Reel

133 entries in Thread / Reel
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Wandering Ring ring travels from one hand wrapped in handkerchief to the other, reel
Variations 1890
More Magic
196
Der Ringzieher "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
reel, vanishing a finger ring, vanishing a card
 		Mar. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7)
97
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
119
Carl Willmann Improved "Pulls"
  • Willmann's Vanisher
vanishing handkerchief application
 		1903
Later Magic
33
The Flying Ring to other hand, reel
 		1903
Later Magic
35
Hamley Brothers The "Lightning" Vanisher
1903
Later Magic
37
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
194
A Flying Bill gag in which bill flies back into performer's hand, reel
 		1937
Money Magic
21
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 		1938
Greater Magic
426
Dave Roberts The Climbing Bill climbing up the wall, reel
 		1938
Greater Magic
771
Lloyd W. Chambers The Flying Ball ball (or other object) placed in sack, pistol fired at sack blows open sack and ball is gone, reel pulls ball into opening of sack
 		1941
Original Ideas in Magic
6
Lloyd W. Chambers Shooting Through A Woman ribbon is shot through fan of cards held by assistant, penetrating through the signed selection, through the assistant, and hits a target behind her, thread reel
 		1941
Original Ideas in Magic
9
Johnny Albenice The Serpent Silk knot unties itself
 		1941
Reel Magic
13
Johnny Albenice Visible Self-Tying Silk silk moves by itself and forms a knot
 		1941
Reel Magic
15
Johnny Albenice The Naughty Knot knot unties itself while ends are held by performer
 		1941
Reel Magic
16
Johnny Albenice A Suggested Routine with the Vanishing Cane and Handkerchief
1941
Reel Magic
18
Johnny Albenice Visible "40th Century" Silks using a paper bag
 		1941
Reel Magic
18
Johnny Albenice "Penetro" silk penetrates ring
 		1941
Reel Magic
23
Spalding Splading's Penetrable Silk silk penetrates cane, same method as silk through microphone stand
Also published here
  • Spalding's "The Penetrable Silk "The Sphinx", Vol. 39, Nr. 6. 1940. P. 142.
 1941
Reel Magic
25
Nat Louis A Smart Color Change
1941
Reel Magic
29
Nat Louis The Quack Rabbit duck on handkerchief changes to rabbit
 		1941
Reel Magic
30
Johnny Albenice Card on Ribbon card is torn and appears restored visibly on ribbon
 		1941
Reel Magic
33
Ralph W. Read Locking Reel
1941
Reel Magic
34
Johnny Albenice Rising Cards Through the Air
1941
Reel Magic
35
Nat Louis Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? button vanish
 		1941
Reel Magic
39
The Magnetized Wand wand sticks on hand
 		1941
Reel Magic
40
Ring Up, Ring Down ring on wand glides up and down
 		1941
Reel Magic
41
James F. Herpick Sight and Touch Vanish coin vanish from trouser fold
 		1941
Reel Magic
42
Flying Dollar Bill
1941
Reel Magic
43
James F. Herpick The Elusive Dollar bill to bill tube
 		1941
Reel Magic
44
The Thornton Windlass
1941
Reel Magic
47
Flying Dollar Bill Across a Room
1941
Reel Magic
47
Balancing a Chair on Two Legs
1941
Reel Magic
47
Rising Cards brief, with jumbo cards
 		1941
Reel Magic
48
Buatier de Kolta's Card Fountain brief explanation of effect
 		1941
Reel Magic
48
The Floating Cigar
1941
Reel Magic
48
The Dancing Handkerchief
1941
Reel Magic
50
The Vanishing Bird Cage (a la Buatier De Kolta) brief, round bird cage
 		1941
Reel Magic
54
The Flying Ring ring vanishes from left hand, secured with handkerchief and appears on chosen finger of other hand
 		1941
Reel Magic
55
John Prince Mendes Shooting Card card shoots out of deck which is held by spectator in performer's hand, reel
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
132
Bert Easley Coiner! ideas for a miser's dream structure
 		Sep. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 92)
374
Milbourne Christopher The Jumping Silks two different-colored silks held at one corner in each hand visibly change places
 		Dec. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 7)
172
Arthur H. Buckley Card in Pocket Book Experiment No. 41 [An old plot with a new and simplified method] - using reel (!)
