Penetration

56 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Les Anneaux Enfilés Dans un Double Ruban grandmother's necklace - routine, with rings and ribbon, referencing Ozanam
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
36
Chris Charlton, Laurie Ireland Another Effect with Chris Charlton's Ringing the Ribbon Gimmick ring and ribbon
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
25
Sleeve Fooling Trick No. 27, deck with hole through center, two selections lost and cards put onto ribbon, under handkerchief the two selections are removed, then put back on reversed
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
28
Edward Bagshawe A Giant Card Problem jumbo card with two holes is inside case with matching holes, ribbon threaded through holes, card is removed while ribbon’s ends are held
 		1936 ca.
Twenty Magical Novelties
31
Gordon M. Howatt A Different Kind of Penetration ribbon through holes of a tube glass, which has two holes as well is put inside and is threaded on the ribbon
 		1942
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942)
2
Bob Hanko Gaglet Department
  • bit of business for the walking through a ribbon routine (Hanko)
  • deck transforms into a forcing deck gag
 		Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 17)
70
Tom Sellers Block and Ribbon Penetration ribbon through holes of a square tube, block drops through tube and is then threaded onto ribbon
 		1943
Twenty Tricks
5
A Card on Ribbon Mystery card in envelope peneatrates ribbon that goes through both items
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
320
The Dollar Bill on the Ribbon bill with notified serial number and slit penetrates ribbon in envelope
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
323
Milbourne Christopher Ribbon Fantastique idea for Massey's Ribbon Release
 		Jan. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 8)
184
Paul Curry On and Off two ribbon rings threaded through a nut and lowered into a hat, under a handkerchief the selected ribbon penetrates the nut
Related to June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 127)
512
Milbourne Christopher Walking Through a Ribbon presentational idea
 		Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
359
John Hamilton Diamond Mystery card with hole in envelope, ribbon penetrates card and ends up threaded on card
 		May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 176)
704
John A. M. Howie John Howie's "Ring and Ribbon" ring falls off ribbon, wax
VariationsAlso published here
  • John Howie's "Thanks to Ellis" in "Pentagram" Vol. 3, No. 8. 1949.
 1952
Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick and Ring on Rope
6
Ching-Chang-Chong = T'Sun-schynt-schö three disks with different colors, chosen color penetrates ribbon
 		1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2)
17
Bertram Millidge A Ring and a Ribbon five phases, with and without the Jardine Ellis Ring, normal ring and split ring
 		1953
Two Jardine Ellis Ring-On-Ribbon Routines
2
Bertram Millidge A Quick Ring Trick ring on ribbon, two phases, Jardine Ellis Ring, with slit cut ring
 		1953
Two Jardine Ellis Ring-On-Ribbon Routines
8
Tenkai Ishida Knots Supreme - Tenkai Silk and Tapes grandmother's necklace
Also published here 1953
Six Tricks by Tenkai
4
Blackstar Mystic Match Box rippon penetrates matchbox, three methods
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
119
Lu Brent, Orville Wayne Meyer Safety Pin Off Ribbon
1955
Safety Pin-Trix
61
Bertram Millidge New Move with the Jardine Ellis Ring through ribbon
Also published here 1956
Unconventional Magic
23
Bertram Millidge Silk through Ring larger ring through ribbon
 		1956
Unconventional Magic
24
Bertram Millidge Millidge's Ellisring-Trick through ribbon
Also published here 1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 1)
902
Edwin Leist-Bernini Neuer Durchbruch als Maloko-Flasche two tubes on ribbons, chosen tube penetrates ribbons
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
57
Edwin Leist-Bernini, Edward Bagshawe Ein Farbscheibentrick cardboard disks are threaded, chosen ones penetrate ribbon
 		1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 1)
151
Paul Stadelman The Dizzy Die large die with hole penetrates ribbon
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
71
Ben Christopher Ambulating Glass ring penetrates ribbon underneath wrapped glass, then glass penetrates table
 		Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
137
Dan Tong Ring and Ribbon Ellis Ring
 		1969
HEX!
