Scissors

37 entries in Scissors

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	A Scissors Puzzle	puzzle		1902	The Modern Conjurer	317	Scissors
Tom Bowyer	Eight Bits	cut newspaper pieces are folded and change into bills, then back, gag scissors that cannot be opened		1937	Money Magic	53	Scissors Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Clyde Cairy	Ribbon Release	ribbon and scissors		1945	My Best	158	Thread / Penetration Scissors
	Dexterity with Scissors	spinning flourish between both hands, spectator cannot do it	Variations How to Save Face After Laying an Egg (Abril Lamarque, 1945)	Oct. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 5)	161	Scissors
Abril Lamarque	How to Save Face After Laying an Egg	correction of illustrations	Inspired by Dexterity with Scissors (1945)	Nov. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 6)	169	Scissors
Francis J. Rigney	A Rope Cutting Tie-Up	scissors are tossed onto rope loop and are then linked to rope		Feb. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 9)	193	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Ronald B. Edwards	ScissorAction	rubberband on scissors		Oct. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 162)	653	Rubber Band / Penetration / Miscellaneous Scissors
Martin Gardner	Prepared Version	scissors threaded, scissors with slit		Dec. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 7)	495	Rope / Cut & Restored Scissors
Norman Houghton	Shears	invisible scissor is used to cut off two strips from a piece of paper, sight gag, two applications: design of chosen card is cut from newspaper ribbon in change bag is cut invisibly into as many pieces are the spectator chooses	Related to Satan's Scissors (Peter Warlock, 1939) Tip for "Shears" (Jack Avis, 1957)	Sep. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 11)	4	Paper / Animation Rope / Miscellaneous Paper / Miscellaneous Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Topological Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Scissors Paper / Cut-up Paper gets Design
Jack Avis	Tip for "Shears"	invisible scissor sight gag	Related to Shears (Norman Houghton, 1957)	Dec. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 12)	4	Scissors
Bert Allerton	The Scissors	broken scissors gag	Related to A Roll of Bills (1943) Business For The Roll Of Notes (Bob Read, 1975)	1958	The Close-Up Magician	38	Scissors
Martin Gardner	Martin Gardner's Scissor Cut No. Two	scissors knotted on rope, removed under handkerchief, apparently cutting rope, gaffed scissors	Also published here in "Hugard's Magic Monthly*	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	190	Rope / Cut & Restored Scissors
Shigeo Takagi	Pair of Scissors Removed From Rope	scissors threaded onto rope penetrate rope	Also published here Scissorope (Shigeo Takagi, 1990)	1972	Lecture Notes of Shigeo Takagi	5	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Karl Fulves	(C) Semi-Shears	scissors rises up the rope, posed as problem		1979	Interlocutor (Issue 37)	147	Rope / Animation Scissors
Karl Fulves	Slippery Shears	No. 56, rubber band on scissors, us freed under handkerchief		1981	Self-Working Table Magic	69	Rubber Band / Penetration / Miscellaneous Scissors
Marconick	The Magic Spectacles	spectacles to scissors, gag		1982	Fortune Magic — Volume 7	18	Glasses Scissors Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Stephen Tucker	Snip	apparently part of a card is cut out, card changes into other card, part visibly falls from pair of scissors		1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Scissors
Daniel Kalanowski	Nightmare End	as Daniel Kalinofski, releasing pair of scissors from a rope, extra piece		Apr. 1984	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 36)	710	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Rick Johnsson	Scissors Kord	scissors off rope by apparently cutting rope, Block-Cord	Also published here The Linking Ring	1984 (ca.)	Magic of my Friends	1	Rope / Cut & Restored Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
	Scherensalto	scissors rotate around both fourth fingers, spectator cannot duplicate it		May 1986	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)	87	Scissors
	Schere	four impromptu magic items and gags with scissors		Dec. 1986	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)	138	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Jeff Sheridan	VII. The Linking Scissors	scissors link on rope		1987	Swan Lake Rope	15	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Terri Rogers	Das Seilchaos von 1984	routine in which rope is magically cut, then becomes longer, scissors appear knotted on it, it restores	Also published here Rope Disaster of 1984 (Terri Rogers, 1988)	Dec. 1988	Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2)	73	Rope / Cut & Restored Rope / Stretching Scissors
Terri Rogers	Rope Disaster of 1984	routine in which rope is magically cut, then becomes longer, scissors appear knotted on it, it restores	Also published here Das Seilchaos von 1984 (Terri Rogers, 1988)	1988	More Secrets	8	Rope / Cut & Restored Rope / Stretching Scissors
Martin Gardner	Scissorcut	No. 44, scissors threaded onto rope, released "magically" by cutting rope, rope restored		1990	Self-Working Rope Magic	88	Rope / Cut & Restored Scissors
Shigeo Takagi	Scissorope	scissors threaded onto rope penetrate rope	Also published here Pair of Scissors Removed From Rope (Shigeo Takagi, 1972) Scissorcery (Shigeo Takagi, 1986)	1990	The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi	43	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors
Doug Edwards	Scissors Into Knot	Scissors thrown towards knot, gets linked on the knot		1997	Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!	127	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Scissors Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Eddie Adams	Hooked Up	small scissors hooked on both pinkies, spectator cannot replicate movement	Also published here The Amazing Cigar, written by Jon Racherbaumer	Dec. 1997	MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 4)	73	Scissors Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Manuel Muerte	Del chinesische Ling	Effekt 1 (borrowed finger ring vanishes and appears at intersection of two crossed chopsticks) Effekt 2 (finger ring changes into scissors under silk, scissors used to open Chinese take away food with ring inside)		1998	Das Manuel Muerte Seminar 1998	31	Ring / Finger Rings / Transformation Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Scissors Chopsticks
Steve Bedwell	Thumbs Up	thumb cut off with scissors during rope effect		1998 ca.	Flexing and Twisting	6	Rope / Cut & Restored Scissors Propless / Body Magic Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Don Alan	Cutter	gag scissors routine, scissors won't close		2000	In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan	177	Scissors Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Alberto de Figueiredo	Tres pruebas para ser mago	rope through neck, ends are removed and rope is cut and restored, with spectator and hat and comedy scissors	Related to Shigeo Takagi's Rope Routine (Shigeo Takagi, 1987)	2009	13	44	Rope / Cut & Restored Rope / Penetration / Penetration Scissors Rope / Topological Routines (Removing Ends, Fusing etc.)
Patrick Page	Breakaway Scissors			2011	Magic Page by Page	296	Scissors Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Alexander de Cova	Impromptu Seilhalter	rope holder using scissors for organizing the props		2016	Burners — Vol. 5	185	Rope / Miscellaneous Scissors
Christoph Borer	Mit Scheren spielen	Russian roulette, standing open scissors under last bag	Also published here Heaven - Hell - Earth (Christoph Borer, 2024)	2022	A String of Pearls	45	Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)
Tom Stone	A Handy Gift	gift package is cut open with scissors, then the very scissors that have been used to open the package are dumped out of it while the original scissors simultaneously vanish		2024	Session Notes 2024	4	Scissors
Christoph Borer	Heaven - Hell - Earth	Russian roulette with three bags on table, standing open scissors under last bag	Also published here Mit Scheren spielen (Christoph Borer, 2022)	2024	Forged by Fire	134	Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Russian Roulette Theme (guns, nails etc.)