Pen (& Cap) Manipulation Routines

48 entries in Pen & Pencil / Pen (& Cap) Manipulation Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Connor Everready Pencil Trick vanish and production of a pencil
 		1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
4
Martin Gardner* Pen Kink borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here
 1941
The Jinx (Issue 132)
759
A Fountain Pen Nifty cap of fountain pen vanishes and reappears on pen
 		1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
88
Martin Gardner* Martin Gardner's Pen Kink borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here
 June 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 26)
108
David Berglas, Milbourne Christopher* The Autograph Hunter's Nightmare pen vanishes and appear several times, in the end it travels to spectator's breast pocket
 		1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
200
Harry Crawford, Louis Tannen "Ear It Is" impromptu vanishing sequence of pen and paper, behind ear
Related to
Variations
 1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
199
Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris Breaking Point cap and pen interlude
Also published here
Variations
 1980
Close-up Fantasies — Book II
31
Mystery Vanish No. 2, spectator holds two coins and performer tries to make one vanish by tapping them with a pencil, pencil vanishes and appears in pocket, behind ear
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
3
Martin Gardner* Pen Kink No. 94, borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here
 1981
Self-Working Table Magic
118
Roy Baker Two Stunts with a Pen Stunts / gags with sleeving pens
 		1983
Baker's Capers
13
Steve Beam Pen Vanish first pen then cap vanish, entire pen is eventually produced from pocket
Also published here
 1984
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 4)
56
Steve Beam Pen Reverse pen is pushed through hand and reverses in doing so, cap on other side
Also published here
 1984
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 4)
57
David Williamson The Vanishing Penny "Die verschwindende Münze"
coin vanishes in cap of pen, then falls out of cap again
Also published here
 1984
For Your Eyes Only
4
David Williamson The Vanishing Penny coin vanishes in cap of pen, then falls out of cap again
Also published here
 1984
Striking Magic
2
Jay Sankey Compressed Pen pen is pushed in cap and variations
 		Aug. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 1)
6
Flip Hallema Flip-pen-cy flip stick routine with pen and borrowed pen which transform into each other, appear, travel
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
1
Flip Hallema Pen Steal apparently putting pen in pocket
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
3
Flip Hallema Body Holdout holding pen against body
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
5
Doc Eason "Make my bill disappear..." behind ear
Related to
 1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
27
Michael Powers Pun pen up the nose
 		Sep. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 3)
13
Steve Beam Pen Vanish first pen then cap vanish, entire pen is eventually produced from pocket
Also published here
 1993
Magic with No Entertainment Value II
8
Steve Beam Pen Reverse pen is pushed through hand and reverses in doing so, cap on other side
Also published here
 1993
Magic with No Entertainment Value II
8
Tom Stone The One Coin Opener short one-coin flurry, then pen is produced from coin, coin from pen cap, jumbo coin sequence
Also published here
 1993
The Warpsmith's Toolbox
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Chad Long Pen pen & cap flurry
 		1994
The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume One
8
Felix Farrell Behind My Ear pen and cap vanish and appear behind ears
 		1995
Aus dem Effeff...
41
Gregory Wilson ReCap five-phase routine with pen and its cap
Variations
 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Gregory Wilson)
289
Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris Breaking Point cap and pen interlude
Also published here
Variations
 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Fantasies 1 & 2)
221
Ken Krenzel The Million Penny Mystery pencil vanish and appearance, clean
Related to
 1997
Ingenuities
100
Tom Stone The One Coin Opener short one-coin flurry, then pen is produced from coin, coin from pen cap, jumbo coin sequence
Also published here
 1997
The One Coin Opener
1
Manuel Muerte Die Münze und der Stift coin appears, coin and pen sequence, coin in pen cap, pen grows to giant pen, jumbo coin falls from its cap
 		1998
Das Manuel Muerte Seminar 1998
12
Chuck Smith New Will-O-Th-Wisp visual sequence with dollar coin and ball-point pen using the sleeve
 		2000
Why Not?
14
Manuel Muerte The Pen-Ultimate Coin coin is marked with marker, both vanish and reappear, then grow to jumbo coin and pen
 		Aug. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8)
70
Apollo Robbins Apollo's Pen pen & cap routine, pen ends up in spectator's elbow
 		Dec. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 6)
15
Jay Sankey, David Acer Cap In Hand Sharpie cap vanishes, reappears on Sharpie
Also published here
  • The Night Before lecture notes, 1996
 2004
Random Acts of Magic
264
Jonas Ljung Déjà Vu Pen cap is removed from pen, then again surprisingly, extra tip
 		2004
Deserting the Legion
8
Rune Klan Impromptu Hit Man with coin/pen transformations
Also published here
Variations
 Mar. 2004
MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 7)
93
Rick Merrill Rune Klan's "Impromptu Hitman" with an Extra Punch coin and pen produced, both transpose and then vanish
  • A Production, a Return, and a Reproduction
  • The "Impromptu Hit Man" Sequence
  • The Double Vanish
Inspired by
Related to
 2005
Home Schooled
24
Rick Merrill The No-Sleeve Vanish wrist watch band
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2005
Home Schooled
30
Rick Merrill Home Schooled "The vanish and reproduction of a Sharpie that transforms into a No. 2 pencil"
Also published here
 2005
Home Schooled
33
Rick Merrill Heart Up His Sleeve series of vanishes and productions with a Sharpie pen and a coin
  • A Production, a Return, and a Reproduction
  • The "Impromptu Hit Man" Sequence
  • The Double Vanish
Inspired by
Related to
 2009
Sharpies & Coins
2
Rick Merrill Marker to Coin / Coin to Marker
2009
Sharpies & Coins
14
Michael Feldman End for End pen and cap vanishes, reproductions, and color changes
 		2010
The Opposite of People
16
Jay Sankey, David Acer Cap in Hand Sharpie cap vanishes, reappears on Sharpie
Also published here
  • The Night Before lecture notes, 1996
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3
1224
Chris Westfall Time Cap cap and pen routine
Also published here
 2013
Seventeen Secrets — Volume 2
48
Chris Westfall Time Cap Sharpie cap disappears and reappears back on the marker
Also published here
 2013
Calculated Chaos
18
Jeremiah Zuo Unable To Recap routine with cap and pen, both vanish at the end
Inspired by
  • ReCap (Gregory Wilson, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)
  • "Son of Recap" (Apollo Robbins, Cultural Xchange II DVD)
 July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
87
Rune Klan Impromptu Hit Man with coin/pen transformations
Also published here
Variations
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
281
Markus Gabriel Carpie routine with paper carton and pen for MC, pen and cap appear, vanish, ...
 		2023
Misdirection
79