Variations 1946
Card Control
209
Dr. Aaron Weiss The Obedient Silk silk jumps through ring
 		Feb. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 9)
195
Dr. Aaron Weiss A Silk Interlude silk with stripes, stripes turn directions, reel
 		July 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)
235
Milbourne Christopher Reel Knot knot appears on rope, reel
 		Nov. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 6)
264
That Necktie Again knot in necktie unties itself
 		Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
280
Milbourne Christopher Silk Race Do As I Do with spectator, who is quicker untying a silk, Albenice Serpent Silk
 		Feb. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 9)
293
Clayton Rawson Poltergeist in the Library book jumps from bookshelf
 		Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
618
An Exchanging Reel
1956
Rope Eternal
45
Charlie Miller Two Dollars and Aces aces appear in two envelopes that contained a dollar bill before, P&L Phantastic Card Reel for long spread in air
Inspired by 1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
58
Gene Kirk Scotchman "Elevator" Gadget thread with weight in breast pocket, silk jumps back, floating silk etc.
 		May 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 369)
304
Tony Cole Ah, Sew three thread spools on stick, when covered, the order changes
 		Mar. 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
23
Tony Cole Haunted Silk white silk clings to black silk, then moves up and behind black silk and vanishes, reel
 		July 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
43
Tony Cole Haunted Silk II silk with knot clings to wall and unknots itself there, reel
 		July 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
43
Al Koran The Flying Ring reel
 		1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
107
Eddie Joseph The Nuptial Knot serpent silk handling with reel
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
143
Eddie Joseph A Cabaret Routine ring and silk routine with serpent silk as finale
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
148
Eddie Joseph My De-Luxe Routine and Handling of the Serpent Silk
1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
153
Eddie Joseph The Spirit Lends a Hand bracelet unties from handkerchief in cup
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
155
Eddie Joseph The Snake Sheds its Skin serpent silk with surprise duplication of silk
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
156
Eddie Joseph Reel Tips
1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
157
Val Andrews With a Reel ---- "The Sporting Gambler!" No. 8, discarded card jumps back into spectator's hand
 		1970 (ca.)
The Idiot at the Card Table
6
Paul Swinford Serpentine Thoughts silk that ties itself, reel
 		1971
Lecture Notes
1
Billy McComb Splashing in the Card Fountain with reel
Inspired by
  • Magicana, Genii, Oct. 1968
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
119
Billy McComb Fish Stricks plastic fish at end of the strings, with idea for tassel on fez with reel
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
139
Amedeo Vacca Button-Button vanishing button with reel through sleeve fabric
 		1974
Amedeo's Continental Magic
37
Karl Fulves Watch Reel watches build from coins, other uses for it
Related to 1975
Interlocutor (Issue 2)
4
Billete Volador gag, bill on reel
 		1975
Magia en el Bar
113
Lawrence Nudelman The "Reel" $5 Bill spectator bends down to pick up bill, but it jumps into performer's hand, gag
 		1975-1978 ca.
Money Magic Notes — Volume 4
6
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
937
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Short Story "Jo Sarles", anecdote about long repair of reel
 		1976
Interlocutor (Issue 14)
51
Cardini Crawling Bill bill crawl over floor, routine made available via Milton Tropp, wrist reel
Variations 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 5)
1114
Jonathan Yarbrough The Ring prediction of price of ring, price tag, Koran Medaillon type
 		1979
Magick (Issue 235)
1171
Tom Gagnon Educated Dollar Bill bill crawls underneath wallet in tent configuration, then under ashtray and back
  • The Bill and Wallet
  • Gaining Slack In The Thread
  • Himber Plus Cardini
  • The Bill and the Ashtray
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1325
Ken Brooke Method for "The Untying Silk" self-untying knot
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
75
Jeff Busby, Arthur H. Buckley Reel Card to Wallet
Inspired by 1980
Card-in-Envelope Wallet
12
Fantasio Any Reel - Locking Reel how to make a locking reel out of a non-locking reel
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
123
Thomas Alan Waters Backdate three-digit number is predicted, pined on performer's back
Related toVariations 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Myxtyr)
665
Meir Yedid Serpent Silk Switch animated silk, jumps from floor to hand into sleeve, to breast pocket etc.
