Rice S Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Vol 4 by Mark Trimble

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D E D I C A T I O N
TO MY WIFE
BETH
MY SONS
ADAM
&
JOHN
AND THE TEAM

F O R E W O R D A N D
When I First began to work with silk and silk dyeing, I thoroughly
examined the first three volumes of this encyclopedia. Even though many of
the materials suggested for dyeing silk were no longer available, I was able to
cull from these pages valuable tips and ideas that enabled me to start anew in
silk magic. In continuing this series into a fourth volume I want to honor what
Harold Rice did in the first three. He concretized the methods and effects
used in a specific branch of magic thereby assuring its continuance into the
future.
Many people have asked about the promised Rice fourth volume. For
whatever reasons Harold did not complete the publishing of that fourth
volume. Many have letters from Harold saying that the book was almost or
already finished. Francis Martineau is reported to possess several completed
chapters. Many other stories abound. Harold had promised a fourth volume
since before the completion of the third. At this time, all material whether in
notes or final form is in private hands and is unavailable to the magic public.
This fourth volume is not meant to pre-empt the unavailable material. Instead
this volume is intended to give a necessary close to a work that is at this time
unfinished. If and when the original material surfaces it will be a welcomed
addition to the collection of the Rice era of silk magic.
This volume is a product of computer technologies that did not exist at

the time of Harold Rice's death in 1981. The original books were handwritten
and illustrated by Francis Martineau. Each of his handwritten
A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
typestyles were rendered into a computer font, letter by letter. All other
graphic elements were created to mimic the original three volumes. The new
illustrations were created by scanning original drawings, then altering them by
computer. Original Martineau drawings were used with permission from the
publisher. All of this was done to create a volume that would compliment the
original three. The reader will be the judge of my success.
I thank Hank Lee and Chuck Kirchner for their patience, and for their
desire to contribute to magic by the writing of this volume. Thanks to the many
contributors that made the volume possible. Thanks go to Keena Thompson, Jay
Marshall, Greg Bordner, Dick Zimmerman and Warren Stephens for help in the
difficult job of historical research. Thanks to Max Howard, Dan Garrett, Bruce
and Sarah Johnson, and E. Carey who knew I could do it. I thank Wayne Gignac,
Mike Parsons, Kelly Duro, Jeff Sandstrom, Ron Vedder and Tim Hannig for
allowing me to take the time from our team. I must give a special thanks to
Frank Franke for the use of his library for research and his warmth and wit
for encouragement. Finally thanks to Beth, Adam, and John for enduring their
husband and father the grumpy 'artiste.
In offering this volume I hope to give the magic profession tools that
render the first three volumes more usable. In delineating the Rice Era of silk
magic and bringing these volumes to a close I hope to bring a new lease on silk
magic.
C O N T E N T S
Dedication. v
Foreword and Acknowledgements.. Vi
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

Harold R. Rice......................... 1543
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

Volume One Revisited................ 1556
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

Volume Two Revisited................ 1644
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

Volume Three Revisited ............. 1678
CHAPTER THIRTY
Silk Loads and Steals............... 1716
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE

Silk Magic for Children............. 1748
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

Silk Magic of Warren Stephens--- 1774
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Romantic Story of Silk Revisited - 1828
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

Dyeing Your Own Silks Revisited-- 1840
INDEX
Chapters, Contributors, Effects,
Subjects
Herald R. Rice
An Encyclopedia and a Lifetime
His Life * 1
Harold Randolph Rice was born May 22, I9I2, in Salineville, Ohio,
where he spent the early portion of his life. A boyhood interest in
magic was ignited by the performance of S. S. Henry, whom young
Harold saw in Salineville, when Henry played one of the vaudeville
circuits. Young Harold made a deal with Henry, whereby he saw shows
Free in return For Feeding Henry's pet goat, which vanished From a
box twice each day.
He attended the University of Cincinnati as an art major and
soon designed and created his own silks for a silk act. He joined the
International Brotherhood of Magicians in I929, and the Society of
American Magicians in I934. Silk King Studios was created in I929
when local magicians persuaded him to make silk squares for them.
This title, Silk King, was a wise choice because he made sure it
followed him for almost sixty years in magic.
Harold married Thelma Ryle on June 12, I931, and she became
very active in the business. Together they marketed silks and silk
magic and effects to customers all over the world. As a couple the
Rices parented one daughter.
The silk business was Harold's second profession. His First
involved the academic world. In this career he earned a B.S. in Applied
Arts and B.S. in Art Education in I934, a Masters of Education in
I942. These degrees were received From the University
*From M.U.M Magazine, April I977, courtesy David Goodsell

of Cincinnati. His advanced degrees were a Doctorate of Education
from Columbia University in 1944 and an L.H.O. in 1963 from Moore
College of Art in Philadelphia.
He held several positions in the academic world. He was Art

Supervisor of the Wyoming, Ohio Public Schools from 1934 to 1942.
Simultaneously, he held a teaching position at the University of
Cincinnati. After earning his doctorate as an Arthur Wesley Dow
Scholar from Columbia in 1944, he was appointed Head of the Art
Department, University of Alabama. In 1946 he became the Dean of
the Moore Institute of Art, Science, and Industry, in Philadelphia, la
1951 he became president of the same institution. He returned to the
University of Cincinnati as the Dean of the College of Design,
Architecture, and Art in 1963. Ten years later, in 1973 Rice became
the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Art Education.
He held this position

until his retirement
in 1978, after which
he became Dean
Emeritus. One of his
primary assignments
at The University of
Cincinnati was to
catalogue all the
various donated and
acquired works of art
that adorned the
walls, basements, and
storage spaces of
the entire
university. This alone kept him very busy.
His posts in this magic world were numerous. He, Phil Thomas
and several others proposed the forming of the magic dealers
association to help with problems such as protecting the rights of
those who invented or marketed new effects, possible ways of dealing
with pirates, the prevention of unethical practices, and similar
concerns. His push for the formation of the association began in 1934
and culminated in 1946. He always had a strong hand in this
organization from its inception until his death. Harold served as
President, 1951-52, and Secretary from 1952-67.
In the I.B.M. Rice served as International Secretary from 1940

to 1946. He was responsible for the idea and first designs of the
official club jewelry. He made monthly contributions to the Linking
Ring 1932 to 1940. It was this column and subsequent small ads that
spread the word about his desire to collect silk magic effects.
He shared with the magic world the silk effects that he

collected. A list of the major articles and publications by Harold
follows:
Rices Exclusive Magic 1936
Rices Naughty Silks 1937
Keith Clarks Silks Supreme 1942
Keith Clarks Rope Royale 1942
Rice's Capers with Color 1943
Rice's Thru the Dye Tube 1943
Keith Clark's Celebrated Cigarettes 1943
Keith Clark's Nite Club Act 1944
Francis Martineaus Victory Bouquet 1944
Martineaus Miracle Silk 1945
Martineau's Walsh Cane Routines 1945
Martineaus Rope Hectic 1946
Rices More Naughty Silks 1947
Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 1 1948
Harold battled illness throughout the 1980's. He manned his

last convention booth at the 1986 SAM. Convention in Louisville, KY.
He received his life membership and gave his final silk lecture. He
received a long-lasting and well-deserved standing ovation from the
standing room only crowd.
Harold Rice died on July 10, 1981, at the age of 15. His wife,
Thelma maintained the business for a short time. Her own failing
health caused her to close the doors of the sixty-year-old Silk King
Studios.
The selling of an Empire 2
Rice was an ingenious businessman. He thoroughly understood

the magic trade and knew how to manipulate the market to his
advantage. He quickly maneuvered himself and his company name to
the top of the magic silk marketplace. Silk King, SKS, and Rice
stood for quality, durability and price. His silks were always
considered pricey even when a patterned 36 silk sold for ten
dollars or less.
Rice was considered to be an elitist by many in the magic
field. His artistic background did not always blend with the more
roughian nature of many in magic Often, he ran head-on with many
people in the dealings of the M.D.A. Therefore, few people really
knew him well. He and Thelma chose to keep their circle of close
friends small. Even long time acquaintances passing through or living
in Cincinnati met Harold at locations close to his home
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rather than in his home. Very few saw his basement, the
heart of SKS. Almost no one knew how much inventory he carried, or
when he ordered items.
One thing is known, Harold and Thelma Rice were upright
business people. Customers received their orders quickly. His
correspondence was always cordial and refined, showing well-thought
ideas and friendly demeanor. The couple ran their business
efficiently. In the world of magic this alone is a major
accomplishment.
Harold promoted his silks tenaciously. His most ingenious
marketing move was made at the turn of the 1950's. After World
War II, the silk supply from the orient faltered as new synthetics
were created during war research, and the orient rebuilt its
industries. During this time, Rice saw the chance to invest in a major
supply of silk at extremely discounted prices. He invested every
dime that he owned and borrowed on every asset to make an
enormous purchase of silk from his supplier in Japan. This was done
over a several year period. What resulted from this purchase was
the boldest marketing move in his career. He had already captured
the title as Silk King in the American markets. His second volume to
The Encyclopedias was due out. He banked on the future demand for
his products. Although subsequent orders were made later to keep
certain high demand items in stock, Harold swore never to again
gamble with his family's security. Luckily, he never had to do so.
Immediately after the major purchase, Harold started
suggesting that there was a shortage of good silk. While he
understood that he was referring to his own Silk King Studio silks,
the magic public took it to mean that quality silk was difficult to find
and in low quantities when discovered. The idea
coused such a good reaction to his own quality line of
silks that Harold kept this motto, slogan, or rumor alive until
his last lecture in 1986. In reality, while synthetics did abound
and multiply, since the 50's there has been no widespread
shortage of quality silk products. The garment industry found
that synthetics were cheaper and were often preferred by the
mass public because of their ease of care. However, silk is still
regarded as one of the finest garment fibers and is in plentiful
supply.
The shortage rumor is echoed from the lips of the magic
public to this day. The rumor strongly boosted Harold's sales
and prices. It did not hurt other people in the magic silk
business. Others were able to easily sell quality pieces and
quickly forgive poor quality due to the "shortage" scare.
A salute must be given to Rice for his business
capitalization on a misperception. There was a shortage of Rice
silks. Rice silks were only created through SKS and his stock
was limited. Therefore, the rumor that he started was in
essence true. However, the glaring misrepresentation by some
magic dealers is not true. Many dealers unwittingly or
purposefully pass on to the magic public inferior 3 and 4
momme silks, claiming that this is all that is available because
of the "shortage." In reality, these silks are sold because they
must be replaced often and will keep customers buying more
products.
The "shortage," while serving a good purpose for Rice
and the other silk dealers through the 1970's, also killed silk
magic during the I980's. Creativity is not given to a field that
has a limited and tenuous life. Silk magic as a division of magic
boomed in the 1940's to 1960's. It leveled off in the 1970's
and stagnated in the 1980's. Its future depends on the
demythologizing of the shortage
score and the application of creative minds to the field
using the new technologies available for dyeing silk. Only by
removing the boundaries of given colors, shapes, sizes, and
designs will silk magic be able to breathe again.
The Lost Empire 3

Many ask if the remaining inventory still exists. During
the early I980's Harold sold the rights to The Encyclopedia of
Silk Magic to the current publishers. He also sought to sell the
entire remaining stock of silks. The asking price started at a
quarter of a million dollars and quickly dropped to well below
one hundred thousand dollars. He never found a buyer, partly
because for most interested parties he only offered an
inventory list of existing stock after receiving a payment
check. After Harold's death a few collectors made fair deals
with Thelma for a small portion of the remaining stock. The
final stock of Silk King Studio silks remains in the possession of
Harold and Thelma's daughter.
Historical accomplishment 4
Rice made many unique, long-lasting contributions to the

field of magic. Although printed magic silks were first
introduced by The Davenport Co. of London, Harold was the
first to bring quality silk products to the Americas. As the
undisputed leader of the United States silk magic market, Rice
led the direction and influenced the popularity and growth of
silk magic. Through his example, he defined a new quality
standard for magic silks. The Davenport collection of silks is
large and contains quality
items. The Silk King Studio collection was about the same
size as far as number of offered pieces, but was superior in dye
and silk quality.
Harold began his silk career making custom pieces for
selected individuals. This soon grew to dyeing larger quantities of
solid silk in his bathtub and template spraying patterned silks in
his basement. Later deals with family silk dyers in Japan created
a supply of quality silk products made to his specifications. His
art background infiltrated his product line and therefore the
magic world. Combining artistic and theatrical knowledge, Rice
hand mixed a palette of colors that created a never-before-seen
intensity in his pieces. Each of his designs was personally hand
drawn. The minimalist approach with simple line and solid color
created startling appearances when the silks were viewed from
far away or up close. Harold personally instructed the silk
factories to combine the habotai weave and the silk strand of
Silk de Chine to obtain a unique iridescent quality for his
products. In this attention to detail and the use of his knowledge
Rice set a standard that will be held for centuries to come.
His three volumes of The Rice Encyclopedia of Silk Magic
established three standards that exist today. First, silk sizes
were relatively non-standard until the publication of his books.
When receiving contributions for the books, Harold would
painstakingly recalculate sizes of silk to match the sizes that he
carried. Also, he established the quality weight of silks to be 6
and 8 momme. This still holds true today. Finally, the illustrations
in the volumes brought magic books to a new level. The Tarbell
course was by far the best-illustrated large series of books. The
Rice books created a picture book of magic so that it was very
easy to visualize the effects described.
Simply put, the pictures matched the words.
The Rice Encyclopedia Questions 5

Harold compiled oil the material that went into the books.
He arranged the effects in the order that he wanted. He
oversaw the physical writing of the pieces and the illustration of
the entire project. However, John Braun gave form to the
written word and Francis Martineau gave the final flare to the
series. Braun was a well-established ghost writer of the time and
made the technical writing readable. Martineau hand wrote each
letter and penned each drawing. The laborious task took years
for each book. Sometimes Martineau would stay in his RV in
Rice's back yard, so that Rice could monitor the progress.
The collaboration of Rice and Martineau was often a
struggle at best. As each work progressed the tension between
the pair increased. A promised fourth volume never was put to
page because of the eventual friction that arose. It seems as if
Martineau felt that he was not paid well for the later volumes
and Rice would not pay him what he wanted for the next in the
series. Rice also had growing concern for some personal habits of
Martineau that were rendering some of his work unacceptable. In
1981 Harold became so frustrated with Martineau that he
approached the lettering-illustration team of Bill Johnson and
Jack Dean about doing the fourth volume. A letter from Harold
indicated that he was ready to leave the previous volume's style
and move on with the project.
Rice's fourth volume was never completed. Reports vary

as to the extent of Rice's work on the volume. Harold told some
that volume four was
complete and he was working on a fifth. Martineau Has
stated that he has possession of two complete chapters. All
the materials for the Rice fourth volume are in the hands of
his daughter. Seemingly, they are a box of various notes, files,
routines, and rough drawings. Whether they reach the magic
public remains to be seen at this writing.
This volume is not intended to replace Rice's collected

material, but rather to give a necessary demarcation of the
Rice era in silk magic before it becomes obscured by time. The
Rice era of silk magic and the Silk Kings reign spans an
impressive 60 years. His impact is carried into the future.
Volume one Revisited
Methods of folding a silk
Utility silk roll * 1
-DISK GUSTAFSON -
A good tight roll of a silk may be accomplished using a one-

quarter inch diameter stick or pencil.
Place the end of the silk on the silk as in

Figure 1. Wrap the silk around the silk in a
back and forth manner,
Figure 2. Slide the roll off
the stick and tuck the end
into the center of
the roll, Figure 3. The rolled silk is quite
secure and unrolls rapidly. This silk fold is
similar to Carlyle's
silk roll in The

Tarbell Course in Magic 4.
Producing a single silk

Non apparatus methods
New Silk Holder 2
VITO LUPO
The advantages of Vito's silk holder are easily

* Courtesy Dick Gustafson
** Courtesy Magic Effex International.
Seen, Figure 4 Sometimes the best
ideas are the simplest. With this holder the
silk is locked into the holder until it is
released by the performer. Palming the
holder is easy because it is
small. The silk is released with one hand and is reliable.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk as in Figure 5.
2. Roll the silk and place the end into the holder
as in Figure 6
3. Place the holder in the hand,
Figure 7
Presentation:
1. To produce the silk,
squeeze the holder with
the fingers and the base of
the thumb.
2. The silk drops down A and
out of the holder, the end
of the silk will still be
locked in the holder.
3. The other hand pulls up on the silk. The silk travels through
the holder. To the audience it looks as if the silk is being
pulled through the empty hand.
Final Note:
The holder can easily be held in a Tenkai palm.
Grip Ring for Silk Production 3

- V i t o l u p o
Vito has found o perfect solution to make large silks easier to

steal and hold during production. Cut a band from the end of a
thumbtip, Figure 8.
This can be sewn,
snapped, Velcroed, or
tied to the corner of a
large silk. Steals are
simple, and the ring is
"invisible" since it is
flesh tone. The slit in
the ring allows
the finger to be inserted with no difficulty. The silk can be

pulled and the ring will slip around the finger since the plastic is
flexible.
Large Silk Holder * 4

- VITO LUPO
Producing a 36 or larger silk has always presented a

problem because it is such a large bundle to hide. There are very
few holders designed
* Courtesy Magic Effex International

for these silks.
Vito has created a holder that comfortably fits two large silks and it
is hidden with no difficulty, Figure 9. The holder will keep the silks in
any position, 4 either upside-down or sideways.
Preparation:
1. Cut a wide band from a thumbtip
and tie it to one corner of the silk,
Figure 10.
2. Fold and roll the silk as in Figure 11.
3. Slide the silk into the
holder with the ring at
the top, Figure 12
4. Pin or clip the holder under the edge of your

costume where it is ' accessible.
Presentation:
1. When it is time to
steal the silk, slide
your middle finger
into the ring, Figure 13.
2. Your thumb goes at
the bottom of the
silk. Push the silk
out of the holder with
the thumb.
4. The silk is in a natural position once it is in

your hand. To produce the silk, open your
hand and let the silk fall free. It will unroll by
its own weight.
5. To make a faster production
use a downward tossing motion as if
you were throwing a yo-yo. This same
motion could be used to produce the
silk by throwing it up or outward to
the side.
Pro Silk Holder * 5

- CHRISPITTS WORTH
Effect:
An effortless production of a silk (up to 36") at your
Fingertips.
Required:
A silk up to 36" in size. The Pro Silk Holder, Figure 14.
Preparation:
1. Tie o knot in one corner of
the silk. Cover the knot
with tope and trim it so
that the knot becomes a
ball 1/8 in diameter.
2. Starting with the opposite
corner from the
knot, tightly roll up the silk.
3. Place the silk in the holder so that the roll is in the holder
and the knot is positioned through the slot in the bottom,
Figure 1S.
Alternate Preparation:
The corner of the silk can be tied in a Few
* Courtesy Magic Effex International.
knots with the rubber band.
Presentation:
1. Place your right thumb
behind the silk at point
A, Figure 15.
2. Reach around and clip
the knot between your
first and second
fingers, or
between the second and third
fingers.
3. Slide the rolled silk package
through the holder, removing
the silk.
4. Keep your fingers closed around
the silk, clipping the knot
between the two fingers.
5. Simply open the hand and
the silk will drop down, Figure
16.
Notes:
The Pro Silk Holder can be
used with either the right or left
hand, and hidden in many different
places. To
fasten, one can use Velcro, snaps, pins or clips. You can position
the holder right side up or upside down, depending on your
needs.
Semi- impromptu Silk Production * 6
- VITO LUPO
VERSION 1
Effect:
An effortless production of o silk at your Fingertips.
Required:
One no. 32 Flesh colored rubber band. One 24" silk.
Preparation:
1. Tie one end of the rubber band to one corner of the
silk, Figure 17.
2. Roll the silk into a ball starting at the corner diagonally
opposite the rubber band.
3. Conceal the silk ball in the left hand with the rubber
band hanging toward the left Fingers, Figure 18.
* Courtesy Magic Effex International.

Presentation:
1. Extend the left arm and roll up the sleeve with the right
hand.
2. Moving both hands, retract the left arm and extend the
right hand toward it. The right second finger slips through
the rubber band.
3. Continue to hold the silk in the left hand. Extend the right
arm and roll up the right sleeve with the left hand.
4. Load the silk ball into the crook of the right elbow. Keep
the right arm bent upward, palm facing the audience, Figure
19.
5. Move the left hand away. Show both sides of the right
hand.
6. Straighten the right arm and act as if you are plucking the
silk out of the air with the right hand. The silk will fly from
the crook of the elbow into the hand when the arm is
straightened, Figure 20.
VERSION 2
Preparation:
1. Tie one end of the rubber bond to one corner of the silk.
2. Roll the silk into a boll starting at the corner
diagonally opposite the rubber band.
3. Conceal the silk ball in the top of the cumber bun with the
rubber band hanging out at the top, Figure 21.
Presentation:
1. Show the left hand empty. At the same time, slip the
right second finger through the rubber band.
2. Stretch the rubber band to its full length and expand the
stomach to keep the silk in the cumber bun. Show both
sides of the right hand, Figure 22.
3. Act as if you are plucking the silk out of the air with
the right hand and draw in the stomach to release
the silk. The silk will fly from the cumber bun to the right
hand.
Finger Ring and thread * 7
- JEAN HUGARD
Effect:
The magician reaches into the air and o silk materializes at
the Fingertips.
Required:
A Finger ring. An 18" silk. Three Feet of black thread.
Preparation:
1. Tie one end of the thread to the belt of lowest
buttonhole of the vest.
2. Run the loose end through a Finger ring then sew it to the
center of a silk, Figure 23.
3. Trap Fold the silk, pass the thread around the middle of
the bundle once and tuck it under the vest.
4. Place the ring in a
pocket so that it can
be easily secured
Presentation:
1. Secretly get the
ring on the right
middle Finger, the
thread passing
under the palm.
2. Make a quick outward
and upward catching
motion with the right
hand and
*From Silken Sorcery, by Jean Hugard

2. Make a quick outward and upward
catching motion with the right hand
and the silk will be pulled into it,
Figure 24.
Carnation to Silk * 8
- DICK GUSTFASON
Effect:
A white paper flower is shown. A match is lit and the paper
ignited. The flower bursts into flame and transforms into a silk.
Required:
One half a sheet of flash paper. One 18" silk. A finger ring.
Preparation:
1. Crumple the sheet of flash paper to closely resemble a

carnation and attach it to the lapel, Figure 25.
2. Roll the silk with the utility

roll and push the extended
end through the bottom of
the Finger ring in the hand.
The silk will naturally hang in
the palm of the hand with no
effort, Figure 26.

Presentation
1. Remove the paper flower from the lapel and place it at the
fingertips of the left hand the silk is clipped under the
ring on the left hand.
2. Light a match and touch it to the flower.
3. As the paper finishes burning, snap the left hand
downward. The silk will unroll and seem to appear from the
burst of fire, Figure 27.
Note:
A paper rose may be folded in front of the audience and
changed to a silk. A paper rose is not a new idea. For a clear and
detailed description of folding a paper rose see
From the Mouth * 9

- JEAN H U G A R D-
Effect:
The performer rolls a small piece of tissue paper into a small ball.
A silk is then produced from the ball.
Required:
A section of tissue paper. A 9" silk. A piece of tin foil. The
tin may be obtained from some chocolate wrappers. Aluminum foil
can cause painful sensations for some individuals if placed in the
mouth.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk diagonally into a one-inch strip. Using a hairpin
roll the silk into a very small ball.
2. Wrap the silk ball with the foil and squeeze it into compact
package, Figure 28.
3 Place the package in the mouth behind the closed lips.
Prescription:
1. Show the hands empty very slowly.
2. Take the paper, tear off a small piece and roll it into a
ball at the tips of the fingers of both hands.
3. Facilitate forming the ball by wetting the tips of the
right first and second fingers at
*From, Silken Sorcery, by Jean Hugard

the mouth. Do this three times. On the third time nip the foil
packet between the fingers, Figure 29.
4. Continue rolling the tissue pellet and gradually
develop the silk from the foil. .
5. As the silk comes into view, roll the foil into a small ball and
drop it to the floor with the tissue.
Barehanded Silk Production* 10

-DICK G U S T A F S O N-
Effect:
Both Kernels ore held in cm upright position with the fingers
spread apart. The magician reaches Forward and a silk appears at
the fingertips.
Required:
An 18" silk with a one and one-half inch monofilament loop

sewn to one corner.
Preparation:
1. Roll the silk tightly using the utility roll starting

from opposite corner from the
loop. Firmly secure the end of
the silk into the folds of the
silk, Figure 30.
2. Place the middle finger of the

right hand through the loop
so that the silk will hang A on
the bock of the 1 hand.
3. Flip the silk over the

top of the hand and let it hang in the
palm, Figure 31.
Presentation:
1. Enter the stage with the silk
hanging in the palm of the right
hand.
2. Raise the hands to the
position in Figure 32, allowing the silk to swing to the bock
of the right hand. This movement is covered by bringing the
left hand in front of the right hand as they ore both turned
palm outward, then separating the hands.
3. Snap the right hand forward and the silk will unroll at the
fingertips, Figure 33.
Producing a Single Silk
Apparatus Methods
Silk -N-Boards 11
-CHRISTE
Effect:
Two small boards are shown then encircled with a rubber
band. A silk is vanished and reappears between the two boards.
Required:
Two prepared boards, Figure 31 Two identical 18" silks.
Preparation:
1. Cut two smooth boards that are 4" x 10"x 1".
2. Hollow out one board on one side in an area 3" x 2"
x 34".
3. Cover the smoothed opening with a sheet of tin or
thin plastic, leaving a small gap for the removal of
the silk.
4 Paint the boards or cover them with a
contact paper.
5. Push one of the silks into this space through the
slit with a pencil or other slender object.
Presentation:
1. Show the boards on all sides, covering the
small slit with the hand
2. Place a rubber band
around both boards with
the prepared side facing
in.
3. Vanish the second silk.
4. Open the boards like a
book and remove the
silk, Figure 35.
Hurrah * 12
-MICKY HADES
Effect:
A giant pennant suddenly appears in the magician's hands.
Required:
A metal appearing cane. A large pennant or picture silk.
Preparation:
1. Double the top of the silk over and sew it to Form a
tube about 2" wide, Figure 36.
2. Sew one end of the tube closed except For a small slit
in the center of the seam, and
*From Novel Magic With the Appearing Cane courtesy of

Hades Publications
sew two dress
snaps on the
other and
figure 37.
3. Insert on
appearing
cane into the
tube, ferrule
end first
and close the open end with the snaps.
4. Collapse the cane in the hem. The silk will bunch up as
the hands come together. Set the release on the cane to
hold it closed.
5. Fold the silk as in Figure 38.
Presentation:
1. In the midst of a silk production steal the cane and silk.
2. Release the lock on the cane and grasp the end of silk
with the top of the cane.
3. The silk will fall free as the cane expands in the hem.
Note:
The pennant or banner can nave a company, show, or individual logo
dyed into it.
A Hag Staff * 13
-MICKY HADES
Although similar to Hurrah this effect allows for the

production of a flag without the typical long flagstaff.
Effect:
In the middle of a silk routine a flag and flag staff are
produced.
Required:
A prepared silk flag. A metal appearing cane.
Preparation:
1. Make a loose fitting silk tube that will slide over the
appearing cane. This tube is a little shorter than the fully
expanded cane.
2. Open the cane. Twist back on the top loop
of the cone and open it
a little wider then
normal. Insert a piece
of masking tape and
wrap and seal the end
of the spring as in
Figure 39. This allows
the cane to
* From Novel Magic With the Appearing Cone courtesy of Hades

Publications.
to open quickly without binding.
3. Attach a length of wire to the
locking lever of the cane and
form an eye as in Figure 40.
4. Insert the cane in the silk tube
and tape the
open end on top of the expanded band of the cane.
Masking tape will work for this purpose. Wind tape around
the tip of the cane to bind the tip of the silk tube to the
cane.
5. Attach the flag to the cloth tube at four-inch intervals,
Figure 41.
6. Collapse the cane as usual until the wire eyelet extends
from the open end of the cane. Put a long pin through the
eye to lock the cane.
7. The flag will accordion pleat itself as the cane is
collapsed, Figure 42. Straighten these pleats and
accordion pleat the silk from the bottom, Figure 43.
8. Wrap the folds around the cane as in Figure 44,
and conceal the load.
Presentation:
1. Steal the silk and cane during a silk routine.
2. Pull the pin from the eye and allow the cane to
open.
Note:
The pin can be attached to the clothing or to the table so
that it is automatically pulled as the cane is stolen.
Silk on Cane *
14
- JONATHAN NEAL BROWN
LAWRENCE LESSNER-
This idea originally came from Shimada's Dove on Cane routine.
Effect:
A cane is shown. It is brought up quickly in front of the
performer and a silk appears tied to the cane near the top.
Required:
A metal appearing, vanishing cane or solid ungimmicked
cane. A knotted 18" silk tied to a length of line. A loop of 32
gauge piano wires painted black.
Preparation:
1. Attach the silk by a knot in the center to one end
of
the line and the loop at the other, Figure 45.
* Courtesy Lawrence Lessner

2. Place the silk and line in
a special pocket inside
the left coat front and
let the wire loop extend
beyond the edge of the
coat so that it may be
easily grasped, Figure
46.
Presentation:
1. Take the cane in the

right hand and secure
the wire loop on the
left thumb at the same
time. Extend the line
by pulling on the loop,
taking care not to pull
the silk from the pocket
2. In an upward clockwise
sweeping motion, bring
the cane toward yourself
under the line.
Keep the left hand

motionless. .
3. Continue the motion of the cone upward and outward,

drawing the silk from the pocket to the cane. Stop
the motion when the silk reaches the cane. The silk
will drape from the cane and appear to be tied
around it, Figure 47.
Vanishing and Appearing Silk * 15
- Suggested by R O Y C O T T E E
Effect:
A silk instantly appears or disappears in a glass on a table.
The Secret:
A metal appearing cane is used as the power for a clever
mechanical vanish and appearance. The table leg must be a wide
enough diameter to house the cane. A bottomless glass is used to
allow the silk to enter or escape.
The Vanish:
The table and table leg as in Figure 48 will cause the vanish
of a silk placed into the glass.
The Appearance:
The table and table leg as in Figure 49 will cause the silk to
appear in the glass. Thread "C" is a thread used to stop the cane
from expanding completely.
* From Novel Magic With the Appearing Cane courtesy of

Hades Publications
Pop- Gun Production * 16
- J O H N C O O P E R
Effect:
A silk is vanished. A spectator is handed a large popgun. He
aims at a target and fires. As the cork flies through the air, the
missing silk is trailing behind it.
Required:
Two identical 12"
silks. A large pop-gun. A
specially constructed cork,
Figure 50.
The Secret:
The cork has two
parts, a real cork
and a shell that
contains the silk.
Preparation:
Thumb tacks the silk to the real cork. Load the silk into the shell
and place the cork in the end.
Presentation:
1. Show the cork and the popgun.
2. Push the cork into the end of the pop-gun, sliding the peg on
the shell into the slot, Figure 51.
3. Fire the pop-gun and the half cork will fly across the
stage with the silk trailing behind, Figure 52.
Parachuite Silk * 17
- F R A N K T H O R N E R
Effect:
A toy parachute with a cork weight is shown and rolled
ready for launching. A silk is vanished. The parachute is thrown
into the air and the silk is found tacked to the cork.
Required:
Two matching 12" silks. A toy parachute attached to a
cork with a shell, Figure 53.
Preparation:
1. Place the silk into
the cork shell,
then seat the real
cork into the top.
2. Attach the cork to
the parachute.
Presentation:
1. Show the
parachute freely.
The real cork
wedges into the
shell so there is no
danger of it falling
out.
2. Fold and roll the parachute into a bundle.
3. Vanish the duplicate silk.
4. Throw the parachute in the air, retaining the shell in the
hand.
Silk in Balloon * 18
Effect:
A clear balloon is displayed on a stand. A silk is vanished.
The balloon is removed from tray and thrown into the air. The silk
visibly appears in the balloon in mid-air.
Required:
Two matching 18" silks. A prepared stand, Figure 54 A clear
11" or 14" balloon.
Preparation:
1. Push one silk into the clear balloon.
While the balloon is deflated, push the
silk into the bottom of the balloon with a
pencil. Stretch the end of the balloon
around the silk as it is pushed in, then
twist the silk ball once. To ensure the
silk is compact in the balloon push it into
the balloon until the balloon is clear
around the silk.
2. Place the silk on the stand with the silk

ball placed behind the stand with the
balloon going through the slit.
Presentation:
1. Vanish the first silk.
2. Pick up the balloon by grasping the
silk ball and sliding the balloon
out of the slit. Twist the silk ball
once as it is removed from the
holder.
3. Hold the balloon in between the
hands as in Figure 55. The silk all is
hidden at the end of the balloon by
the twists on one side and the base
of the Fingers on the other.
4 Toss the balloon into the air and the silk will be shot into
the balloon, Figure 56.
5. Catch the balloon and shake it to make the silk develop
inside the balloon.
Selected Silk in Balloon * 18

-P A V E L -
Effect:
Three different colored silks are shown and one is
freely selected by the audience. The chosen silk is vanished. A
dark colored balloon is thrown into the air and popped with a
large pin. The selected silk is inside the balloon.
Required:
One dark colored balloon, preferably black. Six 18" silks,
two of each color red, green and yellow. A long sharpened pin. A
piece of cardboard with three rubber bands.
Preparation:
1. Accordion pleat one of each color silk and place them
under the rubber bands on the cardboard. Place the pin
and the board with
* Courtesy Pavel
the silks behind
something on a table
figure 57.
2. Inflate the balloon
and place it on the
table beside the
unfolded silks.
3. Put on o sleeve pull and

let the end hang down
the right sleeve.
Presentation:
1. Show the three
colored silks and have
an audience member
select one of the
colors.
2. Vanish the silk with the
silk pull either in the
hand or in a plastic
chimney (see page
304).
3. Pick up the balloon and the large pin from the table at the
same time. Secretly steal the matching color silk from the
board as you pick up the large pin. Hold the silk ball in the
palm and the pin at the fingertips, Figure 58.
4. Gently toss the balloon in the air. Bring the hand with the
pin in an underhand motion up and pop the balloon. Open
the hand as it moves upward, allowing the silk to fly into
the air. It will look as if the selected silk was in the
balloon.
Silk On Rope * 20
- L A W R E N C E L E S S E N E R -
Effect:
A length of rope is shown and draped around the neck with
the ends hanging down the front of the performer. A silk is
vanished. The rope is removed and the missing silk is tied to its
center.
Required:
A four foot piece of rope with three magnets embedded
inside, Figure 59. Two matching 18" silks. A four foot piece of
monofilament. Three strong magnets matching the strength of the
rope magnets. Two weaker magnets.
Preparation:
1. Sew the two weak magnets inside the coat on
opposite sides of the front. The monofilament will be
kept in position by patches of Velcro under the
lapel, Figure 60.
2. Attach three strong magnets to the monofilament,
one in the center and two at the ends.
* Courtesy Lawrence Lessner

3. Tie one silk around the center magnet on the monofilament.
4. Fold and tuck the silk into the back of the collar. Allow the
monofilament to drape down the front of the jacket. The
magnets on the ends of the monofilament will be
attracted to the magnets in the coat front, Figure 61.
Presentation:
1. Show the rope
and drape it
around your neck,
making sure the
magnet in the rope
center and the
one in the silk
are in contact.
Drape the ends
of the rope down
the coat front
allowing the
magnets at the
end of the
monofilament and
rope to make
2. Vanish the loose silk.

3. Remove the rope grasping the monofilament at the some
time.
4. Show the silk knotted on the rope, Figure 62.
Knot the- silk 21
-PAVEL-
Effect:
A length of rope is looped around the performer's neck and

tied in a single knot in Front. A silk is vanished. The rope is magically
pulled through the performer's neck and the silk is found tied to the
silk in the rope knot. The silk is pulled and magically Freed from the
silk.
Required:
A six Foot length of rope two matching 18" silks.
Courtesy pavel
Preparation:
1. Tie a knot in the center of one silk. Place the knot
under the rope center. Wrap the silk around the
rope and attach it with a slipknot as in Figure 63.
2. Wrap the silk around the rope in an accordion fold
manner and the ends are tightly draped around the
bundle.
3. Place a clip on the bundle or place it under something
on your table.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the rope concealing the bundled silk in the
palm of the hand.
2. Slide the rope through the hand secretly sliding it
through the bundle at the same time.
3. Slide the silk to one foot from the right end of the
rope and place the rope behind the neck. The right
hand passes over the head and pushes the silk bundle
behind the collar of the shirt.
4 Loop the rope around the neck using the Tenkai
method of Rope Through Neck, Figure 64.
5. Tie o single knot in front of the neck.
6. Tie Q knot in the center of the loose silk and vanish it.
7 Pull the ends of the rope and the rope apparently
penetrates the neck. The rope is knotted and the silk is in
the knot, Figure 65.
8. Give the silk a sharp tug by one corner and it will be free
from the rope.
Quantity Silk production

Magic Canister* 22
-BOB ELLIS
as described by bill Brewe
Effect
A tall canister is clearly shown empty. Immediately it is filled
with yards of silk.
The Secret:
This is a concave-
bottomed can painted black,
inside and on the bottom. If I
the concave end of the can is
pointed to the audience, the can
appears empty. In reality the
inside is packed! With silks,
Figure 66.
Construction:
Obtain a spray paint can
and completely exhaust
*Courtesy of Wm. H. Brewe, Magic

the can of its contents. To further ensure that the can is
empty, wrap the can in a cloth and puncture the top of the con near
the spray top with a nail. Once the can is totally empty, cut the top
off with an extra deep cutting can opener. Smooth the rough edges
of the cut can. To further ensure there are no rough edges, cover
the inside of the can with black felt.
Decorate the can tastefully with paint or vinyl covering. Bill
would say, "Give it class, not crass."
Inexpensive triple Cylinders 23
-BILL BREWE
This effect is similar to Broua's Triple Tube Vanish on page
342.
Effect:
Three tubes are shown to be empty. The tubes are nested
one inside the other. A large quantity of silk is produced from the
tubes.
Required:
Four tubes that nest made from cardboard or plastic mailing
tubes. A quantity of silk.
Construction:
Make three tubes the same height. The fourth tube is cut 1
shorter and painted black on the inside and out. The three regular
tubes are black on the inside and decorated in three different
colors on the outside, Figure 67. The end of the load tube
*Courtesy of Wm. H. Brewe, Magic

is closed or better is capped with black tissue paper to
suspend the load.
Preparation:
1. Load the silks into the load
tube and palace it mouth up in
the next larger tube on the
table or tray.
2. The remaining tubes are
placed side-by-side behind this
single tube, figure 68.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the tube with the thumb in the one with the load
and fingers in the other tubes. Hold them together by
one hand.
2. As you pick the tube up use the thumb to raise the load
tube up from the bottom of the tube that covers it, so
it will not flash at the bottom.
3. Rotate the wrist so the tubes are parallel to the floor
and fairly close to your body, figure 69.
4. Slide off the smallest tube, leaving the load chamber
hidden behind the other tubes, which can be tilted
towards the body so the load cannot be seen.
5. Show the smaller tube empty and replace it over the
load. Show each of the other tubes empty also and place
them back into the hand.
6. Place the smaller tubes on an undraped table standing
upright with the load chamber inside.
7. Slide each of the other tubes over it, nesting all three
tube, figure 70.
8. Pick up the tubes and produce silks from both ends.
Note:
Tissue paper can be placed over the smaller tube before
the second tube is placed over it. The other end may be
capped with tissue paper before the third tube is placed
over the stack.
*Courtesy of Wm. H Brewe, Magic

Silks From Silk* 24
JERRY MENTZER
Effect:
A single silk is stretched over the hand and a well is formed
in the center of the silk. Three or Four silks ore produced from
the center of the silk.
Required:
Three or Four 18" silks
Preparation:
1. Accordion Fold one silk into a small bundle. As the end of
the silk is neared, wrap a corner of the next silk around the
corner of the First. Accordion Fold the second and third
silk into the bundle.
2. Wrap the Final 6 inches of the last silk around the
accordion Folded silks.
3. Tuck the corner of the last silk into the pleats to hold the
bundle secure.
4. Lay the bundle on the table with a silk on top. The bundle
should be near a corner of the visible silk, Figure 71.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the visible silk and the bundle together.
2. Show both sides of the silk, screening the bundle from view
with the visible silk.
3. Toss the visible silk over the hand with the bundle. The
center of the silk should cover the bundle.
4 With the other hand
grip the bundle of silks
through the visible silk
and flip the silks over
in the hand, Figure 12.
The bundle of silks is in
a depression in the
visible silk.
5 Reach in the
depression and produce
the silks from the
bundle, Figure 73.
*From Silk Potpourri by Jerry Mentzer

HIP Silk Production 25
- JERRY MENTZER
This effect has been around for quite some time. Jerry's
version is easy to do and quick to prepare.
Effect
The performer shows a silk and flips it into the air. A
second silk appears tied to a corner of the first silk. The silks are
untied and the second silk is flipped in the air. A third silk appears
tied to the second. The silks are untied and a fourth silk appears.
Required:
Four 18" unprepared silks of contrasting colors.
Preparation:
1 Tie two silks together with a square knot as in Figure
"H, and lay one silk on the other as in Figure 75.
* From Silk Potpourri by Jerry Mentzer

2. Roll the flat silk around the other starting at the knot,
Figure 16.
3. Tie corners A and B to the corner of the third silk with
a square knot. Tie the knot as if corners A and B was a
single corner.
4. Roll the third silk around the bundle of two silks as in step
2.
5. Tie the fourth silk to the corners of the bundled silks as in
step 3.
6. Roll the fourth silk around the bundle. 1. Lay the bundle on a
table with the double corner away from the audience.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the bundle of silks by the double corner.
2. Grasp the bundle at C and toss the bundle into the air,
Figure 17. The outer silk unwinds
and reveals another silk tied to its corner.
3. Untie the knot between the bundle and the single silk and
lays the single silk aside.
4 Hold the bundle by the double corner, grasp the silk at
corner C and Flip the silk in the air. The third silk appears.
5. Follow steps 3 and 4 and the Fourth silk will appear.
Note:
To make the untying of the silks quicker, upset the square
knot after it is tied. Make the single silk capable of slipping Free of
the knot. In performance the silks can be separated by pulling them
apart The upset knot easily dissolves.
Misers Dream Fold 26
-WILLIAM G. STICKLAND-
This Fold is ideal For a Miser's Dream effect with silk. The
Finished size allows for easy concealment of the bundle. The coil-
Fold of the silks allows for quick development and the bundle of
three enables a continuous production as the next bundle is stolen.
This description details the Folding of one bundle. Five to
seven bundles make a Full routine when combined with several
different methods for producing single silks or a Fountain. The
Finale to a Miser's Dream routine with silk should contain a large
silk or streamer.
Required:
One 15" silk. Two 10" silks
The Fold:
1. Tie the two smaller silks by the corners with a square knot.
Upset the knot so that the silks may be separated by a
slight pull, Figure 78.
2. Tightly roll each of the silks toward the knot.
3. The corner of the larger silk is wrapped once around the
two smaller silks. The remainder of the larger silk is
tightly rolled toward the bundle.
4. The bundle is secured by a thin band of paper a thread, or a
rubber band.
Once rolled the bundle can be concealed in clips, under

lapels, in the bend of the elbow, behind the collar, or in pockets.
Half Silks and Diamond Cuts 27
For years different authors have suggested cutting

square silks in half on the diagonal to make a seemingly larger
production from a small space. This suggested reconfiguration of
the silk is a wonderful idea. Both the diagonal and the diamond
cut silk, Figure 79, reduce the overall bulk of the silk by half.
However, properly hemming these cut silks is not a job for the
timid.
Of these two configurations, the diamond shape is far
more deceptive. When held by the corner it easily passes for a
full size silk. The diagonal cut silk has a very long straight edge.
This edge seems very odd when the silks are shown and raises
suspicion in the audience's mind. Although it can pass for a
regular silk the diamond cut silk is superior.
Any size silks can be used with these cuts. To hem the
edge uses a serger or for best results use a rolled edge the
rolled edge is very difficult to do on the bias of the silk. The
fabric has a tendency to stretch when not cut horizontally or
vertically to the weave.
Pop-Thought production frame 28
MILBOURNE CHRISTOPHER
Effect:
An assistant brings on a wooden Frame with paper in it and
shows it Front and back. Colors are called out from the audience.
As each color is called a matching silk pops through the paper in
the middle of the Frame.
Required:
A light-weight wooden or aluminum Frame with a False hand
attached to one side and paper
stretched across the middle,
Figure 80. A number of
colored 12 or 18" Skills.
Preparation:
1. Load the silks in an
easily accessible place
in the front of the
assistant's costume.
2. The assistant places
one hand into the false
fingers.
Presentation:
1. The assistant shows the front and back of the paper,
making sure to handle the frame with the hand in the false
fingers.
2. Ask for colors to be called from the audience.
3. As each color is called the assistant
removes the matching color from its hiding place and pushed it
through the paper, Figure 81.
The elusive Hank* 29

-MAX HOWARD-
The effect is
the same as the
Elusive Hank on page
331 except for the
additional of a special
gimmick. Through
experimentation and
collaboration with
Trimble Silks, Max
found the silk gimmick
that is for superior
*Courtesy max Haward

To a corner cut from a small silk. the gimmick is shaped as
in Figure 82. this gimmick is attached to a thumbtip.
The shape of the gimmick allows the performer to pull the
fake corner well out of the hand. The special fake looks like a
larger silk than does a small corner cut from a silk.
A feint* 30
-J E A N H U G A R D-
Effect:
A silk is wrapped in a piece of paper and placed on the brim
of a hat in Full view of the audience. When the paper is unwrapped
the silk is gone.
Required:
A hat or other container. An 18" or larger silk two pieces of
paper.
Preparation:
Crumple one sheet of paper into a ball and place it in a hat.
Presentation:
1. Wrap the silk in the second piece of paper, making a packet
the same size as the empty packet.
2. Place the silk packet on the brim of the hat and
'accidentally" knock it on the Floor as your hand is removed.
3. Place the silk packet back on the brim of the hat but this
time knock it into the hat,

Figure 83.
4. Take the empty packet out of the hat and place it on
the brim.
5. Later, unwrap the packet and show the silk has
vanished.
Flash Paper Vanish 31

-JEAN HUGARD
Effect:
A piece of paper is rolled into a small tube and a silk is
placed inside. This tube is wrapped in flash paper. The paper is lit
and the silk has vanished.
Required:
An 18" silk. One piece of regular paper and one piece of
flash paper. A glass. A chair with a servant on the back.

