2,641 entries in Silk & Handkerchief
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tan Hock Chuan Variation of Larry Becker's Knot Effect silk penetrates off rope
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1953
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
59
Charlie Miller Improved Handkerchief Penetration through wrist
Also published here
  • Genii, April 1957
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
62
John Benzais Benzais' Silk and Rope Routine silk knotted onto rope, it penetrates the rope
Also published here
  • Genii, Aug. 1962
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
92
Charlie Miller Version of Doctor Lynn's "Borrowing A Watch, Smashing It, Then Finding It Fully Restored Inside a Previously Examined Bun or Roll"
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1970
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
124
Alexander de Cova Das Tuch in Apfel mal ganz anders signed silk vanishes from rolled-up paper and appears inside apple
Also published here Nov. 2012 22
Alexander de Cova Totally stoned five white and one black stone
Also published here Dec. 2012 21
Steven Hamilton Silk & Sponge silk vanishes, appear in rolled-up bill, changes into sponge ball which splits in two, sponge routine
Also published here 2013 154
Doug Edwards G.W. Hunter Knot Handling with a ring
2013 126
John Gaughan The Silk Handkerchief in Light Bulb
  • The Chamber of Secrets
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
18
Neil Tobin One-Handed Silk Fountain Release
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
41
Kazu Katayama Sympatico Silks
  • Tokyo Workshop
using handkerchief ball gaff, credit information
  • Making the Knots
July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
38
The Nu-Away Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
Also published here July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
40
Kazu Katayama Hither-And-Thither Hanks
  • Tokyo Workshop
silk in hand transposes with silk in envelope
Sep. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9)
32
Kazu Katayama Penkerchief
  • Tokyo Workshop
silk pushed in hand with pen, it vanishes, silk reproduced from end of pen
Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
51
Mike Caveney Snake Charmin strip of toilet paper levitates à la dancing handkerchief
  • Stripping Thread
  • Thread Management
  • Animating the Snake
  • Cleaning Up the Thread
  • Making Thread Invisible
  • Broken Thread
2013 314
Mike Caveney The Drum That Can't Be Beaten production drum, discussion of the performance at the 2009 Los Angeles History Conference
2013 181
Alexander de Cova Tuch durch Mikrofonständer silk through microphone stand, ungaffed
Feb. 2013 30
Alexander de Cova Das Tuch in Apfel mal ganz anders signed silk vanishes from rolled-up paper and appears inside apple
Also published here Feb. 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue Sondererausgabe MMC)
25
Alexander de Cova Meine Handhabung für das Ringtuch handling for silk with sewn-in ring
Also published here June 2013 14
Alexander de Cova Das Teufelstuch ... einmal anders handling for retrieving vanished item
Also published here 2013 37
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Blitz-Kartenverwandlung jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean
Also published here 2013 44
Alexander de Cova, Carlos Corda, Channing Pollock Eine Seidentuchproduction rubber band powered
Also published here 2013 49
Alexander de Cova Totally Stoned three white, three green and one black stone, with additional prediction of colors of two remaining stones
Inspired by Dec. 2013
Scrapbook (Issue 2)
13
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Slice! playing card with torn out hole in the center, ribbon placed on top, both cut with a knife, ribbon is restored
Also published here 2013 106
Kazu Katayama The Silken Finger cut and restored handkerchief, with missing corner proof, sixth finger handling
2013 142
Stewart James Go Go Vanisher
2014 130
Christian Scherer Die verschwindende Birne light bulb vanish, magic bandana presentation in german, double meaning of "Birne" (pear / light bulb)
2014 365
Dr. Stanley Jaks Locked Room handkerchief is ripped out of locked tube, bill tube
