Thumb Tie

48 entries in Rope / Penetration / Thumb Tie
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Deux moyens différens, l'un ancien, l'autre nouveau, de le faire lier les pouces, & de se délier en un instant. "Métamorphose d'un verre en morceaux de papier. Réflexions sur les fausses théories. Prétention absurde. Preuve captieuse de cette prétention." (title continued) more tricks by Pilferer, two methods for thumb tie and a glass is thrown into the air where it changes into confetti / pieces of cards, seated, thoughts about vanishing an object by throwing it into the air and the advantages of using confetti
 		1785 Supplément A La Magie Blanche Dévoillée 18
Ten Ichi, Paul von Kalnassy Bindeproduktion nach Ten-Ichi
Feb. 1905 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 3) 40
Alonso Machado Machado's Version of the Thumb Tie
1933 Page Wright's Notebook 3
Laurie Ireland Ireland's Rubber Band Thumb Tie Method thumb tie with rubber bands
 		1934 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1934) 1
Dr. Edward G. Ervin The Adhesive Tape Tie
1940 The Jinx (Issue 81) 526
Tom Sellers A Useful Thumb Tie
1943 Magical Mixture 18
William S. Houghton Comedy Thumb Tie Routine
1943 The Magic 36 41
Tom Sellers A New Thumb Tie
1943 Twenty Tricks 9
Ten Ichi Ten Ichi Thumb Tie longer routine
Also published here 1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 264
Unknown Modernized Ten Ichi Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 271
Unknown Tip-Top Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 272
Harlan Tarbell Chow Sen Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 274
Frank Ducrot Frank Ducrot Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 275
Jack Miller Jack Miller Thumb Tie knotting method
Variations 1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 276
Harlan Tarbell Simplex Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 277
Harlan Tarbell "Li Ling" Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 279
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Tape Tie tape is simply cut through
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 280
Harlan Tarbell Chinese Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 281
Mel Forrester Rubber Band Thumb Tie knotting method
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 283
Jack Yeager The Jack Yeager Thumb Tie Trick gimmicked cord
 		1947 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947) 20
Jack Yeager Glorifying Your Magic 1. Califaction of Handkerchiefs (silks in dove pan merge together)
2. How to spell trust? (oddity on coin)
3. Key Card Placement (Charlier Pass)
4. 20th Century Silks idea
5. Zombie Idea (floating flower pot)
6. Comedy bits with a stooge
7. Miser's Dream Shower (with handkerchief)
8. Thumb Tip Idea (with scotch tape)
9. Thimble color change
10. The cotton bunny (cotton bunny to real one, dove pan)
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 12
Allessandro Magic Quickies
  • Deep Freeze Trick
  • Head Chopper
  • Children's Shows
  • Thumb Tie
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 18
Dai Vernon The Thumb Tie
1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 231
Alex Elmsley Physical Medium jacket is removed while thumbs are tied
Also published here 1959 Low Cunning 2
Dr. William Weyeneth Das Non Plus Ultra einer Daumenfesselung using sort of band-aid which is secretly cut during process, Sanitoplast
 		1963 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 2) 27
Edward Marlo Marlo's Thumb Tie
1965 Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes 17
Karl Fulves Babel Willard's thumb tie presentation, coding with dog whistle over telephone (see also p. 68), ectoplasm
 		May 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 7) 176
Paul Rosini, Dai Vernon The Thumb Tie
1970 Expanded Lecture Notes 28
Tom Fitzgerald Tom's Thumb Tie Illusion illusion, wooden block penetrates hands, thumb tied around a guillotine-like stand
 		1972 Magick (Issue 48) 239
Billy McComb How To Mix Two Tricks To Make One Good Presentation thumb tie combined with card to wallet
Variations 1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 63
Ten Ichi, Patrick Page The Thumb Tie
1976 The Big Book of Magic 298
Jim Ryan Jim's Thumb Tie
1977 Lecture Notes Bar Magic 14
Paul Fox The Thumb Tie
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 140
Karrell Fox Ringaround phase for thumb tie routine with large ring
 		1979 Another Book 267
Unknown Die Daumenfesselung
Aug. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2) 68
Unknown The Malayan Thumb Tie No. 82
 		1983 101 Psychic Tests 23
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Thumb-Tie
1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 99
Shigeo Takagi A Beautiful Thumb Tie full routine
 		1990 The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi 88
Alex Elmsley Physical Medium jacket is removed while thumbs are tied
Also published here 1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 200
Chapeau Die Daumenfessel
1991 Hardcore 90
Harry Anderson Cuff Links thumb tie style routine using handcuffs
Variations 1993 Wise Guy 146
Ten Ichi Die Daumenfesselung à la Ten Ichi
Also published here 1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2) 63
Steve Bedwell Bracelet Wrist Tie
Inspired by
  • "Dunninger's Thumb Tie" (Sixteen Thumb Tie Gems, Max Andrews)
 1998 ca. Flexing and Twisting 14
Rudolf Braunmüller Gags im Zusammenhang mit Tricks Eröffnung, Daumenfesselung, Afghanbänder, Fischtrick, Geldfang aus der Luft & Münzen, Handguillotine, Handschellen, Karten, Mentalmagie, Persiltrick, Schallplatten, Schaumgummi-Backstein, Schwebekunststücke, Seile, Würfel, Zeitungen & Zeitschriften, Party & Restaurant
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 63
Alan "Ace" Greenberg In-Your-Face Thumbtie using fake fingertip
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 138
John Lovick Houdini Outdone! handcuff escape, linking with spectators arms
Inspired by 2016 The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. 121
Unknown Knotted Rope Escape
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5) 82
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay The Permanent Linking Rings
Inspired by 2020 Parlour Tricks 273