Presentation:
1. Roll the regular paper into a small tube and place the silk
inside. Close the ends tightly, Figure 84.
2. Loosely roll the flash paper around this packet, but
do not close the ends.
3. Move the chair a little closer to the audience by
placing the hand with the paper on the back and the other
hand under the seat, Figure 85.
4 Allow the packet with the silk to slide out of the flash
paper and into the servant on the back of the chair as you
move the chair.
5. Close the ends of the flash paper and drop it in the glass.
Light the flash paper with a match. The silk has vanished,
Figure 86.
Blow-Van 32
-BILLY DAY
Effect:
A tube of paper is shown and one end plugged with a wad of
paper. A silk is pushed into the tube, Followed by another wad of
paper. When the performer or a spectator blows through the
tube the pieces of paper Fly into the air and the silk has vanished.
Required:
One 12" silk. Two pieces of paper or tissue. One paper
tube. A special gimmick, Figure 87. A pencil or pen.
Preparation:
The silk, pieces of paper and paper tube are on the table.
The gimmick is in the pocket.
Presentation:
1. Hold the gimmick in the left hand.
2. Show the tube with the right hand. Place it into the left
hand, sliding the tube over the gimmick, as the left
hand reaches for a piece of paper, Figure 88.
3. Crumple the paper and push it
into the end of the tube.
4. Take the silk and push just the
end of the silk into the tube,
forcing the silk into the gimmick.
Take the pencil with the right
hand and push the silk completely
into the gimmick inside the tube,
Figure 89.
5. As the final portion of the silk is
pushed into the tube, push the
pencil into the smaller
compartment of the gimmick until
it is wedged. Steal out the
gimmick into the right hand by
pulling the pencil from the tube.
The gimmick will come out of the
tube on the end of the pencil,
Figure 90. Place the pencil and
the tube into a pocket.
6 Crumple the second piece of paper and push it into the open
end of the tube.
7. Blow through the tube and the paper balls will fly into the
air, Figure 91.
Note:
The original gimmick was metal. New and better

gimmicks are molded plastic. Some call this gimmick a Silk
Poke.
Enhanced Bunger Pull 33
-LAWRENCE LESSNER-
Effect:
A silk is held at the Fingertips. Instantly it vanishes.
Required:
A heavy duty utility reel with a locking advance
mechanism. A length of bungee cord or banded rubber bands. A
strong twisted Fish line loop. One 18" silk.
Preparation:
1 Attach the bungee cord to the end of the reel line.
Attach the loop to the end of the bungee cord, Figure 92.
2. Attach the reel to

the left Forearm
with the bungee cord
running across the
back and down the
right sleeve. The loop
will be several inches
from the bottom of
the sleeve,
*Courtesy Lawrence Lessner

Figure 93.
3. Pull the loop so that it is just within the sleeve and lock
the reel to keep it in that position.
Presentation:
1. Secure the loop in the right fingers, pulling the cord slightly
to release the lock on the reel. Pull the silk through the
loop.
2. Bring the shoulders together and the arms to the sides as
in Figure 91 This action allows the reel to take up the extra
cord on the reel side of the bungee.
3. Quickly extend the right arm to its full length,
expand the shoulders and raise the left forearm. The reel
will lock causing the bungee to stretch as the arms are
extended. Grasp the silk and loop tightly during this action.
The pull by the bungee is great, Figure 95.
4 Briefly hold the silk in the extended position.
5. Quickly open the fingers, releasing the silk and loop. The
silk will be pulled into the sleeve by the bungee cord. This
action will be too quick for the eye to see.
Note:
The release of the silk must be accompanied by music
that can cover the sound made by the contracting bungee. When
the silk hits the sleeve cuff it causes a rubber band 'twang"
sound.
Silk GUN 34
-BEV BERGERON
Effect
A silk handkerchief 15 pushed into o gun barrel. Port of
the handkerchief remains in view. The gun is fired and the hank
vanishes to be reproduced elsewhere.
The Secret:
This silk gun is convincing because the silt? is seemingly
visible until it vanishes, the gun looks normal, and there is fire
and smoke coming from the barrel when the gun is fired. Figure
96 shows the three compartments of the gun barrel. One section
contains a fake silk portion that is attached to a reel. Another
section holds the silk to be vanished. The last is an extension of
the real gun barrel and allows the 22 calibers blank to fire
without damage to the silk.
Construction:
1. Take a crimp 22 revolver and file off the gun sight on the
barrel.
2. Inside of a I" diameter tube secures a diameter
tube. This inner tube will fit over the barrel. Put a
partition in the large tube.
so that two sections are formed, Figure 91.
3 Attach a piece of silk the same color as the "vanished" silk
to the thread of the reel.
Preparation:
1. Pull put several inches of thread from the reel and run it
through the gun's hammer. This will lock the thread.
2. Push the silk fake into its compartment, leaving the end
just inside the tube.
3. Load the 22 blank into the gun.
Presentation:
1. Show the silk handkerchief and pick up gun.
2. Push the silk all the way into the empty compartment.
3. Pull out the silk fake and leave it hanging out of the
barrel.
4 Fire the revolver and the fake is pulled out of sight.
*Courtesy Bev Bergeron

Sure-Fire Handkerchief Pistol 35
-ED MASSEY-
Effect:
A silk handkerchief is hung over the barrel of Q small target
pistol. The silk vanishes at a shot.
Required:
A prepared pistol. One 12" silk of good quality.
The Secret:
This silk pistol is absolutely dependable, which will set it
apart From most other mechanical pistols. Also, the barrel is not
impossibly long or unusually fat. As in Figure 98 the barrel curves
from the hammer down to the end of the stock and allows more
room for the silk, which could not possibly be concealed in the
barrel alone. This accounts for the handkerchief vanishing on
such a short barrel. The straight part of the tube is the only
visible portion.
Construction:
1. Bend a V hollow tube as in Figure 98. Cut an opening in the
rear of the barrel just under the sight, "A". Cut another
opening at B". This second opening will be used to
extract the silk after it has vanished. Securely
seal both ends of the tube with a wooden plug. Each plug
l
has a /16th inch hole drilled through its center.
2. A piece of strong cord runs through the tube From "A" to
*C". A metal hook with a small straight projection is at
the "A" end of the cord. The straight piece prevents the
hook from rattling around and making it readily
*From New and Original Magic by Ed Massey

reachable. The opposite end of the cord runs through a small
hole in the closed end of the tube and is secured by a
button on the outside of the tube. This end of the tube is
closed to prevent the silk from being pulled entirely out
of the tube.
2. Take a toy cap pistol and take apart the two halves. Leave
the trigger and hammer part intact. Cut off the barrel
and replace it with the tube. The bent portion of the tube
will run down behind the grip or stock. Once assembled, all
of it should be nickel-plated. The pistol should be handled
with the open side away From the audience and placed on
this side when it is laid down.
Preparation:
1. Bring the hook on the cord to point "A" and place the
straight portion of the hook into the wooden plug in the
end of the barrel. The button at the opposite end of the
tube should now be Flat against the end of the barrel at
"C".
2. Load two or three ordinary paper caps in the pistol with
the hammer gently allowed resting on them to prevent
them dropping out.
3. Place the gun on a table covered by the silk.
Presentation:
1. Place the stock of the pistol under the armpit with the
barrel in a horizontal position. This frees both hands to
attach the silk to the hook.
2. Disengage the hook from the wooden plug with the
forefinger, double the Silk in the middle and hook the
doubled portion.
3. Push the hook into the barrel so that it will not be caught
when the silk is vanished, Figure 99.
4. Raise the hammer to cock the pistol with the thumb.
5. As the forefinger pulls the trigger, the hand with the gun
lunges Forward and the other arm remains stationary
against the body. This quick movement pulls the silk into the
tube, Figure 100.
6. Place the cord in the hand with the pistol and place it
together on a table.
Note:
This same effect can be made in a rifle Form instead of
pistol. In construction the second half of the gunstock could be
added so that the gun could be shown on both sides.
Changer
Silk Shower* 36
-JERRY MENTZER
Effect:
A cone vanishes and silks burst forth in a near explosion.
Required:
A metal vanishing cane. Plastic canes do not work well for this
purpose. A number of lightweight pure silks.
Preparation:
1. Just prior to performance extend the cane to one quarter of
its length and pack the cane full of silks.
2. Extend it a bit more and pack this section full of silks.
3. Fill the entire cane with silks in a similar manner.
4. Put the knob on the cane.
Presentation:
1. Grip the cane as in Figure 101. Loosen the knob of the cane.
2. Vanish the cane. Silks will burst forth in a near explosion,
Figure 102.
3. Under cover of the shower of silks reach out with both hands
and grab a few silks. Lay these silks and the collapsed cane
aside on the table.
*From Silk Potpourri by Jerry Mentzer

Matchbook to Silk* 37
-JERRY MENTZER
Effect:
The magician lights a match from a book of matches and
then apparently ignites the entire pack of matches. As the
matches flare up, the matchbook changes to a silk.
Required:
A matchbook. A 15"silk.
Preparation:
1. Cut all the heads off the matches except one. Then close
the matchbook.
2. Thread a silk through the matchbook as in Figure 103. The
corner of the silk should be wedged between the matches
and the cover.
3. Tape a ball of flash paper to the body of the head less
matches.
4. pleat the silk and hold it concealed in the hand holding the
matchbook. The matchbook is visible at the figure tips.
Presentation:
1. Show the matchbook in the hand.
2. With the other hand open the book, tear out the normal
match and light it without closing the cover of the book.
3. Blow out the match and touch the hot head of the match to
the flash paper. As you touch the paper, cup both hands
around the matchbook.
4. Undercover of the flash, drop the match and grasp the
matchbook between the right thumb and fingers. Move the
right hand and the matchbook to the right. This will pull the
silk from its hiding place in the left hand. The silk will be
displayed as in Figure 104.
Twirling silk to cane* 37
-M A R K T R I M B L E-
Effect:
A black silk with a white corner is twirled in a circle. When
the magician stops twirling the silks it is found the silk has become
a cane.
Required:
A specially dyed silk Figure 105. An appearing cane.
Preparation:
1. Attach the corner opposite the white corner to the
appearing cane.
2. Sew a small round weight into the hem of the white corner.
Presentation:
1. Snap the silk in the air once or twice.
2. Begin slowly twirling the silk in a circle in front of your
body, Figure 106. Increase the speed of the twirling.
3. At the greatest speed of twirling the silk, release the
appearing cane. It will engulf the silk.
4 Slow the twirling action, finally bringing it to a stop. Hold
the cane between the hands.
Util-o-Silks* 39
-JERRY MENTZER-
This utility prop builds upon the classic loop sleeve pull.
Effect:
Three silks are held in the hand. Instantly they transform
into another object.
Required:
Three 18" silks attached to a strong cord pull, Figure 107.
Preparation:
1. Attach the center of
the three silks to one
end of a nylon pull
cord. At the other end of
the cord is a ring or
wrist strap.
2. Attach the free end of
the pull to the forearm
or wrist. If a ring is used on
the end of the cord,
form a loop by pushing
the cord through the ring
and placing the arm
through the slip loop that
results, Figure 108.
3. The silks ore threaded up the sleeve across the back and
down the opposite coat sleeve. When in a relaxed position
the silks should lie along the Forearm inside the sleeve.
4. Pull the silks from the sleeve and hold them by the tie
point with the thumb and Fingers.
Presentation:
1. Release the grip on the silks and extend the arms upward
and outward away from the body.
2. The silks will be drawn rapidly up the sleeve.
Changes:
With this utility device some startling vanishes and
apparent changes may be made. The object is simply palmed in
the hand holding the silks. When the silks vanish the object is
left in the hand. The object may be tossed in the air. Here, the
silks seem to vanish in mid-air and transform into the object.
Objects can include:
Large ball, egg, golf ball, lemon, apple, etc., Confetti,
Flowers, Dove, Large 36" blendo silk, Rope, Card Fan, Anything
that can be concealed in the hand
Change In A Paper Cane 40

-WILLIAM G. S T I C K L A N D -
Effect:
A piece of newspaper is formed into a cone and a yellow
silk is placed inside. The paper is crushed into a ball. The paper is
torn apart and the yellow silk has become green.
Required:
Two sheets of want ads from a newspaper, Figure 109. One
yellow and one green 18" silk.
Preparation:
1. In one corner of the newspaper glues a 7-inch patch from
the second sheet of newspaper. Mark this corner of the
newspaper so that it may be easily identified.
2. Fold and place the green silk under this flap.
3. Place the yellow silk on top of the folded paper on a

table.
Presentation:
1. Form the paper into a cone.
2. Place the yellow silk in the cone.
3. Crush the paper, making certain that the marked corner
is on the outside of the crushed ball.
4. Tear the paper ball open at the marked corner.
Remove the green silk.
Rosini Changer 41
-CARL ROSINI-
Effect:
A silk has Q hole in its center encircled by ring. The ring is
grasped, allowing the silk to hang down. This is placed over a hat.
Objects are placed into the hat through the ring. The hat is shown
to contain a completely different object.
Required:
A prepared, patterned 18" silk, Figure 1. A hat or other
container.
Construction:
1. Glue a 3" ring to the center of the 18" silk.
2. Cut the silk on the interior glue line next to the ring.
3. Sew a piece of black netting on the back of the silk as in
Figure 110.
Presentation:
1. Load the hat or container with the Finale production
item.
2. Casually snow the silk, front side to the audience.
3. Grasp the ring, allowing the silk to hang down over the hat
or container.
4. Place the small objects in the ring of the silk, Figure III.
5. Remove and dispose of the silk, b. Show the object in the
hat.
Bouncing fireball to silk 42

-MICHAEL AMMAR-
The first portion of this trick is called "Haley's Comet" in

Michael's book The Magic of Michael Ammar. This effect uses
the "Topit" gimmick. Details of its construction and use will not
be covered in this volume.
Effect:
The performer removes a cigarette lighter and lights it. A
large ball of fire appears in his hands and descends toward the
floor. Upon hitting the ground, the ball of fire bounces back up,
visibly changing into a solid rubber ball. The performer bounces
the ball and catches it. On the third bounce, the ball changes
into a silk. The cigarette lighter then vanishes.
Required:
A coat with a Topit gimmick attached on the left side An
18" or 24" silk A rubber ball 2" or 2 " in diameter. A cigarette
lighter and a piece of flash paper. Some magician's wax.
*From The Magic of Michael Ammar, I and I Publishing,

courtesy Michael Ammar
Preparation
1 Accordion pleat o Flash pad
size piece of flash paper into
a long strip. Accordion pleat
the strip down its length,
forming a jig-jag strip,
Figure 112.
2 Attach both ends of the flash
paper to the ball with wax.
3 Coil fold o silk and place it in
the right coat pocket.
4. Palm the ball with the Flash paper away from your fingers
in the right hand.
Presentation:
1. Rest the right hand naturally at the side, palming the ball
and holding the lighter.
2. Take the lighter in the left hand, hold it at waist level,
and light it.
3. Simulate a grabbing movement with the right hand and
appear to take the flame from the lighter, Figure 113.
4. The moment the paper bursts
into flame throw the flaming
ball to the ground and let the
lighter go out in the left
5. Catch the ball in the right
hand when it bounces from
the floor. To the audience a
ball of fire appeared then
visibly changed into a ball.
6. Place the lighter into the
pocket and steal the silk with
the knot clipped
Between two fingers, figure
114
7. Bounce the boll one time, then
make a false transfer of
the ball to the left hand.
The ball is tossed into
the Topit and the left hand
closes around the silk, Figure
115
8. Allow the silk to be briefly
seen on the upswing of the
left hand. Bring the left hand
down as if to throw the ball.
Allow the silk to unroll,
Figure 116.
Optional ball to silk:
6. Take the lighter in the right hand and the ball in the left.
7. Place the light in your pocket and steal the rolled silk. As it
is remove clip the small knot in the corner of the silk
between the first two fingers, figure 114.
8. As the silk is stolen from the pocket throw the ball to the
ground with the left hand, but catch it in the right hand
with the silk.
9. Throw the ball two more times. On the upswing of the
second throw, toss the ball into the Topit and let the silk
the unroll with the downward motion of the hand, figure 117.
Cigarette To Silk Streamers 43
-ALLAN LAMBIE-
Effect:
The performer lights a cigarette and takes a puff. The
cigarette is thrown into the air. It travels upwards about ten feet,
then, suddenly changes into red, white and blue streamers in mid-
air.
Required:
One yard each red, white and blue of 2" wide silk ribbon. A
cigarette. Three small cylindrical weights.
Preparation:
1. Sew one end of all three ribbons together with the
white ribbon on the outside. Sew a cylindrical weight
(piece of wire) into each free end of the ribbons,
Figure 118.
2. Starting with the weighted
ends roll the ribbons around
the weight with the white
ribbon on the outside, Figure
119.
3. Finger palms the roll and
holds the cigarette between
the first and second fingers
of the same hand.
Presentation:
1. Light the cigarette and take some puffs.
2. Appear to throw the cigarette in the air. Thumb palm the
cigarette and let the roll of ribbons fly into the air. The roll
of ribbons
Look like the cigarette until
they break up into the
individual colored ribbons.
3. When the ribbons unroll
drop the stage and
extinguish it will your shoe.
*Form the magic of Allon lamble Vol. 1 courtesy of

hodes Publications.
Thin paper bag switch 14
-MARK TRIMBLE-
The use of paper bags to make a silk vanish is not new

(page 318). However, employing a different shaped bag allows
for more deceptive effects. Also, the potential effects using
switching silks with a double paper bag are stronger than a
simple vanish.
Effect:
Three different colored silks are placed into a flat bag. The
top of the bag is twisted closed. The bag is torn open and the silks
have transformed into a multi-colored streamer.
Required:
Three 18" silks. A multi-colored streamer. Two V-bottom
merchandise bags. These bags are different from the flat bottom
bags.
Preparation:
1. Fold the streamer into a size that just fits inside the bag,
Figure 120. Slide the silk into the bag with the seam of the
bag being on the bottom. Tape the mouth of the bag
closed, Figure 121.
2. Turn the bag seam-side up and slide it into a second bag,
Figure 122.
3. If desired use double side tape under the flap of the inside
bag. The paper bag now looks quite flat.
Presentation:
1. Show the three silks to be free of any gimmicks.
2. Grasp the bag with the thumb on. The back and Fingers
inside. Snap opens the bag and places the three silks inside.
3. Twist the top of the bag closed.
4. Pinch the seam of the outer bag between both thumbs and
Forefingers. Tear the bag open perpendicular to the seam,
Figure 123.
5. Remove the streamer from the bag.
Note:
Max Howard suggests that the Front of the inside bag be slit in an
"X" Fashion and the corners of the silk or end of the streamer
pushed through the slit. This puts the ends of the silk at the
Fingertips once the bag is torn open.
Comedy Shooting Hank* 45
-FRANK W E R N E R-
This effect was given to Bev Bergeron in the early 1950's.

Bev has used this effect in several versions.
Effect:
A bag is snapped open, the top twisted and is set aside. A
second bag is opened and a silk is placed inside. A gun is fired at the
bag with the silk. The bag is torn open and is found empty. The other
bag is opened to reveal the silk. The silk is shown to be shot full of
holes.
Required:
One prepared and one plain 24" silk. One prepared and one
plain paper bag. A blank gun.
Preparation:
1. Prepare one silk by cutting
a number of holes and
outlining them with black ink
to simulate powder burns.
2. Fold this silk and place it in
the fold of a flat bottom bag,
Figure 121
3. Prepare the second bag by
gluing the bottom section of
another bag into the top,
Figure 125.
Presentation:
1 Snap opens the first bog
and twists the top closed.
2. Place the silk into the
top-secret compartment of
the second bag and twist the
top closed.
3. Shoot the bag several
times with a blank gun, making
sure to hit only the bottom
portion of the bag.
4. Tear opens the bag to show silk
gone.
5. Pull silk from first bag and show
it shot full of holes.
One Hand Tissues To Silk * 46

DAVID GINN
Effect:
The performer removes two Kleenex tissues from their box.
They ore crushed in one hand and instantly transform into a white
36" silk.
Required:
A box of white Kleenex. One 36" white silk.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk into a self-contained bundle.
2. Remove one tissue from the box and tuck the bundled silk
behind the next tissue, half in and half out of the box,
Figure 126.
3. Lay the second tissue back over the loaded
silk. Tuck the first tissue back in the box.
4. Place the box on the table with the hidden silk away From
the audience.
Presentation:
1. Pull out the first tissue with one hand and display it.
2. Grasp the second tissue and the bundle with the same
hand, Figure 127.
3. Hold the tissues as in Figure 128, then tuck them into the
fist in thumb palm.
4. The moment the tissues are in the fist, open the hand
horizontally while holding on to one corner of the silk. The
silk will fall from the hand, Figure 129.
5. The tissues can be pocketed or left behind, as
another prop is secure.
Ross to Silk Holders 47
Using the spiral fold described on

page 39 and a black wire holder the rose to
silk effect is possible at any time during the
act. After folding the silk slip it through
the bottom of the black wire holder that is
attached to the lapel, Figure 130. Push the
silk from the back to fill in the flower
shape.
There are several wire holders available on the market.
Silk to Flower* 48
-SUDS-
There ore several silk to Flower gimmicks on the market

today. One of the First to use a reel hidden behind the lapel to pull
a silk into a Flower shape was Peter Gloviczki From Hungary. Fukai
also had an early version. All of these effects use a similar
principle.
Effect:
A silk is taken from the pocket and snapped. The silk is Fed
into one hand. The hand makes a throwing motion toward the coat
lapel. The silk vanishes and a Flower appears on the lapel.
Required:
A reel. One 18" silk.
Preparation:
1. Attach the reel to the back of the
lapel.
2. With a needle, thread the reel
thread through the lapel and the
silk as shown in Figure 131.
3. Wedge the silk into the breast or
inside pocket so that it will not
escape.
Presentation:
1. Remove the silk and hold it by the
end closest to the reel in the left
hand. Snap the silk to show it
unprepared.
2. Grasp the other end with the right hand. Feed the silk into
the left hand. Allow the reel to retract the line, drawing
the silk into the left hand.
3. Toss the silk toward the lapel and the reel snaps the silk to
the coat in the shape of a flower.
Color changing silk to flower* 49

-SUDS-
Effect:
A red silk is taken from the pocket and snapped. The
silk is fed into one hand. The red silk changes into a flower.
The hand makes a throwing motion toward the coat lapel. The
flower changes to yellow and appears on the lapel.
Required:
A reel. One 18" yellow silk. One 12" red silk.
The Secret:
This is an adaptation of the silk to flower effect. As the
flower is formed by the action of the reel the larger yellow silk
covers the smaller red Silk against the lapel, Figure 132.
Presentation:
1. Remove the silk and hold it by the end closest to the reel in
the left hand. Palm the red silk in the right hand.
2. Feed the silk into the left hand. Allow the reel to retract
the line, drawing the silk into the left hand. The red flower
will be formed at the left hand.
3. Toss the silk toward the lapel and the reel snaps the silk to
the coat in the shape of a flower. The yellow silk will cover
the red silk.
Visible liquid to silk 50
-MASAHIRA F U K A I-
The inclusion of this trick is designed to give credit to its

originator. This effect was so unique when it was first
introduced that many imitations appeared on the market and
obliterated the due credit to its creator. This is one of the first
magic effects to use Slush Powder, a coagulant powder used in
the paint and printing industry to thicken liquids.
Effect:
Red wine is poured into a clear glass. The glass is
deliberately inverted. The magician reaches into the glass and
removes a red silk leaving the glass empty.
Required:
One teaspoon to one tablespoon of Slush Powder. One 18"
red silk. A water-sealed mirror glass. Some red liquid.
Preparation:
1. Place the red silk into the back compartment of the
mirror glass.
2. Place the Slush Powder into the front compartment of the
mirror glass, Figure 133.
Presentation:
1. Pour the red liquid into the front watertight compartment
of the mirror glass. Pour the liquid slowly to enable time
for the Slush Powder to solidify the liquid.
2. Slowly invert the glass and give it a half turn

simultaneously the silk compartment is turned to the front
in this action.
3 Reach into the glass and slowly remove the silk.
Rainbow silks* 51
-MARK TRIMBLE-
This effect is o silk translation of the rope routine Rainbow

Ropes.
Effect:
Red, blue and yellow silks are shown with the top and
bottoms tied together. The performer unties one end and
knots the red and yellow silks. Then the other end is untied
and the yellow and blue silks are tied together, forming a
long chain of silks. The silks are gathered in the hand and
transformed from
three separate silks to one long tri-colored streamer.
Required:
Specially dyed silk streamer and fakes, Figure 134.
Preparation:
1. Loop the red-yellow fake
under the point where the red
and yellow sections meet on
the streamer. Tie the blue
end of the streamer in a
single knot around the base of
the overlapped silks, Figure
135.
2. Repeat step I with the blue-yellow fake and red end of the
streamer. It now looks as if you have three silks tied
together at each end, Figure 136.
Presentation:
1. Untie the red knot from around the blue-yellow Fake and let
the red end drop, Figure 135.
2. Tie the ends of the blue-yellow fake in a single knot around
the streamer at the blue-yellow join.
3. Untie the blue knot from around the red-yellow fake and let
the blue end drop.
4. Tie the ends of the red-yellow fake in a single knot around
the streamer at the red-yellow join, Figure 137.
5. Gather the streamer into one hand, sliding the fake knots
to the end of the streamer as it is gathered.
6. Display the streamer, showing the silks have melded into
one silk, Figure 138.
Target assembly 52
-MARK TRIMBLE-
Effect:
An empty cloth is formed into o bog. A length of ribbon,
four colored silks, and a white silk with a block target outline are
placed in the bag. The ends of the ribbon are pulled out of the
sides of the bag and are held by two volunteers. The bag is pulled
open and the five silks have been transformed into a large four-
color target that is attached to the ribbon.
Required:
Four different color 12" silks. One 18" black and white
target silk. One length of ribbon. One Good Night banner
gimmicked with extra Velcro. One 36" colored target silk attached
to a length of ribbon at the top, Figure I3Q.
Preparation:
1. Fold one side of the banner to form a pocket at the top
section, "B".
2. Place the 36" target into pocket *B", with the ends of the
ribbon near the sides of the bottom of the pocket.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the banner and form side "A" into a pocket.
2. Place the four individual color silks into side A".
3. Place one end of the ribbon into side A" and pull one end of
the ribbon in side "B" into view. Allow the other end of the
ribbon to lay view. Allow the other end of the ribbon to lay
View Allow the other end of the ribbon to lay over the front
of the banner.
4. Put the block and white target silk into side *A", followed
by the second end of the ribbon.
5. Pull the second end of the ribbon in side B" into view.
6. Turn the bag so that side B" is facing the audience.
7. Instruct two assistants to hold the ends of the ribbons and
gently pull at the count of three.
8. On three, rip open side B". The 3fo" target will unfold.
One hand cane to silk* 53

-JONATHAN NEAL BROWN-
The advantage of this method is that no tape or thread is

used and the cane may be held in the center. James Holmes had a
gimmicked version of this. Richard Ross had an early version of
cane to coins
Effect:
A cane is held by its middle with one hand and is freely
shown. Instantly it dissolves into a silk.
Required:
A metal vanishing cane without a cap. A white 21" or 36"
silk.
Preparation:
1. Tie one corner of the silk to the inside of the cane, then
open the cane. Six to nine inches of the silk will extend out
the end of the open cane.
2. Using the hemmed edge of the silk as a guide,

wrap the silk around the
cane, making sure that the
hemmed edge is about IV
From the end of the cane all
the way around, Figure 140.
The silk will usually wrap at
least twice around the cane.
3. The remainder of the silk
balloons over the top. Push
all this material inside the
top end of the cane quite
firmly, Figure 141.
Presentation:
1. Hold the cane by its
center. Display the cane with
the silk cop pointing directly at
the audience.
2. Lower your arm until the cane is
in a horizontal position at your
side.
3. Quickly lift the cane,
raising the silk knob
sharply upward. This causes the spring to expand which then
loosens the silk
4. As the silk unwinds the cane will collapse into the hand and fully
expose the silk, Figure
5. The silk will drape over the Front of the hand concealing the
collapsed and now palmed cane.
Volume Two Revisited
Penetration
Digital delusion* 1
Effect:
The magician holds a silk in one hand and a Compact Disc in
the other. He causes the CD to penetrate the center of the silk so
the silk now runs through the hole in the CD. Then, he slowly pulls
the silk through the CD.
Required:
An 18" or 24" silk. A Compact Disc with a narrow slit in it
and the center hole enlarged to a I" diameter, Figure I.
Presentation.
1 Hold the CD in the crotch of the right thumb with the slit
at a 45-degree angle to the thumb, Figure 2. Hold the silk in
the left hand.
2. Grip the lower corner of the silk between the right first and
second fingers and twirl the silk into o tight rope.
3. With the right side to the audience, release the silk from the
right hand and stroke the silk from the top to the middle
with the CD.
4. Press the third finger on the bottom of the CD, opening the
slit to a 3 V width at the outer edge. Figure 3.
5. Starting two inches from

the top slide the CD onto
the silk at a 45-degree
angle. Allow the slit
to close and slide the CD
to the middle of the silk,
Figure 4
6. Hold opposite corners of
the silk in each hand and
spin the CD on the
center.
7. Turn the CD so the slit is
vertical and hide it with
the silk. Show both sides
of the CD, Figure 5.
8. Slide the silk slightly to
the left of the slit,
covering the slit and
silk with the fingers
of the right hand.
9. Grasp both ends of the
silk close to the CD and
pull it slightly forward
and to the
right this slides the silk through the slit.
10. Immediately pull both ends of the silk up in front of the
CD with the left hand firmly pinches the center of the
silk behind the CD. From the front the silk still appears to
be on the silk.
11. Tug on the silk with the left the hand. Than release
pressure with the right hand as the left slowly pulls up on
the silk.
12. Spin the CD in the air as one end of the silks is released.
Linking silks* 2
-MARK TRIMBLE-
Effect:
Three silks are tied in loops. The magician is able to link and
unlink the silk loops at will.
Credits:
This effect is not on original effect. Several commercial
versions of this trick have been available in the past.
Required:
Three 18" x 4" silks with pointed ends. One of the silks has
magnets embedded in the hem at two locations, Figure 6.
Preparation:
1. Lay the silks on the table
Presentation:
1. Tie one Ungimmicked silk into a loop by tying the ends with an
overhand knot.
2. Tie the gimmicked silk, giving it the appearance that it is tied
in a loop.
3. Tie the second Ungimmicked silk in a loop.
4. Link and unlink the silks as in the linking rings.
To link and unlink the silks:

1. Grasp the gimmicked silk as you would o key ring in the
linking rings, Figure 7.
2. As you bring the ungimmicked silk loop to the key loop,
separate the ends of the key loop with the thumb and
Forefinger. The thumb and forefinger grasp on end and the
remaining fingers pinch against the heel of the palm to
grasp the other end, Figure 8.
3. Place the silks in position ready to unlink them, Figure 9. Pull
slowly on the lower silk and it will slip past the magnets. The
magnets draw together after the ungimmicked silk passes
through the knot.
Sealed cutter* 3
-STAN ALIEN-
Stan developed this effect as o lead in to the phoa Cut

and Restored Silk. Although this effect is similar to Sakamoto's
Cut and Restored Hank, page 618, the differences warrant its
inclusion.
Effect:
A silk is pushed into an envelope open at both ends. The
envelope is cut in two and the pieces separated. The pieces are
placed end-to-end and the silk is pulled from one end, fully
restored.
Required:
A 12" silk and a matching silk corner. An opaque legal size
envelope. Two quarters, drafting tape, and a 3" length of thread.
Preparation:
1. Cut the ends off the envelope and apply a one-half inch
strip of rubber cement across the middle, Figure 10.
2. Tape the quarters together and wrap them in the silk
corner.
3. Tie a knot in the silk
corner. Tie a 3" piece of
thread to the knot and
tape the other end to
the envelope as in Figure
10. Using drafting tape
allows the gimmick to be
easily moved to other
envelopes for resetting
the trick.
4. Pull the weighted corner into the envelope and lay the 12"
silk along the entire length of the envelope, Figure 11.
Presentation:
1. Display the silk in the open envelope making sure the
rubber cement on the two halves do not touch.
2. In one movement pull the silk out of the envelope with one
hand and close the two halves with the other. This must
be timed so that the silk corner is not exposed. The
halves will be glued shut by the rubber cement.
3. Push the silk into the empty end of the envelope.
Occasionally check the other end of the envelope, as if
looking for the end of the silk. After most of the silk is in
pushed into the envelope pull the silk corner from its end,
Figure 12.
4. Cut the envelope in half along the rubber cement strip and
separate the halves.
5. Place the halves back together and hold them as in Figure
13.
6. Pull out the 12" silk as the other hand tilts the end with the
silk corner upward. The corner will slip inside the
envelope. Timed correctly it looks as if you pull the silk out
of the envelope.
Phoa Cut And Restored Silk* 4

-PHOA VAN T I O N G-
Effect:
An 18" silk is displayed and cut in two by a spectator. The
two halves are rolled together; the silk is opened to show that it is
restored.
Required:
An unprepared 18" silk. A pair of scissors.
Presentation:
1. Show the silk as a square of Fabric. Holding diagonal
corners, twirl the silk into a tight rope by moving one end
in a circular Fashion, figure 14.
*From The Tar bell Course in Magic, Vol. 7, published by D.

Robbins and Co., Inc., 70 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY.
2. Hold the silk as in Figure 15, allowing the corners at the
center of the twisted silk to separate.
3. Have the spectator cut through the center of the silk and
separate the two halves, Figure 16.
4. Place one half on the other and wind the rest of the silk
around the center of the top, x-wing section, Figure 17.
5. Grasp two corners on each side of the rolled silk between
thumb and forefinger. On each side, slightly roll the
two corners together, Figure 18.
6. Pull the silk taut. The top, cut edges of the silks will roll
toward the center of the silks and will be hidden, Figure 19.
7. Twirl the silk as in step I, then place both ends in one
hand. Place a Finger of the opposite hand into the
Formed loop and snap the center of the loop to prove the
silk's integrity.
The light that heals 5
DAVID GINN
This effect is like 'Snip a Silk" page 620. David has updated
the trick by using a cover that everyone recognizes and accepts.
Required:
Instead of an envelope, use a light bulb carton to place the
silk into before cutting.
Preparation:
To gimmick the carton to accept the silk, cut along the
dotted lines as in Figure 20.
Presentation:
1. Remove the light bulb
from the carton.
2. Run the silk through the
carton.
3. Push in the cut portion
of the carton and insert
the silk through the
carton, Figure 21.
4. Flatten the carton and
cut it in the middle,
avoiding the silk as you
cut.
5. Holding the carton

together remove the
restored" silk.
Color Changes
Color changing streamer* 6
-MARK TRIMBLE-
This effect was first made by Supreme and supplied with a trick
called Instant Art. Although the principle is that of a color
changing silk, the reconfiguration of the silk into a streamer
allows
for the instant change of the silk without
running it through the hand and the enfolded silk is
better hidden.
Effect:
The performer holds a multi-colored silk
streamer. With one snap of the wrist the colors
instantly vanish leaving the streamer completely
black.
The Secret:
The silk works on an inside out color
reversing principle, Figure 22.
Presentation:
1. Hold the streamer in one hand with the
double-sided section at the top.
2. Grasp the inner black section with the
thumb and First Finger.
3. Whip the streamer with a snap of the wrist.
The multi-color section will turn inside out
exposing the remaining black streamer.
Dragon Fantasy* 7
JOHN FAREED
The effect was designed for a themed show. The dragon fantasy
employee several ideas in completely different form than their
original effects.
Effect:
A silk dragonhead puppet is removed from a bag. Trailing
from the head is a 12-foot black and gold body. The performer
swirls the head and body in front of himself. The body slowly
changes from black and gold to brilliant multi-colors starting
from the neck and moving to the tail. The swirling is stopped,
and as the tail stops spinning, flame colored silk, streamers fly
from the mouth of the dragon.
Required:
A dragonhead puppet crafted from silk pieces. A 12-
foot color-changing streamer. Silk throw streamers 10 feet
long.
Streamer Construction:
This long streamer is similar to The Color Changing
Streamer described above. However, in order for the long
streamer to invert upon itself weight must be added to the tail
of the multi-colored section and the black and gold section
must be gradually tapered to a point at the tail, Figure 23.
Preparation:
1. Roll the silk throw
streamers and place
them into the mouth.
2. Invert the multi-colored
streamer so the black
and gold streamer is
showing. Tuck the weight
under the neck of
the dragonhead.
3. Place the dragon into
the bag, tail first.
Presentation:
1. Remove the dragon from the bag with the puppet on the
hand.
2. With the opposite hand, upset the weight from the neck
of the dragon.
3. Swirl the tail of the dragon in a large arcing circle. The
tail will change color.
4 After the entire tail has changed color, stop the motion
of the head, wait for most of the silk to come to rest,
and open the mouth as the head makes a throwing
motion toward the audience. The silk throw streamers
will fly from the mouth.
Color changing silks
Berg Silk Station* 8

JOE BERG
Effect:
This is a clever version of the color changing silk with
one important exception. The performer is clean at the end of
the change. Joe Berg never marketed this effect. He
originated it in the mid-40s
The Secret:
The gimmick is a tube large enough to contain a silk. The
tube has a bottom to it, and a cord attached that is sewn to a
corner of a silk. The silk is sewn with a pocket, which hides the
tube inside, Figure 24.
Preparation:
1. Wrap the silk attached to the tube
around the outside of the gimmick.
Tuck the end in to secure the silk,
Figure 25.
2. The tube is put on the second
Finger, and a silk of contrasting color
is held with the thumb and first finger
of the same hand.
Presentation:
1. Draw the silk through the empty head several times.
2. The third time the silk is drawn through the hand the
second finger of the left hand extends and lays the
gimmick in the palm of the right hand. Continue drawing
the silk through the right hand.
3. Form the right hand into a fist and begin inserting the silk
into the gimmick.
4. When the silk is well inserted, the left fingers release the
corner of the would silk and begins pulling the silk out of
the fist. This immediately draws the gimmick inside the
silk.
5. The color change has taken place, and the hands are
completely empty.
Other Effects:
You can show both hands empty, produce a silk and then
change its Color. Prepare by winding the
silk around the gimmick and loading another silk inside the tube.
Use standard silk-tube moves to show the hands empty. Pull out
the loaded silk for the production of a silk. Push it back in the
gimmick for the color change.
Single silk, production and vanish. Wind the silk around the
gimmick. Show hands empty and produce the silk. Push the silk into
the attached gimmick. As you stuff the last of the silk in, steal
the gimmick with the second finger, adding one last poke into the
fist. Open the fist to show the silk has vanished.
Cigarette to silk. Work this the same way as in the silk

production except that a lighted cigarette is pushed into the tube.
A small piece of wet sponge in the bottom of the tube will
extinguish the cigarette.
Cigarette to silk. First, a single silk is produced. A lighted

cigarette is pushed into the fist, followed by the silk. The
cigarette vanishes and the silk changes color.
Blendo effects are easy if the tube is large enough to fit

three small silks, and the "blended" silk is color matched to the
small silks.
Silk station variation* 9

