44 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
1943/27 88
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 200
Harry Crawford, Louis Tannen "Ear It Is" impromptu vanishing sequence of pen and paper, behind ear
Variations 1972 199
Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris Breaking Point cap and pen interlude
Also published here 1980 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 3
Martin Gardner Pen Kink No. 94, borrowed pen is placed away and then produced again
Also published here 1981 118
Roy Baker Two Stunts with a Pen Stunts / gags with sleeving pens
1983 13
Steve Beam Pen Vanish first pen then cap vanish, entire pen is eventually produced from pocket
Also published here 1984 56
Steve Beam Pen Reverse pen is pushed through hand and reverses in doing so, cap on other side
Also published here 1984 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 4
David Williamson The Vanishing Penny coin vanishes in cap of pen, then falls out of cap again
Also published here 1984 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 8
Steve Beam Pen Reverse pen is pushed through hand and reverses in doing so, cap on other side
Also published here 1993 8
Chad Long Pen pen & cap flurry
1994 8
Felix Farrell Behind My Ear pen and cap vanish and appear behind ears
1995 41
Gregory Wilson ReCap five-phase routine with pen and its cap
Variations 1996 289
Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris Breaking Point cap and pen interlude
Also published here 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 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
  • "The Warpsmith's Toolbox" (1993)
1997 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 12
Chuck Smith New Will-O-Th-Wisp visual sequence with dollar coin and ball-point pen using the sleeve
2000 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
Jay Sankey, David Acer Cap In Hand Sharpie cap vanishes, reappears on Sharpie
2004 264
Jonas Ljung Déjà Vu Pen cap is removed from pen, then again surprisingly, extra tip
2004 8
Rune Klan Impromptu Hit Man with coin/pen transformations
VariationsAlso published here 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 byRelated to 2005 24
Rick Merrill The No-Sleeve Vanish wrist watch band
Inspired byAlso published here 2005 30
Rick Merrill Home Schooled "The vanish and reproduction of a Sharpie that transforms into a No. 2 pencil"
Also published here 2005 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 byRelated to 2009 2
Rick Merrill Marker to Coin / Coin to Marker
2009 14
Michael Feldman End for End pen and cap vanishes, reproductions, and color changes
2010 16
Chris Westfall Time Cap cap and pen routine
Also published here 2013 48
Chris Westfall Time Cap Sharpie cap disappears and reappears back on the marker
Also published here 2013 18
Jeremiah Zuo Unable To Recap routine with cap and pen, both vanish at the end
Inspired by July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
87
Rune Klan Impromptu Hit Man with coin/pen transformations
Also published here 2022 281
Markus Gabriel Carpie routine with paper carton and pen for MC, pen and cap appear, vanish, ...
2023 79