Reel

89 entries in Thread / Reel
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Wandering Ring ring travels from one hand wrapped in handkerchief to the other, reel
Variations 1890 More Magic 196
Unknown Der Ringzieher "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
reel, vanishing a finger ring, vanishing a card
 		Mar. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 97
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 119
Carl Willmann Improved "Pulls"
  • Willmann's Vanisher
vanishing handkerchief application
 		1903 Later Magic 33
Unknown The Flying Ring to other hand, reel
 		1903 Later Magic 35
Hamley Brothers The "Lightning" Vanisher
1903 Later Magic 37
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909 The Art of Magic 194
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 		1938 Greater Magic 426
Dave Roberts The Climbing Bill climbing up the wall, reel
 		1938 Greater Magic 771
Lloyd W. Chambers The Flying Ball ball (or other object) placed in sack, pistol fired at sack blows open sack and ball is gone, reel pulls ball into opening of sack
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 6
Lloyd W. Chambers Shooting Through A Woman ribbon is shot through fan of cards held by assistant, penetrating through the signed selection, through the assistant, and hits a target behind her, thread reel
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 9
Bert Easley Coiner! ideas for a miser's dream structure
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 92) 374
Milbourne Christopher The Jumping Silks two different-colored silks held at one corner in each hand visibly change places
 		Dec. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 7) 172
John Prince Mendes Shooting Card card shoots out of deck which is held by spectator in performer's hand, reel
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 132
Arthur H. Buckley Card in Pocket Book Experiment No. 41 [An old plot with a new and simplified method] - using reel (!)
 		1946 Card Control 209
Dr. Aaron Weiss The Obedient Silk silk jumps through ring
 		Feb. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 9) 195
Charlie Miller Two Dollars and Aces aces appear in two envelopes that contained a dollar bill before, P&L Phantastic Card Reel for long spread in air
Inspired by 1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 58
Gene Kirk Scotchman "Elevator" Gadget thread with weight in breast pocket, silk jumps back, floating silk etc.
 		1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 369) 304
Tony Cole Ah, Sew three thread spools on stick, when covered, the order changes
 		Mar. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 23
Tony Cole Haunted Silk white silk clings to black silk, then moves up and behind black silk and vanishes, reel
 		July 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 43
Tony Cole Haunted Silk II silk with knot clings to wall and unknots itself there, reel
 		July 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 43
Al Koran The Flying Ring reel
 		1967 Al Koran's Professional Presentations 107
Eddie Joseph The Nuptial Knot serpent silk handling with reel
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 143
Eddie Joseph A Cabaret Routine ring and silk routine with serpent silk as finale
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 148
Eddie Joseph My De-Luxe Routine and Handling of the Serpent Silk
1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 153
Eddie Joseph The Spirit Lends a Hand bracelet unties from handkerchief in cup
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 155
Eddie Joseph The Snake Sheds its Skin serpent silk with surprise duplication of silk
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 156
Eddie Joseph Reel Tips
1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 157
Val Andrews With a Reel ---- "The Sporting Gambler!" No. 8, discarded card jumps back into spectator's hand
 		1970 (ca.) The Idiot at the Card Table 6
Paul Swinford Serpentine Thoughts silk that ties itself, reel
 		1971 Lecture Notes 1
Billy McComb Splashing in the Card Fountain with reel
Inspired by
  • Magicana, Genii, Oct. 1968
 1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 119
Billy McComb Fish Stricks plastic fish at end of the strings, with idea for tassel on fez with reel
 		1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 139
Amedeo Vacca Button-Button vanishing button with reel through sleeve fabric
 		1974 Amedeo's Continental Magic 37
Karl Fulves Watch Reel watches build from coins, other uses for it
Related to 1975 Interlocutor (Issue 2) 4
Unknown Billete Volador gag, bill on reel
 		1975 Magia en el Bar 113
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
 		1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6) 937
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Short Story "Jo Sarles", anecdote about long repair of reel
 		1976 Interlocutor (Issue 14) 51
Cardini Crawling Bill bill crawl over floor, routine made available via Milton Tropp, wrist reel
Variations 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 5) 1114
Jonathan Yarbrough The Ring prediction of price of ring, price tag, Koran Medaillon type
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 235) 1171
Tom Gagnon Educated Dollar Bill bill crawls underneath wallet in tent configuration, then under ashtray and back
  • The Bill and Wallet
  • Gaining Slack In The Thread
  • Himber Plus Cardini
  • The Bill and the Ashtray
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 27) 1325
Ken Brooke Method for "The Untying Silk" self-untying knot
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 75
Fantasio Any Reel - Locking Reel how to make a locking reel out of a non-locking reel
 		1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 123
Thomas Alan Waters Backdate three-digit number is predicted, pined on performer's back
Variations 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Myxtyr) 665
Meir Yedid Serpent Silk Switch animated silk, jumps from floor to hand into sleeve, to breast pocket etc.