-MARK TRIMBLE-
Effect:
This variation to Joe Berg's Silksation takes his idea
one step further. Instead of one silk being attached to the
dye tube, both silks are attached to the tube and can hide
the tube by pulling it inside of itself.
Required:
A red and a green 18" silk, each attached to a dye tube and
prepared as in Figure 26. A dye tube made of lightweight plastic.
Preparation:
1. Turn the red silk inside out so that the tube and other silk
are drawn inside. Then take end B and pull it back until the
dye tube is completely exposed, Figure 27.
2. Push the red silk into the dye tube starting with the folded
back edge as in Figure 28.
3. Turn green silk inside out so that the tube with red silk is
drawn inside.
Presentation:
1. Hold the green silk as in figure 29. The dye
tube will be suspended inside the skill.
2. Place the green silk into the opposite hand as in Figure 30.
3. Pull an end B and the dye tube will be pushed out of the
silk into the closed fist.
4. Let go of end B and grasp end A. Draw end A to the top
of the fist and push it into the dye tube.
5. Using a standard silk color change development, push in some
of the green silk and pull out some of the red silk.
6. The red silk is coming out of the tube backwards. However at
the same time the top or end "A" is being pulled from the
tube.
7. Proceed with the dying action until the green silk is
completely inside the dye tube and the red silk is almost to
its folded middle.
8. To complete the color change, reach past end B and grasp
end "A". Pull end "A" upward to a display position. Open
the hand as the red silk leaves the fist. The red silk will fall
around the dye tube and the transition will be
complete, Figure 31.
Dye Tube Steal From The Hand* 10
-DICK GUSTAFSON-
Unlike regular dye tube routines, Dick pushes the silk into
and pulls the changed silk out of the same side of the fist.
Although this effect is similar to Mayette's Perfect Color Change,
this is the method best suited for stealing the dye tube.
The Secret:
1. Hold the dye tube containing
a red silk in the palm of the
right hand on the middle
finger, Figure 32. Turn with
the right side slightly facing
the audience.
2. Pull the silk through the left hand. Form the left hand into a
fist and insert the end of the silk and the dye tube at the
same time.
3. Turn the left Fist as in Figure
33 and push the white silk
inside. Hold the left little
finger tight at the bottom of
the dye tube. As the white silk
is pushed in, the red silk will
come out the other end.
Keeping the fingers tight will
force the red silk to compact
into the hand.
4. Keep the left hand as in Figure
34, with the bottom of the fist
facing the audience.
5. As the last corner of the
white silk is tucked into the
tube, the right thumb and
forefinger clips the dye tube
and smartly withdraws it
from the fist until
the right hand is one foot away from the left, as in Figure
35. This action pulls 5 or b inches of the red silk into view.
6. Position the dye tube in the right hand in finger palm and
pull the red silk from the left fist with the right thumb and
forefinger.
Alternate Performance
Another way to use this steal is to roll two 6" by 9" sheets
of paper into a tube and use it instead of the fist. A rubber band
keeps the paper rolled. Push an end of the white silk through the
tape of the loaded dye tube, Figure 36. When this corner the dye
tube holds the silk hangs behind the right palm in a nature position.
right palm in a natural position. To set up,
place the dye tube in the end of the paper
tube, wind the rest of the white silk around
the outside of the tube and place it on the
table. To perform, pick up the tube. Unwind
the silk and pull it from the tube by the
short piece of silk above the dye tube.
Show the tube empty and load the dye tube
into the paper as you push the top corner
of the silk inside. Remove the dye tube as
described above. Pull the changed silk from
the paper and unroll the paper to show it
empty.
Hank Ball Steal With Thumb* 11
PAUL W. SCH0EFFLEI
With the help of Warren Stevens the origin of this move was
discovered. This steal of the hank ball is easy to perfect and
diabolically deceptive. The move transfers the hank ball From the
Fist to the hand pushing in the silk. The Fingers of the hand pushing
the silk into the Fist can be kept spread apart throughout the
sequence.
The Secret:
Once the First silk is in the ball the thumb of the Fist
enters the top of the ball. The First Finger that was pushing
the silk makes one more push into the Fist. The remaining
Fingers may be loosely spread to casually show the hand empty.
On that last push the thumb quickly lifts the ball out of the
Fist and into an American hitchhiking thumb position. The
combination of this move and the last push of the First Finger
cause the hank ball to be in the perfect position for the palm
out of the hank ball. Figure 31 shows the sequence.
Silk dyeing
Silk and water* 12
-LU BRENT-
Effect:
A sheet of paper is formed into a cone. A red silk is placed
in the cone and clear water is poured on top. The silk is withdrawn
and found to be pure white as well as dry. The water is poured
Form the cone into a glass and is discovered to have turned red.
The cone is unrolled and shown empty.
Required:
A prepared 11" x 14" paper, Figure 38. One red and one
white 12" silk. A paper drinking cup, glass of water, and red Food
coloring.
Preparation:
1. Glue o V" type drinking cup into the secret compartment of
a paper cone. Place a small amount of red food coloring into
the cup.
2. Place a white 12" silk into the pocket beside the paper cup.
Presentation:
1. Form the paper into a cone, making sure the secret pocket
is open.
2. Push the red silk into the secret compartment on the
opposite side from the white silk.
3. Pour the water into the secret paper cup. 1 Pull the white
silk from the cone.
5. Pour the red water back into the glass.
Pavel change tube* 13

-PAVEL-
Pavel has combined several ideas to create a simple, quick,

self-contained dye tube in a paper tube.
Figure 39 shows the construction of the tube. A ghost tube

gimmick or dye tube gimmick is attached to the back of a sheet of
cardboard. The cardboard is creased in the middle and
permanently shaped to roll around the dye tube.
To show the paper empty open, grasp the two edges of the
paper and pull it open, Figure 40. The paper unrolls and automatically
hides the dye tube on the backside.
Allow the paper to roll closed on its own. Push silks in one end,
pop the tube in the hand, and pull out the transformed silks, Figure
41.
Sucker color change* 14

-D0C BOSTON-
Effect:
One red and one white silk is shown. The red silk has the
word, "red" on it. The white silk has "white" written on it. The
performer rolls the silks into Q boll, and then opens them holding
them in opposite
hands. He claims that they have changed colors, the red silk now
being white and the white, red. The silks are opened to show the
word "red" on the white silk and "white" on the red silk.
Required:
Two red and two white 12" prepared silks.
Preparation:
1. Print the word "red" on one red silk and one white silk.
2. Print the word "white" on one white silk and one red silk.
3. Roll the wrong labeled silks into a ball and place them in a
pocket.
Presentation:
1. Display the correctly labeled red and white silk. As they are
picked up steal the wrong printed silks from the pocket.
2. Roll the correctly labeled silks into a ball. Switch the wrong-
labeled silks for the correct ones as they are balled.
3. Steal out the correctly labeled silks and place them into the
pocket.
4. Display the wrong-labeled silks.
Reel-less magic
Streamer afloat* 15
-T A N CHOON TEE-
Effect:
The performer ties a knot in the center of a long silk
streamer. The silk suddenly stiffens and comes to life. After a
struggle the performer subdues the streamer, crumples it and
hands it to his assistant.
Required:
A metal or plastic appearing cane. An eight-inch by nine
foot prepared streamer.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk in half along its length. Sew the two long edges
together, Figure 42.
2. Place the appearing cane in the open end of the silk.
Presentation
1. Pick up the streamer and
cane. Release the lock on
the cane but hold the
cane closed.
2. Holding one end snap the
silk to show its softness.
3. Grasp the other end and
place it over the wrist of
the hand
i
holding the cone. Reach through the Formed loop and grasp the
free end. Pull this end through the loop, forming a knot in the
center of the streamer, Figure 43.
4. Place both ends of the streamer in the hand with the cane.
5. Grasp the knot and hold
it above the hand
with the streamer
ends. Let the knot fall.
6. Grasp the knot again
and hold it above
the hand with the
streamer ends. Release
your grip on the cane
and let it expand inside
the silk, Figure H
7. Slowly release your grip
on the knot and the silk
will remain upright in the
hand.
8. Using the wand, make
the silk move about the
stage seemingly dragging
you behind it. The ends
of the silk may be
separated as it moves
about the stage.
9. Crumple the silk into a
bundle, secret I y
compressing the cane
within, Figure 45.
10. Hand the silk to your
assistant.
20th Century Silk
Crazy 20th Century Silk 16

WILLIAM GSTICKLAND
This is o comedy version of the standard effect designed for

presentation to an audience of magicians or an audience who is
familiar with standard tricks.
Effect:
The red and blue silks are tied together and placed in a glass.
A piece of newspaper is formed into a cone and a yellow silk is placed
inside. The cone is opened, shown empty, and crushed into a ball. A
green silk is found tied between the red and blue silks. After seeing
his mistake, the magician tears open the crumpled newspaper and
removes a green silk.
Required:
One 18" 20th Century Silk set with a green middle silk. One
green and one yellow 18" silk. A prepared page of a newspaper,
Figure 46.
Preparation:
1. In one corner of the newspaper glues a 1-inch patch from
the second sheet of newspaper. Mark this corner of the
newspaper so that it may be easily identified.
2. Fold and place the green silk under this Flap, then glue all
sides of the patch.
3. In the middle of the page in a diagonal direction glue a
triangle of newspaper, Figure 46.
4. Set the 20th Century Silks. (See page 938 for details on
20th Century Silks.)
5. Fold and place the newspaper, then the silk on a table
beside the 20th Century Silks.
Presentation:
1. Tie the two 20th Century Silks together and place them in
a glass.
2. Form the paper into a cone and place the yellow silk inside.
3. Allow the paper to unroll showing it empty. (See paper
cones page 320) Crush the paper into a ball making sure
that the marked corner is on the outside of the ball. Toss
the crumpled paper on a table or the stage.
4. Grasp one of the 20th Century Silks and whip the silks
from the glass. The green middle silk will be pulled from
its hidden pocket.
5. Notice that the middle silk is not yellow or allow the
audience to point out this Fact.
6. Tear opens the crumpled newspaper and shows the silk in
the paper to be green.
Note
Normal audiences will not understand this effect.
However, audiences that know there are two silks involved in
the 20th Century Silks will assume that you made a mistake
when the yellow silk does not appear between the knotted
silks.
The twenty first century silk* 17

-FANT ASIO-
Effect:
The magician enters the stage holding a cane. Suddenly,
two silks appear hanging from both ends of the cane. He places
the cane with the silks on his table. A third silk vanishes. Picking
up the cane, it instantly changes into the vanished silk and is tied
between the other two.
Required:
A black Fantasia vanishing cane. Two 18" solid colored silks.
Two matching 24" multicolored silks. A 30" length of black elastic
and a 30" length of I" width ribbon.
Preparation:
1. Fold the ribbon in half lengthwise. Center one of the
printed silks in the fold of the ribbon and sew it in place,
leaving enough room for the elastic to run through, Figure
41.
2. Cut off the inside loops for tying silks from the cap and
ferrule. Drill holes through the small ball on the end of the
ferrule and through the cap, Figure 48.
3. Thread the elastic through the top of the cap, hem of the
ribbon and silk, and the ferrule tip. Tie knots on both ends
of the elastic and tie the solid silks to the elastic knots,
Figure 19.
4. Secure the ends of the ribbon to the cap and tip.
5. Lay the cane and large silk out flat, and fold the two
bottom corners of the silk into the middle forming a
triangle, Figure 50. Roll the silk toward the ribbon, then
extend the cane and place the cap
6. Hold the cane in the middle with one hand and with the
other fold the silk hanging from the cap into a small
bundle. Extend the elastic 16" and bring the bundle to the
palm of the hand holding the cane. Do the same with the
silk hanging from the tip, Figure 51.
Presentation:
1. Walk on stage holding the cane.
2. Hold the cane parallel to the floor and open the hand for a
fraction of a second, allowing the silks to jump to the tip
and cap. Place the cane on the table.
3. Vanish the duplicate large skill.
4. Pick up the cane, release the cap and perform the
cane to silks effect, showing the vanished silk tied
between the other two.
Volume Three Revisited
Blendo effects
Unprepared Blendo* 1
-NEIL FOSTER-
as described by Bill Brewe
Effect:
Several small silks are gathered together in the hands and
instantly turn into one large silk containing all the colors of the small
ones.
The Secret:
The smaller silks are secretly switched for the larger one
right before the eyes of the audience without them noticing it.
Preparation:
1. Tie the opposite corners of the smaller silks together to
form a chain. At one end have the small silk that matches the
corners of the larger one, Figure 1
2 Tie the large silk by its matching corner to the end of the
chain of small silks.
3. Beginning with the corner diagonally opposite the small silks,
fold the large silk in a jig-jag fashion in the palm of the hand
for about two-thirds of its length, Figure 2.
4 Twist the remainder of the silk rope fashion around the
bundle of silk compressing them in tightly and tuck the end of
the large silk under itself up to the knot. This keeps the silk
from opening. Do not tuck the knot under the silk or you will
not be able to open the bundle.
5. Place the rolled silk in a production box or on the table with
the smaller matching silk over the top of it.
Presentation:
1. Produce or pick up the chain of silks, at the same time holding
the bundled large silk in the palm of the hand. The chain of
silks hangs down from that hand. Be sure not to expose the
palmed bundle.
2. With the other hand gather the silks and place them on top
of the palmed bundle. Show the other hand empty casually.
3. Transfer the silks to the empty hand with the bundle on top
of the other silks. Casually show the first hand empty as you
make the transfer.
4 Using both hands fold up the smaller silks into o small
bundle in Front of the large one. Take care to fold all
corners into the bundle.
5. Handle the two bundles as one.
6. Hold onto the folded small silks and with a tossing motion
shake out the large silk. It will unroll with a snap.
7. Grasp an adjacent corner to the one tied to the palmed
bundle and displays the large silk. Hold the hand with the
silks behind the large one, Figure 3.
No Gaff Blendo* 2
-JERRY MENTZER
Effect:
A silk is shown, and then twisted rope fashion. A knot is
tied in the silk. The performer blows on the knot and it dissolves.
The silk visibly splits into two silks. These silks are bundled
together and they change into a single 36" silk.
Required:
One gimmicked 18" silk and one unprepared 18" silk. One
36" rainbow silk. A body load clip.
Preparation:
1. The gimmicked silk has o
pocket sewn into it as in
Figure 4.
2. Insert the unprepared silk
into the pocket and pull
one corner
out of the pocket so it protrudes about three inches.
3. Fold the 36 silk as in Figure 5. Fold the silk in half. Pleat
the silk so that it forms a narrow strip about three inches
wide. Fold the silk into three-inch pleats until all but six
inches of the silk has been pleated. Roll the remainder of
the strip tightly around the pleated portion.
4. Place the folded large silk in the body load clip and fasten it
under the right side of the jacket at the lower edge.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the prepared double silk and tie a dissolving false
knot in its middle.
2. Blow on the knot and pull on the ends of the silk at the same
time. The silk apparently splits into two.
3. Drape the gimmicked silk over the left forearm. Turn
slightly toward the right.
4. Begin gathering the silk held in the left hand.
5. Drop the right hand to the side and steal the 36" silk from
its clip.
6. When the left hand nearly has the silk drawn into the fist,
bring the right hand up to the left and begin gathering
the second silk between both hands. Keep the large
silk concealed in the left hand.
7. After both silks are gathered in the hands, grasp a corner
of the large silk between the thumb and first finger of each
hand. At the same time grasp both small silks with the right
second, third and fourth fingers.
8. Spread the hands apart and release the large silk.
9. Toss the large silk over the right hand. Grasp the center
of the silk with the left hand and carry the two small silks
away under cover of the large silk.
Six foot Blendo Note:

Fold a six-foot square silk the same as the 36" silk. This
packet may be used in place of the 36" silk.
Another Blendo idea:

Instead of on 36" silk or one six-foot silk use three 2V silks
tied together as in Figure 6. Fold them onto one another so that
you have a stack of
three 24 squares. Fold this stock as described above.
Lazy Man blendo* 3
- MICKY HASES -
Effect:
The standard blendo effect with three silks is performed.
Required:
A metal or plastic appearing cane. Three prepared 18" half-
silks. One double 36" blendo silk, prepared as in The Rice Blendo,
page 1166.
The Secret:
Using an appearing cane to pull the silks within the large silk
performs the mechanical portion of the blendo effect.
Construction:
1. Expand the cane and cut off twelve inches of cane from the
open end. Smooth the cut edges and punch two holes in the
cut end of the cane.
2. Invert the large double silk to expose the
silk, tab on the inside top corner. Sew another tab about six inches
long beside this one as in Figure 7. Sew the male end of a snap to the
end of this tab, *A". Open the silk and sew the female portion of the
snap on the outside of the same corner as the tabs.
3. Attach the cane piece inside

the double silk in the corner
with the two tabs. Use a Fine
wire to attach the cane through
the hem of the corner, Figure
8.
4. Push the tabs into the cane.
THE FOLD:
1. Using figure 9 as reference, corner
A is turned inside out as the cane
gimmick is grasped on the inside of
the double silk and pulled out of the opening of corner B
2. Turn bock the new edge at the center of the silk to corner
B". This action is like turning back a shirt cuff, Figure 10.
3. Turn back the new edge at D" to corner
B figure 11. The silk is now a narrow strip about four and
one half inches wide. The loops on the outside of corners
A and B extend from the sides of the strip at the top.
4. Fold the bottom edge to the top of the strip, extending the
bottom edge 4" above the top, Figure 12.
5. Double the bottom edge two more times. Each time the
bottom is brought up in line with the top edge versus the
extended portion, Figure 13.
6. Wrap the projecting end of the silk around all of the folds,
Figure 14.
7. Collapse the cane into the folds of the silk and secure it
by snapping the long tab to the snap at corner "A".
8. Tie the three silks to the short tab extending from inside
the cane gimmick.
Presentation:
1. Pick the silks up in the left hand with the folded bundle
in your hand and the silks hanging in front to cover
the load.
2. Lift the bottom of each silk separately to count them.
3. Bring the right hand up and slip the thumb into the loop at
corner B.
4. At the same time slip the left thumb into the loop at
corner "A" and unsnap the fastener at that corner.
5. Without pulling fast or hard, release the folded silk from
your left hand and separate the two hands, gently pulling
the loops. As the hands are separated the three silks are
pulled inside the cane gimmick and the cane gimmick is
pulled inside the double silk to hang inside corner "A".
Bongo Bag 4
-All BONGO-
Effect:
Three silks are placed in a small black bag. They
transform into a large multi-colored silk.
The Secret:
The large silk is doubled and has a small bag sewn into one
top corner.
Construction:
1. Sew two identical large silks together around the
edge, Figure 15. Leave a nine-inch opening at one corner at
the top edge.
2. Sew the mouth of a two compartment black 9" x 12" bag
inside the opening.
3. Sew two tabs to the top corners of the large silk.
Preparation:
1. Fold the large silk to the same size as the bag.
2. Turn the bag inside out. The folded silk goes into one of
the compartments of the bag.
Presentation:
1. Show the three silks.
2. Turn the compartment with the large silk inside out.
3. Grasp the tabs and open the large silk.
The Bumper Bag* 5
-SUDS
This effect is similar to the bongo bag in its outcome
However, the construction of the inner bag is completely different
and allows for an instant transformation to the large silks. The
effect was first marketed as Whats New.
Effect:
Three silks are placed in a small black bag. They instantly
transform into a large multi-colored silk.
The Secret:
The large silk is doubled and has a long tube sewn down the
middle that opens at the top and bottom.
Construction:
1. Sew two identical silks together around the edge. Leave a
12" section open in the middle of the top and bottom seam,
Figure 16.
2. Sew two tabs or loops to the top corners of the large silk.
3. Make a tube as in Figure 17. Stitch directly across the
center of the bag to divide the tube into two compartments.
4. Sew the bag into the top and bottom of the large silk,
Figure 18.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk as in Figure 19. First fold corners
A and B over the center section
of the large silk. Fold the bottom to the top.
2. Reach into the bottom compartment of the tube and
turn the bag inside out.
3. Open the top compartment of the tube and turn
down the sides of that bag twice, figure 20. This
make a bag that looks as if has a cuff at the top.
Presentation:
1. Show the separate silks
and place them into the
bag.
2. Grasp the loops hanging
down from inside the cuff
of the bag.
3. Develop the large silk by
gently pulling on the tabs
as you shake the bag
downward, Figure 21. The
individual silks are inside
the compartment at the
top of the tube. The
bottom compartment of
the tube turns inside out
and is drawn inside the
large silk.
Note:
This blendo bag principal has
been use by several manufactures
in effects is such as the mutilated
parasol.
Cheat blendo* 6
-D A V I D GINN
This blendo method depends on a clever, bold switch that

makes the effect startling.
Required:
One blue 18" silk. Two each red, yellow, and green 18"
silks.
Preparation:
1. Take the blendo silk by the center and tuck it into a 2-
inch diameter tube mounted inside the top of a box or
basket, Figure 22. The red, yellow and green portions of
the silk hang down inside the basket.
2. Drape the blue portion over the outside of the basket
with the three separate silks.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the three separated silk one at a time with

right hand and transfer them to the left hand. Each
time a silk is picked up the left hand leans on the edge
of the basket and dips the silk it hold into the basket.
2. When you reach for the blue silk the left hand drop
the separate silk into the basket and comes up holding
the blendo silk by the center. The right hand holds
what appear to be the bottom of the blue silk, figure
23
3. Fold the silk in half and grasp the yellow and blue
corner one, Figure 24.
Balloon Box blendo* 7
Effect:
Four clear balloons are shown to each contain a different
color silk. the balloons are each placed on a topless and
bottomless box and popped with a large pin. The box is lifted and
shown empty. When the silks are shown they have become sewn
together into one large silk.
Required:
Three different color 18 silks. One 36 silk made of four
18 silks sewn together. Four 11 clear balloons. One gimmicked
box. A large pin.
Preparation
1. push the 18 silks into separate deflated balloons.
Inflated the balloons.
2. Fold the 36 silk so that all colors are contained in the
fourth unused color. Placed this into the fourth balloons,
begin careful not to dislodge the silks from their hiding
placed. Inflated the final balloons, figure 25.
Presentation:
1. Show the box empty and place it
on the table. As it is set down
make sure the flap falls open,
Figure 26.
2. Place a balloon with an individual
silk on the box and pop it with
the pin. Act as if you are pushing
the silk further into the box
with the pin. Actually, arrange
the silk in the flap.
3. Repeat step 2 with the other two balloons with individual
silks.
4. After the third balloon is popped arrange the silks in the
box with the pin as before. Before the last balloon is
placed on the box, lift the flap with the pin and hold it
against the side with the hand.
5. Place the fourth balloon on the box and pop it with the pin.
6. Lift the box with the hand holding the flap against the side.
7. Pick up the 36" silk and show the blended silk.
Quadsilx* 8
-PAVEL-
Effect:
The performer counts four different color silks. He
gathers them then shakes them out. The silks have transformed
into one large silk, a checkerboard of the four silks. A tube is
formed from a sheet of
Paper and the silk pushed inside. The four individual silks
come out of the other end of the tube.
Required:
Four different color 18 silks A gimmick top
of the four silks, figure 27. one 36 silk made of
four 18 silks sewn together. A pavel change tube. A
thumbtip.
Preparation:
1. Grasp the center of the quadsilk where the
four silks join, Figure 28. Push the seams
between silks into the center of the hanging
silk.
2. Hold the fake top at the top of the hand
and the quadsilk at the bottom, figure 29.
3. Starting with the top push the silks into the
left fist. Push the top into the thumbtip and
place it back on the thumb. Continue to
gather the remainder of the silk into the
hands.
4. Let the silk Foil out of

the hand, Figure 30.
5. Grasp the corners and
show the blended silk,
Figure 31.
6. Show the change tube
empty. Push the blendo
into the tube. Shake
the individual silks
out of the opposite end
of the tube.
Sucker blendo* 9
- PAVEL-
Effect:
Four separate silks are pushed into a clear plastic bag. The
performer makes a magical pass over the bag and claims that the
silks have blended. The audience does not appreciate the sight gag.
The silks are removed and shown to be transformed into a large
silk with a checkerboard of the four colors.
Required:
Four different color 18" silks. One 36" quadsilk. A plastic
bag. A glitter covered dye tube two and one-quarter inch long by
one and one-half inch wide.
Preparation:
1. Push the quadsilk into the bottom of the dye tube and
attach the tube to the inside top corner of the plastic bag,
Figure 32.
2. Place the bog and silks on a table.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the bag with the tube behind the open fingers of
one hand. The tube will not be noticed even through the
finger are spread.
apart.
2. Gather the top of the bag together and push the four silks
into the bag through the opening, figure 33. The quadsilk
will be pushed into view inside the bag.
3. After by-play with the audience, remove the quadsilk from
the bag and shown the blended colors.
Naughty silk
The Berg Knot * 10

-JOE BERG
Effect:
A normal silk is slowly tied into a tight and hard knot. Then
with a Further tug the knot dissolves.
Required:
A 2V silk of top quality.
The Secret:
When learning the knot, it is a good idea to attach gummed
stickers to three corners, lettering them A", B", and C", Figure
34
1. Hold the scarf by end B" in the
right hand. Hold left hand palm
down and place end E" between
first and second fingers of left
hand so an inch or more extends
above hand, Figure 35.
2. Grasp end A" in right hand and
drape scarf over the palm of
left hand. Ends A" and C" hang
down and the. Center of the scarf
lies on the palm of the left hand.
Do not release end B", Figure 36.
3. Grasp end "A" between the thumb
and first finger of the right hand
and end "C" between the first
and middle fingers, Figure 37. Bring
the right hand up so ends now point
skyward and the center of the
scarf, held in the left hand, is
below, Figure 38. Bring up end "B
with left hand and grasp end "A"
between the thumb and first
finger, Figure 39. With the help of
the right hand, switch ends A and
B". End A" should be twisted
clockwise behind end B and held
between the first and middle
fingers of the left hand. End "B"
should be held between the first
finger and thumb, Figure 40.
4. Change grip on end C so it is now held between the thumb
and first finger of the right hand. You will now tie on over
hand knot in the scarf. Bring end B over and C and hold
both end in this crossed condition between the thumb and
first finger of the left hand, figure 41. Twist end B
around and under end C which also bring end A through
the knot as well, figure 42. keeping the right hand palm
down, grasp end B between the first and middle fingers
and end A between the thumb and first finger, figure 42.
Continue to hold ends C between the first figure o the
left hand. Without releasing ends A and B pull the right
hand back apparently forming an overhand knot in the scarf,
figure 43.
5. After about 3" of ends A" and B" are pulled through the
knot, release end B" but maintain the grip on end A".
Continue pulling back with the right hand. The illusion is that
you have tied an overhand knot and you are now tightening it.
The audience will actually see the knot tighten.
6. Keep your eye on end "B" that has been released. End B" will
gradually be pulled through the tightening knot. When end "B"
disappears from view, you will know that the knot is just
about to dissolve. One final tug will cause the seemingly
genuine overhand knot to just melt away.
Presentation:
1. Once you have learned to form the knot, the only tricky part
knows when to release end "B". If you release too soon, the
knot will barely form before it dissolves. If you release too
late, the knot will tighten around end "B" and will not release
at all. With a little practice, you will soon get the feel of it.
Knots Off Skill* 11

-PAVEL-
Effect:
A knot is tied in the middle of a silk. The performer gently
shakes the silk up and down. The knot begins to slide down the rope
until finally it falls to the floor. The silk is opened for display and a
hole is found in the center of the silk.
Required:
A 24" silk with a circular hole cut in the center. A fake silk
knot.
Preparation:
1. Roll the silk loosely around itself in a diagonal direction to
hide the hole in the silk.
2. Slide the fake silk knot onto the end of the silk.
Presentation:
1. Display the silk in the right hand concealing the knot in your
fist. Pull the silk back and forth through the fist, Figure 44.
2. With the left hand bring the end A" to the right hand. A
large loop is formed, Figure 45. Thread end "A" under and
through the loop with the right hand, figure 4b. Pull end "A"
with the left hand and tighten the loop, creating
the illusion of tying a knot, Figure 41. Pull end B" out of the
right fist leaving
the fake knot exposed
in the middle of the
silk, Figure 48.
3. Grasp end B" and
shake the silk in an up
and down motion. The
silk will begin to slide
off the silk and will
eventually fall to the
floor.
4. Open the silk and show
the hole in the center.
Silk And Eggs

Topitized Silk To Egg* 12
-MICHAEL AMMAR
This trick is similar in nature to Eggs-traordinary Eggs-

plantation on page I337. One glaring difference is the manner that
the eggs are switched. In Michael's version he disposes of the
plastic egg with a hole in a "Topit." This secret "pocket" allows for
the invisible switch for the real egg.
The second addition to the original effect involves

Michael's unique comic nature. After peeling the "hole" from the
egg, he places it on his forehead. After the egg is shown to be real
he removes the silk from the "hole." This is a humorous finish and
takes the heat off the fake hole.
The Zimmer-Egg* 13
-RICHARD ZIMMERMAN
This ingenious gimmick enables the performance of the

classic sucker silk to egg routine (see Chapter 21) without the
problems associated with other methods.
Effect:
A silk pushed into the fist transforms into an egg. The
performer offers to show the audience how the trick works. He
shows the egg to be hollow with the silk inside. Hiding the egg in
his hand as before, the magician pushes the silk into the egg. The
egg is then broken and shown to be real.
Required:
A special hollowing shell that fits
over a real egg, figure 49. A 12
silk and a paper towel or napkin. A
wine glass.
Preparation:
1. Find a medium-sized egg that will just fit into the shell without
binding.
2. Fold the silk in half. Lay the egg and shell on the silk with the
shell on the Far end of the egg. Fold the silk over the egg.
3. Place the silk with the egg in the wine glass. Set the glass on
the napkin.
Presentation:
Pick up the glass and remove the silk and egg with the right hand
by grasping the egg and
shell through the silk.
2. Place the egg and silk into the
left hand Pull the silk from the
hand with the right hand as
the left hand forms a first
around the egg, figure 50.
3. Push the silk into the shell,
figure 51 Notice
the left, thumb, first, second and third
finger security grip the shell while the
fourth finger lightly contacts the egg.
4. Rotate the shell to bring the hole under
the egg as the hand is opened with the
palm up, figure 52. The egg and shell are
shown
form an end view. This causes the egg to

appear shorter than it is.
5. Grasp the egg with the right hand, hiding
the seam with the middle finger. Hold the
shell with the third and fourth fingers
and push upward on the real egg with your
thumb. The egg will pivot on
the Forefinger as you move the thumb
to the right, Figure 53.
6. Reverse the action of Figure 53 as you
explain that the egg is really hollow
with a hole in the side. Turn the egg as
in Figure 52, this time showing the
hole with the silk
in it. Remove the silk.
7. Place the egg back into the
left hand, explaining how it
was hidden there from the
beginning of the trick.
8. Openly push the silk into
the hole.
9. Repeat the steps in your
right hand.
10. Break the egg into the wine glass when it is in the position in
Figure 54.
11. The shell may be sandwiched between the egg shells and
dropped into the glass, or palmed out and left behind in the
napkin in the action of wiping the hands.
Candle and Silks

Silk from candle flam* 14
-ED MASSEY -
Effect:
A candle is in a candleholder on a table. The magician
reaches for the candle Flame. As the Flame is extinguished silk
ribbons appear at the Fingertips.
Required:
A candle prepared as in Figure 55. A number of
skill ribbons attached to a holder and clip, figure 56.
Preparation:
1. Roll the ribbons starting from the ends and working toward
the clip, Figure 56.
2. Place the rolled ribbons into the holder at the base of the
candle at the top of the candlestick, Figure I. Make sure
that the clip is against the back of the candle.
Presentation:
1. Light the candle in the candlestick.
2. Hold the hand below the flame with the thumb engaged in
the hook of the clip, Figure 57.
3. With an upward motion of the hand, extinguish the flame
between the thumb and forefinger.
4. Continue the upward motion of the hand and slide the thumb
and fingers around and down the clip until they reach the
ribbons, Figure 58.
5. It will look as if you plucked the ribbons from the candle
flame.
Note:
A 2V silk may be substituted for the ribbons.
Candle and Silks
Silk from candle flam* 14
-ED MASSEY -
Effect:
A candle is in a candlestick on a table. The magician reaches
for the candle Flame. The magician picks up the candlestick and
attempts to extinguish the Flame. Failing to do so, he tries with
the opposite hand. As the Flame is extinguished, a silk appears at
the Fingertips.
Required:
One 18" silk. A candlestick prepared as in Figure 59.
Preparation:
1. Coil Fold the silk and place it in the hollowed out
compartment of the candlestick. The compartment should
be of a diameter to just fit the coiled silk.
2. Place the candlestick on a table and light the candle.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the candlestick and freely dandle it to
inadvertently show both hands completely empty.
2. Attempt to snuff-out the flame with the
thumb and fingers of the right hand. As you do,
hold the candlestick with the left hand at the very
base, Figure 60.
3. Steal the silk from the base of the
candlestick.
4. Grasp the candlestick with the right hand near the
base.
5. Extinguish the flame at the same time
releasing the silk, Figure 61.
Candle-silk transposition* 16
-WARREN STEPHENS-
Effect
A magician lights a candle in a candlestick, then produces a
silk from the flame. He rolls a sheet of paper into a tube and tucks
the silk into the tube. Securing the tube with tape, the magician
looks around for a place to put the candlestick. He puts it in place
of the candle. This candle is blown out and it instantly changes into
the silk. He lifts the paper tube and the candle has returned.
Required:
Two Follow fake candles. A silk with a monofilament loop at
one corner, folded diagonally, and sewn down one side of the
triangle, Figure 1. A candlestick. A small sheet of paper. A
duplicate silk. A box of matches.
The Secret.
This effect uses the method of the Sam
Berland Firefly" effect as its base. The
use of a candle instead of a cigarette pull
is a significant difference. A hollow
aluminum fake candle is hung from a
fishlike inside a partly sewn up silk. The
candle is about six inches in length, with a
hole drilled at one end for securing the
fishing line, Figure 62.
Preparation:
1. Paint the aluminum tube white. Then cover the tube with
the whitest wax paper available. Glue the wax paper on the
tube with white glue. Melt a stub of a candle in place at one
end.
2. Roll the silk as in Figure 63. Tuck the silk into the hollow
candle Fake.
3. Glue a piece of cork in the center of the top of a
candlestick.
4. Place the fake candle on the cork with the loop protruding,
Figure 64.
5. Tuck a duplicate silk behind an open matchbox drawer.
6. Place the duplicate fake candle under the piece of paper on
a table.
Presentation:
1. After lighting the candle,
push the matchbox drawer
closed and the duplicate silk
will be deposited into the
hand holding the matchbox.
2. Produce the silk from the
candle flame.
3. Pick up the piece of paper and
the duplicate fake candle.
Conceal the candle
behind the hand by putting one finger in the bottom of the
fake candle and bending the finger into the hand. Show the
paper on both sides.
4. Extend the finger with the duplicate fake candle on it
behind the paper and roll the paper around the tube. Secure
this tube with tape or a rubber band.
5. Tuck the duplicate silk into the tube and it will go into the
fake candle.
6. Remove the lit candle from the candlestick and place the
paper tube on the cork. As the candle is removed form the
candlestick the little finger enters the loop that extends at
the bottom, Figure 65.
7. Extend the little finger downward and the silk will be pulled
from the lit fake candle.
8. Blow out the candle and snap the silk downward at the same
time. The silk will envelope the candle.
9. Lift the paper tube on the candlestick to reveal the candle
back in its original position.
Note:
A set of appearing and disappearing Fantasio candles can be
used instead of the silk fakes described.
Openers
Silk drink* 15
-ALLAN LAMBIE-
A silk is freely shown. The performer places it over his fist

and makes a depression in the silk. After a glass is shown, a full
glass of wine is poured from the silk.
Required:
An 18" silk. A wine glass. One vial just large enough for a
fingertip to enter the opening.
Preparation:
1. Half fill the glass with water. The water is clear and goes
unnoticed in the glass.
2. Place the silk in the breast coat pocket with the tube of
liquid behind it, standing upright.
Presentation:
1. Take the silk from your pocket. At the same time, allow the
tip of the second finger to enter the tube. Bring the tube
out with the silk. Hold the silk by the thumb and first
finger, Figure 66.
2. Make the left hand into a Fist and cover it with the silk.
Form a depression in the center of the silk, leaving the tube
in the depression, Figure 61.
3. Pick up the gloss and pour the drink into it. The glass will
appear full because of the water that was in it before the
production.
4. Place the silk and the tube back in the pocket.
Lads &Steals
Buttons Beads, Velcro and Snap 1
MARK TRIMBLE
Silks that must be displayed certain ways must be prepared

before they are ready for use.
Buttons and Beads:

Small buttons or beads should be sewn to the corners of silks
that must be produced quickly or must be properly oriented upon
production. A button or bead
must be sewn to the hem of a silk to be
secure, Figure I. The strongest part of
a silk is the very corner. Here the silk
has six layers of fabric. The hems
from the vertical and horizontal sides
overlap and form a dense area.
However, do not sew a button or bead
to the corner alone. Stitch through the
corner where the hems overlap, then
make a stitch through the vertical and
the horizontal hems as well. These
1
extra stitches are only /32 or 1/64 of an
inch away from the corner but they are
added insurance.
Silks that have words, messages, or designs that must be
properly oriented for the audience to read, must be produced
correctly every time. Audiences have little patience for magicians that
make a beautiful silk production then fumble with the silk for 30
seconds trying to open the silk so words may be read.
It is best to use non-visual means to determine right and
left on a silk. In other words, a performer needs to be able to feel
the difference of right and left or there will be unnecessary
delays in productions. Use a small faceted bead for left and larger
round beads for right. "R" stands for round and right. The
difference between the round and faceted bead is easily
determined in the midst of a performance.
On some items a silk loop is desired to make the item easier
to grasp. If there are right and left loops, use a very small round
bead on the right-hand loop.
These beads can be found at a craft or fabric store. Most
department stores that have a craft section will carry a wide
variety of beads in varying sizes and shapes.
Velcro and Snaps:

Velcro has become a popular means of securing silk
with many manufacturers. However, Velcro has several
drawbacks that render its use questionable. Velcro has two
pieces: hooks and loops. The loop side of Velcro is harmless
to silk.
The loops do not have sharp ends and will not snag the
fabric. The hook side of Velcro can destroy a silk in one
tumble of the silk in a change bag. The hooks are just that,
small plastic hooks that "catch" a loop of the loop side. These
hooks can and will "catch" the threads of your silks. The
second drawback to Velcro is its noise. It is very difficult to
disguise the "r-r-r-r-rip" of Velcro, regardless of the volume
of the music.
Velcro is such a valuable asset to magicians that there must be a
way to use it with silks. It is rare that silks must be tamed by
large amounts of Velcro. Use of Velcro in sizes that are considered
normal for other objects proves to be far too much for silk.
Therefore, use a larger patch of the loop side with a smaller piece
of the hook side when making silk fasteners, Figure 2. This
combination cuts down on noise
when the two pieces are separated and
reduces the chance of snagging the
silk with the hook side. Sticky-back
Velcro is quite adequate for many uses
with silk. Keep in mind that over time
sticky-back Velcro will discolor the
silk. The glue will work its way through
the fibers. This process is accelerated
in warmer climates. To avoid this
difficulty entirely, use sew-on Velcro.
However, it is best to back the
opposite side of the silk from the
Velcro with more silk or another
fabric.
Snaps can avoid the difficulties that Velcro presents. A good
grade of snap will not snag the silk, and is relatively silent when
released. Attach snaps at the corners by sewing them to the hem as
in Figure I. When sewing snaps to the center portion of a silk it is
best to back the opposite side of the silk from the snap with more
silk or another fabric. Snaps come in different sizes and the size
usually determines their strength. For most silk work a 4-0 or 3-0
snap may be used.
Snaps give the

best resistance to pulling
apart when side-to-side
force is applied, Figure 3.
Therefore, when
using snaps to secure loads care must be given to placing
the snaps so that they will not have a tremendous front to back
pull on them.
Suspended Loads:
Whether snaps or velcro is
used, care must be given to the
placement of loops or hooks for
securing or suspending the load.
Place the hanging loop or device
away from the release on the
bundle, Figure 1. If the hanging
loop or device is too close to the
release, the bundle could
prematurely open when it is stolen.
Behind The Assistant Back 2
-MARK TRIMBLE
Over the years assistants have dragged all manner of

beasts and objects onto the stage on their backs. The innocent
smile and perfect posture disguise the fact that a Macaw is
about to escape from its holder that is strapped to the
assistant's back. The transfer of the load from the assistant to
the performer takes practice and split second timing to avoid
detection.
The Load:
Heavy objects
Heavy objects should be well supported while on the back of an
assistant. This usually means that the assistant wears some kind
of harness that will distribute the weight of the
Object so that it is
properly supported by the
spine, figure 5. Heavy
objects include large bird,
bowling balls, or anything
else that would choke a
person if huge by a strap
around their neck. There is
no reason to take chances
with an assistant.
The most secure way to attach a

heavy load to a harness is with some form
of hooking device. For security's sake,
design the hook so that the load cannot
simply fall off of the hook, Figure 6.
Lighter objects.
Lighter objects may be attached to
the assistant's clothing. Attach the loads
with snaps or Velcro.
Hand-held objects.
Sometimes it is quicker and less trouble to
have the assistant enter the stage holding the
load with one hand behind her back. At other
times an assistant can casually show his or her hands and back
empty, then receive a load handed to them through the curtains,
Figure 7.
Load covers:
As the load hangs on the back of the assistant.
it must be camouflaged in
some manner. Part of the difficulty
of disguising a load is that the front
of a back load must match the silks
that will eventually cover the steal.
The backside of the load must match
the costume of the assistant to
provide some security from
detection.
One solution is to make the
load bag one color on the front and
another on the back. A similar idea
involves a cover silk for the load. The
portion that will hang on the front of
the load is a different color from
the section covering the back, Figure
8.
Flash silks are dyed to have
15 percent of the area on a silk
black. The remaining 25 percent area
is dyed brilliant colors. The load bag
used with these cover silks are black.
The excess black seen when the load
bag is added to the silks is
overlooked by the audience, Figure 9.
The Steal:
For loads hung on the assistant's back.

