Miscellaneous

117 entries in Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann The Magician's Dress
  • Profondes
  • Pochettes
  • "Loading" Pockets
 		1876
Modern Magic
8
Double Breast Pocket
1897
New Era Card Tricks
65
The Improved Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket, featuring detachable inside pocket, also with selections and no card index
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
66
Die Schosstaschen des Fracks pockets in tails
Also published here
 Feb. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2)
26
Carl Willmann Willmann's Hosenbein-Servante servante/pocket that can be hooked to back or side of trousers
Also published here
 Dec. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 12)
189
Die Kartentasche "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
secret pockets on back of trouser
 		May 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 5)
68
Carl Willmann Die Schosstaschen des Fracks pockets in tails
Also published here
 1900
Die Magie der Zukunft — I. Teil
53
Carl Willmann Willmann's Hosenbeinservante servante/pocket that can be hooked to back or side of trousers
Also published here
 1900
Die Magie der Zukunft — I. Teil
75
The Coat secret pockets
 		1903
Later Magic
2
The Vest secret pockets
 		1903
Later Magic
4
The Trousers secret pockets
 		1903
Later Magic
5
Removable Pochettes pocket hooked to back of trouser leg
 		1903
Later Magic
6
The Shirt-Cuffs secret pockets in cuffs that open when shirt cuffs are removed
 		1903
Later Magic
8
James J. Moren Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
Also published here
Related to
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
67
Charles T. Jordan Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
Related to
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
21
Tom Sellers A Vanishing Wand secret pocket ditch
 		1927
Tricks That Work
8
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
1938
Greater Magic
255
A Novel Vanish of a Silk using spectator's lapel as servante
 		1938
Greater Magic
585
The Cuff Servante sleeve cuff servante for billiard ball
 		1938
Greater Magic
629
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
346
William S. Houghton Sleeve Billet Holdout billet temporarily left in folds of sleeve when pulling up sleeve
 		1943
The Magic 36
20
Laurie Ireland Double Trouser Pockets for Magic
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
32
Psychological Pocket Subtlety strategy of removing items from pocket at outset to imply it is now empty
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
80
The Sleeve Pocket
1952
Modern Coin Magic
112
Top of the Pocket Dodge showing trouser pocket empty
 		1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
126
Ken De Courcy Calling All Cards deck shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, score card, ...) called for à la Arthur Lloyd, with gags and card castle finale
 		1964
Calling All Cards
2
Flip Hallema Fl!pstick wand appears and vanishes, then it changes to tube and back, wand is found inside the tube
Related to
 1972
Fl!p Qu!k Tr!k Str!p
1
Joel Moskowitz Tyriffic secret pocket in tie
 		Aug. 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 10)
1039
Scotty York Ditching a Coin in Shirt while throwing coin in the other hand, coin is ditched
 		1975
Lecture
43
Bob Driebeek Der sichtbare Topit slit in tie
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, Sep. 1974
 Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
29
James J. Moren Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
Also published here
Related to
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
116
Tony Slydini Leave and Take on ditching items when picking up something else
 		1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
30
David Berglas Pocketing for ditching and switching objects, general remarks
Also published here
 1976
David Berglas Lecture
13
Patrick Page The Cards to Pocket twelve cards, with six card repeat element
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
89
Karl Fulves* Invisible Pockets two coins pressed to shirt with both hands, coin travels across, then coin vanishes ("playing the shirt", coin tossed into shirt)
Related to
 1977
The Magic Book
85
Tony Slydini Hank Gag handkerchief pulled out of non-existant breast pocket
Variations
 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1179
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Daumenspitze longer article on the thumb tip
  • 1. Daumenspitze
    • a. Die Technik der Daumenspitze
    • b. Aufbewahrungsorte (Hosenbein-Tasche, Jackennaht-Tasche)
  • 2. Kunststücke und Effekt mit der Daumenspitze
    • a. Produktionseffekte und Verschwindeeffekte
    • b. Restaurationseffekte
    • c. Transpositionseffekte
    • d. Verschiedene Effekte
    • e. Verwandlungseffekte
  • 3. Spezial-Daumenspitzen
  • 4. Anmerkung
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
60
Bill Wisch Using the elbow as a servante
  • Loading the Elbow Crease
  • Acquitment of the object
Related to
 1979
Wisches
[13]
Ken Brooke Pocket Gimmick fake inside pocket which swings to back of the body
 		1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
146
Ron MacMillan Dip Pockets similar to Robert-Houdin's "Pochettes"
 		1981
Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
72
Coin Vanish to outer breast pocket
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
8
Curtis Kam In the Side Pocket
1982
All the World's a Stage
52
John Cornelius The Incredible Crawling Pocket pocket is pulled inside-out and crawl back in on itself
 		Summer 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30)
307
Karl Fulves* Getaway III "playing the shirt" with coin under cover of bill
Related to
 1985
S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4)
68
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
1985 ca.