Also published here 2014 178
Hiroshi Sawa The Billy Goat hand is transformed into billy goat puppet with rolled up tissue napkins, napkin balls vanish, then bill placed in mouth/hand and it changes into coins
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
60
Kazu Katayama Hanky-Panky Balls
  • Tokyo Workshop
five red sponge balls produced with top hat, they transform to five knotted red silks
June 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 6)
42
Kazu Katayama Cup, Ball, Silk, And You
  • Tokyo Workshop
endless ball production with a paper cup, they all change into a silk
Aug. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 8)
41
Jim Steinmeyer A Hole in Your Head
  • Conjuring
hole in hand optical illusion with tube, then ribbon penetrates hand visually
Inspired by
  • "The Penetrating Ribbon" (Gordon Howatt, The Restless Spook, 1940s)
Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
34
Alan Shaxon A Lesson in Magic handkerchief borrowed, handkerchief suddenly in shreds, restored to long strip in paper bag, then changes to lemon, handkerchief inside but with hole, center of handkerchief from same material as cloth bag suddenly, eventually restored
Related to 2014 157
Alexander de Cova Haeggis signed card lost in deck, glass covered with tube (ghost tube), silk and rubber bands vanish, tube lifted and folded card traveled into glass with silk over top of glass held with rubber band
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2014 564
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Giant Card to Silk jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean
Also published here Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 4)
27
George Sands Twist Knot with extra piece, false knot and fusing two ropes together
  • Figure Eight Restoration
  • "Sam Schwartz's Delivery"
  • Sleight of Foot Restoration
Also published here 2014 36
George Sands Silk Handkerchief Through Rope silk knotted on rope
Also published here
  • George Sands' "50 Years of Magic: Volume 1" 1987.
2014 69
Jim Steinmeyer The Apport
  • Conjuring
necklace appears on spectator's hand under (gaffed) handkerchief
Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
26
Ribbon Escape card peeked at in deck with hole through all cards, ribbon through deck and pulled, selection jumps out
2015
Errata (Issue 1)
15
Alexander de Cova Haeggis signed card lost in deck, glass covered with tube (ghost tube), silk and rubber bands vanish, tube lifted and folded card traveled into glass with silk over top of glass held with rubber band
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 33
Alexander de Cova Tuch in Apfel mal anders signed silk vanishes from rolled-up paper and appears inside apple
Also published here 2015 75
Alexander de Cova Totally Stoned five white and one black stone
Inspired by
  • "Kurotsuke" (Max Maven, VideoMind 1, 1997)
Also published here
2015 155
Alexander de Cova Gipsy Switch coin application for gypsy switch
  • Feinheiten
  • Variationen
2015 187
Alexander de Cova Ringtuch Handhabung handling for silk with sewn-in ring
Also published here 2015 206
Alexander de Cova, Carlos Corda, Channing Pollock Snappy Silk Production rubber band powered
Also published here 2015 20
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Blitz-Kartenverwandlung jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean, card with flap-addition so it can be shown from both sides
Also published here 2015 24
Jan Torell Die Faltmethode nach Jan Torell folding method for silk
2015 28
Alexander de Cova, Dick Zimmerman Tuch aus Flasche from milk bottle
Also published here 2015 30
Alexander de Cova Das Murmeltier 4&4, all red kicker, unusual presentation, oil & water combined with silk knotting and Groundhog Day movie presentation
Also published here 2015 37
Alexander de Cova Purse Swindle silk vanishes from hand and reappears in purse (Patrick Page), then repeat with purse frame
Also published here 2015 59
Alexander de Cova Die Handhabung des Verschwindens slow-motion silk vanish handling with thumb tip
Also published here 2015 60
Alexander de Cova Das Teufelstuch handling for retrieving vanished item
Also published here 2015 239