Obviously, since the load is hung on the assistants back it is
impossible for them to reach it. Therefore the performer must
remove the load himself. The main difference between this steal and
a table steal is that the assistant's back is much higher than a table.
Two-handed approach:
Typically the magician produces a quantity of silk, then hands
some to the assistant and either retains some or produces more.
Either way he ends up with silks in his right hand and the assistant
has silks in their right hand. As the performer approaches the
assistant,
they each cross their right hands in front
of their bodies so that the magician can
take the silks from the assistant. As this
is done, the performer's right hand goes
behind the back of the assistant and
releases the load from their back, Figure
10.
The magician moves away from
the assistant while he brings the left
and right hands together. The load is
carried from the assistant's back. It
is concealed by the silks in the right
hand, and is further covered by the
addition of the silks from the left
hand.
The assistant cross in front of the performer

A very clever steal can be made having
the assistant cross in front of the performer if it is
done "coincidentally." The magician holds silks in one hand at
the exact height of the load
on the assistant's back. The
magician crosses the stage behind the
assistant or the assistant crosses the
stage in front of the magician to get
an object from a table. As the
performer's hand crosses the back of
the assistant the load is removed,
Figure 11. The performer's hand must
not show any signs of movement as the
assistant continues across the stage.
This steal is a bold one that

requires split second timing and good use
of misdirection.
Hidden by choreography:
Choreography may be used to give
reason to the assistant crossing in front of
the performer. Its use can make even close
contact seem logical.
Swinging the load from the bock

This steal demands split second timing and is very bold. The
load on the assistant's back must be made to swing in an arc out
from their body. The assistant walks in from offstage, keeping a
forward momentum until reaching the performer. The assistant
stops suddenly, turning slightly to allow the load to swing out to
the Side of their body, Figure 12. They must stop very close to the
performer. The performer holds
silks in one hand at the exact height of the load as it swings
from the assistant's bock. When the load arcs outward and
reaches the performer's hand he grasps the load in the midst of
the silks.
Loads carried in the assistant's hand:
Steal by gathering a long production

This steal may be used when the assistant enters the stage
with the load in their hand or they are handed the load through
the curtain.
A long streamer, six
foot silk, string of
silks, or several large
silks tied together
are produced, Figure
13. The magician
produces the silks as
he walks away from
the assistant or the
assistant moves
away from the magician pulling the silks as they are produced.
The produced items are gathered into the hands by both the
magician and assistant. The assistant brings the load from behind
their back as they gather the silks into their hands. Once the
magician and assistant reach each other as they gather the silks,
all the silks with the load are handed to the performer. The
production is then made.
Gathering a long production with the load offstage

The same steal as just described can be used without the
assistant carrying the load on their back. As the long string of
items is produced they are long enough that the assistant
momentarily travels offstage or their hand dips behind a curtain.
The load is then carried to the performer as the silks are
gathered between the assistant and magician.
Behind A Tray Or Board 3
MARK TRIMBLE-
The use of the suspended load behind a tray or board is

covered fairly well in Chapter 1 in Volume I of this series.
However, the stationary load needs further description. A hat
load will be considered in the following description.
The load:
The stationary load can be secured to a surface by a hook
and eye device Figure 14. The tray or board may be brought on
stage by the assistant
or can be setting on stage with the front to the audience.
The Steal:
1. The assistant brings the tray on stage carrying it by
the top edge, in the hand away From the audience, Figure
15.
2. When the performer is ready for the tray, he reaches for
the bottom edge.
3. When the tray is at waist height the hand-off is made
from the assistant to the performer. The hat is brought
upward and makes momentary contact with the back of the
tray, Figure 16. The load is scooped into the hat.
4. Keep the tray in
motion the entire
time. Move the tray
3 in a downward
motion and level it
out, Figure 17.
5. Place the hat on top
of the tray. The
load is now inside the
hat.
Berg load bag 4
-JOE BERG-
This is a simple but unique load bag that opens completely

flat, yet is securely held until released.
Construction:
Take a square of heavy silk and place grommets in each
corner, Figure 18. Attach a loop of heavy monofilament to one
corner.
Preparation:
1. Gather all four corners
together and run the
loop through all four
grommets.
2. Hang the load bag on a
headless nail on the
back of a table.
Presentation
1. Steal the bag by the
inverted hat method.
See page 271.
From The Front Of A Table 5
Full silk loads may be stolen From the Front of the table.
This method is extremely deceptive because the load is stolen in
Full view of the audience without suspicious moves. Figure 19 shows
several different thin model table designs that can hide silk loads.
Figure 20 shows a table with a drape that hides a very large load.
Figure 21 shows a relatively thin table with a deceptive Front that
recreates the Front as the load is removed.
Steal From Outer Breast Pocket 6
-JERRY MENTZ1ER-
Although the idea of hiding a load in the breast pocket is

not a new one, the question still remains, "Once you get the load in
your pocket, how do you get it out7" The answer to this question is
approached in many different ways. Jerry Mentzer simplified the
removal of loaded items by the following method.
Preparation:
1. Place the load you wish to steal in the outer breast pocket
of your
coat.
2. Produce a quantity of individual silks.
Presentation:
1. As each silk is produced push one of its corners into the
pocket.
2. As the last silk is produced, remove the silks along with the
load from your breast pocket.
3. Add the load and silks to the silk in your hand and produce
the load.
Note:
Long thin loads may be produced by this method if the
pockets are appropriately altered. These could include production
birdcages, small parasols, wands, bouquets, etc.
From Inside A Special Table 7
-WARREN STEPHENS-
Warren designed two special tables that deliver a hidden load

into a performer's hand with no suspicious moves. The load is stolen
without placing anything on the table. The performer never goes
behind the table to make the steal.
Table Design 1:
This table uses a lever system to deliver the load into the
performer's hand as he stands beside the table.
Construction
Figure 22. Shows how the load is hung on Q lever behind the
table. The lever has a special hook that allows the load to be
removed as the
performer moves forward,
Figure 23. Stepping on the
simple foot lever causes
the load to swing out to
the side of the table,
Figure 24. Releasing the
foot allows the lever to
swing back behind the
table. This action is
assisted by elastic that
pulls the lever back to its
original position.
Performance
1. The performer stands to the side of the table with his hand
exactly where the load will be delivered.
2. He steps on the lever and the load swings out in back of the
silks already in his hand.
3. The hand with the load moves forward enough to
remove the load from the hook.
4. As soon as the load is free of the hook the foot is removed
from the lever and it swings back behind the table.
Table Design 2:
This table uses a catapult system inside the table to
project the load into the waiting hand above the special well.
Construction
Figure 25 shows the table with a special "'well" built into its
interior. The tube that forms the well is a felt lined metal or
plastic tube with four slits down the length of the tube. Around
the top of the tube directly under the tabletop is a rubber cushion
that will stop the upward movement of the sliding disk and will
deaden the sound when it stops. The sliding disk
is smooth wood and the rods that extend from it are solid rods that
pass through the block, Figure 26. Bungee cords are attached from
the underside of the table top go to the rod extensions on the
outside of the tube. The release mechanism is a simple lever system
that pushes the bead on the reset cord out of its locked position,
Figure 27. The foot pedal extends just beyond the side of the table,
Figure 28.
Preparation
1. Cover the load with a silk
that will blend with those in
your hand. Place the load into
the top of the tube.
2. Push down reset ring A" to the bottom of the tube, Figure
26.
3. Grasp the reset cord B" and lock it into slot C".
Performance
1. Produce a quantity of silks.

2. Hold the silks in the hand that will naturally
Cross the table top,
Figure 29.
3. When the hand is in
position, step on the foot
pedal on the side of the
table.
4. Catch the load under the
silks as it is fired out of
the table.
5. Immediately move
forward away from the
table
Warning:
This method may be dangerous if operated carelessly. The
force of the load being fired from the table is great enough to
shoot it far in the air. Split second timing and a bold
presentation is required to perform with this gimmick. When
used properly it is a highly deceptive device that will even fool
fellow performers.
From Behind The Ear* 8
- REMI CELLIER-
Effect:
A single silk is produced from the fingertips after both
hands are freely shown empty.
The Secret:
The silk is initially behind one ear and is stolen while
rolling up the sleeves.
Preparation:
1. Roll Q silk into a thin sausage about one and one-half inches
long, Figure 30.
2. Wind a piece of florist wire two or three times around the
rolled silk to hold it in shape. Bend the other end of the
wire into a half circle about one inch in diameter. Form a
T" shape at the very end of the wire, Figure 31.
3. Hang the silk on the back of the right ear with the T" over
the front of the ear, Figure 32.
Presentation:
1. Bring the right hand close to the ear in the action of
turning back the shirtsleeves.
2. Grasp the T" shape of the wire and carry the silk from the
ear on the back of the right hand. Cover the action with a
slight turn to the right, Figure 33
3. Bring the hands together and free the silk from the wire by
rubbing the hands together.
The Double Monofilament Loop 9
-WARREN STEPHENS-
This self-contained silk holder was developed by

Warren and Mark Trimble as they stood in Warren's
workshop.
The Secret:
Tie a loop of monofilament to the corner of a silk, Figure
34. Tie a knot in the loop forming two loops. Coil folds the silk and
lock it by slipping the first loop over the roll, Figure 35.
Presentation:
1. Steal the silk by placing a finger into the top loop and pulling
the silk into the hand.
2. Produce the silk by throwing the silk in a downward motion.
The silk will slip free of the loop that surrounds it and unfold.
Large Load Holder 10
-JEAN HUGARD-
Required:
An 8" x 6" piece of glossy cardboard. A length of cloth tape.
A length of broad, flat elastic. Two safety pins and four paper
fasteners. A quantity of large silks.
Construction:
1. One inch from each end fasten

the elastic with paper
fasteners. The heads will be
on top, Figure 36.
2. To the end of the cardboard,
glue the cloth tape. Attach a
safety pin to the tape.
Preparation:
1. Lay out a dozen large silks on

top of each other. Fold them
diagonally opposite corners
to the middle and then fold
them all over once lengthwise,
Figure 31.
2. Fold the bundle in half and
insert it under the bands with
the middle of the silks under
the band furthest from the
safety pins, Figure 38.
3. Pin the gimmick under the vest,
Figure 39.
Presentation:
Under cover of silks already
produced, grip the middle parts of the
load and pull them out of the holder.
From A Collapsed Hat 11
-DAVID G I N N-
This load is extremely simple yet deceptive. It can be used

to produce silk fountains or a large quantity of silk.
Effect:
A collapsed top hat is popped open. The performer waves
his hand over the hat and inverts it on his hand. The hat is pulled
away and a silk Fountain is developing on the outstretched hand.
The Secret:
The silks are in the bottom of the hat all along. They are
covered by a black silk that disguises their presence.
Preparation:
1. Wrap a silk fountain load in a solid black silk.
2. Place the load into the bottom of the hat upside down.
latten the load in the bottom of the hat.
3. Collapse the hat gently with the skill inside, Figure 40
Presentation:
1. Shown the collapsed hat and pop it opens. Shown the
inside. The silk will be hidden by the black silk.
2. Wave the hand over the hat, than turn the hat upside-
down on the hand, figure 41.
3. Shake the fountain open under the hat, than pull the hat.
From the hand.
On The End Of A Streamer* 12
-WARREN STEPHENS-
The load can be tied to the end of a cascading

ribbon, streamer, or string of silks production. The production item
must be a long item that makes for a lengthy production. Attack the
load bag to the end of the production item and load it into the
apparatus first. Cover the load bag with silk pieces matching the
streamer. Figure 42 shows a streamer with the load bag on the
bottom of the Crystal Silk Cylinder, then the streamer on top.
After the production, gather the streamer into the hands. Pull the
load into the bundle of silks by lifting it out of the cylinder with the
end of the streamer, Figure 43.
Hidden On The Front Of The Table 13
-WARREN STEPHENS-
A load con be hidden and stolen from the front of the table
by hiding the load under several silks. Four silks and the load are
on the table as in Figure 44. There are two middle silks. The top
silk hides the load. The bottom silk is left behind after the top silk
and load are removed. To pick up the load casually lay silks in your
hand on the front of the table. Pick up the object and the load,
Figure 45. The silks on the table appear undisturbed and go
unnoticed.
Rainbow Cascade 14
-JETTY MENTZER-
Effect:
The method of folding this silk Fountain effect is simple and
produces a unique development of the silks. Each successive silk
seems to grow from the center of the last. The silks are separate so
they may be used for an effect that follows. Only one hand is
necessary to develop the silks in this method.
Required:
Five to ten 18" silks
Preparation:
1. Lay the silks Flat on a table in a stack. Alternate colors so
that the silks will have visual impact as they are produced.
It is preferable to have a dark colored silk on the bottom of
the stack.
2. Lay the top silk over your clenched hand.
3. Push the center of the
silk down into the top
of the Fist. Figure 4b.
Push the remainder of
the silk into the fist
until the corners are
completely contained.
4. Remove the wadded
silk from the hand
retaining it in a
compressed state.
5. Lay another silk over the fist and place the first
compressed silk in the center, Figure 47.
6. Push the second silk into the fist as you did the first. The
first silk will be engulfed in the second.
7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 with the remaining silk in the
stack.
8. For the last silk of the stack, do not push the corners into
the fist. Instead, give the silk a few twists so that
the bundle of wadded silks m contained inside the last
silk as in Figure 48.
9. Wrap the loose ends of the silk around the bundle.
10. Place the bundle in a body clip or tuck the last corner under
the folds and place it on a table.
Presentation:
1. Steal the bundle of silks from its concealed location.
2. With one hand, allow the silk to unwind. Slightly
release your grip on the bundle and the second silk will
appear from the center of the first. By alternately
squeezing and
releasing the bundle, the remaining silks will appear one after
another.
3. Control the speed of the silk's development by controlling
your grip on the bundle.
Silk Fountain* 15
JOE JAC0BY and C. J
The fountain of silks has seen many forms since Marconick

first described the effect in Volume 3, page 1490. All the various
forms of the trick are still based on this description.
Variations:
Attached Silks
After the silks are stacked on top of each other and before
they are folded they can be pinned or sewn together, Figure 49.
Dove finale
A dove pocket may be built into the fountain, Figure 50. Once
the fountain is finished a dove is produced in the midst of the silks.
Spring Flower Finale
At the conclusion of the
fountain effect flowers burst forth
from the center of the silks, Figure
51. Simply fold the flowers, place
them in the center of the unfolded
silks, and then fold the silks on top of
them.
Streamer and Large Silk Additions

Instead of keeping all the silks
the same size in the bundle, large
silks may be alternated with small
ones. A streamer may be in the
center of the bundle and spill onto
the floor from the midst of the
fountain.
Streamer Fountain
A fountain made from all streamer
sections is quite beautiful as they
cascade in a circular development,
Figure 52.
Large Skill Fountain

A fountain made of all 36" silks is extremely striking.
When the silks first develop they look like 18" silks, then the
remainder of the silk falls open, Figure 53.
Cascading Bead Finale
After the fountain is finished long strands of beads
cascade from the center of the silks, Figure 51 Weight the end of
the strand of beads. Coil the strand starting with the weighted
end. Lay the beads on the unfolded silks, with the weighted end on
top of the coil. Fold the silks on top of the coil.
Silk cascade* 16
SIYDINI
described by JOE J A C O B Y
Using the basic Fountain of silks principle, Slydini

transcended the norm. His presentation was slow and methodical and
the production lasted three to five minutes.
As the silks developed, occasionally silks would cascade to the

floor. The combination of loose and fixed silks created the illusion of
the "fountain" bubbling forth. Slydini closed the fountain with a
United States flag.
Use an envelope fold to create individual silks that are folded

into the bundle at frequent intervals.
Silk magic for children
Metamorpho Spot 1
JOSEPH FENICHEI
Effect:
An empty black canister decorated with white spots is
shown. A white and black silk are placed inside. The magician
states that he will cause the white one to turn black and the black
one to turn white. He removes the silks, pretending the change has
occurred.
Once again the silks are placed inside the canister. The
performer runs his hand over the outside and the white spots
disappear. He pretends to throw a handful of spots into the
canister and upon removing the black silk it is seen to be covered
with white spots and the white silk is covered with black spots.
Required:
Four 12" silks, one black, one white, one black with white
spots, and one white with black spots. A gimmicked can, Figure I.
Preparation:
1. Place the spotted silks into the false side of the can.
2. Put the black and white silks into the can.
3. Slide the outer shell of the can so that the white
spots are showing.
Presentation:
1. Show the solid color silks stating that you will cause
the black silk to turn white and
the white silk to turn black.
2. Put the two silks into the can. Make a magical
gesture, and then pull the same two silks out.
3. Put the two silks back into the can. Pass your hand
over the outside of the can as if you are
scooping up something from the surface. As
you do push the outer shell of the can so that black
is showing through the holes in the shell.
4. Pretend to throw the spots into the can.
5. Pull out the spotted silks, showing that the silks
absorbed the spots.
6. If care was taken to place the solid black silk into
the can last and it covers all of the white silk, then
the can may be shown empty.
7. The process may be reversed by placing the
spotted silks back into the load chamber and
pretending to remove the spots from inside the can
and throw them onto the outside.
The acrobatic Silks* 2
adopted by W A L T E R SMITH-
This effect was based on another called "The Monkey

Bars."
Effect:
Two yellow and one blue 18" silks hang from a short pole.
The performer claims that the blue silk is an "acrobat" and when
the pole is placed behind the back the blue silk jumps from one end
of the pole to the other, and then back. The audience suspects
that the performer is simply turning the pole end for end behind
his back. In full view, the blue silk changes places with the yellow
silk in the center.
Required:
Two yellow and one blue 18" silks. One 14" pole prepared as
in Figure 2. Three plastic or metal rings.
Preparation:
1. Thread the three silks through the holes in the pole,
placing the blue silk in the middle. Tie the silks to
the rings on the topside of the pole, Figure 3.
2. Turn the pole so that the bottom slit is uppermost.
Twist the blue silk and stretch it to the right, laying it
in the slot as in Figure 1 Push the blue silk a little way
into the hole at the right.
3. Twist the yellow silk at the right and lay it in the slot
on top of the blue silk. Push a little of the silk into the
center hole.
4 Turn the pole right side up. The blue silk appears to be
hanging at the right end of the pole, Figure 5.
5. Push a little of the left hand yellow silk into its own
hole so that all three silks appear to be the same
length.
Presentation:
1. Display the pole with the silks. Explain that the blue
silk is an acrobat and that it can jump from one end to
the other behind your back.
2. Pass the pole behind your back, turning the pole end
for end while it is hidden.
3. Cause the blue silk to jump back by reversing the
above steps.
4. The blue silk jumps to the center by striking the silks
with the free hand moving right to
left. As the hand comes across the silks grasp them
lightly and give them a slight pull.
*this version of the trick was released by UF.
The Clatter Box 3

J A C K HUGHES
Effect:
An odd shaped box is described as an ancient antique and
given to a spectator to hold. A 24 silk is vanished. The box
falls apart in a near explosion and the silk is found in the
previously empty box.
The Secret:
The box is held together by a spring that is released by

turning the knob on top of the box. A duplicate silk is attached
to the top of the box. Some models have a fake second wall
inside the box so that the first silk may be taken from the box.
In this version the box may be shown empty.
Preparation:
1. Assemble the box by
attaching the spring to
the top release first.
The middle and sides
are then added by
stretching the spring
and slipping the pieces
into their slots. The
attached silk is place in
the back half of the
box with the spring,
Figure 6.
2. Place the separate silk into the
front compartment of the box
before the front piece is put in
place.
Presentation:
1. Take out the silk from the front compartment by
pretending to turn the top knot and opening the front.
Actually, pull up on the top and slide the front out of its
slots.
2. Hand the box to a
spectator, explaining how
old and valuable the box
is.
3. Ask the spectator to
open the box to see is
the silk has returned.
When he turns the top
knob the box will fall
apart in his hands. He
will still be holding the
top and the silk will be
displayed, Figure 7.
Note:
David Ginn has an excellent childrens routine with the
Clatter Box. It is found in his back Professional Magic for
Children.
Silkola 4
This effect was copied by many in its history. Tayade

marketed a beautifully made version in the early 60s.
Effect:
A soft drink bottle is freely shown, capped, and place into a
cover. A silk is vanished. The cover is removed and the silk is
found in the bottle.
Required:
Two matching 12 silks. An unprepared empty soft drink
bottle and bottle cap. A prepared cover and bottle cap, Figure 8.
Preparation
2. Place a silk on the road of the
upside-down cover and place it on
a table.
3. Place the cop with a hole in it in a
pocket.
Preparation:
2. Show the bottle and cap and allow
them to be examined.
3. As the cap is taken back switch
the real cap for the cap with a
hole and put it on the bottle.
4. Turn the bottle upside-down and
place it in the cover, making sure
the rod goes into the hole in the
cap. Turn the cover and
bottle right-side-up and
place it on the table, Figure
9.
2. Vanish the duplicate silk.
3. Remove the bottle from the
cover and show the silks
return.
Silkola Bag 5
A L D I N I
This is the same effect as Silkola, except paper bags are

used for the vanish of the silk and the covering of the bottle.
Sun and Moon 6
This effect is more a general description of a happening

that it is a distinct trick. Maskelyne and Devant describe a version
of the trick in Our Magic. Most Sun and Moon tricks use pocket
handkler chiefs or bandannas. In all the different versions the
transformation of the hanks remains the same.
Included is a simple version using silks.
Effect:
Two colored silks are shown. The center of each silk is
burned or cut and the destroyed silks are placed in a container.
The silks are removed and the centers of the silks are restored
into the wrong color silk, Figure 10. The silks are again placed in a
container and are restored to their original condition.
Required:
One dark 18 silks and one light 18 silks. A dark and light
silk with the middles cut one. A dark silk with a light middle and a
light silk with a dark middle (sun and moon silks). A triple change
bag or device.
Preparation:
1. Hold one dark silk by its center and cut the top off the silk,
forming a circular hole in the silk when it is opened, Figure
11. Do the same to one light silk.
2. Fold the cut centers and place them into a pocket.
3. Loosely roll the cut silk diagonally so that the hole is
hidden.
4. Place the sun and moon silks and two regular silks into
two different end compartments of the triple change
device.
Presentation:
1. As the dark with is held by one corner, the dark cut out
circle is stolen from the pocket.
2. Bring the silk into the hand and act as if you are pulling
the middle of the silk through the hand. The cut out
piece is pulled from the top of the hand and the
remaining piece of the silk with a hole trails from the
other side.
3. Pretend to cut the top piece of silk or simply burn it. Do
the same to the light silk.
4. Place the pieces in the change bag, make a magical pass,
then pull the sun and moon silks out.
5. Place these back into the bag, make a magical pass, then
pull the fully restored silks out of the bag.
Silk-N-Confetti* 7
BILL SPOONER
Effect:
A glass is filled with confetti and covered with a tube. A
silk is vanished and it reappears in the glass in place of the
confetti.
Required:
Two duplicate 12 or 18 silks. A paper bag with confetti. A
tumbler and a fake covered with confetti, Figure 12. A devils hank.
A piece of cardboard.
Preparation:
1. Fold the devils hank in
half and place a handful of
confetti in the fold not
the pocket. Fold over so
the four corners are
together.
2. Put confetti in the bag and
place it on the table.
3. Fold a fishing weight into
the center of one silk.
Place the silk into the
upside-down fake, with the
weight going in last, Figure
13.
4. Place the fake upside-
down in the bag of
confetti.
5. Roll the cardboard into a tube that will fit over the tumbler.
Presentation:
1. Show the tumbler and scoop some confetti from the bag.
Pour the confetti back into the bag and make another
scooping action. This
time, pick up the fake
and bring it out with
the glass. Blow off any
loose confetti.
2. Place the rolled tube
over the glass and set
on a table.
3. Vanish the duplicate silk
in the devils hank,
letting the loose
confetti in the Folds
fall to the floor, Figure
14.
4. Grip the flexible cover where the fake rim is located. Lift
off the tube, taking the fake with it, Figure 15. Drop both
into the confetti bag.
5. The silk is left in the tumbler.
Snake Can * 8
D A V I DG I N N
This is a brief description of Davids effect that he

designed for his children shows. For a complete description of
Davids handling see Professional Magic For Children by David Ginn.
Effect:
A boy and girl are invited to the stage. After some comedy
by-play a can of peanut brittle is opened and candy is shared with
the helpers. The empty can is handed to the girl. A 24 silks is
vanished and the peanut brittle can is checked for the silk. The
girl opens the can a long spring snake jumps out of the can with the
silk tied to its tall.
The Secret:
Two peanut brittle cans are used. One can is empty and the
other has 5 spring snakes and the duplicate silk. The cans are
switched during the routine as the performer reaches for a change
bag.
Required:
Two peanut brittle snake cans. Five spring snakes. Two
identical patterned 24 silks. One 24 picture silk. Various comedy
props.
Preparation:
1. Attach one patterned silk to the end of one spring snake.
Push all the snakes into one of the cans starting with the
snake with the silk.
2. Place all of the
props into a
container or
behind a prop on a
table, Figure 16.
Presentation:
Bring two children
on stage and use
several comedy
props to
get them ready to help. Props could include the Black Hands
Gag, jumbo toothbrush, giant comb, giant sunglasses, rubber
chicken, etc.
2. Introduce the empty peanut brittle can and offer candy to
the two children. Eventually, the can is shown empty.
3. Get the change bag from the table, switching the empty can
for the spring snake can as you do.
4. Hand the spring snake can
to one assistant who is
holding all the other
comedy props. This
prevents them from
feeling the weight
difference in the cans.
5. Have the other assistant
help to vanish the
duplicate silk. It changes
into the picture silk of a
clown or Sorry.
6. Remove the comedy props from the first assistant and

encourage them to open the can to find the silk.
7. The assistant opens the can and the snakes jump out, Figure
17. Pick up the last snake showing the silk.
Note:
Again, this coverage does not include any of Davids unique
handling of this effect. Comedy props and pieces can be
suited to the performer.
Dye-Version 9
D U K E STERN
Effect:
Five silks are pulled from a paper tube. Two spectators are
asked to help. Each is handed two silks and the performer ties the
fifth silk around the outside of the tube. A silk is partially
removed from each end. Spectators pull the ends slowly
stretching across the stage. The four silks have transformed into
a 25foot streamer. The paper is unrolled to show it empty.
Required:
Five different color 15 silks. One 25 foot four color
streamer. A piece of paper 22 x 28. A flesh colored closed end
tube, Figure 18.
Preparation:
1. Roll the paper into a long tube. Into one end place the dye
tube. In the other push the streamer section by section,
Figure 19.
2. Push the five individual silks into the paper tube on top of
the streamer.
Presentation:
1. Bring two children on stage to help.
2. Remove the fives silks from the tube and hand two to each
helped. Keep one and tie it around the paper tube.
3. Push the four remaining silk into the paper tube, secretly
pushing them into the dye tube.
4. Steal out the dye tube into the hand and place it out of
sight as a magic wand is secured.
5. Hand one end of the streamer to each helper and have them
walk across the stage. The streamer is pulled out of the
paper tube and spans the stage, Figure 20.
6. Open the paper tube, showing it empty.
Kornsilks * 10
KARRELL FOX
Kornsilks were first introduced in Kornfidentially Yours, by

Karrell Fox. First made by Dorney, then Tannensa, then Supreme,
up-to-date versions of Karrells Silks are available from Trimble
Silks and Props.
Effect:
The performer produces 36 silks with little bodies silk-
screened on them. After they are produced, the magicians head,
or the head of a youngster from the audience, completes the
picture, Figure 21.
The Silks:
Originally the silks
included; gorilla, ballerina, bird
lady, fat man, strong man.
Current silks include:
gorilla, ballerina, wrestler,
astronaut, clown, cool dude,
football player, basketball player,
genie, Captain Hook, politician,
convict, and chicken.
Performance Suggestions:
1. Use selected silks to do a political satire, matching the
monologue with the production of various silks.
2. Motivational programs can use the characters to see what
kids can be when they grow up.
3. For a circus idea, kids are brought on stage and create a
circus with all the appropriate characters.
4. A magician who dresses as a Genie uses a magic lamp as a
dream maker. He has the kids make a wish as to what they
would like to be when they grow up.
5. Clowns can turn a member of the audience into a clown.
Dress the kid in a clown wing and nose then magically
produce the clown silk.
6. Do a sport segment and use the sport characters.
7. Sing Old McDonald and use the silks to change people into
the animals.
Invisible Silk Transport* 11
WARREN STEPHENS
Effect:
Two canisters are shown. A red silk is placed in one and an
invisible silk is placed in the other. The red silk is made to jump
to the can with the invisible silk and then back again. The invisible
silk is made to jump to the can with the red silk. The silks are
removed from the can to prove the magic Flight and the red silk is
found tied to a real, invisible silk.
Required:
Two identical 18 silks. A 22 length of monofilament with a
bead on one end. One plain canister and one change canister,
Figure 22.
Preparation:
1. Tie the monofilament
to a knotted corner of
one silk, and place it in
one of the cans. Turn
the can so that it
appears empty.
2. Place the other silk
into the top of the
other can, Figure 23.
Presentation:
1. Show the red silk in one can and claim to place on invisible
silk in the other.
2. Make magical passes between the cans but do not show the
transfer of the red silk. Pretend to make the red silk go
back to its original can.
3. Place the red silk inside the can with the silk on a string and
turn it upside down. Pretend to place the invisible silk into
the empty can.
4. Pretend to make the invisible silk go to the can with the
silk.
5. Grasp the bead and remove the silk by the monofilament.
It will look as if the silk is tied to an invisible silk.
Sonic Cleaning Chamber * 12
HANK MOOREHOUSE
This effect was originally done with pocket-handkerchiefs. The

same effect could be done with silks. Although this effect does
not use any new methods, the use of various multilated and
different
size silks in a classic combination for a childrens trick.
Effect:
A silk is place in a box described as a sonic cleaning
chamber. Each time the silk is placed in the box it changes to
something unexpected. Finally, the cleaned silk is removed from
the box.
Required:
One Abbotts Thomas Chinese Washing Machine. One
stained 18 white silk. One 18 white silk with a hole cut in the
center. One regular 9 white silk. One red 18 silk. One regular 18
white silk.
Preparation:
Place the silks into the box in the order that they appear
above, starting with the plain silk, Figure 24.
Presentation:
1. Pull the stained silk from the box and describe the box as
a cleaning device that uses sonic waves.
2. Put the stained silk in the box, turn the crank, and pull out
the silk with the hole.
3. Put the silk with a hole in the box, the crank, and pull out
the 9 silk.
4. Put the 9 silk in the box, turn the crank, and pull out the
red silk.
5. Put the red silk in the box; turn the crank, and pullout the
regular silk.
Note:
This trick allows for about four minutes of good
entertainment with a classic magician-in-trouble plot. A child may
be involved to turn the crank on the box if desired. Any device
that allows for the multiple change of silks may be used instead of
the washing machine.
Production From a Gog Bag * 13
-H A N K M O O R E H O U S E-
The gag bag was originated by Tom Palmer and is a bag sewn
so that it may be turned inside-out five times. Each time bag is
turned it also changes color.
Effect:
A red bag is turned inside-out four times, each time the
outside of the bag is a different color. Each time the bag changes
color a matching silk is removed from the bag, Figure 25.
Required
A gag bag. Four 12
Silks to match the color in the
gag bag.
Preparation:
1. Turn the gag bag inside-out until the innermost color is
reached.
2. Turn the bag inside-out, then place the matching silk of the
new outside color inside. Keep doing this until the
outermost bag is reached.
Presentation:
1. Pull the first silk from the bag, then turn the bag inside-
out.
2. Repeat step I until the last silk is removed.
Spotty the Dog 14
R E P R O
Effect:
A red and white silk are shown and place in a bag. The silks
are removed and shown to now have polka dots on them. After
closer examination the red silk is sent o be missing one spot. The
audience joins in to call for the last spot. The bag is turned inside
out to reveal a dog puppet named Spot.
Required:
One change bag with one side decorated like a dog puppet,
Figure 26. One red and one white 12silk. One red and one white
polka-dot 12 silk.
Preparation:
Place the polka-dot silks into the dog puppet side of the
change bag and the plain silks in the opposite compartment, Figure
27.
Presentation:
1. Show the two plain silks and place them into the bag.
2. Remove the two polka-dot silks showing that the original
silks have transformed.
3. Notice the missing spot on one silk.
4. Have the audience join in to call for the missing spot.
5. Turn the bag inside-out revealing the dog puppet called
Spot.
Silken Butterfly 15
I A N ADAIR
This effect was originally marketed by Supreme.
Effect:
A drawing of a butterfly with four holes is shown. In each
hole is a silk of a different color. The silks are removed and the
butterfly is covered. The silks are vanished in a cup. When the
butterfly is uncovered the four silks are found in their original
positions. They are again removed. The silks are tossed into the air
and blend into one multicolored silk.
Required:
Four different colored 9 silks. One multicolored 18 silk. A
butterfly drawing on a gimmicked board. A cup and gimmick for a
vanish A paper tube. A large cover.
Preparation:
1. Push the four different sections of the multicolored silk
through the holes of the gimmick, Figure 28.
2. Push the four 9 silks partially through the holes in the
board in the order they appear on the multicolored silk,
Figure 29.
3. Place the cover on the butterfly, the cup on the table and
the cup gimmick in the paper tube.
Presentation:
4. Remove the cover from the butterfly and the individual
silks from their positions. Recover the butterfly.
5. Place the silks into the cup and cover it with the paper
tube. Secretly the cup gimmick is being placed into the
cup on top of the silks. Push the gimmick into the cup to
seat it.
6. Remove the paper tube pretending to pull the silks from
the cup with it. Toss the cup into the air to show it
empty.
7. Tear up the paper tube to show it empty.
8. Remove the cover from the butterfly. Before it is
removed, flip the gimmick up under the cover.
9. Remove the sections of the multicolored silk as if they
are separate silks.
10. Toss the silk into the air showing the blended colors.
The Silk Magic of Warren Stephens
Introduction
Warren Stephens is a magical inventor, performer, and
manufacturer. His ideas have under girded the creation of
numerous effects beyond his own unique repetoire. His creations
are marked by originally of thought, simplicity of design and visual
impact. He was nicknamed the rubber band king because of his
extensive use of rubber bands for mechanical power.
Harold Rice asked Warren to write a chapter for the then

proposed. Rice Vol. 4. That Vol. never came about. However,
Warren has graciously agreed to share creations that span his
career in magic. Enjoy his unique vision.
Methods of Producing Silks
Transparent Bag Production 1
Effect:
A clear plastic bag is displayed and is obviously empty. The
magician blows into the bag, filling it with air. The bag is gently
shaken and is instantly filled with silks that seem to blossom in
multi-colors.
Required:
One large color plastic bag. One 9 gray silk.
Five or six different, brightly colored 12 silks. One spit-shot
fishing weight.
Preparation:
1. Attach the fishing weight to
the silk that will be at the
center of the bundle.
2. Individually trap folds the
brightly colored silks. Place
these into the center of the
gray
Silk and trap fold the

gray silk figure 1.
3. Place this bundle at
the top of the plastic
bag and fold and roll
the remainder of the
bag around the
bundle, Figure 2.
4. Place this bundle on
your table.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the plastic bag and unroll it by pulling on the bottom
of the bag, Figure 3. As you unroll the bag notice that the
presence of the bundle is naturally hidden by the back of
your hand.
2. Grasp the bag as in Figure 4,
forming a neck. Make sure
that the bundle of silks is
covered by your palm and
therefore inside the bag.
3. Blow into the bag through
the formed neck and inflate
the bag until it is almost
tight.
4. Twist the neck of the bag
closed and hold it in plain
sight, Figure 5.
5. Gently shake the bag in an up
and down motion, allowing the
bundle of silks to drop to the
bottom of the inflated bag
as you shake.
6. The silks instantly begin to
unfold from within the gray
silk and seem as if the
colors blossom from within
each other, Figure 6.
Elbow-Silk Production 2
Effect:
The magician enters and walks center stage. He lowers his
arms and a silk appears at his fingertips.
Required
One 18 silk with a thread sewn to one corner. The thread
should reach from elbow to tip of finger.
Preparation:
1. Thread a needle with the
end of the thread on the
silk. Pass the needle through
the coat sleeve several
times in a straight line,
Figure 7.
2. Coil roll the silk, place it in
the bend of the elbow.
3. Pull the sleeve up over the
silk bundle.
Presentation:
1. Enter the stage with your
arms slightly bent, Figure 8.
2. To produce the silk drop
your arm with the silk. The
silk will naturally fall to the
tips of your fingertips.
3. Grasp the end of the silk
once it falls into your hand.
4. Pull the silk away with the
opposite hand and the
thread will slide free from
the simple stitches at the
elbow.
Instant Flag on Flag Staff 3
Effect:
An empty flag staff is shown. Instantly a large flag
appears on the flag staff.
Required:
A gimmicked flag staff, Figure 9. A large silk flag or 36
silk.
Preparation:
1. Remove the cap from the
closed end of the flag staff
and attach three or four
rubber bands to the loop in
the cap. The loop
opens and closes. Thread the rubber bands onto hook A,
Figure 9.
2. Make sure not to twist the rubber bands. Pull reset
string B by the bead, stretching the rubber bands and
seating the cap on the bottom of the flag staff.
3. Hook the bead on string B under the catch on the
outside of the flag staff.
4. Accordion pleat the flag as in
Figure 10. Feed the flag into
the flag staff, making sure
that it is completely out of
sight.
Presentation:
1. Display the flag staff as in Figure 11.
2. Wave the flag staff as if it already has a flag on it. At
the same time, release string B from its catch.
3. The rubber band will instantly pull the flag into its
proper display position on the flag staff, Figure 12.
Insta silk 4
Effect:
A clear plastic tube is shown between the hands. Instantly
a silk appear in the tube with no movement of the hands.
Required:
A clear plastic tube. A small tube (load gimmick) weighted
at one end, Figure 13. A wire clip. One to three 12 silks.
Preparation:
Clip the silks into the wire clip about three
inches form the corners of the
silks, Figure 14.
2. Tuck the silks into the load
gimmick, starting with the
corner clipped in the wire.
Make sure the silk is not packed
too tight. The ends of the wire
clip will extend outside the load
gimmick, Figure 15.
Presentation:
1. Palm the load gimmick in the
hand, weighted end toward the
fingertips, Figure 16.
2. Show the clear tube with the
opposite hand.
3. Grasp the tube with the finger
tips of both hands. The end of
the load gimmick will naturally
be brought to the end of the
clear tube. Introduce the end
of the load gimmick a short way
into the tube.
4. At the same time, lower the
empty hand, raise the hand with
the load gimmick and release
the load gimmick and release
the load gimmick. The weight
of the gimmick causes it to fall
through the tube into the
waiting hand at
the lower end of tube. The wire clip pulls the silks out of
the load gimmick and keeps them in the tube, Figure 17.
5. Palm the gimmick in your hand as the empty hand reverses
the tube end for end. Remove the silks and clip with the
hand palming the gimmick. Remove the silks from the clip
by holding one wing of the clip and pulling on the silks.
Dispose of the clear tube, clip and load gimmick together.
Change Cylinder 5
Effect:
A clear, glass, copped cylinder on a wooden base is
displayed. The cylinder is empty one second and is completely
filled with silks the next.
Required:
A gimmick cylinder, and a quantity of silks.
Preparation:
1. The silks are a hidden in the
lid-of the cylinder, Figure
18.
2. The silks are attached to
the top of the lid and to a
sliding weight made of lead
or steel.
3. The silks are folded into the lid and the weight is held in
place by a string with a ball on the end that catches in a
slot in the lid.
4. Place the lid on the cylinder.
Presentation:
1. Display the cylinder on a table or in your hands.
2. Release the ball from the slot on
the top of the lid at point A.
3. The weight will fall to the hollow
section in the base of the
cylinder, pulling the silks into
view, Figure 19.
Mag-O-Silks 6
Effect
The magician picks up a magazine or thin catalogue, and
flips through it. The magazine is rolled into a tube and
immediately silks and streamers are produced.
Required:
1. A prepared magazine, Figure
20. A quantity of silks and
streamers.
Preparation:
1. Attach a tube that is at least
two inches shorter than the
magazine with black carpet
thread to the staples of the
magazine.
2. Tie the tread to the staples and tape the other end to
the tube using filament tape. Wrap another piece of tape
around the tube and forma tab by sticking it to itself.
Make the tab long enough to be grasped easily, Figure 20.
Load the tube with production items and place the
magazine on your table so the tube is hidden.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the magazine and bend
in the middle, Figure 21.
Transfer the tube from the
front to the back by using the
tab, Figure 22.
2. Allow the front of the magazine
to drop down and the pages to
flip open and down.
3. Grasp the bottom pages,
Figure23, and when nearly
out of pages in the right
hand let the tube drop
behind the magazine. The
threads will force the tube
to fall within the grasp of
the left hand.
4. Let go of the magazine with
the right hand and the
magazine naturally falls
over the tube, Figure 24.
5. Roll the magazine around the tube and secure it with a
rubber band or just hold it closed.
6. Produce the articles from the tube, Figure 25.
Auto Silk Production 7
The use of the Auto Silk Product gimmick instead of a

regular dye tube in the Mag-O-Silks allows for the effortless
production of overflowing silks.
The Secret:
The special dye tube is spring-loaded so that the silks are
automatically pushed out of the magazine or other production
device, Figure 26.
To reset the gimmick pull the bead on
the bottom, extend the cord, and place the
bead in the slot at the top of the tube. Traps
fold the silks and load them into the reset
gimmick. To operate slip the bead from the
slot while holding the cord with the hand
against the tube. Let the cord slip past the
hand, controlling the speed with pressure
from the palm against the tube.
Silken Surprise 8
Effect:
A transparent bowl visibly becomes filled with silks.
Required:
A hollow tray open at the back. A plastic footed bowl. A
length of monofilament. Three 12 silks.
Preparation:
1. Secure the
monofilament
to the back of
the tray top,
Figure 27.
2. Bring the thread up through the bottom of the bowl and
back to the rear of the tray.
3. Thread the silks through the loop so that the loop is at
the center of the silks.
4. Tuck the silks into the open back of the tray, making sure
the ends are tucked in first.
5. Move the bowl for ward on the tray until the
monofilament is taut.
Presentation:
1. Hold the left end of the tray as you display it.
2. Grip the bowl with the palm of the right hand, the
pedestal between the fingers. Move the bowl toward the
body as you drop the tray sharply to the left side of the
body.
3. The silks will be swiftly pulled from the back of the tray
and into the bowl.
4. After a short pause return the bowl to the tray.
Bowl-O-Silks 9
Effect:
A large clear plastic bowl suddenly fills with silks.
Required:
A mechanical tray, Figure 28. Four or five no. 31 rubber
bands. A footed plastic bowl. Four or five 15 silks.
Preparation:
1. The tray contains the complete operation of the trick,
Figure 28. It has two compartments. Flap A holds the
silks and its release triggers the production. Flap B
holds the engine for the trick.
2. To thread the cord tie it to eyelet C, Figure 29, then
thread it through eyelet D.
3. Push the thread through the hole in Flap B, and through

the hole in the bottom of the bowl. Run the cord over the
rim of the bowl at the back. Pass the silks through the loop of
the cord until they reach their middles.
4. Place the silks under Flap A and lock the flap with
release E. Make sure the silks are not tucked under the
sides in the compartment or pinched around the edge.
5. Open Flap B and the bowl will tilt back with the flap.
Hook the small end of the wire
gimmick onto the cord between the eyelets, Figure 30.
6. Stretch 4 or 5 rubber bands one at a time from the large
hook in the wire gimmick hook F in the end of the
compartment. Slowly allow the rubber bands to take up the
slack in the cord. The lid will close and the bowl will set
upright.
Presentation:
1. Hold the tray with both hands at the ends. The load will be
toward the body.
2. Push the release sharply toward the load flap with the
thumb.
3. The silks will travel from under flap A to the bowl so
quickly that the eye cannot follow.
Silks From a Joy Drum 10
Effect:
A childs toy drum without drumheads is shown. Paper is
fastened over each by means of rings or elastic bands. One paper
end is broken and silks are produced in large quantity.
Required:
A large quantity of silks. A prepared toy drum, Figure 31.
Preparation:
Figure 31 clearly reveals the
construction of the drum. The triangular
drum decoration conceals an opening
caused by an inner sleeve rotating until an
opening in it matches up with an opening
in it matches up with an opening cut in the
outer cylinder. The inner sleeve is
painted red and covered with black
flocking inside. The outer tube is also
flocked black inside, but is painted white
and red out side. One of the triangular
sections is cut out of the outer sleeve
with a matching opening cut in the inner
sleeve. The inner sleeve is turned so the
two openings align in order to gain access to hidden body and sleeve
loads on the performer. These loads should have a monofilament
loop on them to make stealing them easy.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the drum and show that it has no tap or bottom and
nothing in the middle.
2. Place tissue paper over the ends and secure them with metal
bands or rubber bands.
3. Turn the inner sleeve so the two
openings align and hold the drum
as in Figure 32.
4. Break through the paper;
reach through the top and out the triangular opening.
5. Grasp the loop on the load and pull it into the drum.
Continue to pull the load through the opening in the top as
you make the production of silks.
Production Spectacular 11
Warren shared this item to make large productions more