Francis Carlyle Lecture Notes
1
John Cornelius The Better Pocket changing pockets of jacket for card loading and other things
 		Oct. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 3)
17
Fred Kaps The Tie-Topit slit in striped tie design
 		1986
It's So Simple
14
Fred Kaps Secret Pockets
1986
It's So Simple
14
John Cornelius An Inside Out deck of cards is produced in pocket, which was shown empty, two methods
 		1988
Creative Secrets No. 1
4
Ken Krenzel The Finger Servante impromptu holdout/profonde pocket for stand-up
 		1990
Close-up Impact!
163
Alexander de Cova Tube for Ring from inside pocket to bottom of jacket, closing mechanism by Weber
Related to
 June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
5
Alexander de Cova Tube for Ring from inside pocket to bottom of jacket
Also published here
Related to
 1991
Das Alexander de Cova Seminar
14
Mike Porstmann Billet Hold-Out Pocket Divider chosen ESP symbol is predicted on billet, billet inside cut tennis ball
 		1991
MindFields
57
Alexander de Cova, Michael Weber Tube for Ring from inside pocket to bottom of jacket, closing mechanism by Weber
Also published here
Related to
 1992
Ein Profi packt aus...
62
David Berglas Das in-die-Tasche-Stecken for ditching and switching objects, general remarks
Also published here
 1992
Baden Baden Lecture Notes
13
Michael Close Look Ma, No Sleeves, No Topit clean vanish of salt shaker or similar object, necktie vanisher
Also published here
 July/Aug. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 18)
202
Michael Close No Sleeves, No Topit clean vanish of salt shaker or similar object, necktie vanisher
Also published here
 1994
Workers Number 4
42
Michael Close No Sleeves, No Topit clean vanish of salt shaker or similar object, necktie vanisher
Also published here
 1994
A Workers Series Sampler
10
Alexander de Cova In die Hose gegangen... connection tube of both trouser pockets
  • Die Hose
  • Ihre Ehefrau (Freundin)
  • Die Taschenpräparation
  • EiN Tip
  • Der Schlauch
  • Noch ein Tip
  • Das Anziehen der Hose
  • Anwendungen
  • "Das Konzept"
Also published here
 1995
Mini-Seminar 1995
3
Showing Trouser Pocket Empty
1996
Miracle Material
31
Alexander de Cova Frack, Weste und noch viel mehr... clothing for stage manipulation
  • "Neuralgische" Punkte im Frack
  • Paddings
  • Das Topit
  • Das Nackenband
 		1998
Secrets No. 2
52
Baltazar Fuentes Pocket Coin Divider coin holder and pocket divider
 		1999
Arempi II
35
Richard Kaufman, Max Malini A Brief Note on the Vest as a Servante on Max Malini's use
 		Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
23
Hosentasche double trouser pocket to show it empty
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
68
Simon Lovell Pocket Management
2000
Son of Simon Says!
8
Karl Fulves* Pocket Gaff using a jacket hanging on a chair next to the dealer as servante
 		2000
Charlatan (Issue 3)
34
Gregory Wilson Pit Stop ditching items in the arm pit, various applications like bounce/no-bounce ball, coin vanish, thumb tip, .. credit information on using the arm pit
Related to
 June 2000
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 10)
68
John Cornelius Hanky apparently showing trouser pocket empty by turning it inside out, handkerchief simulating a pocket
Also published here
 2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
89
Ross Bertram Tie One On coin hold-out in bow tie
 		Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
65
Robert Cassidy The Cargo Switch pochete pockets in trousers
"Hosenbein-Servante", little pocket on the back of the leg, various uses
Related to
 2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
179
Steve Draun Pocket Change Bag showing pocket empty
 		2005
Ackerman 2004
24
Christoph Borer Brusttasche (Jacke und Hemd) three ways to use the breast pocket to vanish / ditch coins and objects and a way to produce an object from the breast pocket
 		2006
Compilation
162
Christoph Borer Innere Jackentasche using the inner jacket pocket to ditch / steal objects
 		2006
Compilation
164
Christoph Borer Äussere Jackentasche using the outer jacket pocket to ditch objects
 		2006
Compilation
164
Christoph Borer Vorderer Hosentasche ways to vanish objects in trouser pocket and to show it empty
Related to
 2006
Compilation
166
Christoph Borer Hintere Hosentasche on using back trouser pocket to produce objects
 		2006
Compilation
169
Christoph Borer Hemdöffnung using space of shirt between buttons for producing / vanishing objects
 		2006
Compilation
171
Christoph Borer Kragen using the collar to produce / vanish objects
 		2006
Compilation
172
Breast Pocket Vanish
2006
Compilation
172
Alan Wakeling New York cocktail shaker appears from silk, four stacked glasses appear from silk, four different drinks are poured from shaker, long pocket
  • Notes (Jim Steinmeyer)
 		Sep. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 9)
82
John Carney Breast-Pocket Ploy breast pocket stays open, is divided into two compartments
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 29)
194
Steve Draun The Empty Pocket showing trouser pocket empty
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 7)
202
Joachim "Marnac" Wolf Going to the Pocket tip
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 24)
383
Alexander de Cova Ein Schlauch in der Hose connection tube of both trouser pockets
Also published here
 2011
Seminar-Leviten
2
Max Malini, Patrick Page A La Malini dumping object in pocket while pulling on the sleeve
Related to
 2011