 		1986
Stage Stuff
19
Jim Hyams The Traveling Toupee toupee vanishes from head and appears in clear plastic box, Crystal Casket
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20)
344
Steve Beam, Wayne Kyzer Fallout gag, toupee jumps from one hand to the other
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20)
346
Steve Beam Shampoo gag, more ideas with a toupee and a reel
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20)
346
Patrick Page The Ring Pull reel for finger rings
Also published here 1987
The Pull Book
32
Patrick Page The Reel different designs for reels
Also published here 1987
The Pull Book
32
Patrick Page The Untying Knot with a Reel knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here 1987
The Pull Book
44
David Britland Elastic Thread as Reel Substitute
Related to
  • "Penetrable Silk" (Spalding, Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Vol. 2)
 1988
Card Kinetics
38
Fantasio Der tatsächlich verschwindende Stock vanishing cane handling with reel
 		1988
Fantasio
19
Fantasio Die wirklich verschwindende Kerze candle vanishes under handkerchief
 		1988
Fantasio
24
Bruce Cervon Lautloser Fliegender Ring
Also published here
  • Magicana, Genii
 July 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 5)
210
Patrick Page Der Fingerring-Zieher reel for finger rings
Also published here Dec. 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2)
52
Patrick Page Der Ringzieher
Also published here Dec. 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2)
53
Patrick Page Das Knotenlösen mit dem Ringzieher knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here Dec. 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2)
59
Patrick Page The Jumping Flower flower jumps from lapel of spectator to performer's lapel
Also published here 1990
Pages From Patrick's Notebook
54
Ben Martin It's the Reel Thing
1991
Card to Wallet
62
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Foutain of Cards three selections
Related to 1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
20
Steve Dusheck A Reel Thumb Tip for silk vanish, as sucker gag with second thumb tip, with other suggestions
Related to 1991
Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic
21
Karrell Fox Visilk Transposition two openly held silks visibly transpose
 		1991
Goodies
94
Patrick Page Die Springblume flower jumps from lapel of spectator to performer's lapel
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3)
113
Steve Dusheck Spread Em long spread between hands, reel
 		1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
98
Alan Nguyen Bender Ender spoon seems to move under cover of handkerchief, becomes bent
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
16
Tommy Wonder Reel Pull
1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
304
John Hamilton Tuch und Ringzieher-Zauberei knot vanish handlings with reel
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
70
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998
Spooked
6
Ken Brooke Das sich selbst entknotende Tuch self-untying knot
Also published here 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3)
118
Don Alan Flying Medal medal on lapel is removed and flies back
 		2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
205
Don Alan Floating and Rising Billiard Ball
2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
221
Mark Mason, Vic Connor Hindu Rope Surprise rope floats and dances, invisible thread reel
 		2000
Up Close & Personal
8
David Regal Solid Gold with reel
 		2002
Constant Fooling 1
204
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
300
Nicholas Einhorn Gold Rush reel
 		2004
World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 2
5
Robert Cassidy The Quarter Bend bending a coin, reel
 		2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
232
Vanni Bossi Buttoned 2 card appears on shirt button, reel
 		2005
Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture
6
Vanni Bossi Guess How Many clean switch of folded card (or similar item), reel
 		2005
Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture
7
Barrie Richardson The Impossible Knot Routine routine and presentation knot sequence
  • G. W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot
  • The Slow-motion Knot
  • The Bradbury Knot (reel)
Also published here
  • Concepts & Deceptions Lecture Notes, 1999
 2005
Act Two
179
Christian Engblom The Reel Thing coin changes to bill, or bill switch, clever switching and retrieval system using a reel
 		2007
Lecture Notes
6
Geoffrey Durham The Durham Hand Flasher a large burst of sparks suddenly appears surrounding you, how to construct gimmick, general thoughts about show opener
 		2008
Professional Secrets
45
Patrick Page, David Nixon Attraction object fall on the floor and jumps up when large magnet is held next above it, gag
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
286
Patrick Page The Buttonhole flower appears on buttonhole
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
287
Patrick Page A Hat Trick tennis ball appears on bowler hat
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
290
Patrick Page Home James handkerchief jumps up back in outer breast pocket
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
292
Patrick Page Which Hand is it in? with handkerchief for one spectator, rest of audience can see how it works
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
315
Patrick Page Ditto with handkerchief for one spectator, rest of audience can see how it works
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
315
Reel & Ring borrowed ring placed in box, it travels into another box
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
692
Door Penetration finger ring penetrates through door with one hand on each side
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
692
Paul Vigil Update three digits called out by spectators, predicted by a prediction written on a card safety pinned to the back of the performer's jacket, credit information on the plot
Inspired by 2014
Classic Fantastic
139
G Chi 2 (气2) Make cigarette fly up from table on command
 		2015
Believe
7
Vanni Bossi With Your Peanuts card folded to can of peanuts, reel
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
33
张国洲 Jojo 独一无二的十一元 (The One and Only Eleven Dollar Bill) Dollar coin fused with ten dollar bill, then plucked out again
 		2017
The Truth 真相
29
Johnny Thompson Color-Changing Silk visible, reel
Inspired by
  • method attributed to Henry Christ
 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
237
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
Michel Huot Lifeless dead body with cloth over it is rolled on stage, tag on one toe, cause of death, name and age are decided upon by spectators, it matches what's written on the tag
Inspired by
  • "Priceless" (Michel Huot, 2004, marketed 2016)
 Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
73
Nathan Kranzo Tic Tac Penetration Using reel to make pile of Tic Tacs vanish
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
83