appealing.
Effect:
A large quantity of silks is produced from a prop. When
they are pulled from the prop they are rapidly tossed in the air.
They form a beautiful display as they cascade up in the air and ar c
back to the ground.
Required:
A quantity of large silks and two 15 streamers. A number
of small super balls. Rubber bands.
Preparation:
1. Fold one corner of each silk
over a super ball and snap a
rubber band over the fold
to hold the ball in place,
Figure 33.
2. Fold confetti into the
pleats of an accordion
folded streamer and put a
super ball in the end.
Presentation:
1. Take the silks two at a time and toss them in the air. The
balls cause the silks to arc as they fall into the hands of a
waiting assistant.
2. Finish by tossing the streamers in the air. The confetti
and color is a beautiful production, Figure 34.
Note:
This effect may be heightened by flagstaffs that are
hidden behind the production device, cords leading up and off
stage to produce the streamers, or loads added to the silks by
the assistants.
Methods of Vanishing Silks
Barehand Ungimmicked
Silk Vanish 12
Effect:
A silk is pushed into the fist and vanished.
Required:
One 9 silk.
Preparation:
Place the silk in your pocket and find an audience.
Presentation:
1. Form your hand into a fist as in Figure 35.
2. Push the silk into your hand as if you are loading a thumbtip.
3. As you push the silk in your hand, roll the silk into a small
ball directly above the tightly clenched ring and little
finger, Figure 36.
4. After the silks is completely rolled, push the silk with the
forefinger from the fist into the other hand, Figure 37.
5. Deposit the silk, in a pocket.
6. Show the fisted hand empty.
7. This method can be used to perform a color changing silk
without a dye tube. Steal a second color silk into the hand
that forms a fist and perform the above moves. Instead of
pushing the silk into a dye tube, roll it into the ball to be
transferred to the other hand.
Hoo-Vial 13
Effect:
A silk is placed into a small vial. Even though the vial is in
sight the entire time, when it is handed to an audience member the
vial is empty.
Required:
One 9 silk. One
small vial or pill bottle.
One bottle small enough to
nest inside the other with a
small metal hook on its rim,
Figure 38.
Preparation:
1. Nest the two
bottles.
2. Place this together with the
silk in your pocket.
Presentation:
1. Remove the nested bottles
from the pocket.
2. Place the silk into the bottle.
3. Toss the vial into the air as in
a Hoo coin vanish catching the
inner gimmick on the back of
the leg, Figure 39.
4. Hand the bottle to an audience number. They will discover

that the silk has vanished, Figure 40.
Other Variations:
The inner tube may be
removed from the outer by
hooking it on the inside of the
sleeve as the bottles are
brought around the arm,
Figure 41.
The Silk That War 14
Effect:
A silk when touched by a wand, instantly vanishes.
Required:
A special hollow wand that pulls a silk inside of itself
faster than can be seen. A 12 silk with a short length of fish line
tied to diagonal corners.
Preparation:
1. Remove the cap from the
closed end of the wand and
attach three of four
rubber bands to the loop in
the cap. The loop opens and
closes. Open the wire pick
up hook and thread the
rubber bands onto bend B,
Figure 42. Close the wire
pick up hook making sure
not to twist the rubber
bands.
2. Pass the long wire hook

through the wand and grab
the wire pick up gimmick A.
Pull the long wire hook back
through
the wand seating the cap into the lower end of the wand and
stretching the rubber bands.
3. Hook bend C of the pick up gimmick, over the open rim of
the wand and relax the tension until the gimmick is in place,
Figure 43. The wand is ready.
Presentation:
1. Hold the silk in one hand as
in Figure 44, and strike the
hook protruding from the
monofilament loop with a
downward a motion of the
wand.
2. Hold the silk just long
enough to dislodge the pick
up hook from the end of the
wand.
3. Release the silk from the hand and the silk is pulled into
the wand by the rubber bands.
Other Presentations:
1. The wand and silk may be used to perform an instant color
changing silk. Prepare a silk with a filament loop at one
corner. Roll this silk into a small bundle and place it in a
pocket sewn into the top corner of the vanishing silk.
Place the thumb into the loop. Cause the silk to vanish as
above. The effect will be a starting color change.
2. Cover any smooth object such as a ball or an egg with the
gimmicked silk. Vanished the silk and the transformation
of silk to object will happen.
3. Vanish the silk from a table or a glass by
catching the pick up gimmick on the line on the gimmicked
silk.
Surish 15
Effect:
A number of silks instantly vanish from a large clear plastic
bowl on a tray.
Required:
A mechanical tray, Figure 45. Five or six no. 31 rubber
bands. A footed plastic bowl with a hole through its base. Three
12 silks of contrasting colors.
Preparation:
As in Bowl O Silks, the tray provides the power for the
effect. The silks are pulled inside the tray through a hole in the
bowl base and the tray. Figure 46 shows the arrangement of
rubber bands in the base, running through two eyelets A and B
at one end and hooked on an L shaped wire at the other. The
rubber bands are pushed off this wire by the release C. When
the rubber bands are released they catch the button
attached to the loop surrounding
the silks. The loop and silks are
drawn into the base as the rubber
bands come to rest between A
and B, Figure 47.
2. TO set the effect, open the base and stretch one side of
the rubber bands between A and B the opposite side of
the tray, hooking them on wire L.
3. Set the release as in Figure 47 so that it is ready to push
the rubber bands off the wire.
4. Close the tray top and place the bowl directly over the hole,
Figure 46.
5. Push the silks halfway through the loop with button first.
Push the button through the holes in the bowl and tray and
onto the bottom of the tray floor.
Presentation:
1. Display the tray with the silks in the bowl.
2. When ready push the release and the silks will vanish.
Note:
This effect maybe used in conjunction with Bowl O Silks
for a combined effect of silks transporting from one bowl to the
other.
Comedy Vanishing Silk 16
Effect:
The magician walks on stage carrying a small glass with a red
silk in it. In his other hand he has a magic wand. He tries to make
the silk disappear but instead the glass vanishes and the red silk is
now green. Again, he waves the wand over the silk and this time the
wand vanishes.
Required:
A green 12 silk with a monofilament loop at one corner. A
magic wand attached to a sleeve pull. A small glass attached to an
elastic pull, with a red silk attached around an inner chamber, Figure
48.
Preparation:
1. Push the green silk into
the inner chamber, making
sure that it is fully
covered by the outer red
silk.
2. Thread the pull on the glass through your

belt loops, Figure 49.
3. Run the sleeve pull cord up
the arm holding the wand and attach it to the opposite arm
at the shoulder.
Presentation:
1. Hold the glass in your hand stretching the elastic pull tight.
Engage your thumb or finger in the loop of the green silk.
2. Wave the wand over the glass and let go of the glass.
3. The green silk is pulled from the vanishing glass by the loop
and is left in your hand.
4. As you wave the wand over the green silk quickly extend
your arms outward, drawing the wand up your sleeve.
Performance note:
This effect works very well as an M.C. gag.
Transpositions
Instant Flag Transposition 17
Effect:
A flag staff with a flag is displayed on one side of the stage
while one without a flag is displayed on the other side. Instantly,
the flag vanishes from one flag staff and appears on the empty
one.
Required:
One gimmicked flag staff that will produce a flag, Figure 9.
One gimmicked flag staff that will vanish a flag, Figure 50. Two
identical large silk flags or 36 silks.
Preparation:
1. Prepare the appearance flag staff as in the Instant Flag on
Flag staff.
2. Prepare the vanish flag staff as follows: Pull reset string
C out of the top of the flag staff, stretching the rubber
bands tight.
3. Hook the bead on string C under the catch on the outside
of the Flag staff.
Presentation:
1. Display the prepared flag staffs on each side of the stage.
Using two people, wave the flag staffs in the same pattern.
2. On a given command each person releases their reset string
from its catch on the flag staff.
3. The rubber bands in each flag staff will either pull the flag
into view or pull the flag out of sight, depending on the
gimmick in the flag staff.
Criss Cross Silk 18
Effect:
Two tubes are shown and one is lifted to show a glass with a
colored silk in it. Magician replaces the tube and pretend to
transport the silk and glass from one tube to the other then back
again. The audience is not convinced since the second tube was
never lifted to reveal the transportation. The magician repeats the
transportation this time showing the silk and glass arriving in each
tube. The audience is still not impressed because they suspect two
sets of silks and glasses. The magician admits to this but upon
lifting the tubes the silks are two different colors.
Required:
Two plastic tumblers. Two identical silk shells, two weights.
Two tubes taller than silk fakes. Two 9 silks of two differing
colors from silk fakes, Figure 51.
Preparation:
1. Fold the two 12 silks in half diagonally and glue each to a
piece of plastic tube 2 in diameter by 21-2 high, Figure
52.
2. Place the silk fakes into the glasses.
3. Wrap weight into the center of each of the other colored
silks and drop them weight first into the center of the silk
fakes, Figure 53.
4. Cover the glasses with the tubes.
Presentation:
1. Do the sucker transposition with the two tubes.
2. Once the audience catches on hat you are not really causing
the silks and glasses to go back and forth from tube to
tube, admit to being caught.
3. As you uncover both glasses, take the silk fakes along with
the tubes, revealing the other silks.
4. Drop the fakes into a well or on a servant.
Wacky Silks 1
This effect is related to Criss Cross Silks in principle.
Effect:
Magician displays three glasses on a tray, two with blue
silks and one end glass with a red silk. He offers to
demonstrate a new breakthrough in science the
transportation of matter, using the three silks. Claiming the
process works only in the dark, he briefly covers the glasses with
a cloth. The cloth is removed the magician states that two silks
have changed places, the two blue silks. The process is
demonstrated again this time using the red and blue end silks.
However when the glasses are covered it is obvious that the
magician turned the tray around. This process is repeated until
the audience wants to see the red silk put in the middle. The
magician admits that he was really not making the silks change
places he was making them change color. The cloth goes back
over the glasses and the tray is turned around again. After the
audience has had enough the cover is removed, the middle silk
is red and the two end silks are yellow and green.
Required:
One tray with three glasses attached to it. Three silk
fakes seven together, Figure 54. Three
weights, a cloth cover with a rod across the top and bottom
edges. Three 9 silks, red, yellow and green.
Preparation:
1. Place the silk fakes in the three glasses.
2. Wrap a weight in the center of each 9 silk and place these
into the silk fakes with the red 9 silk in the middle glass,
Figure 55.
3. Tuck the corners of the 9 silks into the silk fake.
4. Drape the cloth cover over they tray and glasses.
Presentation:
1. Uncover the tray revealing the silks. Each times you
uncover the silks hold the cover in front of the tray as if
you are checking to see if the transportation process is
complete. You are really getting the audience accustomed
to this movement to cover the steal of the silk fakes later
on.
2. Cover the silks as you explain that you are going to make
the silks change places.
3. Uncover the tray saying that the two blue silks changed
places.
4. Cover the tray, turn the tray around, then uncover and show
the red and blue end silks have changed places. Do this a
number of times until the audience until audience says
you are simply turning the silks around. Claim you are
making them change color not turning them around.
5. Cover the tray one last time as the audience requests
that you make the middle silk turn red.
6. As you remove the cover grab a corner of the middle silk
fake and lift straight up. The fakes will come out of the
glasses behind the cover, Figure 56.
7. Use the surprise caused by the change of color of silks to
dispose of the cloth and fake.
Silk Dyeing Effects
Mis-Made Bouquet 20
Effect:
A large silk with the black and white image of a bouquet is
shown. Four different colored silks are added to the large silk.
As all of these hanker chiefs are a being pushed into a tube the
small red silk falls to the ground by accident. The large silk is
displayed again and the small silks have blended with
it to color the black and white image. All but two of the six blooms
are brightly colored except the red ones. The small red silk and the
large one are pushed into the tube again. This time a bouquet of
flowers is removed from the tube.
Required:
A five or six bloom feather bouquet with a dye tube as its
center, Figure57. Four 9 silks of
different colors. One 27 silk with a
line drawing of the bouquet. One 27
silk with all the blooms colored
except the red ones. An opaque
tube.
Preparation:
1. Load the dye tube with the
full color except the red
blooms silk.
2. Slide the bouquet with the dye tube into the tube, Figure 58.
3. Place the tube, the line drawing silk and the four different
color silks on a table.
Presentation:
1. Display the silk with the line
drawing of the bouquet. Then
show the four different
colored silks.
2. Push all of these silks into the
tube, making sure that the
red 9 silk is the dropped
unnoticed in the process.
3. Top the tube and pull the
full color except the red
blooms silk out for display.
4. Notice the missing colored
blooms and then the
dropped red 9 silk.
5. Push both of these silks
back into the tube.
6. Top the tube and pull the
flowers from the tube,
Figure 59.
Crystal Dye-llusion 21
Effect:
A silk is pushed into a clear plastic tube. As the silk
emerges from the other end it has changed color. When the silk
is halfway through, the tube is shown with the silk half one color
and half the other. The silk changes completely and the tube is
shown freely.
Required:
A 12 silk a contrasting color 12 silk with a piece of
Velcro sewn to one corner. A clear plastic tube 7 x 1 with a
shiny metal pin protruding into the tube halfway down its length,
Figure 60. A metal, tape loop dye tube 1 3-4 long and 1 1-16
diameter, with a piece of Velcro in the center of the tape loop
and a piece of silk matching the first silk glued and wrapped
around it, Figure 61.
Preparation:
1. Stick the Velcro tab on the
second silk to the tab on the
tape of the dye tube and push
the silk into the dye tube.
2. Thread the first silk diagonally
through the clear tube so that
a few inches of silk stick out of
each end.
3. Take the loaded dye tube with
the tope end up and wrap it in
the upper end of the silk
sticking out of the clear tube.
4. Slide the silk and dye tube back down into the clear tube
until the upper edge of the dye tube is just below the lip of
the clear tube, Figure 62.
Presentation:
1. Pull the silk and dye tube out of the clear tube by pulling on
the upper silk ends. The thumb will grasp the dye tube as it
comes out of the clear tube.
2. Display the empty clear tube with the tip of the second
finger concealing the pin.
3. Allow the clear tube to roll into the palm of your hand so
that the little finger is over the PIN AND THE REMAINING
fingers curl around the tube with the back of the hand to
the audience.
4. Bring the right hand with the silk and dye tube to a
position just above and ahead of the clear tube. The silk
briefly conceals the clear tube as you drop the dye tube
inside. The dye tube falls until the pin stops it, and the
hand conceals it. as soon as the dye tube is inserted turn
the hand with the clear tube so that it is parallel to the
floor and begin to push the silk into the clear tube. These
movements should be done as one unit without pause.
5. With the Forefinger, push the silk into the dye tube
which will force some of the second silk into view.
6. Push more of the first silk in the dye tube and pull more
of the second out until there is 2 of each silk hanging out
of the clear tube.
7. Display the clear tube freely (Finger over the pin) showing
that the silk is half one color and half the other, Figure
63.
8. Hold the clear tube palm down and push the remainder of
the first silk into the dye tube, making sure it is all the
way in the gimmick. Turn the clear tube over and work out
a little more of the second silk.
This time as you flip the tube
to push in the first silk again,
the fingers go in front of the
tube making the clear portion
of the tube above the hand
holding the clear tube. In turning the tube this last time
do so with a little more speed and turn it a little farther
than before. The dye tube will slide out of the clear tube
into the waiting hand.
9. The Velcro tabs cause the second silk to be
drawn through the clear tube with the dye tube.
10. As the dye tube is grasped in the palm insert the forefinger
into the clear tube and draw the silk almost all the way
through the tube. At the same time, pull the Velcro tabs
apart with the thumb and forefinger. The dye tube will
remain in your palm as you let go of the silk.
11. Reverse the tube and pull the silk back out of the other end
of the clear tube. Shake the silk and drop that hand to your
side.
12. Show the clear tube empty with one finger over the pin.
13. Dispose of the silk and dye tube together.
Striped 22
Effect:
A white silk is put into red and black striped tube. The red
strips visibly change to white. The magician blows a red and white
silk out of the tube showing that the red stripes transferred from
the tube to the silk.
Required:
One 12 white silk. One 12 red and white striped silk. A
mechanical tube that
can be shown
black and red or
black and white
depending to
which end an inner
sleeve is pushed,
Figure 64. A
metal tube
with a hook, Figure 65.
Preparation:
1. Slide the inner sleeve of
the striped tube to show
red and put the metal tube
in the upper end making
sure the hook is over the
lip.
2. Tuck the striped silk well
into the lower end of the
striped tube, Figure 66.
Presentation:
1. Pick up striped tube so
that the metal fake is at
the top. Put the white silk
into the hidden gimmick.
2. Hold the tube in a
horizontal position with
both hands so that the metal gimmick will slide out into
classic palm with a tilt of the striped tube.
3. Slide the sleeve with the thumb to show white on the
striped tube.
4. Tilt the striped tube allowing the metal gimmick to slide
into the palm.
5. Bring the now empty end of the tube to your mouth and
blow the striped silk into the air.
6. Catch the striped silk with the hand palming the gimmick.
Display the silk, then dispose of both the silk and metal
gimmick.
7. Show the striped tube empty.
Note:
This effect can also be made with a polka-dot tube.
Blendo-Effects
Spelendo 23
Effect:
Three different colored silks are tied together by their
corners to form a chain. These are placed into a tube and the
magician claims he will reverse their order. The audience is quick
to see that he is reversing the tube and showing the same silk
again. This is repeated a number of times until at last the silks
are removed and shown to have really reversed. The knots on the
silks vanish and the three have blended into one large tricolor
silk.
Required:
Thread 12 silks of different color. One 27 silk specially
dyed to match the colors of the separate silks. Two 5 silks
dyed two colors each, Figure 67. One black tube.
Presentation:
1. Fold the large silk in half on the diagonal so that the
dividing lines between colors align, Figure 68.
2. Squeeze the silk at the red-yellow line and tie the 5 red-
yellow silk around the large silk so that the knot covers the
dividing line.
3. Do the same at the yellow-green line. The large silk should
now look like three silks tied together, Figure 6.9.
4. Place the prepared large silk into the black tube starting
with the green end. Leave the red and about one inch inside
the end of the tube.
Presentation:
1. Tie the separate silks together to look like the prepared
large silk.
2. Comment on the order of the silks as they go into the
tube. Start with the green silk and place them in the
opposite end of the tube from the large silk. There is now
a red silk at each end of the tube.
3. State that you will reverse the order of the silks by
magic. At the same time turn the tube end for end in your
hands.
4. Pull part of the red silk from the tube and claim that the
silks have reversed.
5. Offer to return the silks to their original
positions by magic, as you turn the tube end for end again.
6. Repeat this sucker bit until the audience believes they
have caught you.
7. Show the red end again. Push it back in the tube and
slowly pull the red end of the large silk out of the other
end of the tube. Remove the large silk from the tube.
8. Hold the larges ilk as in Figure 70. Tuck the ends of the
fake knots into your hands with the thumbs and spread
the hands apart, sliding off and palming the fake knots at
each end of the large silk.
9. Display the large silk, showing that the three separate
silks blended into one tricolor silk.
Easy Blendo 24
Effect:
This is a lightening blendo effect that is quite startling.
The magician places the top corners of three silks into his hand.
Immediately after the last silk is placed in the hand, the hands
are separated and the silks are blended into a 24 multi-colored
patterned silk.
Required:
Three different color
12 silks with Velcro tabs
one inch from the corner of
each silk. One 24 silk with
three Velcro tabs sewn on
the middle of the back of
the silk, Figure 71.
Preparation:
1. Accordion pleat the 24 silk into
a small bundle, making sure to
leave the three Velcro tabs
exposed, Figure 72.
2. Place this on a table and cover it
with the three separate silks.
Presentation:
1. Pick up the three silks and the bundle as one.
2. Quickly count the three silks into the hand without the
bundle.
3. Immediately place the first silk back into the hand with
the bundle. Make sure that the Velcro tabs meet.
Follow the first silk with
the two remaining silks.
4. As the last silk is engaged
with its Velcro tab, grasp
the two corners one
corner in each hand.
5. Separate the hands. The
silks look as if they melt
together forming
the 24 silk, Figure 73.
Note:
Although the silk may not be shown on all sides, the
strength of the effect warrants its use.
Modified Reel and Reel-less Magic
Alley Oops 25
Effect:
The magician claims the ability to magically transport
objects. Three champagne glasses are on a tray. The end glass
has a silk in it. After earning many means from the audience by
turning the tray around a la the monkey bards, and claiming
magical powers, the magician moves the silk to the middle by
moving the empty end glass to the other end. Finally he visibly
stacks the glasses by magic and the silk is in the middle glass.
Required:
One 9 silk. Three plastic champagne glasses with holes
drilled down their stems and strung with a strong thread. One
tray with a hole drilled through it, Figure 74.
Preparation:
1. String the thread through the glasses and tray as in Figure
75.
2. Set up the glasses.
Presentation:
1. Perform sucker effect pretending to make the silk jump
from one end glass to the other by turning the tray around
behind your back.
2. Move the empty end glass to the opposite side of the tray
causing the silk to appear to be in the middle glass.
3. Remove the Velcro tab from tray holding it firmly in the
right hand.
4. Toss the glasses into the air as you push the tray to the
right. The right hand pulls the string and the glasses stack
with the silk in the middle glass.
5. Immediately bring the right hand back to the right end of
the tray pulling the tread tight across the top so that the
glasses will not fall, Figure 76.
Flip Back Hank 26
Effect:
A silk is removed from the breast pocket. The magician
dabs his brow with the silk then flips it in the air. The silk flies
back to the pocket by itself.
Required:
One 9 silk. one reel, one prepared masonite board, Figure
77.
Preparation:
1. Drill a hole in the
masonite the size
of the reel and
tape the reel into
this hole.
2. Sew the line from the reel to the lower corner of the
folded pocket handkerchief. Do not tie a knot in the silk.
3. Attach a metal strip to the top of the masonite board bent
to hold the top of the pocket open, Figure 78.
4. Place the device into the breast pocket.
Presentation:
1. Remove the hank from the breast pocket with your right
hand and wipe your brow.
2. Give the silk a tossing motion and it will fly back to the
pocket.
Kangaroo Silk 27
Effect:
A silk repeatedly jumps from the smaller to the larger of two
glasses on a tray.
Required:
A small plastic tumbler. A large tumbler a 9 silk. A
mechanical tray, Figure 79.
Tray Construction note:

The inner workings of the tray depend upon a lever system
to pull the silk from one glass to the other. Once the tray is
constructed and set, it will not be necessary to reset the inner
workings unless difficulties arise. Figure 79 shows the working of
the tray. When slide A is moved the level reacts and pulls the
thread at an accelerated speed, causing the silk to move a
considerable distance.
Initial Preparation:
1. With the top of the tray removed, feed the thread through
hole B. Replace the top of the tray.
2. Thread the loop of the thread through the hole in the
bottom of the large tumbler.
3. Secure the large and small tumbler to the tray by using the
screw in the top and the
hole and slot in each tumbler.
4. Thread the silk halfway through the loop in the end of the
thread. Tie an overhand knot in the silk.
5. Pull the silk slowly out to the full length of the thread and
place it knot first into the small tumbler.
Reset Preparation:
Before each performance pull the silk out to the full length
of the thread and place it knot first into the small tumbler.
Presentation:
1. With the tip of the fore or second finger of the left hand
pull the slide sharply to the left through the opening in the
bottom of the tray. The silk will be pulled into the larger
glass by the thread.
2. To repeat the effect, pull the silk straight up until the
thread reaches maximum length, then tuck it knot first
back into the small glass.
Performance Suggestions:
This effect lends itself to either a running gag or as a
sucker trick. To use it as a sucker effect uses two tumblers of
the same size. Present the tray, turn the tray around behind your
back, and claim that the silk was move magically. Once the audience
demands that you make the silk jump to the other glass without
putting the tray behind your back, pull the slide and the silk will
jump before their eyes.
What Hoppen Silk 28
Effect:
The magicians shows three glasses on a tray. He places a
silk in one of the end glasses and claims that he can make it move
to another glass by magic. This magical process must take place in
the dark, so the magician covers the glasses. As he does so he
turns the tray end for end. After doing this gag several times the
audience challengers the magician to make the silk move without the
cover. To the surprise of everyone the silk visibly jumps to the
middle glass.
Required:
One 12 silk. Three plastic glasses. One mens handkerchief.
A mechanical tray, Figure 80. Two or three no. 12 rubber bands.
Preparation:
1. Open tray by removing the top. Lock the glasses onto the
top of the tray using slots in the bottom of glasses and the
three screw heads on the top, Figure 81.
2. Tie the monofilament loop, D to eyelet A and thread it
through eyelet B and C. Next thread the loop upward
through the hole in the top and out of the middle glass.
3. Turn release E to the position shown in Figure 81.
4. Stretch two or three rubber bands between release E and
hook F. Hook block B onto the rubber bands as in Figure
82.
5. Thread the silk through loop D and tie a single knot in the
silk. Replace the top of the tray, keeping the tension on the
loop.
6. Place the silk at the back of the glasses.
Presentation:
1. Place the silk in one of the end glasses.
2. Cover the glasses and turn the tray end for end. Perform
this sucker effect until the audience asks for you to make
the silk jump to the middle.
3. Start to cover the tray with the handkerchief again but
respond to the audiences insistence to perform the magic
without the aid of cover.
4. Rotate the release at the rear of the tray upward and to
the right with the thumb. The silk will instantly jump from
the end to the middle glass. The silk will jump faster if you
shorten the rubber bands by wrapping them around hook
F.
Penetrations
Ring Hank Penetration 29
Effect:
A large metal ring threaded on a silk penetrates the silk.
Required:
One metal ring at least 4 in diameter. One 24 silk.
Preparation:
1. Fold the silk as in Figure 83, and hold corners B and D in the
right hand with the forefinger between the two corners.
2. Have a spectator hold the metal ring.
Presentation:
1. With the right hand lower the silk into the ring. Grasp
corner A-C with the left hand, Figure 84.
2. Bring the hands together and secretly transfer corner D to
the left hand, Figure 85. The left forefinger separates
corner D from corners A-C.
3. Have spectator-assistant gently pull on ring.
4. The left hand releases corners A-C and holds on to corner D,
Figure 86.
5. At the same time, move both hands apart, turning them
palm down. Allow the silk to roll around the little finger of
each hand as the palms are turned downward. The silk
corners double over and hide the growth of the silk,
Figure 87.
All manufacturing rights of the effects in this chapter are

retained by Warren Stephens.
The Romantic Story of Silk Revisited
Silk Magic History 1
The first chapter of Vol. 1 was

written before 1948. Much has happened
in silk magic since that time. For one,
Harold Rice became a legend in silk magic.
Vol. one of the encyclopedia started him
on that journey.
His business had succeeded prior to this date, but his magic
career accelerated after the book was published.
Silk magic has made a wide arc. In the early 1900s it became
a mainstay in magicians bag-of-tricks. With the advent of printed
silks by Davenport and Rice new possibilities were opened. Specialty
designs were printed and brilliant picture silks became standards in
top acts of the times. Magic creativity flowed through silk magic.
New effects were created using special blendo silks and specially
dyed silk gimmicks. Entire silk acts were created and used by
numerous individuals. Ina socially less hectic era the relatively slow
and pretty silk act was enthusiastically accepted by the public.
It all began to change in the 190s what was classic in the 50s
became not cool in the 60s, not groovy in the 70s, totally nerdy in
the 80s, and bogus in the 90s. Instead of continuing to gain ground,
silk magic moved backwards in the minds of audiences. Now silk has
a classic appeal. This means that a silk and thumb tip are a cheap
combination and can be sold as readily as a Svengali Deck.
The Rice era of silk magic saw the creation of many
standard effects. At the time they were created they were not
standard, they were new. Now those effects are classic silk
effects.
Rices era of silk magic placed heavy restrictions on

creativity for new silk effects. Tricks of the Rice era had to be
highly commercial to make a run of special dyed silks affordable.
Even with Harold, inventors had to order quantities in the
thousands before a custom dyed silk was affordable. Custom
shapes were out of the question. Silks had to be square e 6, 9, 12,
15, 18, 24, and 36 inch sizes. Anything else was outrageously
priced. Finally, the word was out that good quality silk was scarce.
If an inventor found a good source of quality silk, they were
constantly concerned about exhausting supplies.
Given new dye technologies available to silk dyers today

there is no reason that standard effects could not be redressed to
fit current colors, designs, and styles. Just as computerized vinyl
cut letters revolutionized the sign making industry, and computers
created the desktop publishing industry, so shall custom silk dyeing
change silk magic.
In the early 80s European artists rediscovered silk as a

medium. Their work created new brilliant, extremely colorfast
dyes that were easy to use. These dyes remove old limitations of
screening, vat dyeing, and tie-dyeing. Using combinations of
screening, airbrushing and resist-dyeing (a combination of betaking
and painting) new artists can easily create one-of-a-kind dyed silks.
The future of silk magic is once again as bright as when Har

old Rice dreamed of what we now call the Rice era of silk magic.
The final name of the customization era of silk magic will be
determined as it develops.
Types of Silk Available 2
The vestiges of the Rice era of silk magic are in every magic
shop in the world. This means that suppliers of standard blendos,
solids, printed rabbits and dragons, and of course thumb tips are
holding steady.
The new excitement is found in a relatively small movement

toward customization. Affordable, customized silks are valuable to
the professional and amateur alike. Major stage illusions have been
rebuilt because a matching silk could not be found. The movement
toward customization and limited runs of silk is inevitable. This
opens new territory to the creative minds in magic.
Pure Silk vs. Blends 3
Regardless of the improvements in synthetic fibers, silk is

still the preferred material for magic use. Natural silk has a luster
and texture that can be imitated but not surpassed by synthetics.
Its compressibility, resilience, flow, and beauty are unequaled. Rice
said in 1948: Just-as-good substitutes are never bargains,
regardless of their original cost, inferior materials invariably
contribute to an inferior performance.
Natural silk has luster because it is a trilobal or triangular

shaped fiber. This shape breaks-up light rays as they enter the
fiber rather than simply reflecting the light. Silk is an extruded
fiber formed by the oriface on the silk worm. It is the only natural
monofilament or continuous strand.
Prior to the widespread development of synthetic materials,

silk was the strongest fabric in its weight-class. It was used in
products as common as
shower curtains and stockings to as uncommon as parachutes. Silk
is now a high-end fabric, used in expensive clothing and products
that demand lightweight, top-quality, luxurious materials. Bolt silk
imported into the United States is generally only the top grade of
silk. Unlike the nine grades of silk shown by Rice in the first Vol.,
today the market has simplified its system. There is name brand
silk and generic or off brand silks. The name brand silk factories
carry only first run products for use in the garment industry.
In 1977 Rice Wrote an article predicting that magicians

may have to use synthetic materials due to the shortage of good
silk. This prophecy was almost self-fulfilling. Many current retail
magic sources consider it, acceptable to sell synthetic blends
based upon Rices shortage myth. The inaccuracy of this shortage
myth has already been discussed.
Synthetic fibers have had an interesting history. Amazingly

their history goes back to the 1800s. Germany led the field in
synthetic fiber creation when Rayon was discovered in 1857 and
Triacetate in 1869. France followed suit, creating rayon in 1884.
In the United States developments were a little slower. A list of
synthetic fibers and their patent dates for the United States
follows:
Rayon 1910
Acetate 1919 by DuPont
Celanese 1921 by Dupont
Nylon 1938 by Dupont
Polyester 1956
Spandex 1960
Widespread commercial use of each of these fibers came

later than the patent dates. A strong push for synthetic fiber
development was created by the war efforts of World War I
world War II, and
the Korean war.
Many magicians and magic shop owners unknowingly

purchase synthetic blend handkerchiefs. Pure silk is still superior
to synthetic fibers for almost all uses.
Pure Silk 4
Although the silk industry in Asia has remained relatively

unchanged in thousands of years, advances are unavoidable. One
such change has been in the weighting of silk. Sericin, a type
of glue has always been used to facilitate the handling of silk in
the production process. This substance is still used today,
however its formulation has changed over the years due to the
demands of end-product users. Also most bolt silk sold in the
United States is pre-washed in order to remove this substance.
Some imported cut silk still requires soaking before use. The 24-
hour period of soaking that Rice describes to remove the sericin or
sizing has been reduced to one simple hand washing. This process
is mainly to remove any excess dye that may remain in the silk.
Cut Silk Sizes

The current standard sizes of silk became popular because
the 9, 12, 18,27, and 36 sizes were the best use of the width
of silk on a standard bolt during the Rice era. Up through the 50s
and 60s the standard a bolt widths of silk were 27 and 36.
Today bolts of silk are available in 36 and 45 widths. This
increases the variety of cut sizes for the magician, making possible
single seam widths of up to almost, 8 feet.
A standard size of silk is not needed with the

advent of silk customization. Instead of asking what is available,
performers are able to describe what they want.
Silk Weights
There are almost as many weights and types of silk as
there are types of magicians. Just as some magicians, some of
these weights and types are good for magic and some are not
useful at all. The two silks appropriate for magic use are China
Silk or Habotai and Crepe de Chine. China Silk is the most
commonly used because of its availability in lighter weights.
Generally, Crepe de Chine is heavier and more expensive, but its
surface has an extremely brilliant sheen.
Silk is available in weights called momme. One square

yard of 1 momme silk weighs 3.62 grams. That means that a
typical 6-momme silk would weight 21.72 grams per square yard.
The typical weights found in 5mme, 6mme, and sometimes 8
mmme. Stay away from 3 and 4 momme. They are extremely
thin and the weave will separate in their first usage. These silks
look bad when purchased. Choose a silk by considering how fast
the weave separates and its purpose in an act. For thumb tips
and uses where a light-weight silk is required, 6mme silk is
perfect. Lighter weights will separate with even the slightest
use. To use 6mme silk in a thumbtip it is best to reconfigure the
square silk into a small streamer.
Silk Hems
The next most important thing about silk is the hem.
Several types of hems are available on the market today. They
all fall into two categories: handsewn and machine sewn-by-hand.
Handsewn hems sound luxurious but really are not for magic
usage.
Actual hand rolled hems are used in some fine scarves, but the
hem is far too loose to stand up to rough use. Many silks are
labeled as handmade or hand rolled when actually they are
individually made by human hands on a sewing machine. There are
two major types of machine sewn-by-hand hems. Some silks have
serged edges. These are easy to spot, because threads actually
overlap the edge of the silk. These silks are less desirable for
magic use than flat roled hems. Many serged edges are good in
quality, such as the French hem. However, ser ging adds extra
thickness to the edge of the silk which can get in the way in some
effects. Also, tied corners tend to ravel more easily when only
serged. The best edge for silk magic is a flat-rolled single-stitch
hem. The hem should be no more than one eighth inch wide, with the
best hems being one-sixteenth inch wide. These hems are extremely
sturdy and are very flat.
Care of Silk 5
Washing Silks
Silks should be washed in cool water. Use baby shampoo

because it washes out of the silk well. Baby shampoo is strong in
regards to its alkaline content, but does not disturb the bonding of
the dye molecules to the silk fiber. Do not wring out the silk,
squeeze out excess water, Figure 1. Before ironing, roll the silk in
a towel and pat out more water. Use extreme care when washing
older silk. Rice silks can be ruined if improperly handled. Call an
expert before washing valuable silks.
Bulk dry-clean large quantities of silk. There is no need to

use the expensive single item method. Simply tell the dry cleaner
that you will press the
handkerchiefs your self. If the cleaner presses the silks, the
bill will be astronomical.
Wrinkles and Ironing

Leave silks wrinkled if they are used frequently. When a
silk is ironed it can look crisp and attractive. The first time it is
loaded it into a prop, it will come out looking like a wrinkled,
cheap rag. This is not because it needed to be ironed again. It is
because it has not yet been used enough. Silk reaches a state of
uniformed wrinkledness when used, and in this state regains its
attractiveness. To reach uniformed wrinkledness a silk must
contain enough wrinkles so that the wrinkles become extremely
small. These small wrinkles viewed even from two feet away
make the silk appear full and shimmering.
Silks should be ironed for some uses. When silk is washed it

must be brought back into its original
shape by ironing. Before
use, always thoroughly
wrinkle the silk so it will
look good for the show.
When the silk is
wet, use a medium-to-hot
temperature and the dry
setting.
The silk will dry as it is pressed. However, if the silk is dry, use
a lower, steam setting on your iron. Steam-pressing a silk while
it is dry leaves the silk with more body since not every one of the
small wrinkles is removed.
To bring the silk into shape place the iron on one corner
of the silk. Move the iron toward the corner you are pulling while
pulling either the horizontal or vertical corner. This will bring
the silk back into a square shape. Do not pull the silk diagonally,
Figure 2.
Some of todays performers are using the new portable

steamers to remove wrinkles immediately before a show. These
steamers leave the fullness in the fabric. Do not use any product
that will coat the fibers of the silk such as spray wrinkle
removers or starch.
Uniform wrinkledness is not a commonly accepted
concept. It is a practise that is usually discovered by chance
rather than design. Deep creases are not good, but, wrinkles
that occur in
regular use do not detract from the beauty of
silk. However, these wrinkles must be plentiful
enough so that there is no detectable pattern or
design and the silk must still flow. When a silk
gets wet, iron it.
Storing Silks
Silks that are not used should be stored properly. Rice
silks or other collectables should be guarded against damage by
light, water, and insects. Wash (or dry clean) and press silks
before storage. For long-term storage, lay a piece of craft paper
or blank newsprint on a flat surface. Place the silk on the paper,
then roll the paper and silk around a cardboard tube (gift wrap or
mailing tube). Tape the roll to prevent unrolling, then place the roll
in a larger document tube. The plastic light-proof tubes are best.
For further protection the cap may be taped onto the tube with
cellophane packing tape. For long-term storage, hand-made or
acid-free paper is recommended instead of newsprint. These
papers are available in art supply stores.
Final Note 6
Where does all of this leave us today? First, silk

handkerchiefs and their designs should be selected as carefully as
any other prop in your show. Rice silks have become the classic
designs and color palette of magic. This means their investment
value will always be high. However, the use of these silks should be
show appropriate before they are used in your act. Magicians
may be impressed when you produce fifteen 18, ten 36, and three
6 Rice silks from your square circle. Lay audience will be bored.
There are sources for consistently high quality silk

products. Some of these sources provide dealers with the staples
of silk magic, such as solid color squares, typical blendo, streamers,
and some design silks.
There are a few companies now specializing in creating

custom silk products. Most magicians do
not seek out these companies because of feared high cost. Silk
magic has been restrained by the limits of what is available for
decades. With the new technologies described in this book, these
boundaries have been removed.
Trimble Silks produces custom silk products. Serving the

working magic professionals, they have developed silk techniques
that break the normal bounds of what has been produced on silk.
Performers with special needs for specific colors, lettered silks,
or custom designs do not have to recall their imaginations as they
settle for what is available on the market. The color palette used
for most silks is outdated by at least 20 years. In response to
these problems, Trimble Silks has developed colors that appeal to
todays audiences, specializes in custom orders, and supplies both
the entrepreneur and the end-user, providing needed quality at
fair prices.
Silk magic will progress into the future, rather than

remaining in the dust-and-dragon-covered magical past. Anyone
can be a part of its rebirth by removing any preconceptions and
allowing creativity to once again flow through silk.
Dyeing Your Own Silks
Introduction 1
Few magicians have taken the time to create and dye their own silk
items. However, from the release of Vol. 1 until the present, the
information in Chapter 2 has helped many enterprising magicians
create custom dyed effects for their own personal use and for
some commercial ventures.
As has been reiterated throughout this Vol., things have

changed in the silk world. In the mid 1980s European artists once
again began to use silk as a medium for their work. Fabric dyes
available at the time were not completely suitable for use on silk.
Subsequently, since the mid 1980s there has been continual
improvement in silk dye for mulations by many different companies
in 1992 a silk dye was released that sets into the silk fibers within
5 seconds after being applied. New technologies in silk formulation
will continue into the near future and will bring about new
possibilities in the customization of silk for both the commercial
silk producer and fro the individual magician.
This chapter deals specifically with one type of product

which is readily available in current art supply stores. This
product was chosen because of its widespread availability and its
ease of use. The techniques discussed in this chapter work with
almost all of the other ready-to-use products currently available
for dyeing silk.
Preparation 2
A number of simple items are required. All of the items would

be considered convenience items in comparison to Rices original
methods for dyeing silk. Using just one product line, numerous
dyeing techniques may be used.
Weighting 3
As discussed earlier, natural silk fibers have a gum coating or

natural sizing that must be removed before any dye may be applied.
The plain white silk which is bought either at magic dealers or at an
art supply store usually does not have any of this sizing or weighting
left in it. It has been boiled off before the silk is used in
production. If the silk you are going to dye seems stiff in any way
then some of the weighting is still in the silk. Remove this weighting
by washing the silk as described in the previous chapter. Once the
silk is washed then it is ready for dyeing.
Types of Dyes 4
The hunt for the correct silk dyes has puzzled many
magicians trying to create their own silks. The infamous Rit dyes
are found in every grocery, department, fabric and sometimes
convenient stores. However, general purpose dyes are not
recommended for use on magical silks. A silk dye must be correctly
formulated so that the dye molecules will bond in proper numbers to
the limited number of dye sites on the silk fiber. Molecular bonding
of the silk fiber and the dye substance is vital to the color
fastness of the finished silk item. If the dye molecules are not
chemically bonded to the silk fiber they simply wash out of the
silk when it is washed or worse, colors will bleed into one another
simply by the touch of a sweaty hand.
Chapter 2 of Vol. 1 describes the use of BASIC dyes

versus ACID dyes. Dye technology has changed so that this
distinction is less significant. The type of product described in
this chapter is actually on ACID LEVELING DYE. However, it is
colorfast on silk.
Well equipped art supply stores now have a product called

DEKA Silk, Figure 1. This product can been found in a wide
variety of art supply stores in every major and most smaller
cities. A few stores are now carrying other brands of silk dyes
along with DEKA products but this is not the norm.
DEKA Silk is actually a pigment rather than a dye. This

means that it coats the silk fibers rather than bonding with
them. Usually this means that the silk is stiff after the dye is
applied DEKA Silk is formulated so that the silk has no stiffness
after it is applied. The dyes come in 2 ounce jars.
This chapter describes the use of DEKA Silk products.
However, they are used as an example of the new convenience dyes
available on the market. Other brand dyes that are specifically
formulated for silk fibers are not only acceptable but are usually better
in their quality, color saturation and bonding. These other dyes are not
at present readily available as are DEKA products. Therefore, DEKA
products are perfect for the person who wants to experiment with creating a
custom silk. The person wishing to dye silk on a consistent basis should seek
out other products more suitable for high Vol. and top quality
work.
Other Supplies 5
There are numerous items in the DEKA Silk line. There is

an item called resist. The use of resist will be covered later in this
chapter. Silk handkerchiefs, silk thumbtacks, spray bottles,
squeeze bottles, eye-droppers, fine tip applicators, stop-flow
primer and stretcher frames are also available from the art supply
store. These items are used in the various techniques which are to
follow.
Artist point brushes are used to apply the dye to the silk,
Figure 2. Although cheaper brushes may be used, a good quality
brush does give better results.
Better quality brushes hold more dye
and apply it to the silk in a more
consistent fashion. Brushes used for
watercolors are good for silk dyeing
because of their higher saturation.
Protective Apparel 6
Whenever dyes are used care should be taken in order not

to stain clothing. Since the dyes are colorfast, if dyes are
splashed onto clothing the stain will be permanent. Wear old
clothes or use an apron while working with the dyes. Some dyes use
alcohol as a base for their solutions. Alcohol can be irrigating to
some people with allergies. Avoid prolonged exposure to dye
vapors in an unventilated area. DEKA products are considered
environmentally safe and non-toxic. Therefore, dye that splashes onto
the skin will not cause irrigation but will stain the skin. It can be washed
off with soap and water to some degree. Usually it must wear off.
Rubber or vinyl gloves may be worn when working with the dyes to
prevent staining of the skin.
Dyeing Solid Colors 7
DEKA Silk dyes come in eighteen different colors and

shades. The dyes are ready-to-use straight from the bottles.
These colors may be mixed in any combination to acquire any
number of custom colors. Colors may be diluted with water in
order to get lighter shades. If your local top water has a high
mineral content use distilled water to dilute the dyes. Distilled
water may be purchased at most grocery or drug stores.
To dye solid colors pour the dye into a smooth hard plastic
or glass bowl. Immerse the entire silk into the dye. Make sure
that the silk is saturated with the dye. If the silk is drier in some
places these areas will be lighter in color after the silk dries
completely. Once the silk is saturated with dye squeeze out
excess dye with your hands. (Gloves are
essential in dyeing solid colors.) Just as when you wash silks,
squeeze out excess dye do not wring out the silk, Figure 3.
Hong the silk up to dry. A good

method of hanging the silks is to use
safety pins and a vinyl coated clothes
line. Run a safety pin through two
corners and fasten the pin around the
clothes line. This allows the silk to not
touch the clothes line
which may have other colors of dye on it. Make sure the gloves are
thoroughly rinsed between colors in order to remove any left over
dye. If this dye is left on the gloves it will discolor the next silk.
Silks will dry faster in a warm dry place. Humid or cold

conditions will slow this dying process. After they are dry remove
the silks from the line and set the colors.
Sitting the Dyes 8
Whatever dyeing method is used the dyes must be heatset

into the project once it is thoroughly dry. Some dyes must remain
on the silk for several hours after dying before they are heatset.
DEKA Silk requires 48 hours of sitting time before heatsetting.
Although this seems prohibitive in the length of time required, this
amount of time does provide the best results.
Heatsetting makes the fabric washable and dry cleanable.

