Give a Magician Enough Rope... and he'll do a trick!

Enlarged and Revised Edition

1968
Written by Lewis Ganson, Hugh Miller
Work of Various
125 pages (Hardcover), published by Harry Stanley
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
40 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Lewis Ganson Give a Magician Enough Rope using home made ropes from rolls of stockinette dusters
  • Additional Preparation
  • Starting Position
  • The First Cut and Restoration
  • The Second Cut and Restoration
  • The Middle of the Routine
  • The Climax
 		5
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Cut-Knot-Join rope is cut and knots by itself, then it is found restored again
 		15
Harold G. Beaumont Impromptu Neck Penetration
18
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Rope Thru Wrist rope is knotted into loop and ends pulled by spectator
 		19
Phoa Yan Tiong Rope Thru Wrist - Variation rope is knotted into loop and ends pulled through spectator's hand
 		21
Red & White Ropes two ropes are knotted to a loop and linked, they unlink behind back and knots vanish
 		22
The False Knot
22
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen A Remarkable Square Knot
  • The Application of the Two Knots
 		26
Stanley Norman, Norman Rashliegh Stretching a Rope
  • Preparation (Stanley Norman)
  • Presentation (Norman Rashleigh)
 		29
Lewis Ganson Equally Unequal Ropes basic, with false count
 		33
Lewis Ganson Variations on Equally Unequal Ropes
  • Picking Up the Ropes
  • The Visible Unequal Move
 		43
Bill Shewan More Variations...
  • The Crossover Move
  • The Count
  • Now For a Knotty Finish
 		50
C. F. Germelman Equally Unequal Patter patter, with introductory remarks by Horace E. Bennett
 		60
Cut & Restored Rope glued loop is added
 		64
H. Fernandes Fast Cut & Restoration loop on pull
Related to 66
Bert Allerton Variation on the Hunter Knot variation on G. W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot, described by Martin Gardner
Related to 68
Peter Warlock 3 Equal Ropes three unequal ropes are stretched into three long ropes, all ropes can then be examined, imitating Professor's Nightmare
 		71
Jay Ose, Faucett Ross Jay Ose's Thumb Tie
74
Tony Anverdi A Ring and a Rope two methods
 		79
Unique Rope Routine multi-phase rope routine, very similar to Sands Ropesational, "... a skillful combination of moves by several magical notables, among them Edward Victor, Henry Fetsch and Eddy Taytelbaum". rope cut several times using fingers, rope is restored, rope stretches and knots slide and jump from one end to the other
Related to 82
Preparation
Related to 82
Opening the Hank taking two ropes as one from bundle
Related to 83
Tying the Ends switching ends and tying knot, extra piece
Related to 83
Cutless Cut cutting rope using fingers
Related to 85
Stretching the Rope stretching two ropes two same lengths
Related to 85
False Count counting four ends, hiding looped extra piece
Related to 86
Restoration ends pushed inside fist, then rope is restored again
 		87
Second Restoration fusing two ropes together
Related to 89
Jumping Knot
Related to 90
Twist Knot with extra piece, false knot
Related to 90
Flash Restoration same as Sands' Figure Eight Restoration
with extra piece, false knot and fusing two ropes together
  • Figure Eight Restoration
  • "Sam Schwartz's Delivery"
  • Sleight of Foot Restoration
Related to 91
Fred Kaps Ring Varia small ring or washer penetrates on and off cord
Also published here 93
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Another Remarkable Knot
  • The False Knot
 		97
Eddie Taytelbaum Sliding & Vanishing Knot knot is moved from middle of rope to both ends, using false G.W. Hunter Puzzle Knot
 		103
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Rope Through Neck forming a loop, two ropes
 		107
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Fly-Away Knot
112
Dopey Rope long rope is bunched up and placed into hand, two spectator hold an end each and rope shrinks
 		115
E. Leslie May En Rapport two ropes, sympathetic knots, knots are tied in one rope and then knots are found in second rope
 		118
Chefalo Chefalo's Knot
120
Knot Flourish classic
 		124
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, December 2022.