Penetration

33 entries in Pen/Pencil / Penetration
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dr. Edward G. Ervin A Subtle Penetration handling for wand or pencil through handkerchief
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 42
Martin Gardner The Houdini Pen
1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 278
Howard A. Adams Interstices piece of glass is put in envelope and pierced with pencil and knife, stays unharmed
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 124) 499
Bill Nord Bill Nord's Ring on Pencil pencil pushed through a folded card, ring penetrates pencil, with Bill-Z-Bub gimmick
Variations 1952 Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick and Ring on Rope 7
John A. M. Howie John Howie's Ring on Pencil pencil pushed through a folded card, ring penetrates pencil
Inspired by 1955 Routines with the Jardine Ellis Ring 14
Harry Lorayne RingToo on pen
 		1956 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 337) 158
Steve Spillman The Eye-Popping Pop Top pull top from beer can on pencil
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 45) 221
Trevor Dawson Goldfinger ring penetrates pencil and paper tube then pencil vanishes
 		Feb. 1975 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6) 65
Karrell Fox Pencil-tration pencil through borrowed handkerchief, two phases
 		1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 51
Harry Lorayne Pen Through Handkerchief
1977 The Magic Book 249
Paul Harris Pen-Ultimate* card clipped on pen is covered and then impaled on pen
 		1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 1
Ken Beale A Quick Getaway No. 61, rubber band penetrates pencil held by spectator, with business card
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 74
Unknown Popper Up No. 69, pencil penetrates handkerchief
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 83
Joe Dignam Crayon target drawn on paper, pencil penetrates target and table
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3) 48
Unknown, Bob Read Spot Remover No. 54, pencil through jacket, optional loading/stealing of spectator's pockets
 		1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 93
Karl Fulves Half Thru pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through
Also published here 1987 Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One 25
Unknown Freefall No. 18, pen through silk
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 47
Karl Fulves Half Thru No. 19, pen penetrates borrowed handkerchief and is stuck halfway through
Also published here 1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 50
Emil Jarrow, Walter Schwartz Pentapencil No. 22, two spectators hold out a handkerchief, pencil penetrates it with newspaper cover
Variations 1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 57
Duke Stern Jump Up No. 25, pencil through handkerchief
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 65
Dan Harlan Now U Z It pencil through bill
Related to 1989 The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 4) 13
Murray Sumner, Rick Johnsson, Yoshio Hirose Puncture No. 69, pen through bill with paper cover
Inspired by 1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 90
Jay Sankey Dough pen through bill
Related toVariations 1990 100% Sankey 43
Steve Dusheck The Pretzel twisted rubber band penetrates off a pencil
 		1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 121
Christian Scherer Falschgeld-Test variation of Cornelius' "Pen Thru Anything", using Scherer's own pen design, pen through bill
 		1994 Falschgeld-Test 1
Chad Long Predic-storation prediction on napkin with pen through it, prediction comes true and napkin restored, Cornelius' "Pen Through Anything"
 		1995 The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume Two 13
Don Tanner, Paul Harris The Twinkie Bottle pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 43
Al Koran Hanky Panky Routine described by Lewis Ganson, borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear
  • 1. Ein Bleistift durchdringt das Taschentuch
  • 2. Verbranntes und wieder hergestelltes Taschentuch
  • 3. Zerschnittenes und wiederhergestelltes Taschentuch (Jack Chanin)
  • 4. Fortwährende Münzenproduktion aus Tuch (Jack Chanin)
  • 5. Produktion einer Zigarette und eines Feuerzeugs
  • 6. Produktion eines Glases Wein (Jardine Ellis)
 		1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1) 27
Paul Harris Twinkie Too pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 44
Simon Lovell Pen Through Tongue fake tongue
Related to 1997 Simon Says! 219
Milton Kort Pen-etration Pen penetrates handkerchief twice, then vanishes
 		1999 Kort 315
Doug Edwards Wonder Pen-a-Tration pen through bill, handling
Related to
  • Doug Edwards / Tenyo's "The Wandering Hole" 1979 and "Ultimate Shocking Pen" 2003.
 2013 Nukes 81
Ben Hart Pen Through Note Ideas
2020 The Darkest Corners 181