Shoe & Shoelace

60 entries in Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
John Goodrum	The Magic Laces	unequal laces are stretched several times		1939	Do That Again!	70	Rope / Stretching Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
John Goodrum	A Cut and Restored Shoe Lace			1939	Do That Again!	73	Rope / Cut & Restored Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Robert Parrish	The Cut and Restored Lace Tips			1939	Do That Again!	74	Rope / Cut & Restored Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Joseph Ovette	Shoe Laces To-day	metal tips of shoe laces are cut, vanish and appear back on		1940	Fast Ones	13	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Jay Marshall, Russell Swann	Half Soled	shoes appear on table under handkerchief		Oct. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 113)	455	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Louis Tannen	No Shoes!	producing shoes from a box, everybody recognizes that performer did not wear shoes before		Aug. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 132)	529	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Logan Wait	Pebbles In the Shoe	producing rocks or golf balls from shoe	Related to Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: Earth Shoes (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	Nov. 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 6)	605	Stone & Rock Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Eddie Joseph	Cinderella's Shoe	shoe produced from spectator's clothing		1950	The Art of Body Loading & Productions	57	Pickpocketing / Loading the Spectator Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Jack Yeager	The Amazing Ladies' Slipper	rapping hand / skull with a shoe	Also published here Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"	1951	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)	10	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
Dr. William E. Belanger	Shoelace Swindle	shoelace from shoe vanishes and is back on shoe		Apr. 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 368)	301	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Hans Herrmann	Fortuna spielt mit	anecdote, shoe appears inside bread at a wedding		1962	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 6)	240	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Articles / Anecdotes
Dr. William Weyeneth	Schuhbändel Improvisation	cut and restored shoelaces		1965	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)	56	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Horace E. Bennett, Franklin V. Taylor	Jardine Ellis Routine	on and off the shoelace, in the end string is threaded on finger ring		1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	316	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
	Magische Tips	various ideas and tips torn and restored newspaper (special paper) fake cigarettes large nails produced from shoe splitting of a playing card magnetic toy bugs		1968	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 2)	37	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Torn & Restored Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / How to Gaff and Peel... Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Looy Simonoff	Earth Shoes	Produce large rock from shoe	Also published here Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Related to Pebbles In the Shoe (Logan Wait, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1949) Der verflixte Schuh (Jörg Willich, It's Magic, 1988) … and 1 more Variations Egg in Shoe (Michael Liptack, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Egg in Shoe (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Shoe Loads (Tom Stone, Looy Simonoff, Vortex, 2010) … and 1 more	1977	SuperMagic	102	Stone & Rock Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
	Stage Method	solo levitation in the dark with glowing shoes and hands, shoes stick together		1978	The Chronicles (Issue 2)	1080	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Dark Room Effects Illusions / Animation / Levitation / Miscellaneous
Horace E. Bennett	My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine	on and off shoelace	Also published here My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine (Horace E. Bennett, Close-Up File, 1994) Related to Combination (Horace E. Bennett, Jardine Ellis, Bertram Millidge, Franklin V. Taylor, The New Phoenix, 1955) also in: Ellis-Ring-Kombination (Intermagic, 2000)	1978	On Your Feet	25	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Karrell Fox	Gamblecture	ideas for a gambling lecture loaded dice gag (exploding sound) baby shoes gag false cuts with three colored woods pseudo deck switch (nudist) "bottoms" gag, pin-up girls		1979	Another Book	317	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
John A. M. Howie	Verschnürt	two shoe laces link and unlink, several phases, with pen and finger ring	Also published here Pentagram, June 1953 also in: Verknüpfungen (John A. M. Howie, Intermagic, 1985) Inspired by Linked (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1947) also in: Paul Curry's Linked (Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II, 1968)	May 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 1)	9	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Vic Allen	Magic Shoes	gag		Feb. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2)	989	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Glenn G. Gravatt*	Schuhband und Etikett	carton with hole penetrates on and off knotted shoe lace	Also published here Genii, Aug. 1979	Jan. 1983	Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4)	158	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Sol Stone	The Laced Coin	china coin with hole penetrates shoelace, sleeving		1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	115	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
