False Knots

63 entries in Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / False Knots
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Of fast or loose, how to knit a hard knot upon a handkercher, and to undo the same with words converting square knot into slip knot
Related to 1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXIX)
190
How to knit a hard knot upon a handkercher, and to seem to undoe the same with words converting square knot into slip knot
Related to 1634
The Art of Legerdemain Discovered
39
Défaire un double noeud d'un mouchoir sans le toucher Undoing a double knot of a handkerchief without touching it
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
218
The Handkerchief that cannot be Tied in a Knot
1876
Modern Magic
237
The Vanishing Knots
1876
Modern Magic
238
Charles Arbre Die Knoten im Taschentuch knot vanishes when silk is shaken, two knots appear in silk
 		May 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 5)
76
Slipknot with Silks
1903
Moderne Magie
167
Fake Knot
1931
Ireland Writes a Book
27
The Pull-Away Single Knot
1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
364
The Dissolving Single Knot
1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
365
The Fade-Away Double Knot release knot for two silks
Variations 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
368
The Nu-Away Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
Also published here 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
369
Quick Release Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
371
G. W. Hunter The Magical Bow Knot
1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
374
Al Baker Spirits At Work thread, unknotting with short knot sequence
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
60
Al Baker The Knot that just Won't
VariationsAlso published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
64
Al Baker False Knot for two Silks knotting two silks together
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
69
False Knot
1942
Silks Supreme
9
Jack Miller Knotty Silk knot disappears and reappears, using thread
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
352
A Knotty Interlude tight knot is resolved, knot appears
 		June 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 1)
125
Dr. Arnold Boston The Evolution of a Knot three false knots with a handkerchief
 		June 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 1)
227
U. F. Grant The Impossible Knot knot routine with a handkerchief
 		July 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 207)
828
Joe Berg, Martin Gardner The Joe Berg Knot
Also published here Feb. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 9)
630
Eddie Joseph That's Tight Enough easily opening a knot
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
7
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's False Knot
1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
155
Bert Allerton Impromptu Handkerchief Routine
1958
The Close-Up Magician
44
Bert Allerton "Not A Knot"
1958
The Close-Up Magician
44
G. W. Hunter, Nate Leipzig Fadeaway Knot
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
76
Edwin Leist-Bernini Schuhnesteltrick mit Seil Hunter bow tie not
 		1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 6)
93
John Scarne El Nudo deshecho de "Scarne"
Also published here
  • John Scarne's "176. Blowing a Knot Out of a Handkerchief" in "Scarne's Magic Tricks". P.10.
 1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
18
The Knot that Will Knot
1974
Tricks with Handkerchiefs
53
Dissolving Knot
1976
Second Lecture
12
Dai Vernon, Joe Berg Berg Knot Variation
Inspired by 1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #7)
993
Harry Lorayne Not a Knot!
1977
The Magic Book
257
Joe Berg Der Joe Berg Tuchknoten
Also published here Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
19
Karrell Fox Knifty-Knot knot tied into silk in slow-motion, yet it vanishes
 		1979
Another Book
63
Alessandro de Luca Cone of Power three scarfs with different colors, selected one has a knot
 		1980
Magick (Issue 262)
1309
Keith Davies Silken Shade
1980
The Talon (Issue 6)
71
Not A Knot No. 63
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
77
Ron Fredrick The Babushka Routine five phase routine with dissolving knots and a large handkerchief, final one is through neck
 		1982
The Professional Routines of Ron Fredrick
7
Karrell Fox Silknot
Jan. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1009
Splitting Knots one knot on a silk becomes two, good luck with the illustrations
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
24
Silk Moves
  • Unknotting Silk
  • Knot That Isn't
shown by Charlie Miller (1939)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
27
Jean Hugard Tuchknoten & andere Spielereien collection of silk knot effects and flourishes, stretching silk
  • 1. Ein Tuch in die Länge ziehen
  • 2. Das nicht zu verknotende Tuch
  • 3. Ein beidhändiger Blitzknoten
  • 4. Zwei Blitzknoten
  • 5. Die Vereinigungs-Knoten
  • 6. Der Arm-Blitzknoten
  • 7. Ein einhändiger Blitzknoten
  • 8. Fliegende Knoten
  • 9. Einhand-Knoten mit zwei Tüchern
  • 10. Ein-Hand-End-Knoten
  • 11. Drei-Tücher-Blitzverknotung
  • 12. Doppel-Schleifen-Knoten
  • 13. Die verschwindenden Schleifen-Knoten
  • 14. Verschwindende Knoten
  • 15. Ein Tuch mit sieben Enden
  • 16. Zwei Knoten aus einem
  • 17. Ein magisches Auffädeln
  • 18. Tuch durch Bein
  • 19. Die Stanley Collins' Variante
  • 20. Das Schlagen eines Knotens ohne Loslassen der Enden
  • 21. Das sich selbst entkontende Tuch
  • 22. Ein nützlicher Knoten
  • 23. Das schwebende Tuch
  • 24. Das Heimkehrer-Tuch
  • 25. Das Herumwirbeln eines Tuches
  • 26. Ein Geschicklichkeits-Trick
 		July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
175
Der Falsche Knoten
1986
Gimmick (Issue 2)
6
Karrell Fox "No Not" fairly knot tied vanishes
 		1988
My Latest Book
26
Joe Berg, Dai Vernon Joe Berg Knot
1989
Seminarheft
6
Billy McComb The Knot
Dec. 1997
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 6)
3
Charlie Miller, Ron Bauer Left-Handed Hank knot dissolves
Inspired by 2001
Left-Handed Hank
1
The Right-Handed Knot
2001
Left-Handed Hank
21
The Left-Handed Knot
2001
Left-Handed Hank
23
Tom Gaddis The Right-Handed Knot Variation
2001
Left-Handed Hank
25
Al Baker Spirits At Work thread, unknotting with short knot sequence
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
197
Al Baker The Knot that just Won't
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
200
Al Baker False Knot for two Silks knotting two silks together
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
204
Joe Berg, Dai Vernon Joe Berg Knot
2006
Compilation
40
Doug Edwards G.W. Hunter Knot Handling with a ring
 		2013
Nukes
126
The Nu-Away Double Knot release knot for 2 silks
Also published here July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
40
George Sands Twist Knot with extra piece, false knot and fusing two ropes together
  • Figure Eight Restoration
  • "Sam Schwartz's Delivery"
  • Sleight of Foot Restoration
Also published here 2014
Ropes
36
Johnny Thompson Unprepared Serpentine Silk knot vanishes with a snap
Inspired by
  • an item from Keith Clark
 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
233
Square Knot
2018
Sobre Magia de Salón
39
Ignacio López The Fade-Away Double Knot Variation
Inspired by 2018
Sobre Magia de Salón
47
Square Knot false knot
 		2019
On Parlour Magic
17