There are two ways to heatset DEKA Silk dyes. First using a
pressing cloth, iron the silk for 3 minutes at a medium
temperature, Figure 4. If resists were used, iron the silk on the
back side of the design. The second method of setting DEKA
Silk dyes is to wrap the
project in aluminum foil
and put it in a thoroughly
preheated 300 F oven for
10 minutes. Once
heatset, wash and iron
the silk again in order to
make the silk soft.
Some dyes require a steaming process to set them into

the silk. Steam set dyes are typically more vibrant. The
streaming process is fairly simple but takes some
experimentation to perfect the technique.
To steam set a silk, roll the silk in plain paper. Use blank
newsprint or some other large unprinted paper. Once rolled into
a tube, roll the tube into a tight coil. Put a small amount of water
in the bottom of a larger boiler or pan. Place the paper coil on a
wire rack inside the pan. Make sure that the paper does not
touch the water. Cover the top of the paper coil with a piece of
aluminum foul. The foil prevents condensation from dripping on
the paper. Heat the pan on low heat. The small amount of water
will heat quickly and crate steam. Leave the silks in the steam
for at least one hour. Ninety minutes in the stream will set the
dyes better. Remove the silks after they have steamed and allow
them to cool down. Remove the silks from the paper. Rinse them
in cool water to remove any unset dye. Then iron.
Remember that DEKA Silk does not need to be steam
set.
Tie-Dyed Silks 9
Tie-dyed silks have been a part of magic for

quite some time. These patterns are easily recognized by their
uneven blending of colors. This look is still popular today and can
be learned quickly using any number of books on the subject
found in art supply stores, bookstores or libraries. Chapter 2 of
Vol. 1 in this series covers many techniques for creating, typical
tie-dyed patterns.
DEKA Silk can be used to tie-dye items. Using the

regular tie-dye techniques, use DEKA Silk to color the silk.
Remember to thoroughly wet the silk before applying the dyes.
This allows for better blending of the colors.
Stretching Silk for Dyeing 10
The remaining methods of dyeing silk using DEKA

products require that the silk be stretched on a frame before
the dyeing process. Stretching the silk creates an absolutely
flat and relatively square work surface. Frames also suspend the
silk away from all other surface. If the silk touches other
surfaces during the dyeing process the colors will run uncontrollably
on the fabric. Frames may be made of wood or metal. Both types
of frames should be covered with a cellophane tape before they
are used. Packing tape works well. The tape stops the dye from
soaking into the wood.
Rice described the use of wooden frames to stretch the

silk in Chapter 2. Frames similar to what he described are still
available in art supply stores. These frames are designed for
stretching canvas for paintings. They are easily assembled and
readily available in any size needed. Stretcher frames from art
supply stores are fairly expensive. Frames can be built for far
less money by using furring strips or square molding purchased
from a building supply
store. When using regular lumber it is important to buy a shape that
will not give along its length. In other words the wood is too
narrow of a stock if the sides of the frame will bow inward when
fabric is stretched across it. Use a thicker wood stock. A 1 inch by
2 inch size is acceptable for smaller frames. Larger frames require
linch by 3 inch stock.
For smaller projects a large embroidery hoop works very well.

These are available in many shapes and sizes and are found in any
craft supply store.
Silk may be attached to the frame using silk tacks, push pins
or tape. Silk tacks have three points that do not damage the silk as
badly as pins with only one point. To stretch the silk using tacks
start in one corner. Attach that corner then work along one side
pulling the silk tight as you tack the silk onto the wood. Next,
attach the side of the silk opposite the one you just finished. Finally
attach the two sides that remain, pulling the silk tight as the last
side is completed, Figure 5.
Tape may be used

to stretch silk on metal or
wooden frames. Clear
cellophane packing tape
works well for this
purpose. Take two small
pieces of tape and attach
two corners of one side to
the frame, pulling the silk
tight across
that side. Go back and tape that side down with one long piece of
tape. The tape usually should overlap the silk by at least one half an
inch. Attach the opposite side of the silk next using the same
procedure as the first side. Finally attach the last two sides to
the frame, pulling the silk tight as the last side is completed.
When pulling the silk tight, attach the tape to the silk first then
pull the silk using the tape to adhere it evenly across the frame.
Regardless of the method, once the silk is attached to the

frame it is ready for the following dyeing techniques:
Resist-Dyed Silks 11
Resist dying is a modern day convenience version of

batiking. In Batik, hot wax is used to make lines and to cover
certain portions of a project before dyeing. Resist is the name for
any substance that creates a barrier on the silk stopping the flow
of the dye. In resist dyeing an outline of an object, design or
shape is made with clear or colored resist. The outlines are filled
in with different colored dyes. There are water based resists like
DEKA Silk Resist and rubber based resists called gutta, Figure 6.
Gutta must be removed from the fabric with dry cleaning. Water
based resists are
removed by washing the silk. Clear resists leave the silk white.
Colored resists leave the silk the color of the resist. Clear
resists are usually removed from the silk, while colored resists
are designed to remain in the fabric.
To resist dye first shake the resist very well. This action
is to thoroughly mix the resist before using it. Do not shake the
resist vigorously because it creates air bubbles that will inhibit
the smooth flow of resist on the silk. Instead roll the bottle and
shake it gently to move the existing air bubble around the bottle.
Make a small hole in the end of the bottle tip with a pin. Use the
bottle tip as is forwarder less controlled lines or use a metal tip
applicator for finer lines.
Hold the bottle in a near vertical position with the tip

pressed firmly against the silk as in Figure 7. Squeeze gently
with even pressure while drawing
lines. This injects resist into
the fabric. Do not leave a
thick buildup of resist on the
surface. The goal is to push
the resist into the fabric,
not leave it on the surface.
When finished with the
design hold the fabric up to
the light to check both the
back and front of the silk
to make sure the resist soaked through the fibers. When using
colored resists it is best to use a fine tip applicator to limit the
amount of resists that is applied to the fabric. Allow the resist
lines to dry at least 60 minutes before applying dyes.
It takes a bit of experimentation to master the technique

of applying even smooth lines of the silk. Once this is
accomplished the types of designs
that may be created are only limited by an individuals creativity.
Designs may be done free form or may follow line drawings that
already exist. To use existing line art, the artwork must be
reduced or enlarged to the size needed on the silk. Please use
designs that are either public domain, purchased, or original
creations. Using copy written artwork without permission may
cause legal problems and in the end does not help the image of
magic in the public eye. Once the artwork is the correct size
place it under the frame. Make sure that the lines of the
artwork are bold enough to see through the silk. Also, the frame
should be placed over the artwork with the silk on the top of the
frame not with the silk touching the artwork. Draw the design
with resist on the silk by using the pattern underneath. Once
the resist is dry the silk is then ready for dyeing.
To apply the dyes use a soft absorbant watercolor brush.

Dip the brush into the dye and squeeze out excess dye on the
inside of the dye container as in Figure 8. The brush should be
saturated but not
dripping when it is
brought to the
silk. Allow the
silk to absorb the
dye from the
brush starting in
the middle of the
outlined area,
Figure 9. Do not
use brushstrokes, but slowly and firmly guide the dye toward the
resist line. If the resist line is touched
the colors will bleed over the line
into another color. One note: if
the resist line has any small gaps
in it they will be discovered when
dye is applied. Unfortunately, it is
too late at this point. Make sure
the resists
lines do not have gaps of any kind or the project will be ruined.
Allow the dye to dry thoroughly before removing it, from

the frame. Heatset the dye by the appropriate method
described earlier. Soak the piece in lukewarm water after
heatsetting to remove clear resists from the silk.
Colored resists stay in the fabric and are machine washable and
dry cleanable after heatsetting.
Watercolored Silks 12
This technique gives a soft feel to the design and creates

general shapes and blended colors. To enhance the effect of the
blended colors pre-wet overlap and run together. Dyes may be
applied with eye-droppers, cotton balls, or spray bottles. An
almost endless variety of artistic designs may be obtained by
variation in color, wet and dry applications, and diluting colors to
create gradations.
Stop-Flour Silks 13
Stop-Flow is a starch substance that is applied to whole

or part of the silk. It inhibits the flow of the dye on the silk and
allows the dyes to hold their line without spreading across the
fabric.
Make sure the stop-flow is well mixed before applying it to the
silk. Paint an even coat to the portion of the silk where this
technique will be used. Allow the stop-flow to dry before dyeing.
Colors may be placed right next to each other since the dyes can
hold their line. This technique allows the silk to used like a painting
canvas.
Using the stop-flow, silks may be dyed using the mottled

techniques described in Chapter 2. This technique uses different
size and shape sponges
dipped in the dyes to create a
mottled look to the silk. In the
some vein, stamps, imprints, wax
cuts, and other forms may be used
to apply shapes and designs to the
silk. Handwriting and lettering may
also be applied. Airbrush work
holds very well to silk when using
the stop-flow method, Figure 10.
Conclusion 14
The new convenience products have created the possibility

for new silk items that were never possible before. The
availability of affordable customized silks is a natural step in silk
magic. Much time has elapsed since Rice introduced patterned
silks to the American magic market. Yet much of the artwork and
patterns sold by many dealers remain as relics from the past.
New dye technology along will not bring about the

revitalization of silk magic. It will take the cooperation of
creative minds and skilled craftsmen
to forge what will be silk magic. This team working together
will be able to drag silk magic out of its dragon covered past and
into its customized present and future.
VOLUME 1
Chapter One The Romantic Story of Silk 1
Chapter Two Dyeing your own silks 15
Chapter Three Methods of Folding Silks 33
Single Silks 34
Quantity of silk 47
Chapter Four Methods of Producing a Single Silk
(Non- Apparatus Methods) 57
Chapter Five Methods of Producing a Single Silk
(Apparatus Methods) 87
Chapter Six Quantity Productions
(Non- Apparatus) 145
Chapter Seven Quantity Productions
(Apparatus) 181
Chapter Eight Vanishes 289
Sleight vanish 290
Mechanical aid vanishes 296
Chapter Nine Changes 361
Chapter Ten Transpositions 399
Volume. Two
Chapter Eleven. Penetrations 521
Chapter Twelve Color Changes 661
Chapter Thirteen Color Changing Silks 699
Chapter Fourteen Silk Dyeing 747
Temporary of permanent tubes 748
Loading Dye Tube 757
Stealing the Dye Tubes 768
Disguising the Dye Tube 772
Other dye tubes 775
Dye box 787
Silk Blowing 788
Other effects 793
Chapter Fifteen Reel Magic 851
Chapter Sixteen Reel-Less Magic 887
Chapter Seventeen Twentieth Century Silks 937
Volume. Three
Chapter Eighteen Sympathetic Silks 1055
Chapter Nineteen Blendo Effects 1161
Chapter Twenty Naughty Silks 1217
Chapter Twenty-One Silks and Eggs 1315
Chapter Twenty-Two Soup Plates and Silks 1355
Chapter Twenty-Three Silks and Candles 1385
Chapter Twenty-Four Openers 1421
Chapter Twenty-Five Jap Hank Box 1507
Volume. Four
Chapter Twenty-Six Harold R. Rice 1543

Chapter Twenty-Seven Vol. One Revisited 1556
Chapter Twenty-Eight Vol. Two Revisited 1644
Chapter Twenty-Nine Vol. Three Revisited 1678
Chapter Thirty Silk Loads and Steals 1716
Chapter Thirty-One Silk Magic for Children 1748
Chapter Thirty-Two Magic of Warren Stephens 1774
Chapter Thirty-Three Romantic Story of Silk Revisit 1828
Chapter Thirty-Four Dyeing Your own Silks Revisit 1840
Index of Chapters Index 1
Index of Effects Index 5
Index of Contributors Index 33
Index of Subjects Index 65
Volume. 1
Chapter One The Romantic Story of Silk 1

Types of Silks Available 3
Standard Sizes of Magical Silks 9
The Core of Silk 10
Washing a Silk 11
Chapter Two Dyeing Your Own Silks 15

Preparation 16
General 16
Types 16
Solid colors 17
Protective clothing 17
Mottled silks 18
Tie-dyed 19
Stenciled silk 24
Air-brush 25
Painting your own silks 26
Thickener 26
Applying designs 27
Painting techniques 27
Setting colors 28
Batik 29
Preparing the silk 29
Textile color paints 32
Chapter Three Methods of Folding Silks 33

Single Silks 34
trap-fold 34
coil-fold 35
coil-fold gimmick 36
envelope-fold 36
square accordion-fold 37
diagonal accordion-fold 38
spiral-fold 39
finger-fold 40
new finger-fold 41
hank ball-fold 43
bubble-fold 44
E-Z fold 45
Quantity of silk 47
Zig-Zag fold 48
Trap-Fold 48
Coil-Fold 49
Accordion-Fold 51
Clock-Fold 53
Envelope-Accordion-Fold 54
Chapter Four Methods of Producing a Single Silk

(Non-Apparatus Methods) 57
from the elbow 59
from the arm pit 60
from under the vest 60
from under the collar 62
from the coat lapel 63
from the bottom edge of coat 64
from within the sleeve 64
by misdirection 65
from the hip pocket 66
from slits in the clothing 67
from a wire loop 68
from the wrist 69
from a rubber band 70
from under the coat 71
from under the arm 72
from the breast pocket 73
from sleeved position 74
from the body 76
from back palm 78
from the trouser leg 79
from a lapel pocket 79
from the mouth 80
from the thumb 81
from the handkerchief pocket 82
Instanto handkerchief production 83
Visual Silk Production 84
From the trouser pocket 85
Chapter Five Methods of Producing a Single Silk

(Apparatus Methods) 87
from a lighted match 88
from a finger tip 89
from a paper cone 91
from a empty tube 93
from a wand 95
from a match box 96
De Kolta Method 96
Another method 96
With faked match box 97
Another faked match box 98
Match-box loader 99
Behind the match box 100
from a wand in the pocket 101
From the mysterious tube 101
From a fan 103
From the speatrum 104
From a billiard ball 105
From a false finger 106
Novel silk production 108
From a bottomless glass 110
From a hidden tube 111
From a flash ball 112
From a fan of playing cards 113
From a tampourine 113
From a wand shell 114
From a fake flower 114
From a sword or wand 115
P. and L. production wand 116
Novel silk production 117
From a paper cylinder 118
From a fake ruler 119
From a drinking glass 120
From a bottle 121
From a glass stopper 121
From a flash glass 122
From a body clip 123
From hand gimmicks 128
From museum gimmicks 139
From a glass tumbler 142
Bremas silk appearance 143
Chapter Six Non-Apparatus Quantity Production 145

Redhill Gimmick 146
From a secret sleeves 146
From the sleeves 149
From within the vest 151
From within the trousers 153
From vested cloth tubes 155
One to three 157
From a Special Bag 158
From a dress vest 160
From a Fountain Bag 161
From a wire loop 162
From a special holder 164
From varied locations 165
Production supreme 168
From under the vest 171
Double streamer production 172
Any color called for 173
Continuous at the finger tips 174
Silks and coins 178
Chapter Seven Apparatus Quantity Productions 181

Commercial production apparatus 182
Drum head tube 182
Phantom Tube 184
Phantom tube attachment 185
Ghost tube 185
Genii tube 185
Satanic Tube-Square Genii tube 186
Mystery of the Seven veils 187
Bogart Drum head tube 188
Flag vase 189
Latest Water tube 190
Break a way cabinet 191
One hand production cabinet 192
Wander cabinet 192
Gung ho box 194
Wander screen 195
Oblong square screen 196
Wander box 198
Break a way production box 199
Improved unbelievable box 200
Temple screen 201
Mirror Box 204
Pivoting wander cabinet 205
Organ pipes 206
Tricky tubes 207
Haunted Chimneys 208
Buddha tubes 210
Transparent tubes 212
Silk-Ex tube 213
Square Circle 215
Improved Round Circle 216
Enchanted Tube 217
Pop Silks 218
Silks from newspaper-British 219
Silk-News-American 222
Page-O-Silk 224
Silk Cascade 226
Abbotts Silk Production Box 229
Productomazia 230
Handkerchief Casket 232
Crystal Casket 233
Creative Silks 234
Cups of Plenty 235
Fantastic Production 238
Tantalizing Tube 240
Devils Newspaper 241
Part two 243
Other production apparatus 243
Prodo 243
Streamers from Cigarette pack 245
Silk Butterfly production 246
Stove Pipe production 248
Cascade of silks 249
See-Bee Silks form magazine 250
Edgar Utility Tube 251
Small production 251
Closed Door Production 253
Fish bowl production 254
Silks from newspaper 255
Magical Crystal Box 256
Silks and Fan 257
Mammoth Finale 258
Silks from nowhere 261
Tra Tube 262
Silken Lady 263
Breakaway Phantom Tube 266
Flash Finale 269
Silks from tube 270
Hot Load 271
Suspended load 272
New Organ Pipes 273
Frame and Easel 274
Something from nothing 275
Triangular Room 277
Silk King Production box 278
Magazine production 280
Ghost tube 281
Harbins production box 282
Ace Production box 283
Quick production box 284
Instantaneous productions 286
Novel Production 287
Chapter Eight Vanishes 289

Sleight vanish 290
Master Vanish 290
French Drop Vanish 292
Another Drop Vanish 293
A Toss vanish 294
Backhand vanish 295
Mechanical aid vanishes 296
Buatier Pull 296
Pear Pull in the sleeve 297
Pear Pull attached to the body 299
Cloth Pull 301
Thread Pull 301
Elastic Pull 302
Edgar Pull 303
Kennard Pull 304
Glass Trick 306
Visible Glass and Silk Vanish 308
Greers Godget 309
Flash Pull 311
Joseph Automatic Silk Gun 313
Goys Vanish 313
Walshs Vanish 314
Vanishing Handkerchief Wand 314
Vanishing and Reproducing Wand 316
Ultra Handkerchief Wand 317
Ruler Vanish 318
Paper Bag Vanish 318
Single Paper Cone 320
Two-way Paper Cone 322
Royal Paper Cone 323
Newspaper Cone 324
Mirror Glass 325
Removable mirror glass 327
Turn Table Stand 327
Bottomless Glass 328
Grant Silk Vanishe 329
Utility Tube 330
Triple Hank Vanish 330
Crystal Silk Cylinder 330
Elusive Handkerchief 331
Bare Hand Vanish 333
Changing Bag 334
With a Changing Bag 336
Nickel Tube 336
Improved Nickel Tube 337
Nickel Tube With Pull 339
Presto Hank Vanish 339
Selective Hank Vanish 340
Close-up Silk vanish 341
Triple Tube vanish 342
Wander Cylinder 343
Twentieth Century Pistol Vanish 344
Pistol Funnel 345
Comedy Vanishing Hank 346
Repeat handkerchief Vanish 348
Warlocks Repeat Silk vanish 350
Vanishing and Reappearing silk 352
Improved Vanish and Reappearing 354
Rice Repeat Silk Vanish 356
New Repeating Hank Vanish 357
Improved Hand-Box 358
Chapter Nine Changes 361

Handkerchief to Billiard Ball 362
Other Changes 364
Silk to Rose 364
Martineaus Cigarette to Silk 365
Walshs Cigarette to Silk 366
Martineau Cigarette to Silk 2 368
Firefly 369
Robsons Cigarette to Silk 370
Irelands Cigarette to Silk 371
Spauldings Cigarette to Silk 373
Martineaus Bouguet to Silk 375
Walshs Cane to Silk 376
Cane to Two silks 379
Cane to three silks 380
Silk to Cane 381
Cane to Streamer 382
Cane to Silk 383
Silk Warm 384
Pipe to Silk 386
Balls to Silks 387
Silk from Playing Cards 388
Card to Silk 390
Billiard Ball to Silk 391
Thread to Silk 391
Silkworm to Silk 393
Silk to Streamer 394
Flash Cigarette to Silk 396
Silks to Serpentine 397
Chapter Ten Transpositions 399
Mercury Silk 400
Hank that Flew 401
Silks and cups 403
Oriental Mats 404
Goblin Tube 406
Depression Trick 408
Selecto Silko 410
Repeat-It 411
Vanishing Silk Effect 414
Passe-Passe Silks 416
Flash Affair 418
Right and Left 420
Color Changing Hanks 421
Flying Handkerchiefs 422
Double Flash Silk Mystery 423
Metamorphosis 424
Nested Envelopes 426
Homing silk 427
Simple Silk Sorcery 429
Selecto-O 431
Simple silk Production Board 433
Decapitated Knot 434
Silk Production Move 435
Diminishing Silk 436
Traveling silks 437
Little Green Bag 438
J.G. Bag Trick 441
Magicolor Tube 443
Red and White Box Mystery 444
Balls and Silks 446
Transpo-Silko 448
Flying Sik 450
Chameleon Colors 452
Handkerchief Pedestal 455
Any Color Called For 456
Silks and Bags 457
Silks and Bag Trick 458
Silk Transposition 460
Rapid Transit silks 462
Flight of the Colors 464
Nics Napkins 466
Opening With a Bong 469
Card and Silk 470
Hank the Hermit 471
Match-It 472
Silks and Sunshaade 476
Mutilated Parasol 476
Sunshade Blendo 479
Fan and Flags 480
Changing of the Colors 482
Spectral Seamstress 483
Utility Tube 485
Jumping Silk 485
Three Little Pigs 487
Comedy Transposition 490
Absconding Queen 493
With a Card Silk 496
Chjing Soo Fire Crocker 498
Sailin Silks 500
Transpo Silk 501
Silks of Trian Foo Lum 503
Rices Rapid Transposition 505
Smart Silk 507
Ghost Ring 509
Wand and Silk Routine 511
Matches and Silk Routine 512
Wandering Handkerchief 514
Color Blind 516
Silk Mystery 518
Volume. 2
Chapter Eleven Penetrations 521

Introduction 522
Cards of Phantasia 522
Mystinis Triple Knot Escape 526
Ropes, Fan and Silks 528
Deluxe Ropes, Fan and Silks 529
My Favorite 531
Penetrative Silks 534
Wand, Box and Silk Release 536
Grandmothers Necklace 538
Improved Grandmothers Necklace 539
Rices Flying Colors 542
Rices Glas-Go 546
Escaping silks 548
A penetration 548
Silk and Tube Trick 549
Penetration Xtra-ordinary 551
Rices Pent-A-Maid 553
Passing Through the Ribbon 556
Penelease 558
Different Grandmother Necklace 561
Rices Dissolve 562
Silk Away 564
Pent-A-Silk 566
Snap-Away-Knot 568
Snap-Away Variation 570
Pull-A-Part Silks 570
Fourth Dimension Silks 572
Release From Reason 574
Penetration Quickie 576
Silk Thru Silk 577
Silk Penetration 579
Thimble Thru Silk 580
Ball Thru Silk 581
Glass Penetration 584
Educated Silks 585
Obedient Silks 587
Magic Stuff Penetration 590
Confucius Saben 592
Cutting a Woman in Half 594
Handkerchief Frame 595
Cig-Penetration 597
Pop-Up Cigarette 601
Cigarette Thru Silk 602
Penetra Silk 604
Silk Filter 605
Silk Thru Glass 607
Penetrating silk 608
Triple Penetration 610
Three Handkerchiefs 612
Ghost Silk 614
Cut and Restored Silk 615
Separated Silk 616
Cut and Restored Hank 618
Snip A Silk 620
Super Sharp Scissors 622
Extra Sharp Scissors 623
Cut and Restored Ribbon 624
Novel Silk Penetration 625
Walking Thru A Ribbon 628
Perfect Ribbon Thru Body 630
Thru a Wedding Ring 632
Ring of Thoth 633
Ring On Silk 635
Ring On Wand 636
Prayer Chain 638
Sifted Thru Silk 639
Silken Obedience 640
Silk Thru Cane 641
Cane Through Silk 642
Pull Apart Silks 642
Magic Web 644
Ball Penetration 646
Prisoner in the silk 647
Thimble Thru Silk 650
Super Penetration 651
Adhesive Glass 652
Red Devil 654
Hohne Silk Penetration 655
Knot is Not a Knot 656
Silk Thru Rope 658
Uncanny Hankies 660
Chapter Twelve Color Changes 661

Introduction 662
Single Color Changing Silks 662
Jumping Knot 664
Change Thru Tube 665
Ever-change Silk 666
Flashy Opening 667
M.C. Color Change 668
Flash Color Change 669
Double Color Change 669
Instantaeous Transposition 671
Drop Color Change 672
Triple Color Change 673
Triple Color Change 674
Tri-Color Change 675
New Color Change 677
Perfect Color Change 678
Color Changing Knot 679
Vice-Versa Change 681
Berg Miracle Silks 682
Novel Color Change 682
Suckers Waterloo 683
Two Silk Monte 684
Ervin Color hange Silk 686
Ervin Variation 688
Laundry Mystery 688
Instantaneous Color-Change Silk 689
Symsilk 690
Meet the Missus 692
Mr. and Mrs. Green 694
Color Changing Tie 696
Chapter Thirteen Color Changing Silks 699

Introduction 700
Color-Change Handkerchief Tube 700
Ideal Color Change Tube 700
Simplex 701
Color-Change Handkerchief ball 701
Palmo 701
Ideal and Simplex Manipulations 702
Hank Ball and Palmo Manipulations 705
Novak Steal of Palmo 706
Judah Surprise 708
Flash Color-Change 709
Clean-Cut Color Change 710
Hand Ultra Color Change 712
Nu-Kwik Kolor Change 713
New Vanishing Color Changer 715
Di-It 715
Double Color Change 717
New Handkerchief Gimmick 717
Tube to Cigarettes 718
Subtle Color Change 718
Snappy Color Change 720
Semantic Silks 722
Suggestive Color-Change 725
Transposition Color-Change 726
Traveling Knot 728
Dyeing Silks 732
Perfect Color Change 734
All to Silk 735
Jaysee color Change Supreme 736
Color Change Expose 739
Red-Blue, Blue-Red 742
Two Tips 744
Chapter Fourteen Silk Dyeing 747

Temporary or permanent tubes 748
Introduction 748
Handkerchief Tricks 748
Devant Tube 753
Conradi Utility Tube 753
Barrel Tube 753
Stanyon Tube 753
Roterberg Tube 754
Willmanns Tube 755
Cup Dye Tube 755
Todays Dye Tubes 756
Al Baker Dye Tube 756
Braun Dye Tube 756
Loading Silks into Dye Tubes 756
Loading Dye Tube 757
Loading Dye Tubes Into Cylinders 757
Advance Loading 757
Behind Paper 757
In a Paper Roll 758
Front Drop 758
Empty Cylinder 759
Behind Silks 759
Palmed tube 760
Front and Back 760
Vest Pocket Steal 761
Dress Vest Steal 762
Sash Steal 762
Vest Steal 762
Finger Steal 763
Hooked Tube 764
Catgut and Tube 764
Ala Bogart 765
Tube and Tumbler 765
Servante and Tube 766
In a Silk 767
Stealing Dye Tubes
From cylinders 768
In the Right Pocket 768
Tube and Wand 768
In the Silks 769
Drop Method 769
Palmed 770
In a Tumbler 770
With a Hook 770
Under a Silk 771
In a bottomless Glass 771
Disguising the Dye Tube 772
In a Black-art Well 772
Crumpled Cylinder 772
Feather Flowers 773
Baby Doll 774
Humpty Dumpty 774
Paper Pocket 774
Other dye tubes 775
Wand Tube 775
Wand Dye Tube 775
Russell Flag Tube 776
Crystal Dyeing Tube 777
Transparent Dye Tube 778
Transparent Tube 779
Mystery Dye Tube 780
Music and Silks 780
Selfcan Dye Tube 782
Tap-A-Color 783
Windsors Dye Box 784
Dye box 787
Magic Soap 787
Production 787
20th Century 787
Vanish 787
Silk Monte 787
Switch 787
Silk Blowing 788
Silk Blowing Act 788
Blow It 790
Silk Blowing 791
Other effects 793
Silk Diversion 793
Soft Soap 795
Catch Transposition 797
Soft Soap Improved 798
Paper Sack Soft Soap 800
Soft Soap Passe-Passe 800
Nu Dye Method 801
Sympathetic Napkin Rings 802
Checker Mystery 804
Silk Cabby 806
Imp Box 808
Yo! Ho! And a Bottle of Rum 810
Color Riddle 812
Secret Tube 813
Silk Drinks 815
Chromatic Conception 816
Alchemists Dream 817
Silks and Spirits 819
Al Bakers Routine 819
Bunny Surprise 822
Mismade Flag 824
Red Cross Mismade Flag 825
Deluxe Mismade Flag 826
Mismade Rainbow 826
Sno-White and the Seven Dwarfs 827
Half-Way Dyeing 830
Convincing dyeing 831
Double Dyed 832
Sy-Se Silk Routine 833
Fan and Silks 835
Redhill Silk Dyeing 835
Great Silk Blowing Act 837
Evolution of a Rabbit 838
Romance in Silk 839
Pusha Da Push 844
Blow Dye 848
Chapter Fifteen Reel Magic 851

Introduction 852
Rolling a Silk 852
Untying silk
Serpent Silk 854
Tying Silk
Visible Self-Tying Silks 856
Rices Serpent Streamer 856
Untying silk
Naughty Knot 858
Other Effects
Visible 40th Century Silks 859
Penetro 861
Penetrable Silk 863
Spalding Routine 863
Corner Switch
Smart Color Change 870
Rices Rabi-Duck 871
Good Night 872
Zebra Silk 873
Color Change Foulard 873
Other Effects
Impossible Floating Handkerchief 874
Ring on Silk 876
Reel Trick 877
Lamp Chimney Vanish 878
Floating Silk 879
Serpent Silk 880
Kobra 881
Ad Infinitum Plus 885
Chapter Sixteen Reel-Less Magic 887

Introduction 888
Untying silk
Self Unknotting Hank 888
Knot that is Not 889
Tying silk
Spirit Knot 891
Knotty Silk 892
Latest Knotted Silk 892
Millers Knotty Silk 894
Knotting and Unknotting silk 897
Reel-Less Magic 898
Other Effects
Flash Silk Apparition 901
Snake-N-Vase 902
Penetrations
Triple Ring-Silk Penetration 904
Devils Own Knife-Cut Ribbon 905
Master Silk Thru Ropes 908
Penetrative Silks 910
Penetrating Silk 911
Levitations
Dancing Handkerchief 913
Dancing Hank 914
Flying carpet 917
Animation
Animated Silk 920
Self-Contained Rsing Hank 922
Acrobatic Silk 923
Million dollar Gimmick 929
Triped Gimmick 931
Hop-a-Long Hank 932
Untying knot
My Untying Silk Routine 936
Chapter Seventeen Twentieth Century Silks 937

Introduction 938
Basic Effect 938
Early Method 939
Ducrot Improvement 940
Rainbow 20th Century 941
Valuable Aid 942
Mysterioulsy Joined Hanks 943
Varied Themes 944
Traveling Salesman 945
Brassiere-20th Century 946
Brassiere Variation 947
Silken Switch 948
Surprise 20th Century 949
Visible 20th Century 950
Fly-A-Way Cone 951
Repeat 20th Century 952
Repeat Rainbow 20th Century 953
Assistant 20th Century 954
Solid Color Transposition 956
Triple Repeat 20th Century 958
Surprise Vanish 960
Repeat Self-Tying 20th Century 962
Turn of the Century 963
20th Century In Reverse 964
Reverse English 965
Cylinders and Silks 967
Silken Flight 969
Fly-Silk 971
20th Century In Reverse 972
Silk In Chancery 973
Chancery Impromptu 974
Switch Reverse 976
Century-Twentieth 977
Unprepared Silks 978
Carlyles Solids 20th Century 980
Douglas 20th Century 980
Douglas 20th Century 981
Spaldings 20th Century 984
Switch 20th Century 986
Hat and Silks Combination 988
New Silk Cabby 990
Fantasy In Silks 991
Cream of the Jest 993
Visible 20th Century Frame 995
Grants 20th Century 996
Paces 20th Century Silks 998
Twenty-First Century Silks 999
Twenty-Second Century Silks 1000
Improved 20th Century Silks 1001
My 20th Century Routine 1002
Unprepared 20th Century 1004
Silks of Mephisto 1006
Roped In 1008
Silk Epic 1010
Go-Between Silk 1012
Tri-Tie 1013
Good 20th Century Effect 1015
Rices 20th Century 1016
Flying silk 1017
New Presentation 1019
M.C. 20th Century Silks 1020
Unprepared 20th Century 1021
One More 20th Century 1022
Fourth Dimension 1023
Comedy 20th Century 1024
Silks 1025
20th Century Hank Trick 1027
Bottomless Glass 20th Century 1028
Pass-It 1029
Stage 20th Century 1030
Simplicity Silks 1032
Appeared and Self-Tying Silks 1033
Uniting the Colors 1034
Another Visible 20th Century 1036
There and Back 1037
Shot Silk 1038
Newspaper 20th Century 1040
Caliphs Colors 1041
Satans Silks 1042
Visible 20th Century 1044
Century Silk Frame 1045
Baffling Bloomer 20th Century 1046
Silk Combination 1048
Houdini Hank Escape 1050
Volume. 3
Chapter Eighteen Sympathetic Silks 1055

Origin 1056
Original Effect 1056
Tarbells Sympathetic Silks 1056
Basic Elements of Effect 1058
Sympathetic Silks Stand 1060
Stens Method 1062
Sympathetic Silk Methods 1062
Uniting the colors 1062
Webers Method 1062
Chair Display 1064
False Count 1064
Hugards Count 1064
Tarbells Count 1066
Rices Count 1067
Combination 1068
Nu-Way Double Knot 1068
Square Knot 1068
Upsetting the Knots 1068
Proudlockss Version 1070
Quick Release Double Knot 1070
Slydini Knot 1070
Four Silks Routine 1082
Two Silks Routine 1086
Clarks Sympathetic Silks 1087
Fursts Sympathetic Silks 1088
Bellmans Method 1092
One Hand Method 1096
Colemans Routine 1098
Rices E-Z Method 1101
Phantom Knots 1103
Sympathetic Sik Effect 1104
Lopilatos Sympathetic Silks 1105
Snappy Knotting silks 1107
Sympathetic Knots 1108
Grants Sympathetic Silks 1110
Graceful Flourish 1111
Helpful Hints 1111
Varigated Silks 1111
Sympathetic Rose 1112
Bobos Timely Tips 1114
Bobos Patter 1115
Bobos Repeat 1117
Mohammedan 1118
Visible Sympathetic silks 1120
Martineaus Repeat 1122
Silk Sympathy 1122
As U Like It 1124
Silks Do as You Do 1126
Untying Sympathy 1127
My Silken Princess 1129
Traveling Knots 1132
Passe-Passe Knot 1134
20th Century-Sympathetic Silks 1135
Comedy Sympathetic silks 1135
Chameleon Knots 1137
Satans Silks 1138
20th Century Sympathy 1140
Traveling Knot 1142
Twin Sympathy 1143
In-A-Bag 1145
Birds of Burma 1148
Switch-Over Silks 1150
Magnetic Sympathetic Silks 1151
DuBois Variation 1154
Upset Square Knot 1154
Knotriump 1156
Knotted Silks 1160
Chapter Nineteen Blendo Effects 1161

Basic Principle 1162
Origin 1162
Tarbells Perfection Flag Trick 1164
Contemporary Versions 1166
Contemporary Versions 1166
Rices Blendo 1168
Preknotted Blendo 1168
Flash Blendo Opener 1171
Another Flash Blendo 1172
Bergs Ribbon Blendo 1174
Blendo-Modus operandi 1174
Rices Silks to Flag 1176
Thayers New Blendo 1178
Mendes Blendo 1180
Holdens Blendo 1182
Whites Blendo 1184
Silks to Flags 1185
Blending of the Colors 1186
Hanks and Flag 1188
Modern Blendo 1189
Blendo Routine 1191
Nu-Blent 1193
Booth Blendo 1195
Mystic Ribbons 1197
Burgettes Blendo 1199
Blendo and Flowers 1200
New Blendo 1201
Silk Gloves 1202
Color Blend 1203
Color Blending 1204
Greers Blendo 1205
Blendette 1206
Rices Patriotic Blendo 1206
Rices Mismade Blendo 1207
Jack Rose 1208
Nu Type Silk Blend 1209
Silken Mixup 1213
Chapter Twenty Naughty Silks 1217

Part One
Introduction 1218
Silks Required 1218
Rolling the Silks 1219
Snap Knot 1220
Fastest Knot 1221
Aerial Knot 1222
Houdini Knot 1223
Unknottable Siks 1224
Knot Caught in the Air 1225
Hunters Bow Knot 1226
School Boy Knot 1227
Fight of the Quardruple Knot 1228
Close-Up or Blow-Away Knot 1230
Sprit Knot 1231
Spook Knot 1232
Solid Thru Solid 1233
Silk Thru Solid 1234
Double Figure Eight 1235
Four-In-Hand Knot 1236
Knot On Wrist 1238
Hangamans Loop 1239
Another Solid Thru Solid 1241
Knot That Is Not 1242
Impossible Knot 1245
Puzzle Knot 1252
Stretching a Silk 1252
Another One Hand Knot 1254
Rolling Knot 1255
Another Aerial Knot 1256
Another Knot That is Knot 1256
Millers Boy Scout Knot 1256
Thru the Chair 1258
Tung Pin Soo Knot 1258
Thru the Neck 1260
Thru the Ring 1260
Thru the Wrist 1260
Pick It Up 1262
Visible Multiplying Knot 1264
More Multiplying Knots 1265
Threading the Needle 1267
Part Two
Fastest Knot in World 1270
Second Silk 1270
Double Knot in Air 1271
Passe-Passe 1272
Deluxe Spirit Knot 1273
Solid Thru Solid 1273
Gliding Lovers Knots 1274
Loop the Loop 1274
One Hand Knot With Two Silks 1276
One Hand Knot With Two Silks 1276
Vanishing Spectators 1277
Part Three
Additional Effects 1278
Knot at Last 1279
Unknotable Hank 1279
Removable Knot 1280
Knot in Reverse 1281
Silks Thru the Legs 1282
Chair Release 1284
Hank Thru Wrist 1285
Double Dissolving Silk Release 1286
Knot Transposition 1287
Boy to Rabbit 1288
Novel Vanishing Knot 1289
Another Snap Knot 1290
New Vanishing Knot 1291
Phantom Knot 1293
Deluxe Impossible Knot 1294
Quick Knot Silks 1296
Switchover Knot 1297
Single Knot Release 1297
Handkerchief Knot 1299
Triple Hank Release 1301
Knot Effect Variation 1302
Ideal Solid Thru Solid 1303
Ring-On 1304
Rope and Silk penetration 1306
Silk and Ring 1308
Hank In 1310
Quick-Pent 1312
Chapter Twenty-One Silks and Eggs 1315

Introduction 1316
Kling Klang No. 1 1316
Cling Clong 20th Century 1321
Egg, Glass, and Hank 1323
Kling Klang Konfetti 1326
Modernized Egg, Glass, and Hank 1328
Silk to Egg 1332
Silk-N-Egg 1334
Eggs- traordinary Eggs-planation 1337
Egg and Hank Routine 1341
No-Gimmick Silk to Egg 1342
Revamped 1343
Stodare Egg and Hank 1344
Ive Got Your Money 1345
Thumb Egg Tips 1347
Hank Spider 1348
Silk Gone Mad 1350
No Switch Egg 1351
Invisible Hen 1352
Chapter Twenty-Two Soup Plates and Silks 1355

Introduction 1356
Basic Effect 1356
Soup Plate and Hanks 1356
Hanks and Soup Plates 1360
Mystic Silks 1360
Plate and Silk 1362
Under a Soup Plate 1363
Two Plates and Hanks 1364
Silks and Soup Plates 1366
Beneath a Soup Plates 1369
Vested Silks and Plates 1369
Silks Between 1371
Prepared Plates 1373
Thayer Soup Plate 1373
Abbott Soup Plate 1374
Goldston Soup Plate 1375
Newspaper Method 1375
Rices Soup Plate 1375
Magic With Plates 1376
Plate and Flying Silks 1378
Flying Han and plates 1380
Colorful Silk and Plate 1381
Phoenix Silk 1382
Chapter Twenty-Three Silks and Candles 1385

Introduction 1386
Flying Hank and Candle 1386
Knotted Hanks 1388
Silk and Flame 1390
Candle, Silk, and Tube 1394
Repeat Candle 1396
Silk From candle 1398
Silk and Candle Transmigration 1399
Question of Color 1401
Candle and Silks Routine 1404
Alchemistry 1405
New Candle and Hank 1409
Candle Smoke 1410
Tricks With Hanks 1412
With a Candle 1413
Problems in Silk and wax 1415
Chapter Twenty-Four Openers 1421

Introduction 1422
Air Mail Silk Production 1422
Double Silk Production 1423
Snappy barehand Silk Production 1424
Silk Stretch 1426
Instant Color Change 1427
Mini-Cone Production 1429
See-Thru folder 1431
Atomic Silk 1433
Silks on Rope 1434
Mixture-Not as Before 1437
Transposition Extraordinary 1440
Turning the Tables 1442
Spectacular Opening 1444
Flash Opener 1447
Magnetized Hank 1448
Miracle Silk 1449
Glass and Silk Routine 1454
Dual Silk Production 1457
Opening Trick 1460
Spectacular Flash Opening 1464
Show Opener in Silks 1468
Another Opener 1472
Flash Silk Appearance 1474
Rainbow Silk Appear 1476
Dove Streamer 1477
Silken Bombshell 1479
Prisoner Silk 1481
Flying Silks 1487
Fountain of Silks 1490
Fetsch Openers 1493
Lighting Production 1494
Curtain To Finale 1496
Grandpoppers 1498
Cigarette and Holder to Silk 1504
Chapter Twenty-Five Jap Hank Box 1507

Introduction 1508
New Inexaustible Box 1508
Currrent Models 1510
Do-It-Yourself Box 1512
Devants Routine 1514
Halmes Production 1517
Marinos Hank Box Routine 1520
Wrights Radio Box 1524
Medley of Surprises 1528
Hanky Panky Routine 1532
Phantom Silk 1539
As a Utility Box 1541
Jap Box Disguised 1542
Volume. 4
Chapter Twenty-Six Harold Rice

an Encyclopedia and a Lifetime 1547
His Life 1544
The Selling of an Empire 1547
The Lost Empire 1551
Historical Accomplishments 1551
The Rice Encyclopedia Questions 1553
Chapter Twenty-Seven Volume. One Revisited 1556