John A. M. Howie	Verknüpfungen	two shoe laces link and unlink, several phases, with pen and finger ring	Also published here Pentagram, June 1953 also in: Verschnürt (John A. M. Howie, Intermagic, 1981) Inspired by Linked (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1947) also in: Paul Curry's Linked (Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II, 1968)	Oct. 1985	Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1)	12	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Karl Fulves*	Plan 9	performer holds sheet in front of him, shoes change place when sheet is slightly lifted, posed as problem		1988	Interlocutor (Issue 47)	192	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Ronald J. Dayton	Le Lacet coupe changement de couleur	cut and restored shoe laces and color changing laces	Related to "M-U-M", February 1988.	1988	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 49 No. 4 & 5)	23	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Jörg Willich	Der verflixte Schuh	performer produces filled glass of beer from his shoe	Related to Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: Earth Shoes (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	1988	It's Magic	4	Glass / Production & Appearance Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Jörg Willich	Die Pantoffelblume (Calceolaria rugosa)	performer produces feather flowers from shoe		1988	It's Magic	7	Flower / Feather Flowers Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
David Harkey	Kicker	shoe pulled off foot shrinks to baby shoe, using paper bag		1991	Simply Harkey	252	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Chuck Smith	Brema Nut	nut through shoelace		1994	What If?	7	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Tools / Brema Nut
Aldo Colombini	Sleight of Foot	prediction of shoelace at own foot		Apr. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)	2349	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Horace E. Bennett	Ellis Ring - A New Beginning	with shoelace		1994	Close-Up File	27	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Horace E. Bennett	My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine	on and off shoelace	Also published here My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine (Horace E. Bennett, On Your Feet, 1978) Related to Combination (Horace E. Bennett, Jardine Ellis, Bertram Millidge, Franklin V. Taylor, The New Phoenix, 1955) also in: Ellis-Ring-Kombination (Intermagic, 2000)	1994	Close-Up File	30	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Steve Dusheck	Two Tricks at Once	ring penetrates off shoelace, shoelace then changes color		1994	Dusheck's Close-Up Magic	153	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Danny Archer	Play It by Ear	coin and pen, pen vanishes, coin vanishes, coin reappears in shoe		1994	Working Alone	9	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Pen & Pencil / Vanish
Looy Simonoff	Earth Shoes	large rock produced from own shoe	Also published here Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Pebbles In the Shoe (Logan Wait, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1949) Der verflixte Schuh (Jörg Willich, It's Magic, 1988) … and 1 more Variations Egg in Shoe (Michael Liptack, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Egg in Shoe (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Shoe Loads (Tom Stone, Looy Simonoff, Vortex, 2010) … and 1 more	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)	123	Stone & Rock Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Paul Harris	Strange-O	circle of loose knot in a piece of string is magically removed		1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)	37	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Rope / Knot Effects / Popping Off
Tom Stone	Champagne	short one-coin sequence with full glass and shoe production climax	Also published here Champagne (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000) also in: Champagne (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010) Inspired by King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, Howdy! I'm Mac King!, 1990) Related to King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) also in: King Solomon's Drink (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) O²J - Optical Orange Juice (Thomas Fraps, The Boston Trick Party, 2002) … and 1 more	1996	The Warpsmith Returns	12	Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Kennichi Kuroki	Sneaky Sneakers	knot and bow plucked off shoe and put at bottom end	Also published here Genii, Feb. 1989 also in: Sneaky Sneaker (Kennichi Kuroki, Genii, 2012) Sneaky Sneaker (Kennichi Kuroki, Japan Ingenious, 2013)	1997	Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)	178	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Bob Read	The Long-Handled Spoon	liquid poured into shoe vanishes		Mar. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)	17	Liquid / Vanish Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Liquid / Chemical Ways to transform Liquid / Slush Powder
Jay Sankey	Leaving Home	key penetrates visually on shoe lace	Also published here Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, Sankey Unleashed, 2004) also in: Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012) Related to Spookey (Jay Sankey, 100% Sankey, 1990) Variations Ring on Chain (Curtis Kam, Genii, 2015)	June 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 6)	35	Key / Penetration Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Tom Stone	Champagne	short one-coin sequence with full glass and shoe production climax	Also published here Champagne (Tom Stone, The Warpsmith Returns, 1996) also in: Champagne (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010) Inspired by King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, Howdy! I'm Mac King!, 1990) Related to King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) also in: King Solomon's Drink (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) O²J - Optical Orange Juice (Thomas Fraps, The Boston Trick Party, 2002) … and 1 more	2000	...at first sight	14	Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Thomas Fraps	It's A Shoe-Tree!	wooden shoe-tree from shoe, gag		2002	The Boston Trick Party	4	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
