to 82
Arnaldo Curia A Routine by Arnaldo Curiá color changing knife routine, with handkerchief
 		86
Arturo de Ascanio "Knives and Color-Blindness" miniature knives climax, with alternative handlings
 		91
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Two Presentations by Fu Manchu idea for color changing knife
 		103
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg An Idea for a Shell for knife
 		104
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg A Pull Vanish for knife
 		104
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg A Psychological Turn for knife
 		105
Arturo de Ascanio Holdouts for knives
 		106
Eddie Joseph A Good Clean-Up transposition of knives
 		107
Arturo de Ascanio A Subtle Idea for color changing knife
 		107
Arturo de Ascanio An Opening Effect idea to start color changing knife routine
 		108
Arturo de Ascanio The Knife in the Garter gag idea for color changing knife routine
 		108
Arturo de Ascanio A Holder for Miniature Knives
108
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg A Pretty Color Change
110
Arturo de Ascanio A Knife Holder
110
Arturo de Ascanio A Justification chapter intro
 		115
José Paytubí Olius A Chapter by José Paytubí
  • A. A Psychological Turn
  • B. The Propeller (A Color Change)
  • C. A Routine
 		116
José Eugenio Martínez Muro A Routine by Martínez Muro aka Joe Burk, knife routine
 		125
Arturo de Ascanio Farewell
131
Arturo de Ascanio A Big Thank You
132
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, October 2018.