 		1986 Stage Stuff 19
Jim Hyams The Traveling Toupee toupee vanishes from head and appears in clear plastic box, Crystal Casket
 		1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20) 344
Steve Beam, Wayne Kyzer Fallout gag, toupee jumps from one hand to the other
 		1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20) 346
Steve Beam Shampoo gag, more ideas with a toupee and a reel
 		1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 20) 346
Patrick Page The Ring Pull reel for finger rings
Also published here 1987 The Pull Book 32
Patrick Page The Reel different designs for reels
Also published here 1987 The Pull Book 32
Patrick Page The Untying Knot with a Reel knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here 1987 The Pull Book 44
David Britland Elastic Thread as Reel Substitute
Related to
  • "Penetrable Silk" (Spalding, Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Vol. 2)
 1988 Card Kinetics 38
Fantasio Der tatsächlich verschwindende Stock vanishing cane handling with reel
 		1988 Fantasio 19
Fantasio Die wirklich verschwindende Kerze candle vanishes under handkerchief
 		1988 Fantasio 24
Bruce Cervon Lautloser Fliegender Ring
Also published here
  • Magicana, Genii
 July 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 5) 210
Patrick Page Der Fingerring-Zieher reel for finger rings
Also published here Dec. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2) 52
Patrick Page Der Ringzieher
Also published here Dec. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2) 53
Patrick Page Das Knotenlösen mit dem Ringzieher knot slowly untying in a handkerchief
Also published here Dec. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 2) 59
Ben Martin It's the Reel Thing
1991 Card to Wallet 62
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Foutain of Cards three selections
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 20
Steve Dusheck A Reel Thumb Tip for silk vanish, as sucker gag with second thumb tip, with other suggestions
Related to 1991 Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic 21
Karrell Fox Visilk Transposition two openly held silks visibly transpose
 		1991 Goodies 94
Patrick Page Die Springblume flower jumps from lapel of spectator to performer's lapel
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Pages from Patrick's Notebook
 Nov. 1991 Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3) 113
Steve Dusheck Spread Em long spread between hands, reel
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 98
Tommy Wonder Reel Pull
1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 304
John Hamilton Tuch und Ringzieher-Zauberei knot vanish handlings with reel
 		1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2) 70
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998 Spooked 6
Ken Brooke Das sich selbst entknotende Tuch self-untying knot
Also published here 1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3) 118
Don Alan Flying Medal medal on lapel is removed and flies back
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 205
Don Alan Floating and Rising Billiard Ball
2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 221
David Regal Solid Gold with reel
 		2002 Constant Fooling 1 204
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 300
Nicholas Einhorn Gold Rush reel
 		2004 World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 2 5
Vanni Bossi Buttoned 2 card appears on shirt button, reel
 		2005 Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture 6
Vanni Bossi Guess How Many clean switch of folded card (or similar item), reel
 		2005 Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture 7
Barrie Richardson The Impossible Knot Routine routine and presentation knot sequence
  • G. W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot
  • The Slow-motion Knot
  • The Bradbury Knot (reel)
Also published here
  • Concepts & Deceptions Lecture Notes, 1999
 2005 Act Two 179
Christian Engblom The Reel Thing coin changes to bill, or bill switch, clever switching and retrieval system using a reel
 		2007 Lecture Notes 6
Patrick Page, David Nixon Attraction object fall on the floor and jumps up when large magnet is held next above it, gag
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 286
Patrick Page The Buttonhole flower appears on buttonhole
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 287
Patrick Page A Hat Trick tennis ball appears on bowler hat
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 290
Patrick Page Home James handkerchief jumps up back in outer breast pocket
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 292
Patrick Page Which Hand is it in? with handkerchief for one spectator, rest of audience can see how it works
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 315
Patrick Page Ditto with handkerchief for one spectator, rest of audience can see how it works
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 315
Unknown Reel & Ring borrowed ring placed in box, it travels into another box
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 692
Unknown Door Penetration finger ring penetrates through door with one hand on each side
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 692
Paul Vigil Update three digits called out by spectators, predicted by a prediction written on a card safety pinned to the back of the performer's jacket, credit information on the plot
Inspired by 2014 Classic Fantastic 139
G Chi 2 (气2) Make cigarette fly up from table on command
 		2015 Believe 7
Vanni Bossi With Your Peanuts card folded to can of peanuts, reel
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 33
张国洲 Jojo 独一无二的十一元 (The One and Only Eleven Dollar Bill) Dollar coin fused with ten dollar bill, then plucked out again
 		2017 The Truth 真相 29
Johnny Thompson Color-Changing Silk visible, reel
Inspired by
  • method attributed to Henry Christ
 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 237
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