Alexander de Cova Plastic is Fantastic silk vanishes in hand which is sealed in a clear plastic bag
Inspired by
  • similar silk vanish by Gaetan Bloom
Also published here
2015 243
Fred Kaps The Red Corner
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue July 16)
204
Joaquín Matas El Billete (La Cinta al Billete y de 20 a 500€) silk ribbon is produced and vanished from borrowed bill, then bill changes to other bill and back
2016 215
Dai Vernon Ball Through Silk
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
63
Tom Stone The Pocket Problem
  • Lodestones
on different type of alternative pockets and servantes, mostly for female performers
  • Out in the Wilderness
  • Suburb Satchel
  • Osmosis (shoulder bag with opening to load cups or other things)
  • A Germain Observation (servante in cloth)
  • Chasing Tail
  • Share the Wealth
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
52
A Technique Wherein A Rope is Strung Through Both Sleeves... "...the Ends Are Double Knotted, the Knot is Pulled Around into the Chest, after Which the Two Ends Are Pulled and the Knot is Undone", square knot
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
83
John Gaughan The Burning Globe
  • The Chamber of Secrets
borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored in a metal apparatus
June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
20
Alexander de Cova Die große Ladung stealing a load from a table under cover of some silks held in the hand
Also published here 2016 54
Alexander de Cova Master Silks discussion of various methods and approaches
  • Das Al Baker Prinzip
    • Das Aufnehmen der Tücher
  • Der Joe Berg Stand
  • Die Sache mit dem Stuhl
  • Das Entknoten der Tücher
    • Manuelles Entknoten
    • Entknoten mit Gimmick
    • Die zweite Variante
    • Ein besseres Gimmick
Inspired byRelated to 2016 24
Alexander de Cova False Knot discussion of basic method
2016 32
Alexander de Cova Ball zu Tuch ball visually changes to silk
Also published here 2016 191
Alexander de Cova Ein Tuchverschwinden am Tisch silk vanish at table, lapping thumb tip
2016 209
Alexander de Cova Tuch durch Mikrofonständer ungaffed silk through microphone stand, no reel
Inspired by 2016 242
Alexander de Cova Tuch durch Karte silk through giant card, visual, routine with two cards that have holes in it
Inspired by 2016 267
Alexander de Cova Marconick Silk Trio silk flies visibly between two other silks, visual twentieth century silk
Inspired by
  • "And Yet Another Twentieth Century" (Marconick)
2016 76
Alexander de Cova Zur Tuchfärbung handling tips for die tube color change in the hand
  • Zur Färberöhre
  • Die Handhabung
  • Eine Finte
2016 205
Alexander de Cova Sichtbares Färben visual silk color change, pull to table
  • Variationen
2016 221
Paul Vigil The Phantom Returns "or Ripping the Fabric of Space-Time"
safety pin pinned through handkerchief and ripped out, repeats
  • Phase 1: The Fabric of Space-Time
  • Phase 2: You Decide
  • Phase 3: Lies are Made from Whole Cloth
Inspired by 2017 103
Tom Stone Modified Go Go Vanisher
Inspired by
  • "Go Go Vanisher" (Stewart James in Print, 1989, p. 388)
Feb. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)
54
Jim Steinmeyer Cutting An Unwilling Spectator in Half
  • Conjuring
ribbon through spectator
Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
28
Martin Lewis The Test
  • Making Magic
white dotted silk is put in red box which is put in a paper bag, out comes a white dotted box with a red silk inside, design transposition
May 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 5)
46
Anthony Owen Silk Handkerchief to Spectator's Sleeve - An Approach to the Approach
2017 147
Alexander de Cova Bügelproduktion silk from purse frame
2017 44
Alexander de Cova Der Push
2017 51
Alexander de Cova, Dai Vernon Stehlen nach Dai Vernon
2017 54
Alexander de Cova, Patrick Page Der Drop
2017 55
Alexander de Cova Plastic Is Fantastic silk vanishes in hand which is sealed in a clear plastic bag
Inspired by
  • similar silk vanish by Gaetan Bloom
Also published here
2017 65
Alexander de Cova Verbranntes Taschentuch burned borrowed handkerchief
2017 69
Alexander de Cova Tuch in Apfel signed silk travels into apple
2017 76
