Rope Eternal

The Only Six Ways to Restore a Rope

1984 edition used
1956
Written by Dariel Fitzkee
Work of Dariel Fitzkee
52 pages (Stapled), published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Dariel Fitzkee
Language: English
46 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Dariel Fitzkee Preface
5
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter One on the cut & restored rope effect
  • The Absolute Necessities
  • The Trick Itself
  • The Basic Methods
  • The Rope
 		6
Unknown Chapter Two: Basic Method 1 "To Restore a Rope by Disguising a Section Near One End to Appear as the Center"
 		9
Unknown The Figure Eight
9
Unknown The False Knot
9
Unknown A False Knot Resulting in a Sliding Knot
11
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Dr. Ervin's Variation of the Figure Eight
11
Dariel Fitzkee The Fitzkee Variation of the Figure Eight
13
Unknown The Turban Trick Method
Also published here 15
Dr. Edward G. Ervin The Ervin Trip Loop
17
Unknown Quadruple Cut With the Ervin Trip Loop
19
Unknown Repeated Cuts With a Sliding Knot to Disguise the Ends
19
Unknown A "You Do As I Do" Routine Based On the Interlocked Loop together with spectator
 		23
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The Wright and Larsen Many-Cut Principle
24
Dariel Fitzkee Summary
24
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Three: Basic Method 2 "To Restore a Rope by Disguising the Center to Appear as the Ends"
intro
 		26
Harlan Tarbell, Dr. Cecil E. Nixon, Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Methods of Joining the Ends Together
26
Joe Germaine A Rope Trick With the Germaine Principle
27
Harlan Tarbell The Tarbell Addition to the Germaine Principle
29
Unknown To Start With a Straight Length
30
U. F. Grant The Grant Sliding Knot Principle
31
U. F. Grant Grant's Improvement
Related to
  • "The Hindu Rope Trick" (Burling Hull)
 31
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Zenith Rope Trick
33
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Four: Basic Method 3 "Rope Restoration Through a Pretended Cutting"
intro
 		35
Bert Douglas Rope Ring Version
35
Al Baker Short Piece in Thumb Tip
35
Keith Liddle The Phenomenal Rope Trick
36
Unknown Cutting the Core
36
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Wright & Larsen's Jumping Rope
37
Floyd G. Thayer Wizzo
37
Unknown Devil's Pillars
37
U. F. Grant Grant Stage Method
38
Max Malini Malini's String Trick with pull
Also published here 39
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Five: Basic Method 4 "Rope Restoration Through a Pretended Repair"
intro
 		41
Harry Kellar The Kellar String Trick "Miracle Encore"
 		41
Unknown "Slow Motion" Method
42
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Six: Basic Method 5 "Restoration of a Rope by Substitution"
intro
 		43
Unknown Apparatus for Exchanging
43
Unknown The Pocket Exchange
43
Unknown Thumb Tip Exchange
45
Unknown An Exchanging Reel
45
Unknown Chapter Seven: Basic Method 6 "Substitution of a Concealed Section to Replace Section Cut Off"
 		46
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Eight: The Foundations of Invention
47
Dr. Douglas Kelley, Vincent Lynch The Three-in-One Rope Trick
47
Unknown The Die Cast Rope Trick
48
Unknown The Secret Weapon - You-Do-As-I-Do
50
Data entered by Denis Behr.