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
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Dariel Fitzkee Preface
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Dariel Fitzkee Chapter One on the cut & restored rope effect
  • The Absolute Necessities
  • The Trick Itself
  • The Basic Methods
  • The Rope
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Chapter Two: Basic Method 1 "To Restore a Rope by Disguising a Section Near One End to Appear as the Center"
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The Figure Eight
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The False Knot
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A False Knot Resulting in a Sliding Knot
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Dr. Edward G. Ervin Dr. Ervin's Variation of the Figure Eight
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Dariel Fitzkee The Fitzkee Variation of the Figure Eight
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The Turban Trick Method
Also published here 15
Dr. Edward G. Ervin The Ervin Trip Loop
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Quadruple Cut With the Ervin Trip Loop
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Repeated Cuts With a Sliding Knot to Disguise the Ends
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A "You Do As I Do" Routine Based On the Interlocked Loop together with spectator
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William Larsen, T. Page Wright The Wright and Larsen Many-Cut Principle
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Dariel Fitzkee Summary
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Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Three: Basic Method 2 "To Restore a Rope by Disguising the Center to Appear as the Ends"
intro
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Harlan Tarbell, Dr. Cecil E. Nixon, Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Methods of Joining the Ends Together
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Joe Germaine A Rope Trick With the Germaine Principle
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Harlan Tarbell The Tarbell Addition to the Germaine Principle
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To Start With a Straight Length
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U. F. Grant The Grant Sliding Knot Principle
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U. F. Grant Grant's Improvement
Related to
  • "The Hindu Rope Trick" (Burling Hull)
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William Larsen, T. Page Wright Zenith Rope Trick
Related to 33
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Four: Basic Method 3 "Rope Restoration Through a Pretended Cutting"
intro
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Bert Douglas Rope Ring Version
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Al Baker Short Piece in Thumb Tip
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Keith Liddle The Phenomenal Rope Trick
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Cutting the Core
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William Larsen, T. Page Wright Wright & Larsen's Jumping Rope
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Floyd G. Thayer Wizzo
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Devil's Pillars
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U. F. Grant Grant Stage Method
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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
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Harry Kellar The Kellar String Trick "Miracle Encore"
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"Slow Motion" Method
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Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Six: Basic Method 5 "Restoration of a Rope by Substitution"
intro
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Apparatus for Exchanging
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The Pocket Exchange
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Thumb Tip Exchange
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An Exchanging Reel
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Chapter Seven: Basic Method 6 "Substitution of a Concealed Section to Replace Section Cut Off"
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Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Eight: The Foundations of Invention
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Dr. Douglas Kelley, Vincent Lynch The Three-in-One Rope Trick
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The Die Cast Rope Trick
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The Secret Weapon - You-Do-As-I-Do
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Data entered by Denis Behr.