Third Hand

34 entries in Hand Gimmicks / Third Hand
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Das Pythagoras-Wunder cloth held up by performer with both hands, still things happen behind this screen, fake finger/third hand, ungaffed silk (finger on stick or wire)
Related toVariations Oct. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10)
152
Das Pythagoras-Wunder cloth held up by performer with both hands, still things happen behind this screen, fake finger/third hand, ungaffed silk (finger on stick or wire)
Related toVariations July 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1)
14
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Briefkasten answering letters, on the third hand
Related to Dec. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6)
95
Carl Willmann Das Verschwinden einer brennenden Petroleum-Lampe vanishing lit petroleum candle, using a fake strapped-on arm
 		July 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7)
104
Fragekasten zur "Pythagoras Hand" thoughts on the third hand gimmick
Inspired by June 1898
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 12)
192
Wilhelm Meves Zum "Pythagoras-Wunder" stick with pivot joint in the middle in top of silk
Inspired by Oct. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 10)
152
Eddie Joseph The Masked Helper blindfolded spectator takes coins one by one, performer divines dates, one ahead, with gag sequence in which spectator holds on to dummy wax hand without knowing
 		1942
Coin and Money Magic
63
A. Vantur, G. Gloria Der Würfel als Chamöleon silk is placed on large die, silk and die change color several times, followed by french translation "Le dé caméléon"
 		Nov. 1945
La Baguette Magique (Issue 6)
2
Milbourne Christopher Big Hand plastic hand is produced as climax of production routine, "getting a big hand"
 		Nov. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 6)
718
Don Alan Reading Palms gag, with rubber hand
 		1956
Pretty Sneaky
39
Lane Bateman Yeow! how to make a fake rubber hand
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
13
Punx (16) Telekinecards ESP cards on a board move on their own, as the spectator wishes, third hand gimmick
 		1959
Mediumistic Stunts
288
Charly Eperny Die geheimnisvolle Spinne frame with playing cards, spider starts to move on frame and ends up on selection
 		1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3)
944
P. Howard Lyons Molding with Fluid Silicone tip
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
32
Marconick The Talking Frog frog puppet in hat, with false rubber hand
Also published here 1973
Original Magic 5
7
Karrell Fox On the Other Hand ideas for steel animal trap, Abbott's Daring Spring Trap, pencil snapped in two, fake hand in trap
 		1979
Another Book
253
Marconick Le grenouille qui parle frog puppet in hat, with false rubber hand
Also published here 1979
New Original Magic — Volume 3
10
Thomas Alan Waters Backhand switching an object behind a cloth, fake third hand
 		1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
289
Meir Yedid Handy Load embarrassing things produced from borrowed handbag, including rubber band
 		1983
Off the Wall
7
Meir Yedid Transpo-Tip silk to thumb tip on fake hand, gag
 		1983
Off the Wall
8
Meir Yedid Drive-Capade fake hand in car, practical joke
 		1983
Off the Wall
8
Meir Yedid Hotel Room Frolic fake hand in drawer in hotel room, practical joke
 		1983
Off the Wall
9
Meir Yedid Cold Corps fake hand in refrigerator, practical joke
 		1983
Off the Wall
9
Harald Kurz Z - Zombie using third hand
 		1991
Hardcore
38
Jim Steinmeyer India Rubber both hands of woman go through a large cloth, they move further apart than seems possible
 		1991
Device and Illusion
53
Alexander de Cova Phoenix from the Ashes third hand set-up, cloth held with both hands but one is secretly free
 		1994
Secrets No. 1
106
Ray Mertz, Karl Norman At the Bar third hand gag, using board with name on it
Related to May/June 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 23)
257
Ray Mertz At the Bar apparently stretching arm, fake hand and board
Related to July/Aug. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 24)
268
Karl Fulves Hank the Ghost No. 38, handkerchief held in front of glass on table, chosen sock that was beside glass is suddenly inside, kind of impromptu third hand method
 		1995
Easy Magic
54
Nicholas Einhorn 3rd Hand Telepathy
2004
World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 2
19
Andrew Mayne Light Storm assistant holding lamp penetrates stomach of performer, with held board as cover
 		2004
Light Storm
4
Kevin Ho Little Hand Vagina Bob Farmer's "Little Hand" appears
 		2014
Stupid Horrible Immature Tricks
32
Alex Ng 幽冥鬼手 (Spirit Ghost Hand) Little hand appears to emerge from creepy photo of doll, hand grabs a coin placed on hand, coin later appears printed on the photograph
 		2015
In the Mind of Dr. Alex
1
Tyler Wilson Inverse Square Law offbeat presentations for a magic square, starts out with fully filled grid of numbers which turns out as a prediction of a freely named number
  • Erauqs 1
  • Erauqs 2
 		2024
Tex Offender
65