Lock

59 entries in Lock

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	How to put a locke upon ones mouth	lock with slit The use of it		1634	The Art of Legerdemain Discovered	27	Lock Propless / Body Mutilation
Carl Willmann	Das bezauberte Schloss	lock opens itself when hanging on a wand, used as heckler stopper		July 1902	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 7)	107	Lock
Hen Fetsch	Lock and Key	method for Keys to Baldpate	Also published here Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, 1944)	July 1937	The Jinx (Issue 34)	227	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Louis Lam	Key-ology	Keys to Baldpate, four methods		1937	Watch Me Closely	9	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Harry Blackstone	Triumph of the Triumvirate	rapping hand divines which key opens lock and which card was selected	Also published here Triumph of the Triumvirate (Harry Blackstone, 1944)	1940	The Jinx (Issue 99)	605	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Mental Magic / Principles / Assistant
Hen Fetsch	Lock and Key	method for Seven Keys to Baldpate	Also published here Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, 1937)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	121	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Harry Blackstone	Triumph of the Triumvirate	rapping hand divines which key opens lock and which card was selected	Also published here Triumph of the Triumvirate (Harry Blackstone, 1940)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	137	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Mental Magic / Principles / Assistant
Wilbur T. Kattner	The Eight Key to Baldpate	keys in envelopes, duplicate key		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	42	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
	The Lock and Keys	using double envelope		1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	178	Lock
Henry Durkin	Unlocked Card	deck with holes in one corner, one card is selected and added to six other cards, cards are then secured with a padlock and under a handkerchief selection is pulled out		1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	44	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Lane Bateman	Some Ideas on Tricks	on Ultissimo and Loki's Locket		1961	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)	28	Lock Ring / Powers of Darkness Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Karl Fulves	Lock-It	lock and cards are dropped in a bag, selection found on lock, see p. 428 for idea by Lu Brent		1965	The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 399)	424	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Arthur Setterington	Secu-Ring	padlock on chain in a hat, two finger rings are put in the hat and everything hangs on the padlock		1967	Stranger Mysteries	6	Lock Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous
Arthur Setterington	Six Key Mystery	ungaffed lock		1967	Stranger Mysteries	10	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Arthur Setterington	A Lock and a Chain and a Key	chain fastened with a lock penetrates a wooden hand		1968	The Joe Smith Mysteries	19	Lock Chain / Penetration Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous
Lu Brent	Lox	deck hole-punched with lock, selection penetrates lock	Also published here Lox (Lu Brent, 1965)	1975	Card Cavalcade 3	159	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Bob Haines	Mental Lock	spectator divine secret number of combination lock, spectator's wallet and keys locked inside the box		1977	Magick (Issue 193)	963	Lock Paper / Add-a-Number Pad Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator
Karl Fulves	The Lock Mystery	three keys and one lock, keys in envelopes, performer divines which envelope contains the fitting key		1977	The Magic Book	129	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Philip T. Goldstein	Astro-Keys	twelve keys with zodiac labels, key with spectator's zodiac opens the lock	Also published here Astro-Key (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979)	1978	Magick (Issue 200)	999	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Philip T. Goldstein	Astro-Key	twelve keys with zodiac labels, key with spectator's zodiac opens the lock	Variations Astrokey - Weber Notes (Michael Weber, 2015) Also published here Astro-Keys (Philip T. Goldstein, 1978)	1979	The Yellow Book of Mentalism	15	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Karrell Fox	The "Jewish Triple" Bowl Production	three final loads, bagel, cream cheese and padlocks		1979	Another Book	53	Lock Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
Scott Weiser	Key to the Orient	Chinese coin on padlock		1981	CoinMagic	180	Lock Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Wayne Dobson	Lock of Air	card is found with padlock in bag, selection secured with padlock		June 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)	271	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Ken De Courcy	Unlocked Credit	padlock is dropped into handkerchief with credit card and opens itself		1982	Creditable Conjuring	11	Lock Credit Card / Miscellaneous
Al Mann	The AME Spirit Lock	No. 101, lock that can be opened with key and with bare hands, construction details		1983	101 Psychic Tests	28	Lock Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
Steve Beam	Lock & Key	producing a lock, to add humor to a prediction, wordplay		1983	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 1)	9	Lock Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
James M. Boyd	Wrap Up Well	lock unlocks in a bag		Feb. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 22)	429	Lock Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis
Pascal Monmoine	The Pascal System	padlock, apparently locked can be opened later without a key		1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)	5	Lock
Ray Mertz	R.M. Card in the Wallet	with a gag lock on wallet		1984	Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2	38	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Richard Bartram, Jr.	Psycle Chain!	number lock is opened by spectator, numbers selected by chosen cards, inspired by 7 keys to Baldpate		1985	Close-Up of the Damned	22	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Ray Piatt	Pointers	finger ring on combination lock, different combinations written on cards, chosen one opens lock, mental lock	Variations Pointed (Paul Hallas, 1990) Pointed (Paul Hallas, 1993)	Nov. 1985	Magick (Issue 361)	1802	Lock