Methods of Folding a Silk 1556
Utility Silk Roll 1556
Non-Apparatus Methods
New Silk Holder 1556
Grip Ring for Silk Productions 1558
Large Silk Holder 1558
Pro Silk Holder 1560
Semi-Impromptu Silk Production 1562
Finger Ring and Thread 1565
Carnation to Silk 1566
From The Mouth 1567
Barehanded Silk Production 1569
Apparatus Methods 1571
Silk-N-Boards 1571
Hurrah 1572
A Flag Staff 1574
Silk on Cane 1576
Vanishing and Appearing Silk 1578
Pop-Gun Production 1579
Parachute Silk 1580
Silk in Balloon 1581
Selected Silk in Balloon 1582
Silk on rope 1584
Knot-The-Silk 1586
Quantity Silk productions 1588
Magic Sanister* 1588
Inexpensive Triple Cylinders 1589
Silks from Silk* 1592
Flip Silk Production* 1594
Misers Dream Fold 1596
Half Silks and Diamond Cuts 1598
Pop-Through Production Frame 1599
Vanishes 1600
The Elusive Hank 1600
A Feint 1601
Flash Paper Vanish 1602
Blow-Van 1604
Enhanced Bungee Pull 1606
Silk Gun 1608
Sure-Fire Handkerchief Pistol 1610
Changes 1613
Silk Shower 1613
Matchbook to Silk 1614
Twirling Silk to Cane 1615
Util-O-Silks 1617
Change in a Paper Cone 1618
Rosini Changer 1620
Bouncing Fireball to Silk 1621
Cigarette to Silk Streamers 1624
Thin Paper Bag Switch 1626
Comedy Shooting Hank 1628
One Hand Tissues to Silk 1629
Rise to Silk Holders 1631
Silk to Flower 1631
Color Changing Silk to Flower 1632
Visible Liquid to Silk 1634
Rainbow Silks 1635
Target Assembly 1638
One-Hand Cane to Silk 1640
Chapter Twenty-Eight Volume. Two Revisited 1644
Penetrations 1644
Digital Delusion 1644
Linking Silks 1647
Sealed Cutter 1649
Phoa Cut and Restored Silk 1651
The Light That Heats 1653
Color Changes 1654
Color Changing Streamer 1654
Dragon Fantasy 1655
Color Changing Silks 1657
Berg Silksation 1657
Silksation Variation 1659
Dye Tube Steal From the Hand 1662
Hank Ball Steal with Thumb 1664
Silk Dyeing 1665
Silk and Water 1665
Pavel Change Tube 1666
Sucker Color Change 1667
Reel-less Magic 1669
Streamer Afloat 1669
20th Century Silks 1671
Crazy 20th Century Silks 1671
The Twenty-First Century Silk 1673
Chapter Thirty-Nine Volume. Three Revisited 1678

Blendo Effects 1678
Unprepared Blendo 1678
No Gaff Blendo 1680
Lazy Man Blendo 1683
Bango Bag 1686
The Bumper Bag 1688
Cheat Blendo 1691
Balloon Box Blendo 1693
Quadsilx 1694
Sucker Blendo 1696
Naughty Silks 1697
The Berg Knot 1697
Knots Off Silk 1700
Silk and Eggs 1702
Topitized Silk to Egg 1702
The Zimmer-Egg 1703
Candles and Silks 1705
Silk from Candle Flame 1705
Silk from Candle Flame 1707
Candle-Silk Transposition 1709
Openers 1712
Silk Drink 1712
Chapter Thirty Loads and Steals 1716

Buttons, Beady, Velcro, and Snaps 1716
Behind the Assistants Back 1719
Behind a Tray or Board 1725
Berg Load Bag 1727
From the Front of a Table 1728
Steal from Outer Breast Pocket 1729
From Inside a Special Table 1730
From Behind the Ear 1733
The Double Manofilament Loop 1735
Large Load Holder 1736
Froma Collapsed Hot 1737
On the End of a Streamer 1738
Hidden on the front of the table 1740
Silk Fountains 1741
Rainbow Cascade 1741
Silk Fountain 1743
Silk Cascade 1745
Chapter Thirty-One Silk Magic for Children 1748

Metamarpho Spots 1748
The Acrobatic Silks 1750
The Clatter Box 1752
Silkola 1754
Silkola Bag 1755
Sun and Moon 1755
Silk-N-Canfetti 1757
Snake Can 1759
Dye-Version 1762
Kornsilks 1763
Invisible Silk Transport 1765
Sonic Cleaning Chamber 1766
Production From a Gag Bag 1768
Spotty the Dog 1769
Silken Butterfly 1771
Chapter Thirty-Two The Silk Magic of Warren Stephens 1774

Introduction 1774
Methods of Producing Silks 1774
Transparent Bag Production 1774
Elbow Silk Production 1776
Instant Flag on Flat Staff 1778
Insta Silk 1779
Change Cylinder 1781
Mag-O-Silks 1782
Auto Silk Production 1784
Silken Surprise 1785
Bowl-O-Silks 1786
Silks From a Toy Drum 1788
Production Spectacular 1790
Methods of Vanishing Silks 1792
Barehand Ungimmicked Silk Vanish 1792
Hoo-Vial 1793
The Silk That Was 1794
Swish 1797
Comedy Vanishing Silk 1799
Transpositions 1800
Instant Flag Transportation 1800
Criss Cross Silk 1802
Wacky Silks 1804
Silk Dyeing Effects 1806
Mis-Made Bouquet 1806
Crystal Dye-Illusion 1808
Striped 1811
Blendo Effects 1813
Splendo 1813
Easy Blendo 1815
Modified Reel and Reel-less Magic 1817
Alley Oops 1817
Flip Back Hank 1819
Kangaroo Silk 1820
What Happen Silk 1822
Penetrations 1824
Ring Hank Penetration 1824
Chapter Thirty-Three The Romantic Story of Silk Revisited 1828

Silk Magic History 1828
Types of Silk Available 1830
Pure Silk vs. Blends 1830
Pure Sill832
Care of Silk 1834
Final Note 1837
Chapter Thirty-Four Dyeing Your Own Silks Revisited 1840

Introduction 1840
Preparation 1841
Weighting 1841
Types of Dyes 1841
Other Supplies 1843
Protective Apparel 1844
Dyeing Solid Colors 1844
Setting the Dyes 1845
Tie-Dyed Silks 1846
Stretching Silk for Dyeing 1847
Resist-Dyed Silks 1849
Watercolored Silks 1852
Stop-Flow Silks 1852
Conclusion 1853
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Abbotts Magic Company
From a Flash Glass Vol.1 122
Mirror Box Vol.1 204
Crystal Casket Vol 1 233
Improved Nickel Tube Vol 1 338
Presto Hank Vanisher Vol.1 339
Pistol Funnel Vol.1 345
Mutilated Parasol Vol.1 476
New Color Change Vol.1 668
New Color Change Vol.1 677
Di-It Vol.1 715
Penetrating Silk Vol.2 911
Repeat 20th Century Vol.3 952
Abbott Soup Plate Vol.3 1374
Abbott, Percy
From a flash glass Vol.1 122
Bare hand a production Vol.1 123
Abbotts push-out silk production Vol.1 128
Silks at the fingertips Vol.1 129
Silk production supreme Vol.1 130
Lightening silk production Vol.1 136
Latest Water tube Vol.1 190
Oblong square screen Vol.1 196
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Buddha tubes Vol.1 210
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Silk Cascade Vol.1 226
Abbotts Silk Production Box Vol.1 229
Double Flash Silk Mystery Vol.1 323
Close-up Silk vanish Vol.1 341
Wonder Cylinder Vol.1 343
Twentieth Century Pistol Vanish Vol.1 344
Oriental Mats Vol.1 404
Repeat-It Vol.1 411
Silks and Bag Trick Vol.1 458
Sympathetic Silk Methods Vol.3 1062
Repeat Candle Vol.3 1396
Double Silk Production Vol.3 1423
Abracadabra
Alchemists Dream Vol.2 817
Turn of the Century Vol.2 963
20th Century In Reverse Vol.2 964
Chancery Impromptu Vol.2 974
Simplicity Silks Vol.2 1032
Shot Silk Vol.2 1038
Visible 20th Century Vol.2 1044
20th Century Sympathy Vol.3 1140
Nu-Blent Vol.3 1193
Silk and Ring Vol.3 1308
Under a Soup Plate Vol.3 1363
Abracadabra
Silks Between Vol.3 1371
Alchemistry Vol.3 1405
See-Thru Folder Vol.3 1431
Do-It-Yourself Box Vol.3 1512
Adair, Ian H.
See-Thru Folder Vol.3 1431
Silken Butterfly Vol.4 1771
Albenice
Serpent Silk Vol.2 854
Visible Self-Tying Silk Vol.2 856
Naughty Knot Vol.2 858
Visible 40th Century Silks Vol.2 859
Penetro Vol.2 861
Aldini Silkola Bag Vol.4 1755
Allen, Stan
Sealed Cutter Vol.4 1649
Ammar, Michael
Bouncing Fireball to Silk Vol.4 1621
Topitized Silk to Egg Vol.4 1702
Annemann, Ted
Hank that Flew Vol.1 401
Arturo
Silks Between Vol.3 1371
Atlanta magic co
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Auburn, Tom
Cut and Restored Ribbon Vol.2 624
B
Baaren, Dr. Hans Van
Wand, Box and Six Release Vol.2 536
Bagley, Ross
Instant Color Change Vol.3 1427
Bagshawe, Edward
Rapid Transit silks Vol.1 462
Ghost Silk Vol.2 614
Silk Diversion Vol.2 793
Uniting the Colors Vol.2 1034
Uniting the Colors Vol.3 1062
Silk Sympathy Vol.3 1122
Flying Knot Vol.3 1145
Baker, Al
Al Producto Vol.1 91
Something from nothing Vol.1 275
Al Baker Dye Tube Vol.2 756
Al Bakers Routine Vol.2 819
Self Unknotting Hank Vol.2 888
Bakers 20th Century Vol.2 980
Four Silks Routine Vol.3 1082
Two Silks Routine Vol.3 1086
Hank Thru Wrist Vol.3 1285
Kling Klang No.3 Vol.3 1319
Baker, Harry
Improved Blendo Vol.3 1168
Barno, George
Triple Repeat 20th Century Vol.2 958
Surprise Vanish Vol.2 960
Bartl, Janos
Music and Silks Vol.2 780
Barto, El
Navel silk production Vol.1 108
Egg, Glass, and Hank Vol.3 1323
Beattie, J
Penelease Vol.2 558
Beaumont, Harold
Silk Stretch Vol.3 1426
Becker, Larry
Knot is Not a Knot Vol.2 656
Ring-On Vol.3 1304
Quick-Pent Vol.3 1312
Flash Opener Vol.3 1447
Beebe, Raymond
Smart Silk Vol.1 507
Belais, Arnold
Changing of the Colors Vol.1 482
Belcher, Len A.
Turn of the Century Vol.2 963
Silk in Chancery Vol.2 973
20th Century Sympathy Vol.3 1140
Mixture-Not as Before Vol.3 1137
Do-It-Yourself Box Vol.3 1512
Bell, Gordon James
Ive Got Your Money Vol.3 1345
Bellman, Dan
Bellmans Method Vol.3 1092
Bennett, Dr. Zina B.
Cane to Silk Vol.1 383
Benson, Roy
Glass Trick Vol.1 306
Berg, Joe
Instanto handkerchief production Vol.1 83
Visible Glass and Silk Vanish Vol.1 308
Pipe to Silk Vol.1 386
Silks and cups Vol.1 403
Any Color Called For Vol.1 456
Berg Miracle Silks Vol.2 682
Novel Color Change Vol.2 682
Suckers Waterloo Vol.2 683
Two Silk Monte Vol.2 684
Knot that is Not Vol.2 889
Appearing and Self-Tying Silks Vol.2 1033
Sympathetic Silks Stand Vol.3 1060
Phantom Knots Vol.3 1103
Bergs Ribbon Blendo Vol.3 1174
Berg, Joe
Berg Silksation Vol.4 1657
The Berg Knot Vol.4 1697
Berg Load Bag Vol.4 1727
Bergeron, Bev
Silk Gun Vol.4 1608
Berland
Firefly Vol. 1 369
Cigarette and Holder to Silk Vol.3 1504
Bey, Mohammed
Silk Penetration Vol.2 579
Bill, Baffin
Nu Type Silk Blend Vol.3 1209
Blackledge, J. Elder
My 20th Century Routine Vol.2 1002
Blake, George
Uncanny Hankies Vol.2 660
Bobo, J.B.
Bobos Timely Tips Vol.3 1114
Bobos Patter Vol.3 1115
Bobos Repeat Vol.3 1117
Boeckel, F.W.
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Two Tips Vol.2 744
Bohlen, Henry
Impossible Floating Handkerchief Vol.2 874
Triple Ring-Silk Penetration Vol.2 904
Devils Own Knife-Cut Ribbon Vol.2 905
Master Silk Thru Ropes Vol.2 908
Bongo, Ali
Bongo Bag Vol.4 1686
Booth, John
Booth Blendo Vol.3 1195
Borts, Clarence
See-Bee Silks form magazine Vol.1 250
Bowerman
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Broun, John
Triple lube Vanish Vol.1 342
Broun Dye Tube Vol.2 156
Bunny Surprise Vol.2 822
Surprise 20th Century Vol.2 949
Braund, George
Super Sharp Scissors Vol.2 622
Brent, Lu
Silk Dyeing Vol.4 1665
Brewe, Bill
Magic Canister Vol.4 1588
Inexpensive Triple Cylinders Vol.4 1589
Unprepared Blendo Vol.4 1618
Bridges, Or Milton
Blending of the Colors Vol.3 1186
Brown, Floyd D
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Brown, J
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Brown, Jonathan Neal
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One-Hand Cane to Silk Vol.4 1640
Buff, KC
Vanishing Silk Effect Vol.1 314
Soft Soap Improved Vol.2 798
Paper Sack Soft Soap Vol.2 800
Soft Soap Passe-Passe Vol.2 800
Animated Silk Vol.2 920
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Buffum, Dick
New Organ Pipes Vol.1 273
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Bush, Julian S
Mirror Box Vol.1 205
Gamblers Silks Vol.2 694
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Evolution of a Rabbit Vol.2 838
Carlyle's Solids 20th Century Vol.2 980
Castro, Ernest
Silk Production Move Vol.1 335
Cellier, Kemi
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Chambers, Lloyd
Ghost tube Vol.1 281
Chanin, Jack
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Chapman, Frank
Bare Hand Vanish Vol.1 333
Selecto Silko Vol.1 410
Charles, Christopher
Opening With a Bang Vol.1 469
Chaudet, Bill
Perfect Color Change Vol.2 734
Air Wail Silk Production Vol.1 1422
Chicago Magic Co
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Christopher, Milbourne
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New Presentation Vol.2 1019
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Pop-Through Production Frame Vol.4 1599
CKuan, Tan Hock
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Churchill, Byron
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Clark, Keith
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DeSeiver, Arnold
Fly-Silk Vol 2 911
Dethlefsen
Lebra Silk Vol 2 813
Devant, David
Dye tube Vol 2 100
Handkerchief Trick Vol 2 148
Devant's Routine Vol 3 1514
Devlin
Silk Mystery Vol 1 518
Die Zauberwelt
From a secret pocket Vol 1 146
Dobski, Chester
Thimble Thru Silk Vol 2 580
Dore, Theo
Silk Drinks Vol 2 815
Douglas, Bert
New Repeating Honk Vanish Vol 1 357
Changing of the Colors Vol 1 482
Douglas, Bert
Dyei n a Silks Vol2 132
Traveling Salesman Vol 2 945
Douglas 20th Century Vol 2 981
Douglas, James
Untying Sympathy Vol 3 1121
Dowd, Tommy
Reel-Less Magic Vol 2 898
Downs, T Nelson
Flying Handkerchiefs Vol 1 322
Dr Chang (Sherman Ripley)
Mohammedan Vol 3 1118
Du Bois, Dick
Upset Square Knot Vol 3 1151
Ducrot, Frank
Ducrot Improvement Vol 2 940
Perfection Flag trick Vol 3 1162
Dunn, Ricki
Dove Streamer Vol 3 1411
Duval, Ade
Improved Vanishing and Reappearing Silk Vol 1 354
Silk Blowing Vol 2 191
Redhill silk Dyeing Vol 2 831
Blow Dye Vol 2 848
Dysjel, Mitchell
Another Snap Knot Vol 3 1290
E
Easley, Bert
Hop-a-lonq Hank Vol 2 932
Egans, Pat
Blendette Vol 3 1205
Ellis, Bob
Magic Canister Vol 1 1588
Enslow, HC
Mystic Silks Vol 3 1360
Ervin, Or EG
Silk production supreme Vol 1 130
From within the trousers Vol 1 153
Wand and Silk Routine Vol 1 511
Ervm Color Change Silk Vol 2 686
Ervin Variation Vol 2 688
Evans, Henry Ridgely
Flying Handkerchiefs Vol 1 322
F
Fanley, Edward J
Phantorn Silk Vol 3 1539
Fantasio
The Twenty-First Century Silk Vol 4 1673
Forced, John
Dragon Fantasy Vol 4 1655
Fenichel, Joseph
Metamorpho Spots Vol 4 1148
Ferguson, George
Ira Tube Vol 1 262
Fetsch, Hen
Visible 20th Century Vol 2 950
Silk Epic Vol 2 1010
Go-Between Silks Vol 2 1012
Iri-Tie Vol 2 1013
Knotnump Vol 3 1156
Silk Gloves Vol 3 1202
Clmq Clanq 201K Century Vol 3 1321
Fetsch Openers Vol 3 1493
Liqhtninq Production Vol 3 1494
Curtain to Finale: Vol 3 1496
Grandpoppers Vol 3 1498
Fisher, Ottokar
Cords of Phantasm Vol 2 522
Ropes Fan and Silks Vol 2 528
Fleischman, Sid
Self-Contained Kisinq Hank Vol 2 922
Million Dollar Gimmick Vol 2 929
Tripod Gimmick Vol 2 931
Flemmq, Caryl
Sailin' Silks Vol 1 500
Prayer Chain Vol 2 638
Mismade Rainbow Vol 2 826
Flowers, Jimmy
Flyinq Sik Vol 1 450
Foo Linq Yu
Sympathetic Rose Vol 3 1112
Foster, Neil
Unprepared Blendo Vol 4 1618
Fox, Imro
Finger Vol 1 140
Fox, Karrell
Kornsilks Vol 4 1163
Frazee
Dye tube vest steal Vol 2 162
Fukai, Masahira
Visible Liquid to Silk Vol 4 1634
Furst Flash Blendo Opener Vol 3 1111
Another Flash Blendo Vol 3 1112
Furst's Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1088
Gardner, WC
One to three Vol 1 151
Garland
Finger Vol 1 140
Gaylon, K
With a Card Silk- Vol 1 496
Genii Vol 1 273
Gerber, Louis
Naughty Silks Vol 3 1218
Gibson, Walter
Release From Reason Vol 2 514
Gilbert Handkerchief Tricks Vol 3 1191
Invisible Hen Vol 3 1352
Ginn, David
One Hand Tissues to Silk Vol 4 1629
The Light That Heals Vol 4 1653
Cheat Blendo Vol 4 1691
From Q Collapsed Hat Vol 4 1737
Snake Can Vol 4 1759
Giraud, Jules
Prisoner in the Silk Vol 2 647
Goldm, Horace
Double Color Change Vol 2 669
Goldston, Will
Triple Penetration Vol 2 610
Perfect Color Change Vol 2 618
Newspaper Method Vol 3 1375
Goodrum, Major John C
Twenty-Second Century Silks Vol 2 1000
Coy, M
Goy's Vanish Vol 1 313
Grant, UF
From a lighted match Vol 1 88
Temple screen Vol 1 201
Fantastic Production Vol 1 238
Devil's Newspaper Vol 1 241
Grant Silk Vanishe Vol 1 329
Walking Thru a Ribbon Vol 2 628
Trasparent Dye Tube Vol 2 178
Serpent Silk Vol 2 854
Climax 20 th Century Vol 2 949
Fly-A-Way Cone Vol 2 951
Repeat Self-Tying 20th Century Vol 2 962
Grant's 20th Century Vol 2 996
Grant's Sympathetic Silks Vol 2 1010
20th Century-Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1135
Egg and Hank Routine Vol 3 1341
No-Gimmick Silk to Egg Vol 3 1342
Gravatt, Glenn G
From a glass tumbler Vol 1 142
Mystery of the Seven veils Vol 1 187
Super Penetration Vol 2 651
Tube to Cigarettes Vol 2 718
Gravatt, Glenn G
Color Riddle Vol 2 812
201K Century In Reverse Vol 2 972
Ideal Solid Thru Solid Vol 3 1303
Dual Silk Production Vol 3 1457
Medley of Surprises Vol 3 1528
Gresham, Julian
Comedy Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1135
Grey, Lee
Silks of Mephisto Vol 2 1006
Gnggs, Albert B
Semantic Silks Vol 2 122
Gustafson, Dick
Utility Silk Roll Vol 4 1556
Carnation to Silk Vol 4 1566
Barehanded Silk Production Vol 4 1569
Dye Tube Steal from the Hand Vol 4 1662
Gwynne, Jack
Fish bowl production Vol 1 254
H
Hades, Micky
Hurrah Vol 4 1572
A Flag Staff Vol 4 1574
Streamer Afloat Vol 4 1669
Lacy Man Blendo Vol 4 1683
Haenchen
Silk -Ex tube Vol 1 213
Selecto-0 Vol 1 331
Selective Hank Vanish Vol 1 340
Hahne, Nelson
Silks from nowhere Vol 1 261
Ring of Thoth Vol 2 633
Hahne Silk Penetration Vol 2 655
Flash Color Change Vol 2 669
Unprepared 20th Century Vol 2 1004
Hallock, Doc
Soft Soap Vol 2 795
Hamley Brothers
Finger Vol 1 140
Hand Ultra Color Change Vol 2 712
Hamley, John
Color-Change Handkerchief Ball Vol 2 701
Hamley, Messrs
Metamorphosis Vol 1 324
New Blendo Vol 3 1201
Hanko, Bob
Flash Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 396
Sympathetic Silk Effect Vol 3 1104
Hanson, Herman
Pivoting wonder cabinet Vol 1 205
Hara, Prince
Unprepared 20th Century Vol 2 1021
Harbin, Robert
Harbins production box Vol 1 282
Magic Stuff Penetration Vol 2 590
Symsilk Vol 2 690
Ad Infinitum Plus Vol 2 885
Snake-N-Vase Vol 2 902
20th Century In Reverse Vol 2 961
Chameleon Knots Vol 3 1137
Haskell
Acrobatic Silk Vol 2 923
Hatton and Plate
Three Handkerchiefs Vol 2 612
Flying Hank and candle Vol 3 1386
Haughlin, Lyle F
Unprepared Silks Vol 2 978
Herpick, Jimmy
Single Knot Release Vol 3 1297
Hoffmann
Vol 1 2
From a false finger Vol 1 106
Novel silk production Vol 1 118
Abbotts push-out silk production Vol 1 128
Monarch handkerchief producer Vol 1 129
Improved hand box Vol 1 132
From museum gimmicks Vol 1 139
From the sleeves Vol 1 151
Backhand vanish Vol 1 295
Right and Left Vol 1 320
Nested Envelopes Vol 1 326
Nickel Tube Vol 1 336
Improved Nickel Tube Vol 1 337
Nickel Tube With Pull Vol 1 339
Improved Hand-Box Vol 1 358
Silks to Serpentine Vol 1 397
Color-Change Handkerchief Ball Vol 2 701
Hand Ultra Color Change Vol 2 712
Dancing Handkerchief Vol 2 913
Hollow egg Vol 3 1316
Beneath a Soup Plate Vol 3 1369
Holava, Henry
Rope and Silk Penetration Vol 3 1306
Holden
Pivoting wonder cabinet Vol 1 205
Vol 1 280
Newspaper Cone Vol 1 324
Presto Hank Vanisher Vol 1 339
Changing of the Colors Vol 1 482
Dyeing Silks Vol 2 732
Holden
Finger Steal Vol 2 763
Wand Tube Vol 2 775
Victory 20th Century Vol 2 944
Twenty-First Century Silks Vol 2 999
Bottomless Glass 20th Century Vol 2 1028
Stage 20th Century Vol 2 1030
Holden's Blendo Vol 3 1182
Silks and Soup Plates Vol 3 1366
Vested Silks and Plates Vol 3 1369
Silk From Candle Vol 3 1398
Holden, Max
Edgar Utility Tube Vol 1 251
Magical Crystal Box Vol 1 256
Silk to Rose Vol1 364
Hollis, PH
Silks from tube Vol 1 270
Holmes, Donald
Holmes' Production Vol 3 1517
Nomcheck, Joe
My Untying Silk Routine Vol 2 936
Blendo Routine Vol 3 1191
Hornmann Magic Company
Pass Pass Silks Vol 1 316
Horowitz, Leo
Silk Penetration Vol 2 579
Dye tube sash steal Vol 2 762
Knot Transposition Vol 3 1287
Houdin, Robert
Vol 1 2
Howard, Max
The Elusive Hank Vol 4 1600
Howatt, Gordon M
Ace Production box Vol 1 283
Novel Production Vol 1 287
Transpo Silk Vol 1 501
Silks of Train Foo Lum Vol 1 503
Howell, Alan
Back hand production fake Vol 1 134
Hugard's Annual of Magic 1931
Vol 1 36
Hugard, Jean
From a Special Bag Vol 1 158
Elastic Pull Vol 1 302
Newspaper Cone Vol 1 324
Silk from Playing Cards1 Vol 1 388
Cord to Silk Vol 1 390
Billiard Ball to Silk Vol 1 391
Thread to Silk Vol 1 392
Cords of Phantasia Vol 2 522
Ropes Fan and Silks Vol 2 528
Deluxe Ropes, Fan and Silks Vol 2 529
Cutting a Woman in Half Vol 2 594
Hugard, Jean
Pull through Color Change Gimmick Vol 2 714
Dye tube in a silk Vol 2 767
Wand lube Vol 2 775
Spectator 20th Century Vol 2 1027
Bottomless Gloss 20th Century Vol 2 1028
Hugard's Count Vol 3 1064
Silken Sorcery Vol 3 1197
Removable Knot Vol 3 1280
Silks and Soup Plates Vol 3 1366
Vested Silks and Plates Vol 3 1369
Silk From Candle Vol 3 1398
Spectacular Flash Opening Vol 3 1464
Another Opener Vol 3 1472
Finger Ring and Thread Vol 4 1565
From The Mouth Vol 4 1567
A Feint Vol 4 1601
Flash Paper Vanish Vol 4 1602
Large Load Holder Vol 4 1736
The Clatter Box Vol 4 1752
Hulse, H.R
Tantalizing Tube Vol 1 240
Mystery Dye Tube Vol 2 780
Hunter, GW
Knotting and Unknotting Silk Vol 2 897
Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1056
I
Ireland, LL
Ireland body clip Vol 1 124
Double silk or streamer production Vol 1 112
Ace Production box Vol 1 283
Novel Production Vol 1 287
Ireland's Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 371
Ball Thru Silk Vol 2 581
Ideal Color Change Tube Vol 2 100
New Handkerchief Gimmick Vol 2 717
Traveling Knot Vol 2 728
Checker Myster Vol 2 804
Romance in Silk Vol 2 839
Houdini Hank Escape Vol 2 1050
Traveling Knot Vol 3 1142
Deluxe Impossible Knot Vol 3 1294
J
Jacobs, Mark
Silk Transposition Vol 1 460
Suggestive Color -Change Vol 2 725
Jacoby, Joe
Silk Fountain Vol 4 1743
Silk Cascade Vol 4 1745
Jeudevine, FH
A Different Grandmother's Necklace Vol 2 561
Mystic Ribbons Vol 3 1197
Johnstone, George
Passe-Passe Knot Vol 3 1134
Jonson, Wilfred G
Flash Flying Silks Vol 3 1318
Jordan, Charles 1
Spectral Seamstress Vol 1 483
Joseph, Eddie
Passing Through the Ribbon Vol 2 556
Judah and Grant
JG Bag Trick Vol 1 441
Judah, Stewart
Cups of Plenty Vol 1 235
Balls and Silks Vol 1 446
Transpo-Silk Vol 1 448
Match-It Vol 1 472
Change Thru Tube Vol 2 665
Judah Surprise Vol 2 708
Spirit Knot Vol 2 891
Switch 20th Century Vol 2 986
As U Like It Vol 3 1124
Obedient Silks Vol 2 587
Justinaini
20th Century Hank Trick Vol 2 1025
Blow It Vol 2 790
K
Kanter Magic Shop

