Animation

24 entries in Knife & Paddle / Animation

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Trois Canifs Ayant été Mis Dans un Gobelet d'Argent, l'un des Trois Saute par Terre au Commandement du Spectateur	three pocketknives put in a golden goblet, one is chosen and that jumps out of the goblet, forcing of the middle one, with and out where apparently not hearing correctly which one	Related to Ancienne méthode de faire le Tour des trois Canifs. (Henri Decremps, 1785)	1784	La Magie Blanche Dévoilée	27	Knife & Paddle / Animation Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Henri Decremps	Ancienne méthode de faire le Tour des trois Canifs.	"Divers moyens de cacher un Compere, & de faire croire qu'on n'en a point, lors même qu'on emploie plusieurs." (title continued) more tricks by Pilferer, knife jumps from glass, long discussion about confederates and secret helpers, fake automatons	Related to Trois Canifs Ayant été Mis Dans un Gobelet d'Argent, l'un des Trois Saute par Terre au Commandement du Spectateur (1784)	1785	Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée	47	Knife & Paddle / Animation Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Automaton / Fake Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Henri Decremps	Objection d'un genre singulier. Nouvelle méthode de faire sauter un canif.	other method used by Pilferer to make a knife jump, without confederate, using a spring and sugar, on selling the secret of a magic trick		1785	Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée	63	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Henri Decremps	Le Tour des trois canifs peut se faire par tant de moyens différens, qu'on pourrait les multiplier à l'infini.	"Crainte d'ennuyer le Lectuer, on n'en donne ici que neuf pour exemple." (title continued) nine further methods to make a knife jump from a glass or fall from the rim of a glass, methods using magnet, threads mercury etc.		1785	Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée	77	Knife & Paddle / Animation
	Le couteau qui tient tout seul dans la main	The knife that holds all alone in the hand		1786	Testament de Jérôme Sharp	201	Knife & Paddle / Animation Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous
	Der frei an den Fingern schwebende Stab	wand clings to fingertips, ungaffed, like the knife method, also with walking stick		Aug. 1899	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 8)	120	Wand & Stick / Animation Knife & Paddle / Animation
	The Suspended Knife	simple		1902	The Modern Conjurer	289	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Dr. Edward G. Ervin	Table Knife Levitation	clings to hand, with a gimmick		1937	The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin	41	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Al Baker	The Knife Dial	to find a card in the spread	Related to Knife Locator (Jon LeClair, 1997) Also published here Al Baker Finger Tip Thread Knife Magnetism Trick (Al Baker, 1972) The Knife Dial (Al Baker, 2003)	1941	Magical Ways and Means	28	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Animation of Other object(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Eddie Joseph	The Invisible Influence	several animation effects using a shimmed cigarette and a matchbox with magnet, lifting matchbox with knife and letting it fall on command		1959	Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar	8	Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Knife & Paddle / Animation Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
U. F. Grant	Lilly - Levi	knife in paper cup, knife is held and cup remains suspended	Related to Pencil Magnet (Martin Gardner, 2000) Stewart James in Tops, April, 1940.	Nov. 1960	The New Phoenix (Issue 351)	231	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cup / Miscellaneous Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Max Malini	Levitation	cigars, pencil and knife stick to fingers / hand	Related to Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives (Max Malini, Steve Cohen, 2022) Variations The Levitation of a Cigar (David Ben, 2012)	1962	Malini and His Magic	23	Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Knife & Paddle / Animation
Dr. William Weyeneth	Schwerelos	animation of knife		1970	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 3)	52	Knife & Paddle / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Blake Edward Maxam	Dagger of the Dead!	dagger moves to card with dead person's name		1971	Magick (Issue 38)	189	Knife & Paddle / Animation Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Al Baker	Al Baker Finger Tip Thread Knife Magnetism Trick	No. 629, to find a card in the spread, brief	Also published here The Knife Dial (Al Baker, 1941)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	175	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Animation of Other object(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz	Mas Ideas con Navajas	various ideas, linking knives, magnet holder, change of unprepared knives, knife-monte,...	Also published here Miscellany of Ideas with Penknives (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91)	1984	Magia Potagia — Volume III	54	Knife & Paddle / Animation Knife & Paddle / Ideas Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous
Juan Tamariz	Miscellany of Ideas with Penknives	nine ideas, linking knives, magnet holder, change of unprepared knives, knife-monte,...	Also published here Mas Ideas con Navajas (Juan Tamariz, 1984)	1989/91	Sonata	298	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Juan Tamariz	The Divining Rod	magnet under table		1989/91	Sonata	304	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Paul Harris	Swiss Movement	swiss army knife is balanced on playing card		1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)	19	Knife & Paddle / Animation
Jon LeClair	Knife Locator	knife rotates to locate card in dial layout	Related to The Knife Dial (Al Baker, 1941)	1997	The Art of Invisible Thread	119	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	The Knife Dial	to find a card in the spread	Also published here The Knife Dial (Al Baker, 1941)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)	166	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Animation of Other object(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	The Knife Dial	earlier version		2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)	270	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
David Ben	Psychic DNA	blindfolded, knife balances on finger and points out selected card	Inspired by The Divining Rod (S. W. Erdnase, 1902)	2010	Miracles of my Friends II	13	Knife & Paddle / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / with Knife on the table
Max Malini, Steve Cohen	Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives	discussion of Malini's performances and various possible methods, cigar or knife cling to finger tips 1. Adhesive Applied to the Fingertips 2. Standard Lift Grip 3. A Clip-On Attachment The Malini Routine	Related to Levitation (Max Malini, 1962) The Levitation of a Cigar (David Ben, 2012)	2022	Max Malini	327	Cigarette & Cigar / Animation Knife & Paddle / Animation