John Carney	Astral Projection	Hawaii chosen as travel destination, performer transforms into Hawaii tourist, sand from shoe, towel and pineapple production		2002	The Book of Secrets	159	Glasses Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Food / Fruit Sand / Appearance & Production
Jay Sankey	Leaving Home	key penetrates visually on shoe lace	Also published here Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, Genii, 1999) also in: Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012) Related to Spookey (Jay Sankey, 100% Sankey, 1990) Variations Ring on Chain (Curtis Kam, Genii, 2015)	2004	Sankey Unleashed	4	Key / Penetration Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Mac King, Bill King	Feet of Fortune	Magic in a Minute gag with borrowed shoe that is thrown away		Sep. 2004	MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 1)	110	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Children Magic / Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business
Trevor Lewis	Brema Nut	brema nut penetrates shoelace twice	Related to The Brema Nut (Trevor Lewis, Esolc, 1981)	2009	Routines Matter	42	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Tools / Brema Nut
Tom Stone	Champagne	short one-coin sequence with full glass and shoe production climax	Also published here Champagne (Tom Stone, The Warpsmith Returns, 1996) also in: Champagne (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000) Inspired by King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, Howdy! I'm Mac King!, 1990) Related to King Solomon's Drink (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) also in: King Solomon's Drink (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996) King Burton's Drink (Lance Burton, The Boston Trick Party, 2002) … and 1 more	2010	Vortex	3	Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Tom Stone	Shoe Duplication	splitting a shoe in two, brief		2010	Vortex	7	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Tom Stone, Looy Simonoff	Shoe Loads	money from shoe, severed foot from shoe	Inspired by Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: Earth Shoes (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	2010	Vortex	132	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Patrick Page, Mike Caldwell	A Feat of Magic	pair of shoes appear on stage, gag		2011	Magic Page by Page	290	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
David Gabbay, Matthew Noah Falk	The Cobbler's Coin	signed coin to shoe, lapping onto shoe		Mar. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)	50	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Kennichi Kuroki	Sneaky Sneaker	opening of shoe laces moved to outer end of shoes	Also published here Genii, Feb. 1989 also in: Sneaky Sneakers (Kennichi Kuroki, Intermagic, 1997) Sneaky Sneaker (Kennichi Kuroki, Japan Ingenious, 2013)	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	160	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Jay Sankey	Leaving Home	key penetrates visually on shoe lace	Also published here Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, Genii, 1999) also in: Leaving Home (Jay Sankey, Sankey Unleashed, 2004) Related to Spookey (Jay Sankey, 100% Sankey, 1990) Variations Ring on Chain (Curtis Kam, Genii, 2015)	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2	545	Key / Penetration Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Mahdi Gilbert	Sleight of Foot	coin vanishes and reappears at tip of shoe		2013	MAG1-F3ST	[8]	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Kennichi Kuroki	Sneaky Sneaker	opening of shoe laces moved to outer end of shoes	Also published here Genii, Feb. 1989 also in: Sneaky Sneakers (Kennichi Kuroki, Intermagic, 1997) Sneaky Sneaker (Kennichi Kuroki, Genii, 2012)	2013	Japan Ingenious	211	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Mike Bent	I'm a Loner, Dottie. A Rebel.	Bent on Deception borrowed shoe is destroyed and reappears in box, without requiring assistant	Inspired by Wiz Kote	Apr. 2016	MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 8)	76	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Children Magic / Routines
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay	Explaining Misdirection	carrot, shoe and waistcoat travel across stage between two performers Carrot/Pen Gimmick Copy of Mr Morgan's Waistcoat Front		2020	Parlour Tricks	191	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Clothing / Miscellaneous Clothing / Quick Change Food / Carrot Pen & Pencil / Transformation
Nathan Kranzo	A Free Kiss	production from shoe of air freshener and Hershey's kisses	Inspired by Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: Earth Shoes (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	2020	Magic for BLM	152	Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Food / Candy Can
Bob Chesbro	Shoestring Catch	borrowed finger ring put in match box, performer removes shoelace of one shoe and puts it with box under handkerchief, ring vanishes surprisingly and is found threaded on the performer's other shoelace still on his shoe, dated 1985		2022	Gagnon's Inner Sanctum	187	Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Ring Flight Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Justin Higham*	Sight, Sound and Touch	by "Mr. and Mrs. Pond" bean travels to spectator's shoe		Apr. 2026	The Sleightist (Issue 4)	7	Pickpocketing / Loading the Spectator Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Food / Beans