Alexander de Cova Ein Scherz für Zauberer sucker silk vanish, secret pull and thumb tip is empty at the end
2017 80
Alexander de Cova, Tony Lackner Das LATONI-Wunder silk travels into one of three chosen rolled up paper tubes
2017 87
Alexander de Cova Trumponium silk vanish using a cork
Inspired by 2017 89
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Devil's Hank Addition phase with both bag and handkerchief
2018 336
Johnny Thompson Pockets and Principles
  • The Jacket
  • The Pockets
  • Pocket Locations
  • The Dove Bag
  • The Silk Shroud
  • The Silks
2018 215
Johnny Thompson Unprepared Serpentine Silk knot vanishes with a snap
Inspired by
  • an item from Keith Clark
2018 233
Johnny Thompson Color-Changing Silk visible, reel
Inspired by
  • method attributed to Henry Christ
2018 237
Silk Fold into ball around plug, for production
2018 239
Ignacio López El Misterio de los Pañuelos Simpáticos three phases, with a glass
Also published here 2018 37
Square Knot
2018 39
Ignacio López The Fade-Away Double Knot Variation
Inspired by 2018 47
Ignacio López La Carta en el Pañuelo - El Juego Que lo Haría a Roberto Mansilla a handkerchief, glass and deck appear, then selection appears on handkerchief
Also published here 2018 61
Ignacio López El Mundo es un Pañuelo handkerchief on the table to make a deck appear, flap
2018 31
Martin Lewis Blue Moon
  • Making Magic
borrowed cut and restored handkerchief, center transposes with a blue bag (mis-made), it is burned in a top hat along the way
Mar. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 3)
32
Jonathan Neal Sakamoto's Cut and Restored Silk
  • Secrets Within Secrets
silk cut in paper tube
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
72
John Guastaferro Silkworm silk produced and changed into sponge ball which is split into two, they change back to a silk which vanishes
Also published here
  • Second Storm, 2005 lecture notes
July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
81
Jonathan Neal Carson, McCartney, and Hay
  • Secrets Within Secrets
silk visibly vanishes from clear plastic cylinder, silk-to-ball reel, silk reappears visibly knotted onto rope
Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
36
Alexander de Cova The Hole (El Agujero)
  • Notizen
silk through center hole of three holes in two giant cards, jumps to another hole and back
Inspired by Nov. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 11)
76
Allan Zola Kronzek How to Turn a Napkin into a Chicken
Also published here
  • "Grandpa Magic"
Dec. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)
94
Alexander de Cova Die Grosse Ladung load under cover of silks, misdirection application
Also published here 2018 37
Alexander de Cova Tuchfärbung Anders small toy mouse to hide gimmick
2018 106
Alexander de Cova Tuch in Edding marked bill travels into pen, using Antonio Romero's bill tube pen, different loading strategies
2018 162
Alberto de Figueiredo El pañuelo que cambia de color color changing silk routine, silk to mouth and silk fountain finale
  • El primer cambio de color
  • Falsa explicación
  • El pañuelo rojo y la carga
Inspired by 2018 43
Alberto de Figueiredo El dominó child holds white handkerchief, a string and buttons, then a dominoe stone is selected from a plastic bag and string and buttons are found sewn onto handkerchief to match chosen dominoe
2018 101
Ignacio López Sympathetic Silks three phases, with a glass
Also published here 2019 16
Square Knot false knot
2019 17
Ignacio López The Fade-Away Double Knot Variation
2019 23
Ignacio López The Card in the Silk a handkerchief, glass and deck appear, then selection appears on handkerchief
Also published here 2019 33
Iñaki Zabaletta Silkeny 2.0 Mi Rutina Profesionales de Pañuelos, handkerchief vanishes and appears, changes color and as a climax multiple handkerchiefs appear knotted together
2019 153
Jonathan Neal My Version of "Duke's Dye-Version"
  • Secrets Within Secrets
silk production from paper, general comments on silk magic
Apr. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 4)
40
Roberto Mansilla The Color-Changing Handkerchief "A Tribute to Matisse"
  • Artifices
Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
70
José Carroll Poosha D'Poosha multi-phase routine
Inspired by