67
Eddie Joseph Cutting Through a Lady with a ribbon
 		1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
269
Han van Senus Another Ribbon Penetration borrowed ring
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
219
Robert (Bob) Hess Droxene's Ring two paper rings link onto a ribbon, then with each other
Related to Jan. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3)
479
Tenkai Ishida Knots Supreme grandmother's necklace
Also published here 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
120
Block and Ribbon Release block in a frame penetrates ribbon
 		1976
Classic Magic with Apparatus
52
Louis Histed Histead Block Release block threaded on a ribbon is released, block in a container
 		1976
Classic Magic with Apparatus
80
Frank Garcia The Maximus Routine for the Experts Wild Card routine with big holes in all cards with ribbon penetration climax
 		1977
Wildcard Miracles
141
Stephen Minch The Ribbon That Was Something Ellis ribbon, small metal ring appears, penetration routine
Inspired by 1977
Creations of a Magical Madman
76
Tan Hock Chuan Ribbon Fantastique Plastic sheet threaded onto frame by ribbon can be pulled free
 		1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
41
Jimmy Revill Block and Frame block penetrates ribbon in frame apparatus
 		1980
After Dinner Technique
57
Jerry Mentzer 33 1/3 Release ribbon through record or beer mat with hole
 		1984 (ca.)
Magic of my Friends
2
Wesley James Jack Off deck has hole in middle, two selections a threaded on ribbon, one of them penetrates the ribbon
 		1990
Stop Fooling Us Lecture Notes
45
Locked in Place No. 64, rope tied between both wrists of performer, ribbon around it through keyhole, penetration
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
135
Jean Garance Eine Routine mit Seidenbändern und einem Changierbeutel ribbons in bag become ribbon rings, then they link, form a large ring and disappear at the end, with child assistant
 		1990
Jean Garance
6
Mila Trnka Das Frauenherz ribbons penetrate a person
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
70
Sid Fleischman You, Too, Can Saw A Lady in Two "Or, Five Minutes of Comedy Suspense with a Red Ribbon"
ribbon through person
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
210
Robert Parrish Ellis in Bangkok ribbon penetration with ellis ring
Inspired by
  • B.A. Millidge (The Magic Wand, Oct./Nov. 1938)
Also published here 		1995
Great Tricks Revisited
60
Robert Parrish Ellis in Bangkok ribbon penetration with ellis ring
Also published here Jan. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 5)
58
Goutam Guha Ring on the Ribbon
1996
Tricks with the Jardine Ellis Ring
8
Goutam Guha Ring off the Ribbon
1996
Tricks with the Jardine Ellis Ring
9
Terri Rogers BlockBuster Solid metal ring penetrate through ribbon that is threaded onto solid block of wood
 		1998
Top Secrets
104
Paul Curry On and Off two ribbon rings threaded through a nut and lowered into a hat, under a handkerchief the selected ribbon penetrates the nut, brema nut
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
356
Al Baker Ribbon Through Wand
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 12, Feb. 1931
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines)
638
Troy Hooser The Bottomless Box Objects produced from bottomless box, strange things happen when placed in it (Produce crystal balls, linking ribbons, spongeball routine, ring links on ribbon)
Inspired by 2010
Moments
41
Jim Steinmeyer A Hole in Your Head
  • Conjuring
hole in hand optical illusion with tube, then ribbon penetrates hand visually
Inspired by
  • "The Penetrating Ribbon" (Gordon Howatt, The Restless Spook, 1940s)
 Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
34
Ribbon Escape card peeked at in deck with hole through all cards, ribbon through deck and pulled, selection jumps out
 		2015
Errata (Issue 1)
15
Jim Steinmeyer Cutting An Unwilling Spectator in Half
  • Conjuring
ribbon through spectator
 		Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
28
Jim Steinmeyer That Thing in the Envelope
  • Conjuring
ribbon goes through an envelope, finger ring is thrown in and penetrates onto ribbon
 		Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
48