Magic Page by Page
135
Wolfgang Moser Taschenspielereien "Hosenbein-Servante", little pocket on the back of the leg, various uses
Related to
 2011
Kreationen
28
Ken Brooke Fake Inside Pocket attached inside pocket that pendulums back when loosened
Also published here
  • also in: "Knock Out" (Ken Brooke, The Gen, Vol. 17 No. 6)
 June 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 19)
655
Ricky Smith The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante when sitting, also without table
Also published here
 2015
Nothing as it Seems
35
Ken Brooke Fake Inside Pocket attached inside pocket that pendulums back when loosened
Also published here
  • also in: "Knock Out" (Ken Brooke, The Gen, Vol. 17 No. 6)
 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
19
Alexander de Cova Pocket Divider
2015
Burners — Vol. 3
238
Dan Sylvester Sylvester Pitch brief
 		Oct. 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 2)
62
Roberto Giobbi Modern Magic From the Modern Conjurer? illustrations of old secret pockets from Hoffman's "Later Magic"
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 20)
363
Tom Stone The Pocket Problem
  • Lodestones
on different type of alternative pockets and servantes, mostly for female performers
  • Out in the Wilderness
  • Suburb Satchel
  • Osmosis (shoulder bag with opening to load cups or other things)
  • A Germain Observation (servante in cloth)
  • Chasing Tail
  • Share the Wealth
 		Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
52
Alexander de Cova Ein bewährtes Set-up für die Anzugtaschen how to organize the jacket pockets
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
121
Alexander de Cova Becherspielladung ohne Jacke cups and balls loading without jacket, through hole in front of trouser
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
191
Paul Vigil Prepare to Enter setting up for the act
  • Paraphernalia
  • Main Deck Setup
  • Pocket Management
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
1
Danny Dew Breast Pocket Servante kept open with plastic cup section
Related to
 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
19
Johnny Thompson Pockets and Principles
  • The Jacket
  • The Pockets
  • Pocket Locations
  • The Dove Bag
  • The Silk Shroud
  • The Silks
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
215
Dani DaOrtiz, Javier Natera Using a Waist-Pouch
2018
Card in Bottle
23
Iñaki Zabaletta The 'No Way' Bottle Production Aparición Impossible de una Botella, under handkerchief
 		2019
¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta?
133
Andi Gladwin Opened Pocket Lining to be able to reach into lining instead of outside pocket
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
222
Roberto Mansilla The Color Changing Handkerchief
  • Artifices
"(The Pocket as a Topit)", breast pocket ditch
 		Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
70
Michael Rubinstein Pocket Management Pocket Manager dividers made from playing cards
  • Using Cloth
  • Using a Playing Card
 		2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
82
Michael Rubinstein Pocket Ditch
2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
205
Bill Wisch The Elbow Servante
  • Loading the Elbow Crease
  • Recovery
Also published here
  • "An Arm Servante Technique" (Bill Wisch, MUM, Mar. 1982)
Related to
 2020
Rubinstein Coin Magic
448
Jason "Jafo" Fields Phone to Pocket spectator's phone is pocketed on the left side and immediately removed from right pants pocket, secret transfer behind back
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
108
Max Malini Cross-Body Pocket Ditch as a complete coin vanish
Related to
 2022
Max Malini
110
Max Malini Handkerchief Pocket Ditch a palmed item is ditched as handkerchief is shown from both sides
 		2022
Max Malini
111
Francisco Mousinho Burly Travelers four cards produced with story (no quartet), then ambidextrous travelers in which spectator has jacket on and removes cards as finale, last card sewn into jacket pocket
Inspired by
 2022
Shrouded Soul
35
Guy Hollingworth Patrick Page Ditch pocket ditch after false transfer while sleeve is pulled up
 		2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
17
Guy Hollingworth Flapping concealing small item like ball under front edge of jacket or shirt, ungaffed, detailed discussion with applications
Related to
  • sponge ball hold-out in Howard Schwarzman lecture note, 1970s, p. 7
 2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
20
Jose Frakson, Juan Tamariz Frontal Ditch Frakson Style in trouser pocket, handling of vanish of any small object
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
28
Ricky Smith The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante when sitting, also without table
Also published here
 2023
I Spilled the Coffee
43
John Cornelius Hanky apparently showing trouser pocket empty by turning it inside out, handkerchief simulating a pocket
Also published here
 2023
From The Shadows
21
Gregory Wilson Oh, By The Way Move retrieving a load from the pocket
 		June 2024
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)
16
Roberto Giobbi The Shirt-to-Jacket Pocket Load secret transfer of card-like object from shirt pocket to inner jacket pocket while showing it empty
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Jan 7)
19
Roberto Giobbi False Pocket Deck Switch as performer demonstrates how to put the deck in the pocket, double pocket
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 15)
147