  • routine in "Hold-out Miracles" (Jack Miller)
Variations
2019 250
José Carroll Preliminary Techniques
  • 1. The Loading of the Thumb Tip into the Left Hand
  • 2. The Insertion of the Handkerchief into the Thumb Tip
  • 3. The Stealing of the Loaded Thumb Tip from the Left Hand
  • 4. The Showing of the Hands
    • Before the vanish
    • After the vanish
  • 5. The Reappearance of the Handkerchief
  • 6. Color Change
2019 250
Eugene Burger Something from Nothing performer pulls out two rainbow silk streamers from a production box, then a (fake) snake
2019 147
Alberto de Figueiredo Los pañuelos y la caja routine with two children where handkerchiefs should travel to box, several handkerchiefs turn into a big one, using break-away fan and comedy wand, Clatter Box
2019 109
Ben Hart Melocation signed tissue (actually white silk) transposes with stone of peach
2020 21
Jim Steinmeyer That Thing in the Envelope
  • Conjuring
ribbon goes through an envelope, finger ring is thrown in and penetrates onto ribbon
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
48
Jonathan Neal Cause and Effect
  • Secrets Within Secrets
all silks end up knotted in a row, switch using the table
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
60
Roberto Mansilla The Color Changing Handkerchief
  • Artifices
"(The Pocket as a Topit)", breast pocket ditch
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
70
Jonathan Neal Nomenclature
  • Secrets Within Secrets
torn and restored paper napkin, transforms into white silk at the end
Apr. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 4)
48
John Carney Silk Production From Frame
2020 57
Ricardo Rodriguez 1-3+2=0 surrealistic silk routine, silks appear and vanish in hand to make sense to mathematic equation
2021 89
Max Malini Handkerchief Pocket Ditch a palmed item is ditched as handkerchief is shown from both sides
2022 111
Max Malini Stretching a Handkerchief two methods given
2022 197
Max Malini The Dancing Handkerchief thread between knees, method guess for 1895 newspaper article
Related to 2022 212
Max Malini Lamp Chimney Silk Vanish about Max Malini's silk vanish with pull
2022 319
Max Malini Color-Changing Silk with dye tube, also into a flag, vesting for the gimmick
Related to 2022 323
Max Malini Silk into Hat and Glove
2022 325
Gordon Bruce Finish for the Card through Handkerchief handkerchief is pushed into breast pocket, then it is shown that there is no pocket, "it's healed up"
2022 110
Nick Diffatte Dye Another Day routine ends with a silk in two colors, stopped in middle of the transformation, using only one dye tube
Inspired by 2022 173
Dai Vernon Ball Through Silk
Also published here 2022 61
Dai Vernon Handkerchief Trick production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 79
Dai Vernon Silk Production from Dollar Bill with bill and sixth finger, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 98
Dai Vernon Color Changing Silk Routine with dye tube, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 99
Juno Sieben seven-cornered handkerchief
Related to 2022 8
Juno Tuch- und Ball-Metamorphose silk to ball, then back to silk
2022 11
Jim Steinmeyer Long Ago, Far Away borrowed credit card and silk travel from one glass with a cylindrical cover tube to another
2022 16
Scott Baird Flash Ribbon coin is hanging on string, string light and it burns in a flash, coin now hanging on red ribbon
June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
861
Helge Thun AngeEckt signed card is torn and pieces vanish minus one corner, restored card found reversed in deck, repeat with full restoration
Inspired by
  • "Torn and Restored Card" (Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic, 1975)
Also published here
2023 18
Helge Thun Das Tuch des Todes four signed Kings lost in deck, the are found again with the help of a handkerchief, with management of divided cards for subsequent routines
  • Erste Kartenproduktion (card rises from handkerchief-covered deck and floats up)
  • Zweite Kartenproduktion (card through handkerchief with cased deck)
  • Dritte Kartenproduktion (cased deck put in handkerchief, spectator reaches in and locates card)
  • Vierte Kartenproduktion (card appears on face of deck in glass with handkerchief cover)
2023 29