Popping Off

22 entries in Rope / Knot Effects / Popping Off
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Fitzgerald "Take It Off" knot is slid on rope then taken off
 		Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 49)
202
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
812
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Fly-Away Knot
1968
Give a Magician Enough Rope... and he'll do a trick!
112
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
78
Scurti The Magician Scurti's Jumping Knot
1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
79
John Stanley Thornton John Thornton's Shaggy Dog Panama rope cut in four pieces, three knots pop off
 		1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
235
Horace E. Bennett Flying Knot knot jumps off the rope into air
Related to Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 11)
363
Pavel The Knot Off the Rope knot is shot off with a gun
 		1970 ca.
Successful Magic
13
Karl Fulves Knot Possible knot tied in loop of rope, in the end the knot drops off as ring, three phases
Inspired by
  • Milbourne Christophe Routine in The Sphinx
 June 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8)
746
Tenkai Ishida False Knot Gimmick knot is moved and picked off rope, pipe cleaner gimmick
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
103
Philip Reed Willmarth, Burling Hull Pull the Knot & Ring Off
Related to
  • J. G. Thompson, Jr. "Top Secrets of Magic Vol. 2" P. 227
 1975
The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One
34
Horace E. Bennett The Amazing, Jumping, Flying, Sliding Knot knot jumps, slides and is picked off, then cut and restored rope
Inspired by
  • George Sands' "Ropesation"
Related to 		1978
On Your Feet
17
Danny Korem Pluck Knot knot plucked off rope
 		1985
Korem without Limits
110
Pat Conway The Invisible Sliding Knot gag, knot is tied into invisible rope via miming, knot is taken off and becomes real
 		1987
The Pat Way to Con
114
Pop-Off Knot No. 22, knot flies off rope when pulled
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
47
Karl Fulves Here, Spot! No. 25, lose knot tied, loop/circle comes off rope
Also published here 1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
51
Aldo Colombini Slip knot sliding along rope and finally jumps off the rope
 		1991
FISM Lecture Notes
6
Al Schneider Much Ado About Knotting, Part II
  • The Schneider Technique
rope routine with knots that vanish, appear, come off
 		Apr. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 4)
53
Alexander de Cova Jumpy-Knot knot visibly jumps off rope, elbow fold
Also published here 2002
Homemade Magic
7
Alexander de Cova Jump off knot knot visibly jumps off rope, elbow fold
Also published here 2004
Treasures
5
Joseph K. Schmidt, Karl Fulves Unglue extra knot taken off rope
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
452
Gene Anderson Tying the "Pop" Knot knot jumps from rope when pulled
 		2016
Gene Anderson — The Book
86