	Locked Thoughts	No. 24, four spectators whisper numbers which are written down, their total is predicted or opens lock, stooge		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	47	Lock Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge
Gaëtan Bloom	Padlock Connection	Loop of rope wrapped around neck, locked padlock thrown backwards behind magician, ends up linked on loop of rope		1986	Gaetan Bloom 86	2	Lock Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
David Kaput	Warp's'	finger rings on padlock, total of added numbers lead to code to open lock		Jan. 1986	Magick (Issue 364)	1818	Lock Paper / Add-a-Number Pad
Karl Fulves	Curse In A Purse	blank key changes into key that opens chosen lock, posed as problem		1988	Interlocutor (Issue 50)	229	Lock Key / Animation Key / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Sez Me	number combination lock, spectator can open it when performer wants to, posed as problem		1988	Interlocutor (Issue 51)	249	Lock
Karl Fulves	Hardware	ad for a resettable lock		1988	Interlocutor (Issue 51)	250	Lock
Alexander de Cova	Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg	marked key travels from key case to performer's hand and back, then into pocket, later a lock appears	Also published here Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg (Alexander de Cova, 2013) Schlüssel zum Erfolg (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	1988	Unterhaltung durch Illusion	32	Lock Key / Traveling Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Philip T. Goldstein	Lock-Key Charm	lock threaded on rope held by spectators, under handkerchief cover the lock is removed and the key now on the rope		1989	A Phil Goldstein Collection	51	Lock Key / Penetration Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Karrell Fox	Lots'a Lock	add-a-number pad to open padlock		1991	Goodies	76	Lock Paper / Add-a-Number Pad
Harald Kurz	R - Ringspiel	using bicycle locks		1991	Hardcore	36	Lock Ring / Linking Rings / General Comments
Larry Becker	ZIP-Lock	performer writes numbers on business card, chosen one opens lock, ZIP marking principle		1992	Stunners!	388	Lock Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Business Cards
Jean-Pierre Vallarino	French Liberation	finger ring off string on padlock		June 1993	The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2)	6	Lock Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Steve Dusheck	Rat Pack	gag messages written on match book, also lighter gag which is actually a lock		1994	Dusheck's Close-Up Magic	136	Lock Match & Matchbox / Matchbox/Matchbook Light & Fire / Lighter
Karl Fulves	Match Key	"Unsolved Mysteries" two keys on palm, one lock chosen and matching key turns on palm, lock is then open, posed as a problem		1997	The Fine Print (Issue 6)	147	Lock Key / Animation
Mark Garetz	Combo Lock Combo	nine jumbo cards with numbers from one to nine are formed into three three-digit numbers, the total is predicted, opens padlock with spectator's ring	Inspired by Larry Becker's "The Ultimate Matrix" in "Mentalism for Magicians" Related to Thunderbolt (Larry Becker, 1978) Predict-Perfect (Meir Yedid, 1994)	Sep. 1997	Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)	3	Lock Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Troy Hooser	The Locker	Dan Harlan's linking rubber bands, pad lock appears linked with the bands as a climax	Inspired by Linking Rubber Bands (Dan Harlan, Mitch Williams, 1988)	1998	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)	1395	Lock Rubber Band / Penetration / Through another Rubber Band
Wayne Dobson	Locked	deck has hole in corner, one card selected, deck put in bag with a padlock and shaken, only selection is found locked onto lock	Inspired by "CardLock" (Wayne Dobson, Pro-File)	2002	Dobson's Choice	10	Lock Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Don Nielsen, Tony Bartolotta	Universal Lock	one of spectator's keys opens a lock, no method, perhaps gaffed lock		2007	Prolix (Issue 3)	149	Lock
Robert E. Neale	The Lock	Bashful Lock routine, lock can be opened by performer without key, but spectator cannot. Describes the workings of the Bashful Lock in detail.	Related to Moves (Robert E. Neale, 2008) Bashful Routines (Robert E. Neale, 2008)	2008	This Is Not a Book	313	Lock
Robert E. Neale	Moves	Different moves possible with the Bashful Lock	Related to The Lock (Robert E. Neale, 2008)	2008	This Is Not a Book	322	Lock
Robert E. Neale	Bashful Routines	Describes four full routines with the Bashful Lock How It's Done The Spirited Lock Positive Thinking Confidence Game	Related to The Lock (Robert E. Neale, 2008)	2008	This Is Not a Book	337	Lock
Karl Fulves, Steve Barrie	Steve Barrie's Trick	finger ring on lock under handkerchief, penetrating handkerchief, Gypsy Switch KF Note	Related to Jack Olten, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Nov. 1947	2008	Prolix (Issue 4)	259	Lock Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous
Garrett Thomas, Alex Linian, Patrick G. Redford	Careless Combination	Spectator forgets combination number to a padlock they set themselves. They will later remember the combination one letter at a time		2008	Glemme	28	Lock Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Numbers / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Hypnotism
Patrick G. Redford	Legitimate Combination	Spectator forgets combination to lock that was set to their birth year. They will later remember it again		2008	Glemme	36	Lock Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Effects / Hypnotism
Patrick G. Redford	Your Personal Combination	Spectator able to guess the combination to your briefcase. Ungimmicked briefcase		2008	Glemme	38	Lock
Alexander de Cova	Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg	marked key travels from key case to performer's hand and back, then into pocket, later a lock appears	Also published here Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg (Alexander de Cova, 1988)	2013	Horizons — Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1986	80	Lock Key / Traveling Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Max Maven	Astrokey	twelve keys with zodiac labels, key with spectator's zodiac opens the lock	Related to Astro-Key (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979)	2015	The Black Book of Mentalism	10	Lock Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Alexander de Cova	Schlüssel zum Erfolg	marked key travels from key case to performer's hand and back, then into pocket, later a lock appears	Also published here Der Schlüssel zum Erfolg (Alexander de Cova, 1988)	2015	Burners — Vol. 3	56	Lock Key / Traveling Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip