47 entries in Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dr. Edward G. Ervin A Subtle Penetration handling for wand or pencil through handkerchief
1937 42
Martin Gardner The Houdini Pen
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
278
Howard A. Adams Interstices piece of glass is put in envelope and pierced with pencil and knife, stays unharmed
Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
499
Bill Nord Bill Nord's Ring on Pencil pencil pushed through a folded card, ring penetrates pencil, with Bill-Z-Bub gimmick
Variations 1952 7
Al Koran "Hanky Panky" Routine borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear
  • 1. Penetration of the handkerchief by the pencil
  • 2. Burnt and restored handkerchief
  • 3. Cut and restored handkerchief (Jack Chanin)
  • 4. Continuous production of coins from the handkerchief (Jack Chanin)
  • 5. Production of a cigarette and lighter from the handkerchief
  • 6. Production of a glass of wine from the handkerchief (Jardine Ellis)
Also published here 1954 154
John A. M. Howie John Howie's Ring on Pencil pencil pushed through a folded card, ring penetrates pencil
Inspired by 1955 14
Harry Lorayne RingToo on pen
1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 337)
158
Duke Stern Bleistift durchs Tuch pencil through handkerchief
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 13, Nr. 12, 1956.
1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 1)
8
Steve Spillman The Eye-Popping Pop Top pull top from beer can on pencil
1972
Magick (Issue 45)
221
Trevor Dawson Goldfinger ring penetrates pencil and paper tube then pencil vanishes
Feb. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6)
65
Karrell Fox Pencil-tration pencil through borrowed handkerchief, two phases
1976 51
Harry Lorayne Pen Through Handkerchief
1977 249
Jerry Andrus Ring, Pen and Handkerchief pen through handkerchief
1977 16
Paul Harris Pen-Ultimate* card clipped on pen is covered and then impaled on pen
1978 1
Ken Beale, Karl Fulves A Quick Getaway No. 61, rubber band penetrates pencil held by spectator, with business card
Inspired by 1981 74
Popper Up No. 69, pencil penetrates handkerchief
1981 83
Joe Dignam Crayon target drawn on paper, pencil penetrates target and table
July 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)
48
Neil Cynn Hoodoo Voodoo pencil through napkin, voodoo presentation
Nov. 1985
Magick (Issue 360)
1797
, Bob Read Spot Remover No. 54, pencil through jacket, optional loading/stealing of spectator's pockets
1985 93
Karl Fulves Half Thru pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through
Also published here 1987 25
Freefall No. 18, pen through silk
1988 47
Karl Fulves Half Thru No. 19, pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through
Also published here 1988 50
Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz Pentapencil No. 22, two spectators hold out a handkerchief, pencil penetrates it with newspaper cover
Variations 1988 57
Duke Stern Jump Up No. 25, pencil through handkerchief
1988 65
Dan Harlan Now U Z It pencil through bill
Related to Dec. 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Murray Sumner, Rick Johnsson, Yoshio Hirose Puncture No. 69, pen through bill with paper cover
Inspired by 1989 90
Jay Sankey Dough pen through bill
Related toVariations 1990 43
David Harkey, Jay Sankey East Meets West pencil through bill, bill torn off pencil and restored, credit information
  • A Brief History
Related toAlso published here
  • "East Meets West" (David Harkey, Genii, Oct. 1988)
1991 158
Christian Scherer Falschgeld-Test variation of Cornelius' "Pen Thru Anything", using Scherer's own pen design, pen through bill
1994 1
Steve Dusheck The Pretzel twisted rubber band penetrates off a pencil
1994 121
Mike Bornstein Simplex Bill Penetration pen through bill
1994 21
Chad Long Predic-storation prediction on napkin with pen through it, prediction comes true and napkin restored, Cornelius' "Pen Through Anything"
1995 13
Don Tanner, Paul Harris The Twinkie Bottle pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
1996 43
Paul Harris Twinkie Too pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
1996 44
Al Koran Hanky Panky Routine described by Lewis Ganson, borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear
  • 1. Ein Bleistift durchdringt das Taschentuch
  • 2. Verbranntes und wieder hergestelltes Taschentuch
  • 3. Zerschnittenes und wiederhergestelltes Taschentuch (Jack Chanin)
  • 4. Fortwährende Münzenproduktion aus Tuch (Jack Chanin)
  • 5. Produktion einer Zigarette und eines Feuerzeugs
  • 6. Produktion eines Glases Wein (Jardine Ellis)
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)
27
Simon Lovell Pen Through Tongue fake tongue
Related to 1997 219
Dean Dill Pen Thru Bill streamer produced from rolled-up borrowed bill, then pen penetrates it, routine for John Cornelius's "Pen Through Anything"
1997 47
Milton Kort Pen-etration Pen penetrates handkerchief twice, then vanishes
1999 315
Robert Cassidy Perfect Voodoo figure drawn on bill that is penetrated with pen, using John Cornelius's Perfect Pen
1999 245
Dean Dill X-ceptionally Puzzling optical illusion presentation for John Cornelius's Pen Through Bill
Also published here Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
70
Nick D'Angelo The Almighty Dollar pencil through bill
Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
23
Doug Edwards Wonder Pen-a-Tration pen through bill, handling
Related to
  • Doug Edwards / Tenyo's "The Wandering Hole" 1979 and "Ultimate Shocking Pen" 2003.
2013 81
Josh Janousky Play Dough pencil through bill
Inspired by
  • Dough (Jay Sankey, 1990)
  • "Two for the Price of One" (Will Dexter's 131 Magic Tricks for Amateurs)
Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
72
Ben Hart Pen Through Note Ideas
2020 181
Dean Dill X-ceptionally Puzzling optical illusion presentation for John Cornelius's Pen Through Bill
Also published here 2022 16
Nicholas Uusi Vision Penetration pencil through bill, for credit correction to "Puncture" see reference
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, July 2009
2022 874
Calen Morelli Pen-etrate Again pen visibly penetrates water bottle
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2010
2022 938