Miscellaneous

54 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown A Handkerchief Puzzle tying a knot without letting go of the ends, no trick
 		1890 More Magic 203
Unknown Die überlistete Gesellschaft, oder "Der Knoten im Taschentuch" tying a knot into a silk without letting go of the end/corners
Related to Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 13
Unknown Der Knoten im Tuch tying a knot into a silk without letting go of the end/corners
Related to June 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 6) 94
Unknown Der Knoten im Taschentuch No. 6, putting a knot in a handkerchief without letting go of the ends (knotting the arms first)
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 159
Richard Pannwitz Das Tuch mit sieben Zipfeln Ein Abend in der "Berliner Amateur-Vereinigung für magische Kunst"
seven-cornered handkerchief
Related to Apr. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 4) 65
Richard Pannwitz Das Tuch mit sieben Zipfeln continuation of description
Related to May 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 5) 84
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der befreite Arm und das entfesselte Bein handkerchief knotted around arm or leg, penetrates arm under cover of second handkerchief
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 113
Laurie Ireland Ireland's Traveling Knot knot travels from performer's silk to spectator's (single) silk, using Ideal Color Change dye tube
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 26
T. Page Wright Traveling Knot a knot in one silk each, one travels across to other silk
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 23
Laurie Ireland Annie Cakley Outdone! - Or Shooting the Knot of One Handkerchief into Another two handkerchiefs on board, one with a knot, when pistol is fired, knot vanishes and appears on other handkerchief
 		1936 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936) 14
Mitchell Dyszel The Travelling Knot knot in silk slides down and dissolves
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 56) 400
Paul C. Krank Knots To You disc with hole on rope goes in between knots
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 38) 156
Paul Rosini Suave Silk knot travels from one handkerchief to handkerchief hold in spectator's palms
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 42) 172
Joseph Ovette On Again Off Again silks tied on ribbon, named color falls on floor, then all vanish from a tube and are produced again, as a climax all knotted silks fall
 		1944 Tricks and Illusionettes 20
Sid Miller, Sol Hirsh The Switch-Over Knot two handkerchiefs tied together, third brought to them, two other handkerchiefs are tied now
Also published here 1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 103
Réni Hémeri Der wandernde Knoten traveling knot, four silks
 		1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6) 360
Unknown Knotty Problems Knot tied in handkerchief without letting go of either hand
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 80
Dai Vernon Splitting the Atom two silks tied together, knot splits into two knots, one now on each separate silk
 		1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 158
Robert L. Henderson Tie and Untie knot travel from person to person, magnetic
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 4
Jack Yeager Silk-N-Cups six cups with different colored silks, chosen colored silk has a knot
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 20
Tony Cole Haunted Silk II silk with knot clings to wall and unknots itself there, reel
 		July 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 43
Pavel Pavel's einfache Tüchervariationen three silk rings are knotted as a linked chain, then they are found knotted to each other, using newspaper cone
 		1970 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 4) 72
Pavel Ghostly Silks! three handkerchiefs in three glasses, glasses are stacked, handkerchiefs penetrate glasses and end up knotted together
 		1971 Magick (Issue 36) 179
Paul Swinford Serpentine Thoughts silk that ties itself, reel
 		1971 Lecture Notes 1
Billy McComb The Seven-Cornered Hanky
1972 I Did It My Way 9
Unknown A Knotty Problem tying knot without letting go of the ends
 		1974 Tricks with Handkerchiefs 54
Slydini Slydini's Two Silk Routine
1979 The Magical World of Slydini 59
Slydini Splitting The Knot as finale to "Two Silk Routine"
 		1979 The Magical World of Slydini 67
Karl Fulves Transposition No. 65, traveling knot, two handkerchiefs
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 79
Unknown The Knot Paradox No. 66, knot in handkerchief without letting go of the ends
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 80
Unknown The Second Paradox No. 67, knot in handkerchief without letting go of the ends, without table
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 81
Unknown The Third Paradox No. 68, impossible knot in handkerchief
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 82
Pavel Loch-Blendo knots in handkerchiefs are removed, handkerchiefs with holes are placed in paper tube and transform into one big handkerchief with lots of holes
 		1983 Neue Magische Ideen 11
Jack Mitzman, Henry Hovalka, Martin Gardner All Good Things silk and rope release
 		May 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 5) 915
Pedro Eine humorvolle Routine mit dem Changierbeutel handkerchief penetration, then they knot inside a changing bag
 		1986 Gimmick (Issue 2) 4
Karl Fulves Q-dini performer's wrists knotted with handkerchief, he turns and he's free, then knotted again
Inspired by
  • item in Martin Gardner's "Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic"
Related toAlso published here 		1987 Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two 45
Patrick Page The Untying Handkerchief slowly untying
Also published here 1987 The Pull Book 42
Patrick Page The Untying Knot with a Reel knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here 1987 The Pull Book 44
Sid Miller, Sol Hirsh Switch Over No. 35, two handkerchiefs tied together, third brought to them, two other handkerchiefs are tied now
Also published here 1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 102
Karl Fulves Instanto No. 37, performer's wrists knotted with handkerchief, he turns and he's free, then knotted again
Also published here 1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 110
Patrick Page Das sich selbst entknotende Tuch slowly untying
Also published here Dec. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2) 58
Patrick Page Das Knotenlösen mit dem Ringzieher knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here Dec. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2) 59
Aldo Colombini Poppy knot in rope slides from one end to the other, changes color, slides again and when opened it is found to be part of the rope
Related to
  • Pavel's "Acrobatic Knot"
 1991 FISM Lecture Notes 3
Jack Miller Knot Trick untieing, thread, very brief note
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1247
William Larsen Das Taschentuch mit den 7 Ecken seven-cornered handkerchief
 		July 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4&5) 165
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Martin Gardner Separating Knots two ropes together are knotted, knots separated, with Single Rope Variation, With Silks
Related to 1995 Arcane (Issue 14) 196
Yuji Yamamoto Neue Kristallröhre three handkerchiefs are knotted together when placed in transparent tube
 		1996 Ideen von Yuji Yamamoto 20
Billy McComb The Seven-Cornered Handkerchief performer proves that a silk has seven corner by tying them in pairs
Inspired by
  • Hatton & Plate's "Magicians' Tricks and How They Are Done"
  • Stanyon's Magic, August 1913, Vol. 13 No. 11
Related to 		Dec. 1997 Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 6) 1
Kurt Weiss Alleged Mob Ties "A no-gaff untying silk routine"
chosen silk unknots itself and falls from rope
Related to 1998 Underworld (Issue 7) 92
Karl Fulves Ghost Knot four handkerchiefs in paper bag, one with a knot, finger ring borrowed and tossed in bag, ring now inside knot, dummy and switch
 		1999 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1) 14
Charlie Miller A Left-Handed Hank Has Seven Corners performer proves that a silk has seven corner by tying them in pairs
Related to 2001 Left-Handed Hank 11
Karl Fulves Turnaround Silk "Problems"
ring held in mouth, silk between hands, performer turns around and now silk is knotted with ring in center, then condition reverses again, posed as a problem
 		2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 153
Trevor Lewis Three Little Words knot and silk routine, humorous presentation
 		2009 Routines Matter 159
Patrick Page, Charlie Edwards The Knotted Handkercheifs Slydini silks
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 320