Vest Steal Vol 2 762
Kanter, Mike
Instantaneous productions Vol 1 286
Rice's Serpent Streamer Vol 2 856
Dancing Hank Vol 2 914
Phantom Knot Vol 3 1293
Karebach, Bob
Temple screen Vol 1 270
Karlin
Ball Penetration Vol 2 646
Karson
Flash Silk Appearance Vol 3 1474
Kottner -Strother
Transparent tubes Vol 1 212
Kellar, Harry
Nikko Vol 1 137
Kennard, Frank
Kennor d Pull Vol 1 304
Mysteriously Joined Hanks Vol 2 943
Knille, CE
Color Blending Vol 3 1204
Kolma
Double Dyed Vol 2 832
Kolmar
Sunshade Blendo Vol 1 479
Silken Switch Vol 2 948
Lambie, Alan
Perfect Ribbon Thru Body Vol 2 630
Cigarette to Silk Streamers Vol 4 1624
Silk Drink Vol 4 1712
Lang, Scotty
Rice's Flying Colors Vol 2 542
Silks on Rope Vol 3 1434
Langston, Jr, JJ
Brassieere Variation Vol 2 947
Larsen and Wright
Ghost Ring Vol 1 509
Laundry Mystery Vol 2 688
Yo' Ho' And a Bottle of Rum Vol 2 810
Wright's Radio Box Vol 3 1524
Larsen, William
Frame and Easel Vol 1 274
Traveling silks Vol 1 437
Colorful Silk and Plate Vol 3 1381
Turning the Tables Vol 3 1442
Latour, Harry
Thru a Wedding Ring Vol 2 632
Leat
Humpty Dumpty Vol 2 774
Ledair, Jack
Stodare Egg and Hank Vol 3 1344
Lederman, Barney
Hank Spider Vol 3 1348
Crystal Dyeing Tube Vol 2 777
Leipzig, Nate
Lamp Chimney Vanish Vol 2 878
Leonardo
Rainbow Silk Appear Vol 3 1476
Lessner, Lawrence
Silk On Cane Vol 4 1576
Silk on Rope Vol 4 1584
Enhanced Bungee Pull Vol 4 1606
Lesta, Clifford
Birds of Burma Vol 3 1148
Lewis, Eric
Silk dyeing Vol 1 28
Silk Butterfly production Vol 1 246
Diminishing Silk Vol 1 436
Penelease Vol 2 558
Color Changing Knot Vol 2 679
Lewis, Eric
Catch Transposition Vol 2 191
Another Visible 20th Century Vol 2 1036
Graceful Flourish Vol 3 1111
Lindahl, Richard
Silks to Flags Vol 3 1185
Little, Clarence T
Thumb Egg Tips Vol 3 1341
Lloyd
Flash Color -Change Vol 2 709
Logan, CE
Extra Sharp Scissors Vol 2 623
Lopilato, Anthony
Lopilato's Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1105
Snappy Knotting Silks Vol 3 1107
Novel vanishing Knot Vol 3 1289
Quick Knot Silks Vol 3 1294
Lorimer, George
Question of Color Vol 3 1401
Lorraine, Sid
Phoenix Silk Vol 3 1382
Louis, Nat
Smart Color Change Vol 2 870
Lowry, Thomas L
Windsor's Dye Box Vol 2 784
Loyd
Lupo, Vito
New Silk Holder Vol 4 1556
Grip King for Silk Productions Vol 4 1558
Large Silk Holder Vol 4 1558
Semi-Impromptu Silk Production Vol 4 1562
Lyle, Carl
Lyons, LV
Release From Reason Vol 2 574
M
MacCarthy, E Brian
Flying Silk Vol 2 1017
Magini
Mercury Silk Vol 1 400
Silks and Bogs Vol 1 457
Major Magic Co
Blendette Vol 3 1205
Maldo Senor
Kobra Vol 2 881
Monger
Improved 20th Century Silks Vol 2 1001
Manterfield, Les
Red-Bule, Blue-Red Vol 2 742
Marconick Silken Bombshell Vol 3 1479
Prisoner Silk Flying Silks Vol 3 1481
Fountain of Silks Vol 3 1490
Marechal, Greer
Vol 1 309
Greer's Blendo Vol 3 1205
Marino, Edward
Marino's Hank Box Routine Vol 3 1520
Marshall magic company
Mirror Box Vol 1 204
Martin Gardner
Pop-Up Cigarette Vol 2 601
Martineau, Francis B
Breakaway Phantom Tube Vol 1 266
Martineau's Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 365
Another Martineau Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 368
Martineau's Bouquet to Silk Vol 1 375
Cane to three silks Vol 1 380
Silk to Cane Vol 1 381
Flight of the Colors Vol 1 464
Silken Obedience Vol 2 640
Silk Thru Cane Vol 2 641
Cane Through Silk Vol 2 642
Red Devil Vol 2 654
Color Change Foulard Vol 2 873
Visible Sympathetic silks Vol 3 1120
Martineau's Repeat Vol 3 1122
Miracle Silk Vol 3 1449
Massey, Edward
Imp Box Vol 2 808
Century Silk Frame Vol 2 1045
Jack Rose Vol 3 1208
Candle Smoke Vol 3 1410
Sure-Fire Handkerchief Pistol Vol 4 1610
Silk from Candle Flame Vol 4 1705
Silk from Candle Flame Vol 4 1707
Math, Ray Mac
Thimble Thru Silk Vol 2 650
Maurice
Finger Vol 1 140
Mayette
Perfect Color Change Vol 2 134
Maynard, Joseph
Coil -fold Vol 1 36
Mazdah
Floating Silk Vol 2 819
Silk Gone Mad Vol 3 1350
Mendelson and Fox
Silk and Tube Trick Vol 2 549
Mendes, Jack
Visual Silk Production Vol 1 84
Mendes, Prince
One Hand Method Vol 3 1096
Mendes Blendo Vol 3 1180
Mentzer, Jerry
Silks from Silk Vol 4 1592
Flip Silk Production Vol 4 1594
Silk Shower Vol 4 1613
Matchbook to Silk Vol 4 1614
Util-0-Silks Vol 4 1617
No Goff Blendo Vol 4 1680
Steal from Outer Breast Pocket Vol 4 1129
Rainbow Cascade Vol 4 1741
Meyer, Orville
Satan 's Silks Vol 2 1042
Silk Combination Vol 2 1048
Middleswart, Roger
Handkerchief Knot Vol 3 1299
Miller and Hirsh
Switch-Over Silks Vol 3 1150
Miller, Prof Jack
Silk Thru Rope Vol 2 658
Color Change Expose Vol 2 739
Miller, Prof Jack
Pusha Da Push Vol 2 844
Miller's Knotty Silk Vol 2 894
Mintz, Fred
Magazine production Vol 1 280
Montague, Frederick
Cylinders and Silks Vol 2 967
Silken Flight Vol 2 969
Westminister Wizardry Vol 3 1124
Montandon, Roger
Impossible Floating Handkerchief Vol 2 874
Devil's Own Knife-Cut Ribbon Vol 2 905
Master Silk Thru Ropes Vol 2 908
Moorehouse, Hank
Sonic Cleaning Chamber Vol 4 1766
Production From a Gag Bag Vol 4 1768
Morrow
Depression Trick Vol 1 408
Mulholland, John
Triangular Room Vol 1 277
Loading Catgut and Dye Tube Vol 2 764
Knotted silks Vol 3 1160
Mystini
Mystini's Triple Knot Escape Vol 2 526
N
Neil, C Lang
Vol 1 3
Nikola, Louis
Pull Through Color Change Gimmick Vol 2 714
Nordnes, T
Glass and Silk Routine Vol 3 1454
Novak, Bob
Novak Steal of Palmo Vol 2 706
O
Okito
Transposition Extraordinary Vol 3 1440
Ovette, Joseph
Separated Silk Vol 2 616
Silk Blowing Vol 2 791
Latest Knotted Silk Vol 2 892
Revamped Vol 3 1343
Pace, LA
Pace's 20th Century Silks Vol 2 998
Parnsh
Continuous production at the
finger tips Vol 1 174
Silks and coins Vol 1 116
Patrice, Mdlle
Hanks and Soup Plates Vol 3 1360
Pavel
Selected Silk in Balloon Vol 4 1582
Knot-The-Silk Vol 4 1586
Pavel Change Tube Vol 4 1666
Sucker Color Change Vol 4 1667
Balloon Box Blendo Vol 4 1693
Quadsilx Vol 4 1694
Sucker Blendo Vol 4 1696
Knots Off Silk Vol 4 1100
Penrose, Johnny
Newspaper 20th Century Vol 2 1040
Nu-Blent Vol 3 1193
Pent; Collins
From a special holder Vol 1 164
Silkworm to Silk Vol 1 393
Knotted Hanks Vol 3 1388
Peters, TJ
Hanks and Flag Vol 3 1188
Petrie-Lewis
Genii tube Vol 1 185
Creative Silks Vol 1 234
Ultra Handkerchief Wand Vol 1 317
Petrie-lewis
Utility tube Vol 1 330
Goblin Tube Vol 1 406
Chjing Soo Fire Cracker Vol 1 498
Sleeved Pull Through Gimmick Vol 2 714
Utility Reel Vol 2 852
Serpent Silk Vol 2 854
Phantom Tube Vol 1 184
Phoo
Phoo Cut and Restored Silk Vol 4 1651
Piser, Richard I
Silks and Spirits Vol 2 819
Pittsworth, Chris
Pro Silk Holder Vol 4 1560
Plate, Adrian
Right and Left Vol 1 320
Pope, Arthur M
Vice-Versa Change Vol 2 681
Poulleau, Georges
Silk and Candle Transmigration Vol 3 1399
Professor Edgar
From a match box a match-box loader Vol 1 99
Proskauer, Julian
Instantaneous Transposition Vol 2 671
Proudlock, ED
Ever -Change Silk Proudlock s Version Vol 2 666
Puff, Harold F Vol 3 1070
Kling Klang Konfetti Vol 3 1326
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Rae, Oswald
Simple Silk Sorcery Vol 1 329
New Candle and Hank Vol 3 1409
Redhill the Magician
Redhill Gimmick Vol 1 146
Regows Magic Studio
Nu-Kwik Kolor Change Vol 2 713
Renaud, Henri
Magicolor Tube Vol 1 443
Repro
Spotty the Dog Vol 4 1769
Rice, Harold R
Rice's flash Vol 1 124
From vested cloth tubes Vol 1 155
Haunted Chimneys Vol 1 208
Page-o-Silk Vol 1 224
Stove Pipe production Vol 1 248
Silken Lady Vol 1 263
Dot load Vol 1 271
Suspended load Vol 1 272
Rice, Harold R
Instantaneous productions Vol 1 286
Master Vonish Vol 1 290
Comedy Vanishing Hank Vol 1 346
Rice Repeat Silk Vanish Vol 1 356
Chameleon Colors Vol 1 452
Comedy Transposition Vol 1 490
Rice's Rapid Transposition Vol 1 505
Rice's Glas-Go Vol 2 546
Rice's Pent-A-Maid Vol 2 553
Rice's Dissolvo Vol 2 562
Cunfucius Saben Vol 2 592
Snip A Silk Vol 2 620
Novel Silk Penetration Vol 2 625
Ring On Wand Vol 2 636
Triple Color Change Vol 2 613
Triple Color Change Vol 2 614
Tri-Color Change Vol 2 615
Meet the Missus Vol 2 692
Mr and Mrs Green Vol 2 692
Palmo Vol 2 701
Simplex Vol 2 701
Subtle Color Change Vol 2 718
Loading Silks Into Dye Tubes Vol 2 756
Deluxe Mismade Flag Vol 2 826
Rolling a Silk Vol 2 852
Knotty Silk Vol 2 892
Snake-N-Vase Vol 2 902
Ram bow 20th Century Vol 2 941
Valuable Aid Vol 2 942
Repeat Rainbow 20th Century Vol 2 953
Assistant 20th Century Vol 2 954
Solid Color Transposition Vol 2 956
Switch Reverse Vol 2 976
Rice's 20th Century Vol 2 1016
MC 20th Century Silks Vol 2 1020
Comedy 20th Century Vol 2 1023
Sleight 20th Century Vol 2 1024
Pass-It Vol 2 1029
Baffling Bloomer 20th Century Vol 2 1046
Rice's Count Vol 3 1067
Rice's E-Z Method Vol 3 1101
My Silken Princess Vol 3 1129
In-A-Bag Vol 3 1145
Dubois variation Vol 3 1154
Basic Principle Vol 3 1162
Rice's Blendo Vol 3 1166
Preknotted Blendo Vol 3 1168
Rice's Silks to flag Vol 3 1176
Rice's Patriotic Blendo Vol 3 1206
Rice's Mismade Blendo Vol 3 1207
Rice, Harold R
More Naughty Silks Vol 3 1218
Naughty Silks Vol 3 1218
Knot at Lost Vol 3 1219
Knot at Reverse Vol 3 1281
Silk to Egg Vol 3 1332
Silk-N-Egg Vol 3 1334
Rice's Soup Plate Vol 3 1315
Spectaculor Opening Vol 3 1444
As a Utility Box Vol 3 1541
Improved Grandmothers Necklace Vol 2 539
Rice, Thelma
Sno-White and the Seven Dwarfs Vol 2 827
Rice-Van zandt
Dye tube front and back Vol 2 760
Dye tube Palmed Vol 2 760
Dye Tube Vest Pocket Steal Vol 2 761
Dye tube dress vest steal Vol 2 762
Loading Hooked Dye Tube Vol 2 764
Ala Bogart Vol 2 765
Tube and Tumbler Vol 2 165
Servante and Dye Tube Vol 2 766
Dye tube in the right pocket Vol 2 768
Tube and Wand Vol 2 768
Drop Method Vol 2 169
In the Silks Vol 2 769
In a Thumbler Vol 2 770
Palmed Vol 2 770
With a Hook Vol 2 770
In a Bottomless Glass Vol 2 771
Under a Silk Vol 2 771
Crumpled Cylinder Vol 2 772
Disguised Tubes Vol 2 772
In a Black-art Well Vol 2 772
Feather Flowers Vol 2 773
Baby Doll Vol 2 774
Paper Pocket Vol 2 774
Rickard, Fred
Edgar Pull Vol 1 303
Rink, The Dutch Magician
Magnetic Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1151
Ripley, Sherman
Small production Vol 1 251
Roberts, Jr, DOS, EM
Convincing Dyeing Vol 2 831
Robson Stuart
Productomazia Vol 1 230
Robson's Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 370
Rosini, Carl
Rosini Changer Vol 4 1620
Rosini, Paul
Flash Affair Vol 1 319
Ross, Anthony
Card and Silk Vol 1 470
Raterberg, Professor
Improved Hand-Box Vol 1 358
Rosenberg tube Rothenberg, FN Vol 2 754
Redhill Silk Dyeing Vol 2 835
Roxo, Rudy
Prodo Vol 1 243
Matches and Silk Routine Vol 1 512
Roy, Marvin
Flying Carpet Vol 2 917
Caliph's Colors Vol 2 1041
Russell, Billy
Russell Flag Tube Vol 2 776
Rutledge, Ned
E-Z Fold Vol 1 45
S
Sakamoto, T
Cut and Restored Hank Vol 2 618
Sanders, Fetague
Boy to Rabbit Vol 3 1288
Schwartz, Walter A
From under the arm Vol 1 73
Schweidel, Haskell
Silk Blowing Act Vol 2 788
New Silk Cabby Vol 2 990
Seewold, Mrs Vol 1
Color Changing Tie Vol 2 696
Sellers, Tom
Silk Cabby Vol 2 806
Sewell, Len J
Simple silk Production Board Vol 1 333
Secret Tube Vol 2 813
Simplicity Silks Vol 2 1032
Under a Soup Plate Vol 3 1363
Mini -Cone Production Vol 3 1429
Sharpe, Freddie
Shot Silk Vol 2 1038
Sherms
Genii tube Vol 1 185
Silverstien and Dart
Color Blind Vol 1 516
Sissenstein, Frederick
Silks from newspaper Vol 1 255
Slydini, Tony
Slydini Knot Vol 3 1070
Silk Cascade Vol 4 1745
Smith, Walter
The Acrobatic Silks Vol 4 1750
Smith, Willard S
Roped In Vol 2 1008
Streamers from Cigarette pock Vol 1 245
Snyder Jr, Mrs Joha
Snap- Away Variation Vol 2 570
Solomon Stein
Spalding, LaVerne Penetrable Silk Vol 2 863
Spalding Routine Vol 2 869
Kobra Vol 2 884
Spalding's 20th Century Vol 2 984
Spaulding Spauldings Cigarette
to Silk Vol 1 373
Spooner, Bill
Silk-N-Confetti Vol 4 1157
Spragg, Bill Nu Dye Method Vol 2 801
Spraker Jr, KO
Jumping Silk Vol 1 485
Three little Pigs Vol 1 487
Serpent silk Vol 2 880
Stadelman, Paul
Tricky tubes Vol 1 207
Silk King Production box Vol 1 278
Stanyon, Ellis
Triple Hank Vanish Vol 1 330
Silk Worm Vol 1 384
Silks and Sunshaade Vol 1 476
Stanyon Tube Vol 2 753
Soup Plates and Silks Vol 3 1356
Tricks With Hanks Vol 3 1412
New Inexaustible Box Vol 3 1508
Steffensen, C
Half -Way Dyeinq Vol 2 830
Sten, Carl
Sten 's Method Vol 3 1062
Stephens, Warren
Hank Ball Steal with Thumb Vol 4 1664
Candle-Silk Transposition Vol 4 1709
From the Front of a Table Vol 4 1728
From Inside a Special Table Vol 4 1730
The Double Monofilament Loop Vol 4 1735
On the End of a Streamer Vol 4 1738
Invisible Silk Transport Vol 4 1765
Transparent Bag Production Vol 4 1774
Elbow Silk Production Vol 4 I776
Instant Flag on Flag staff Vol 4 1778
Insta Silk Vol 4 1779
Change Cylinder Vol 4 1781
Mag-o-Silks Vol 4 1782
Stephens, Warren
Auto Silk Production Vol 4 1784
Silken Surprise Vol 4 1785
Bowl-o-Silks Vol 4 1786
Silks From a Toy Drum Vol 4 1788
Production Spectacular Vol 1 1790
Borehand Ungimmicked Vanish Vol 4 1792
Silk Vanish Vol 4 1792
Hoo-Vial Vol 4 1793
The Silk That Was Vol 4 1794
Swish Vol 4 1797
Comedy Vanishing Silk Vol 4 1799
Instant Flag Transportation Vol 4 1800
Criss Cross Silk Vol 4 1802
Wacky Silks Vol 4 1804
Mis-Made Bouquet Vol 4 1806
Crystal Dye-llusion Vol 4 1808
Striped Vol 4 1811
Blendo Effects Vol 4 1813
Splendo Vol 4 1813
Easy Blend Vol 4 1815
Alley Oops Vol 4 1817
Flip Back Hank Vol 4 1819
Kangaroo Silk Vol 4 1820
What Hoppen Silk Vol 4 1822
Ring Hank Penetration Vol 4 1824
Sterling Magic Co
Vol 1 218
Vol 1 243
Fourth Dimension Tray Vol 2 1034
Silk Worm Vol 1 384
Sterling, Harold
Silk winder Vol 1 125
Pop Silks Vol 1 218
Sterling, Max
Problems In Silk and Wax Vol 3 1415
Stern, Duke
Dye-Version Vol 4 1762
Strickland, Bill
Miser's Dream Fold Vol 4 1596
Change in a Paper Cone Vol 4 1618
Crazy 20th Century Silks Vol 4 1671
Stillwell, George
Hank ball-fold Vol 1 44
From a Special Bag Vol 1 158
Stodare, Colonel
Kling Klang Nol Vol 3 1316
Suds
Silk to Flower Vol 4 1631
Color Changing Silk to Flower Vol 4 1632
The Bumper Bag Vol 4 1688
Swoger, Jim
Nu-Kwik Kolar Change Vol 2 713
Sykes, WJ
Sy-Se Silk Routine Vol 2 833
T
Tabor, Edwin
Fourth Dimension Silks Vol 2 572
Reel Trick Vol 2 877
Double Dissolving Silk Release Vol 3 1286
Tan Hock chuan
Knot Effect Variation Vol 3 1302
Tannen, Louis
Single Paper Cone Vol 1 320
Jumping Knot Vol 2 664
Double Color Change Vol 2 669
Snappy Color Change Vol 2 720
Evolution of a Rabbit Vol 2 838
Reel Magic Vol 2 856
Naughty Knot Vol 2 858
Visible 20th Century Silks Vol 2 859
Smart Color Change Vol 2 870
Rice's Rabi-Duck Vol 2 871
Tarbell's Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1056
Sympathetic Knots Vol 3 1108
Tarbell's Perfection flag Trick Vol 3 1164
Chair Release Vol 3 1284
Hank Thru Wrist Vol 3 1285
Switchover Knot Vol 3 1296
Single Knot Release Vol 3 1297
Handkerchief Knot Vol 3 1299
Triple Hank Release Vol 3 1301
Modernized Egg, glass, and Hank Vol 3 1328
Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation Vol 3 1337
Two Plates and Hanks Vol 3 1364
Silk and Flame Vol 3 1390
Candle, Silk, and tube Vol 3 1394
Snappy Barehand Silk Production Vol 3 1424
Flash Silk Appearance Vol 3 1474
Silken Bombshell Vol 3 1479
Tarbell, Gene
Pull-A-Part Silks Vol 2 510
Tarbell, Harlan
Pear Pull attached to the body Vol 1 299
Vanishing Handkerchief Wand Vol 1 314
Single Paper Cone Vol 1 320
Two-way Paper Cone Vol 1 322
Royal Paper Cone Vol 1 323
Decapitated Knot Vol 1 335
Tarbell, Harian
Repeat Handkerchief Vanish Vol 1 348
Handkerchief to Billiard Ball Vol 1 362
Wandering Handkerchief Vol 1 514
Cords of Phantasia Vol 2 522
My Favorite Vol 2 531
Penetrative Silks Vol 2 534
Snap-Away-Knot Vol 2 568
Penetration Quickie Vol 2 576
Handkerchief Frame Vol 2 595
Pop -up Cigarette Vol 2 601
Penetra Silk Vol 2 604
Pull Apart Silks Vol 2 642
Single Color Changing Silks Vol 2 662
Ever -Change Silk Vol 2 666
Clean-Cut Color Change Vol 2 710
Selfcon Dye Tube Vol 2 782
Evolution of o Rabbit Vol 2 838
Penetrative Silks Vol 2 910
Surprise 20th Century Vol 2 949
Nat and Silks Combination Vol 2 988
Torbell's Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1056
Chair Display Vol 3 1064
Torbell's Count Vol 3 1066
Nu-Way Double Knot Vol 3 1068
Quick Release Double Knot Vol 3 1010
Choir Release Vol 3 1284
Triple Hank Release Vol 3 1301
Modernized Egg, Gloss, and Hank Vol 3 1328
Eggs-traordinary Eggs-planation Vol 3 1337
Soup Plate and Hanks Vol 3 1356
Silk and flame Vol 3 1390
Candle, Silk, and Tube Vol 3 1394
Tenkoi
Cig-Penetration Vol 2 597
Thayer
Instanto Vol 1 72
From the mysterious tube Vol 1 101
Satanic Tube Vol 1 186
Enchanted Tube Vol 1 217
Silks and fan Vol 1 257
Turn Table Stand Vol 1 327
Rapid Transit Silks Vol 1 462
Mutilated Parasol Vol 1 476
Glass Penetration Vol 2 584
New Vanishing Color Changer Vol 2 115
Silk Blowing Act Vol 2 788
Blow It Vol 2 790
Thayer
Vo' Ho! And a Bottle of Rum Vol 2 810
Kobra Vol 2 881
The Jolly Roger Vol 2 945
Thayer 's New Blendo Vol 3 1176
Phantom Knot Vol 3 1293
Thayer Soup Plate Vol 3 1373
Thompson, AC
Fan and silks Vol 2 835
Thornton, Jesse
Di-lt Vol 2 Tie
Sympathetic Napkin Rings Vol 2 602
Cromatic Conception Vol 2 8lb
Alchemists Dream Vol 2 817
Thornton, John
New Vanishing Knot Vol 3 1291
Silk and Ring Vol 3 1308
Trimble Silks
Korn silk s Vol 4 1763
Trimble, Mark
Twirling Silk to Cane Vol 4 1615
Thin Paper Bag Switch Vol 4 1626
Rainbow Silks Vol 4 1635
Target Assembly Vol 4 1638
Linking Silks Vol 4 1647
Silksation Variation Vol 4 1659
Buttons, Beads, Velcro, and Snaps Vol 4 1716
Behind the Assistants Back Vol 4 1719
Behind a Tray or Board Vol 4 1725
Trixer, Dons, E
Ring on Silk Vol 2 876
Vickery, Dennis D
Chancery Impromptu Vol 2 914
Victor, Edward
Sympathetic Silks Vol 3 1056
w
Waller, Charles
From a fan Vol 1 103
Enchanted Tube Vol 1 217
Silks and fan Vol 1 257
Magic Web Vol 2 644
Walsh, Russ
Bubble-fold Vol 1 44
Walsh's Vanish Vol 1 314
Walsh's Cigarette to Silk Vol 1 366
Walsh's Cane to Silk Vol 1 376
Cane to Streamer Vol 1 382
Ervin Color Change Silk Vol 2 686
One More 20th Century Vol 2 1022
Walter, JC
Candle and Silks Routine Vol 3 1104
Warlock, Peter
Warlock's Repeat Silk vanish Vol 1 350
Silk Filter Vol 2 605
Adhesive Glass Vol 2 652
Cream of the Jest Vol 2 993
Atomic Silk Vol 3 1433
Warringer, Howard
Silk Thru Silk Vol 2 577
Wass, Verrall
Instantaneous Color-Change Silks Vol 2 689
Good 20th Century Effect Vol 2 1015
There and Back Vol 2 1037
Weber, Herman L
Prodo Vol 1 213
Weber 's Method Vol 3 1062
Hanky Panky Routine Vol 3 1532
Weigle, Oscar
Vol 1 41
Hank boll-fold Vol 1 43
Silks Do as You Do Vol 3 1126
Twin Sympathy Vol 3 1143
Weill, Robert
Closed Door Production Vol 1 253
Weiss, Ooc
Magnetised Hank Vol 3 1448
Werner, Frank
Comedy Shooting Hank Vol 4 1628
White, Brunei
Any color colled for Vol 1 173
Silk Thru Glass Vol 2 607
White's Blendo Vol 3 1184
Williams, Dale
With a Changing Bog Vol 1 336
Williams, Erie
Little Green Bag Vol 1 438
Williams, Oswald
Comedy Vanishing Dank Vol 1 346
Willmann, Uerr
Cup Dye Tube Vol 2 155
Willmann's Tube Vol 2 155
Windsor
Dye Box Book Vol 2 787
Wolff, Ed
Production supreme Vol 1 168
Wright
Frame and Easel Vol 1 274
Y
Younger, Edmund
A penetration Vol 2 548
Zandt, Van
Dye tube dress vest steal Vol 2 764
Zanot, Jeanne Van
Cut and Restored Silk Vol 2 615
Zimmerman. Dick
Digital Delusian Vol 2 1644
The zimmer-Egg Vol 4 1703
A
Appearing lady Vol 1 263
B
Back-palmed Vol 1 70
Backdrop production Vol 1 269
Bag Vol 1 155, 156, 159
Bon go Vol 4 1686
Bumper blendo Vol 4 1688
Cloth holder Vol 3 1204
Fouit lam bag Vol 1 161
Gag Vol 4 1168
Gimmicked Vol 4 1755
Goodnight banner Vol 4 1638
Load Vol 4 1727
Paper bag switch Vol 4 1628
Paper bag vanish Vol 4 1626
Plastic Vol 4 1696, 1774
V-bottom Vol 4 1626
Ball Vol 2 646
Flash Vol 2 689
Silk to boll Vol 4 1621
Super ball Vol 4 1790
Balloon Vol 1 469
Blendo Vol 4 1693
Silk in Vol 4 1581, 1582
Bandana Vol 2 912
Banner
Goodnight banner Vol 4 1638
Basket
Plastic, vanish silks Vol 3 1479
Bicycle trouser guard clip Vol 1 126
Billiard ball Vol 1 58, 105, 362, 391,
446
Vol 2 581, 981
Hollow Vol 3 1195
Vanish Vol 1 293
Bird cage Vol 3 1148
Black-art well Vol 2 772
Attache case Vol 3 1443
Bolls to Silks Vol 1 388
Hat Vol 3 1443
On a fan Vol 2 835
Portable Vol 3 1443
Table Vol 3 1323, 1399, 1414,
1454, 1532
Top coat Vol 3 1443
Blendo Vol 4 1618, 1813
Bag Vol 4 1687
Balloon box Vol 4 1693
Blendo
Barehand Vol 3 1203
Barehand Vol 4 1676, 1660
Barehand stolen Vol 3 1195
Barehand stolen from vest Vol 3 1200
Barehand switch Vol 4 1691
Borehand Ungimmicked Vol 3 1186
Barehand with loop on silk Vol 3 1182
Borehand with pocket on silk Vol 3 1182
Barehand with pull Vol 3 1190
Barehand with ribbons Vol 3 1198
Borehand with sleeve pull Vol 3 1193
Barehand with sleeve pull Vol 3 1201
Borehand-instant Vol 3 1199
Bumper bag Vol 4 1688
Close-up in bottle Vol 3 1205
Easy Vol 4 1815
Flag Vol 3 1162, 1164
Flag from wand Vol 3 1188
Flash Vol 3 1172
Gloves to silk Vol 3 1202
Mendes flog Vol 3 1180
Mismade American flag Vol 3 1207
Quodsilk Vol 4 1695, 1696
Ribbons blendo Vol 3 1198
Rice flag Vol 3 1176
Rice square Vol 3 1166
Single silk Vol 3 1182, 1199
Single silk flag Vol 3 1186, 1191
Single silk in sleeve Vol 3 1184
Six foot silk Vol 4 1682
Slit ribbon Vol 3 1171
Snapped pocket silk Vol 3 1166
Target silk Vol 4 1640
Thayer flag Vol 3 1178
Three flags Vol 3 1185
With cane gimmick Vol 1 1683
With dye tube Vol 4 1659
With newspaper Vol 3 1210
Bloomers Vol 2 1046
Boards
Silk from Vol 4 1571
Body clip Vol 1 112, 173
Vol 3 1195, 1213, 1416
Bare hand production Vol 1 123
Ireland body clip Vol 1 124
Rice's flasho Vol 1 124
Rice's nu-clip Vol 1 126
Silk winder Vol 1 125
Body load Vol 1 293
Bottle Vol 1 121
Bottle
Coke Vol 4 1754
Plastic Vol 3 1206
Bouquet
Mis-made Vol 4 1806
Bowl Vol 4 1785, 1186, 1797
Box Bates Vol 2 614
Celluloid Vol 1 232, 233
Clatter Vol 4 1152
Color change Vol 1 444
Crystal Casket Vol 3 1326
Double for passe-passe silk Vol 2 885
Flop Vol 4 1693
Glass Vol 2 604
Hinged flap gimmick Vol 2 969
Imp Box Vol 2 808
Jail for Houdini Vol 2 1050
Mirror Vol 3 1460
Nest of Vol 1 256
Popcorn Vol 2 184
Silk Cabby Vol 2 806, 991
Silk cabby double section Vol 2 990
Sliding false bottom Vol 2 996
Soap Vol 2 195, 801
Soap box with slit Vol 2 798
To hold fan Vol 2 911
Wonder house Vol 2 840
Butterfly Vol 4 1771
e
Cabinet
Parisian Vol 1 204
Wood Vol 2 806
Can
Snake Vol 4 1759
spray paint Vol 4 1588
Candle
Color changing Vol 3 1401
Enameled paper Vol 3 1388, 1390, 1394
1414
Fake Vol 3 1404
Fake Vol 4 1109
Fantasio Vol 4 1712
Haskell vanishing Vol 3 1447
Metal hollow Vol 3 1396
Reappearing Vol 3 1404
Rubber tube Vol 3 1410
Silk from flame Vol 4 1705, 1707
Silk-candle transposition Vol 4 1709
With metal cup at bottom Vol 3 1398
With pin Vol 3 1386
Cane Vol 1 316, 379, 380,
381, 382
Vol 2 526, 640, 641, 42
Vol 3 1063
Appearing Vol 4 1512, 1514, 1518,
1615, 1669, 1683
One hand cone to silk Vol 4 1640
Silk on cane Vol 4 1516
Silk through cane Vol 2 663
Silk through cane-downward Vol 2 864, 868
Silk through cane-one hand Vol 2 864
Silk through cane-onto cane Vol 2 865, 869
Silk through cane-upward Vol 2 863, 865
Silks through cane Vol 3 1286
Vanishing Vol 3 1444
Vanishing Vol 4 1613, 1640, 1613
Walsh Vol 3 1120, 1441
Canister
Change Vol 1 482
Change Vol 4 1165
Metal Vol 4 1588
Spot can Vol 4 1148
Cape Vol 3 1444
Card Vol 1 113, 211, 390,
483, 493, 496
Color Vol 3 1129
Giant Vol 3 1129
Revelation Vol 1 484
Card box Vol 1 410
Card frame Vol 1 495
Card silk Vol 1 410, 494, 496
Cardboard
Polka-dots Vol 2 793
Care of silk Vol 4 Chapter 33
Clipping thread ends Vol 1 13
General Vol 1 10
Pressing Vol 1 11
Storing Vol 1 12
Washing Vol 1 10
Cellophane Vol 1 80
Vol 2 779
Chair
Silk release Vol 3 1284
Silk through chair Vol 3 1258
Change bag Vol 1 438
840, 976, 977, 1048
Vol 3 1122, 1135
Vol 4 1761
Triple change Vol 4 1756
Change purse Vol 1 416
Ch k V l2 804
Chimney Vol 2 614
Chimney vanish Vol 4 1583
Cigarette Vol 1 64, 245, 365, 366,
368,
369, 370, 396, 513
Vol 2 718, 984
Cigarette
Cigarette to silk Vol 3 1504
Cigarette to silk Vol 4 1659
Dummy Vol 1 370
Through Silk Vol 2 597, 601, 602
To streamer Vol 4 1624
Cigarette lighter Vol 4 1621
Clip Bulldog Vol 3 1197
For ribbons Vol 4 1706
Goose neck Vol 2 812
Pipe cleaner Vol 3 1437
Spring Vol 3 1377
Wire Vol 1 258
Wire Vol 4 1779
Coat
Prepared for sympathetic silks Vol 3 1103
Cocktail shaker
Blendo Vol 3 1208
Coin Vol 1 118
Coin purse Vol 1 408, 511
Compact Disc Vol 1 1644
Confetti Vol 1 230
Vol 1 1618, 1757
Conjurors magazine Vol 1 284
Cord
Bungee Vol 4 1606
Silk gun Vol 4 1610
Cork
Shell Vol 4 1579, 1580
Crystal casket Vol 2 604
Crystal Silk Cylinder Vol 1 330
Vol 4 1139
Cup silk vanish Vol 4 1771
Cut and Restored Vol 4 1649, 1651
Vol 2 615, 616, 618, 620
622, 623,624, 905
Cylinder Vol 1 262
Vol 4 1781
Glass Vol 1 305, 321, 546, 548
549, 551, 748, 969
Metal Vol 1 316, 324, 482, 516
519, 548, 585, 802,
967
Metal Vol 4 1589
Cylinder
Mirror Vol 3 1213
Newspaper Vol 1 187
Paper Vol 1 118, 119
Paper Vol 2 815, 820
D
Devils hank Vol 3 1323
Vol 4 1758
Diamond Cut silk Vol 4 1598
Do it again Vol 1 174
Dollar bill Vol 3 1345
Dove
From silk fountain Vol 4 1743
Drum Vol 4 1788
Drumhead Vol 1 261275, 287
Miniature Vol 1 234
Dye Tube Vol 2 655, 700, 701
Vol 4 1660, 1662, 1808
Advance loading Vol 2 757
Al Baker Vol 2 756, 820, 824,
827, 832, 833,
836, 837, 840,
844, 980, 984
Ball Vol 2 701
Barrel tube Vol 2 753
Behind paper Vol 2 757
Behind silks Vol 2 759
Blow through Vol 2 788, 790, 791,837
Bottom of hand color change Vol 2 708
Broun Vol 2 756
Cardboard Vol 2 783
Chrome plated Vol 2 779
Closed end Vol 4 1762
Color change pear pull Vol 2 715
Conradi Utility Tube Vol 2 753
Cup Dye Tube Vol 2 755
Devant Vol 2 748
Disguised Vol 2 773, 774
Disposable Vol 2 780
Disposal of gimmick Vol 2 704
Divided Vol 2 717
Empty cylinder Vol 2 759
Front drop Vol 2 758
Getting rid of tube Vol 2 745
Glitter covered Vol 4 1696
Half dyed routine Vol 2 709
Dandling Vol 2 847
Dye Tube
Holds water Vol 2 815
Ideal color change Vol 2 734, 736,
740,
742, 830,
836,
973, 1048
Ideal color change tube Vol 3 1409, 1410
In a paper roll Vol 2 758
In a flower Vol 4 1807
John Braun Vol 2 822, 824, 839
Justiniani Vol 2 837
Large taped cylinder Vol 2 700
Loading Vol 2 756
Loading from a servant Vol 2 166
Loading from a Silk Vol 2 767
Loading Hooked tube Vol 2 164
Loading into cylinders Vol 2 757
Loading tube from tumbler Vol 2 165
Loading With catgut Vol 2 764
Multicolor change Vol 2 732
Oval ball Vol 2 702
Palmed Vol 2 160
Palmo Vol 2 708, 710, 966
Paper shown front and back Vol 2 160
Paper, built in Vol 2 814
Pull through gimmick Vol 2 713, 714
Pull through sleeved gimmick Vol 2 714
Roterberg tube Vol 2 754
Russell Flag Tube Vol 2 116
Sliding plunger Vol 2 710
Small taped cylinder Vol 2 100
Soft Soap Vol 2 795
Spring loaded Vol 4 1785
Stan yon tube Vol 2 153
steal from fist Vol 4 1662
Steal from vest Vol 2 762
Steal in crumpled cylinder Vol 2 712
Steal with a fan Vol 2 835
Steal, dress vest Vol 2 162
Steal, finger Vol 2 763
Steal, Vest Pocket Vol 2 761
Steal from stash Vol 2 162
Stealing by drop method Vol 2 769
Stealing by palming Vol 2 770
Stealing in a black-art well Vol 2 772
Stealing in a bottomless glass Vol 2 771
Stealing in a tumbler Vol 2 770
Stealing in the silks Vol 2 769
Stealing to Right Pocket Vol 2 768
Stealing tube Vol 2 744
Stealing under a silk Vol 2 771
Stealing with a Hook Vol 2 770
Stealing with wand Vol 2 768
Dye Tube
Subtlety Vol 2 831
Suspended in silk Vol 4 1658
Suspended under silk Vol 2 795, 797, 798, 800
800
Third finger steal Vol 2 708
Thread loop Vol 2 711
Transparent Dye Tube Vol 2 778
Traveling knot Vol 2 728
Turned lip cylinder Vol 2 717
Wand Dye Tube Vol 2 775
Willmann sliding cup Vol 2 848
Willmann's tube Vol 2 755
Dyeing
Dye your own silk Vol 4 1840
Resist Vol 4 784
Dyeing box Vol 2 184
Dyes Vol 4 1841
E
Easel Vol 1 263, 274, 277, 287, 331,

333, 450
Vol 3 1140
Egg Vol 1 348
Vol 4 1618, 1702,1796
Blown egg shell Vol 3 1316
Celluloid Vol 3 1352
Conley Metal Fake Vol 3 1351
Gake Vol 4 1703
Filled with confetti Vol 3 1326
Real Vol 3 1328, 1342,
1343, 1345,
1352
Stodare Vol 1 364
Stodare Vol 3 1316, 1321,
1326
Stodare to real Vol 3 1323, 1332,
1334,
1337, 1341
Stodare to Real with paper disc Vol 3 1347
Stodare with clip Vol 3 1348
Wooden Vol 3 1318, 1319
Elastic Vol 1 72, 116, 134,
247
Vol 4 1673, 1736
Embroidery hoop Vol 1 113
Envelope Vol 1 113, 326, 328,
329, 331, 410,
452, 496, 500
Vol 2 622, 623, 742
1001, 1002
Vol 3 1409
Cut and restored silk Vol 4 1649
F
Fake
Al Producto Newspaper Vol 2 1042
Bullet Vol 1 343
Bullet Vol 2 802
Celluloid Vol 1 281
Celluloid Vol 2 973
Cock tail shaker Vol 3 1208
Confetti covered Vol 4 1758
Daskel Vol 2 990
Pocket Vol 1 507
Silk Vol 4 1802
Streamer Vol 4 1637
Wooden sliding Vol 2 806, 808
False Count Vol 3 1064, 1066, 1067,
1073,
1082, 1114
False knot Vol 3 1156
Fan Vol 1 257, 480
Vol 2 522, 528, 529,
836, 911
Vol 3 1326
Fantaslo Condle Vol 1 1712
Finger
Extra Vol 1 139
False Vol 1 106, 108
False paper fake Vol 1 110
False paper fake Vol 3 1468
Sixth Vol 1 140
Two- thirds length Vol 1 139
Fingertip Vol 1 89
Vol 2 701, 740, 984
Vol 3 1416
Fire cracker Vol 1 498
Fireball Vol 4 1621
Fishbowl Vol 1 254
Drumhead Vol 1 254
Fishing pole Vol 2 998
Flag Vol 1 325, 498
Vol 2 776, 938, 939, 1001,
1013
Vol 4 1574, 1778, 1800
American Vol 2 824, 844
American blendo Vol 3 1176
Bleu do Vol 3 1162, 1164, 1185,
1186, 1191
Blendo from wand Vol 3 1188
Jolly Roger Vol 2 810
Mendes ulendo Vol 3 1180
Mismade American Vol 2 824, 826
Red cross Vol 2 825
Flag
Thayer bleu do Vol 3 1176
Flag staff Vol 4 1574, 1778, 1791,
1800
Vol 3 1444
Flash paper Vol 1 112, 318, 396
Vol 2 993
Vol 3 1409
Vol 1 1602, 1615
Fireball to silk Vol 4 1622
Flower Vol 4 1566
Flashlight Vol 1 240
Flip silk Vol 4 1594
Flower Vol 1 364
Vol 4 1618, 1807
Bouquet Vol 1 375
Bouquet Vol 3 1200
Bouquet
Fake Vol 1 114
Paper Vol 4 1566
Silk to flower Vol 4 1631, 1632
Sleeve bouquet Vol 3 1496
Spring Vol 1 219
Spring Vol 4 1744
Foil Vol 4 1568
Fold quantity silks
Accordion Fold Vol 1 51
Clock Fold Vol 1 53
Coil fold Vol 1 49
Envelope Accordion Fold Vol 1 54
Miser 's dream Vol 1 1596
Trap for fountain Vol 4 1741
Zig - Zag Fold Vol 1 48
Fold single silks
Bubble Fold Vol 1 44
Coil Fold Vol 1 35
Diagonal Accordion Fold Vol 1 38
E-Z Fold Vol 1 45
Envelope Fold Vol 1 36
Finger Fold, Vol 1 40
Hank Ball Fold Vol 1 43
New Finger Fold Vol 1 41
Spiral Fold Vol 1 39
Square Accordion Fold Vol 1 37
Trap Fold Vol 1 34
Utility silk roll Vol 4 1556
Folder
Plastic Vol 3 1431
Foo-Can Vol 2 816
Food color Vol 4 1666
Fountain
Bag Vol 1 166
Fountain
Production Vol 1 168
Production Vol 4 1737, 1741, 1743
Fountain addition Vol 4 1745
Fountain dove finale Vol 4 1743
Fountain flower finale Vol 4 1744
Frame Vol 2 595
20th Century effect Vol 2 1045
Color forcing Vol 1 468
Silks from Vol 4 1599
Francis Martineau Vol 4 1553
g
Ghost tube Vol 1 281, 443
Vol 2 584
Gimmick
Blendo cane Vol 4 1683
Bottle-cap Vol 4 1754
Bui let shaped fake Vol 1 182, 185
Gimmick
Cane Vol 4 1686
Cloth bag holder Vol 3 1204
Cup Vol 4 1771
Double silk holder Vol 3 1423
Dye tube Vol 4 1657
Fake egg Vol 4 1703
Flesh colored metal plate Vol 1 172
Greer gadget Vol 3 1205
Hank ball Vol 4 1664
Hooked Dye tube Vol 2 848
Inner vial Vol 4 1794
Ireland come and go Vol 2 840
Metal fakes Vol 1 173
Metal sleeve silk catapult Vol 3 1424
Quad silk top Vol 4 1695
Rose to silk Vol 4 1631
Silk corner Vol 4 1600, 1649
Silk to flower Vol 4 1631
Silk - poke Vol 4 1604
T-shaped Vol 4 1134
Topit Vol 4 1621
Utility vanish Vol 4 1620
Wire Vol 4 1795
Gimmick bag
Body load Vol 1 238
Cloth-attached center of paper Vol 1 241
Gimmick box
Fake bottom Vol 1 232
Fake corners w load chamber Vol 1 284
False back Vol 1 286
Gimmick box
Hollow walls-jumbo Jap box Vol 1 229
Load box Vol 1 257
Mirror flop Vol 1 233
Rectangular fake Vol 1 199
Removable mirror Vol 1 204
Revolving load chamber Vol 1 193
Sliding square load chamber Vol 1 283
V-panel Vol 1 195, 196
Gimmick cylinder
Fake bottom Vol 1 231, 210
Wire Vol 1 240
Gimmick door
V-shape door Vol 1 253
Gimmick magazine Vol 1 280
Gimmick metal tube
Tube star Vol 1 243
Gimmick tube
Double phantom tubes Vol 1 266
Flanged load chamber Vol 1 209
Hinged chamber Vol 1 251
Hinged dye- tube end Vol 1 217
Metal closed end spring clip Vol 1 250
Mirror fake Vol 1 212
Suspended load Vol 1 209
Gimmick, cups
False bottoms Vol 1 236
Gimmick, Hand
Abbotts push-out Vol 1 128
Back hand production fake Vol 1 134
Boot-heel hand box Vol 1 132
Improved hand box Vol 1 132
Lightening silk production Vol 1 136
Metal box, ball, tube Vol 1 142
Monarch handkerchief producer Vol 1 129
Nikko Vol 1 137
Silk production supreme Vol 1 130
Silks at the finertips Vol 1 129
Gimmick, metal
Button shape for mini drumhead Vol 1 234
Double clip hand for newspaper Vol 1 220
One side flat Vol 1 222
Oval one clip Vol 1 222
Gimmick, museum
false palm Vol 1 141
Finger Vol 1 140
Gimmick, plunger tube Vol 1 352, 354
Gimmick, Redhill Vol 1 165
Gimmick, triangle pocket Vol 1 147
Glass
Bottomless Vol 1 328, 329, 455, 456
Gloss
Vol 2 644, 647, 771, 772,
1028
Vol 3 1318, 1345, 1405,
1319, 1321
Box Vol 2 604
Champagne Vol 4 1817
Cock toil Vol 3 1208
Cylinder Vol 2 546, 548, 549, 748,
878,
967, 969, 971, 1044
Decanter Vol 2 1030
Decanter, gimmicked Vol 3 1440
Goblet Vol 2 986, 993
Goblet Vol 3 1319, 1476
Mephisto Vol 3 1517
Mirror Vol 1 401, 488
Mirror Vol 2 608, 612, 625, 688,
793,
939, 1048
Mirror Vol 3 1206, 1460
Mirror Vol 1 1634
Mirror cylinder Vol 3 1213
Plastic Vol 2 652
Plastic Vol 3 1405
Plate Vol 2 584
Vanishing Vol 4 1799
Wine Vol 3 1464
With Milk Vol 2 819
Jug Vol 2 914
Glass cylinder
Cylinder Vol 1 305, 321
Glass stopper Vol 1 121
Glass Tumbler
Bottomless Vol 1 34, 122
Hole in bottom Vol 1 120, 142
With food coloring Vol 2 817
With hole Vol 2 972
Glass, plate Vol 3 1363
Gloves
Gloves to silk blendo Vol 3 1202
Golf ball Vol 2 581
Vol 4 1618
With hole Vol 1 364
Grip Ring
lupo Vol 4 1558
Gun Vol 1 319
Vol 2 996
Vol 4 1608, 1610, 1628
Joseph Vol 2 950
Produces silk Vol 2 971
Gutta Vol 4 1849
H
Hobotai Vol 4 1552
Half Silks Vol 4 1598
Hand
False Vol 4 1599
Hank ball Vol 1 295
Vol 2 722
Vol 3 1191, 1213, 1460,
Vol 4 1664
Hat Vol 1 230, 251, 271, 291, 315
Vol 2 769, 804, 988,1015,
1048
Vol 3 1119, 1122, 1127, 1138,
1288,
1323
Vol 4 1601, 1620, 1726, 1737
1737
With flap Vol 3 1454
Hem Vol 4 1716, 1833
Hoffmann Later Magic Vol 1 146, 149
Holden
Silk-Candle Transmigration Vol 3 1399
Holder
Coat hanger Vol 1 164
Large capacity Vol 4 1736
Large silk Vol 4 1558, 1560
Rose to silk gimmick Vol 4 1631
Single silk Vol 4 1556
Hook Vol 1 287, 297
Vol 4 1793
Fake Vol 1 340
On holder Vol 1 249
Silk Vol 1 402
I
Illustration
20th Century Vol 2 937
All eyes on silk in fist Vol 1 289
Assistant holding knotted silk Vol 3 1211
Assistant kissing magician Vol 3 1053
Assistant painting thumbtip nail Vol 3 1054
Bee from feather bouquet Vol 2 746
Burning Candle Vol 3 1385
Butterfly from silk Vol 2 0
Dragon and knight Vol 1 0
Dye tube change Vol 2 699
Knotted silk taunting magician Vol 3 1314
Magician and square circle Vol 1 181
Magician with dye tubes Vol 2 747
Magician in rat trap Vol 1 0
Illustrations
Magician lighting cigarette Vol 1 361
Magician on strings Vol 2 887
Magician with piggybank Vol 3 1216
Magician with cane Vol 2 661
Magician with flag Vol 3 1161
Magician with plates Vol 3 1354
Magician with Reel Vol 2 851
Magician with silk and card fan Vol 3 1421
Magician and sympathetic silks Vol 3 1055
Mutilated parasol Vol 1 399
Oriental magician Vol 3 1507
Quantity production Vol 1 14
Rabbit falling from hat Vol 1 56
Razor blades from mouth Vol 2 698
Ring on silk, girl on ring Vol 2 521
Serpent Silk from box Vol 1 360
Silk from egg and broken egg Vol 3 1315
Silk worm Vol 1 86, 144, 180, 359
Silkworm crawling into egg Vol 3 1354
Silkworm end Vol 3 1542
Silkworm floating silk Vol 2 886
Silkworm from ball Vol 1 398
Silkworm in candle Vol 3 1420
Silkworm on Cane against hat Vol 3 1159
Silkworm on chair applauding Vol 2 935
Silkworm on target Vol 3 1215
Silkworm on triangle Vol 2 745
Silkworm on wand Vol 2 659
Silkworm pulling on silks Vol 3 1313
Silkworm with books Vol 2 1053
Silkworm with silk in soup Vol 3 1384
Squirting fish in fishbowl Vol 1 288
Silkworm Vol 1 32
INSTANTO Vol 1 72
Jack Dean Vol 4 1553

Jacket Vol 2 530
Jap Box Vol 2 590
Double flap Vol 3 1510
Locked double flap Vol 3 1510
Locked single flap Vol 3 1510
Single flap Vol 3 1508, 1514, 1517, 1520,
1524, 1528, 1532, 1539
Jinx Vol 1 251, 253, 256
John Braun Vol 4 1553
K
Kennard vanish Vol 1 306
Key Vol 3 1337
Kleenex Vol 1 1629
Knife Vol 2 592
Knot
Animated Vol 3 1232
Berg dissolving Vol 4 1697
Bow Vol 3 1226
Dissolving Vol 3 1222, 1223, 1230, 1231,
1242
Dissolvo Vol 3 1301
Double knot Vol 3 1069
Fade-away double Vol 3 1059
Fake Vol 3 1134
Fake Vol 4 1701
Fake square Vol 3 1135
False Vol 2 1004
false Vol 3 1074, 1224
False slip knot Vol 2 737
Fastest knot Vol 3 1221, 1270
Impossible Vol 3 1245
Instant gimmicked Vol 3 1146
Multiplying Vol 3 1264
Nu-Way Vol 3 1160
Off silk Vol 4 1700
One hand Vol 3 1225, 1254, 1276
Pick up Vol 3 1262
Quick release Vol 3 1070
See Chapter 20: Naughty Silks Vol 3 1217
Sliding fake Vol 3 1280
Slip Vol 3 1094
Slydini Vol 3 1070
Knot
Snap knot Vol 3 1220
Square Vol 3 1070
Upset when tied Vol 3 1068, 1154
Vanish Vol 3 1255, 1258, 1277
L
Lapel Vol 3 1412
Lapel vanish Vol 1 294
Later Magic Vol 1 295
Lemon Vol 1 313
Lemon with hole Vol 1 364
Light bulb Vol 3 1350
Light bulb container Vol 4 1653
Liquid
Dyed Vol 2 815
load
Additional phantom tube load Vol 1 267
Attached to fan Vol 1 257
Bog Vol 1 1721, 1727
Baa silk Vol 1 247
Body load wire around body Vol 1 259
Coot lapel Vol 1 148
Cover silk Vol 1 1721
Covers Vol 4 1721
From breast pocket Vol 4 1729
From inside a special table Vol 4 1730
From offstage Vol 4 1725
Hand-Held Vol 4 1720
Hanging Vol 1 273
Harness Vol 4 1720
Hat Vol 4 1737
Hip pocket Vol 1 245
Holder for quantity Vol 1 248, 1736
In long production Vol 1 1724
On assistant back Vol 1 1719
On end of streamer Vol 1 1738
On front of table- Vol 1 1728, 1740
Screen table Vol 1 254
Sleeve Vol 1 248, 1789
Sleeve streamer Vol 1 245
Stationary on board Vol 4 1725
Suspended Vol 1 272, 274, 284
Suspended Vol 4 1590, 1657, 1725
Suspended in silk Vol 4 1660
Swinging from back Vol 4 1723
Table well Vol 1 277
Through curtain Vol 4 1720
V-shape cord Vol 1 277
Wire loop Vol 1 287
M
MC bit Vol 1 436
Magazine Vol 1 224, 250, 280
Vol 2 780
Vol 4 1782
Magician-in-trouble plot Vol 4 1768
Magnets Vol 2 652
Vol 3 1153
Linking silks Vol 4 1647
Rope Vol 4 1584
Master Vanish Vol 1 317
Mat Oriental Vol 1 404
Oriental Vol 2 810
Rubber Vol 2 993
Match box Vol 1 512
Vol 2 684
Matchbox Vol 3 1197
Matchbook Vol 4 1614
Matches
Fake Vol 3 1416, 1464
Milk Vol 1 230
Milk glass Vol 2 8I9
Milk pitcher Vol 3 1517
Milk to Wine Vol 2 8I9
Miser 's Dream
Fold Vol 4 I596
Mismade
American flag Vol 2 824, 1201
Rainbow Vol 2 826
Monofilament Vol 4 1569, 1584, 1727, 1765,
1785
Double loop Vol 4 1735
Loop Vol 4 1606
Napkin Vol 1 431

Torn and Restored Vol 1 112
Napkin ring Vol 2 802
Neonistick silk fountain
Mirror Box Vol 1 204
Newspaper Vol 1 91, 113, 190, 218, 241,
275,
287, 324, 443
Vol 2 610, 651, 652, 1015,
1040
Vol 3 1063, 1360, 1362, 1378,
1380, 1390, 1394, 1410
Vol 4 1618
Cone Vol 2 1025
Cone Vol 3 1382, 1496
Cylinder Vol 1 187
Double Sheet Vol 1 255
For blendo Vol 3 1210
Gimmicked cone Vol 4 1671
Gimmicked for soup plate Vol 3 1376
Ungimmicked Vol 1 219
Ungimmicked Vol 3 1457
o
Our Mysteries Vol 1 306
P
Pagoda production Vol 1 503
Palm
Change-over Vol 1 58, 138
Thumb palm Vol 4 1630
Panels
Wood Vol 1 261, 284
Paper
Bag Vol 4 1626
Coae Vol 1 117, 238, 249, 258, 314,
320, 322, 323, 496, 505
Cone Vol 2 694, 951, 1025
Cone Vol 3 1143
Cone Vol 4 1618, 1665
Cone- Two way Vol 3 1388, 1404, 1416
Cup Vol 4 1665
Cylinder Vol 1 118, 119, 226
Cylinder Vol 2 615, 616, 665, 700, 126,
815, 820
Cylinder Vol 3 1318, 1405
Flower Vol 4 1566
Gimmicked bag Vol 4 1155
On frame Vol 4 1599
Rose Vol 4 1567
Sheet music Vol 2 780
Silk blowing act Vol 2 788
Silk wrapped in Vol 4 1601
Tissue Vol 1 182, 188
Tissue Vol 2 993
Tissue Vol 3 1174, 1197, 1382, 1433,
1464, 1532
Tissue Vol 4 1591, 1604
Tissue disc Vol 3 1342
Tissue-colored Vol 3 1412
Tube Vol 1 101
Tube Vol 2 618, 620812, 980
Tube Vol 3 1326
Cup Vol 2 765
Paper bag Vol 1 451, 458, 460
Vol 3 1132, 1145, 1434, 1362
Passe-passe Vol 2 800
Soft soap Vol 2 800
Paper clip Vol 1 168, 169, 227, 235
Vol 3 1454
Parachute
Silk production Vol 4 1580
Parasol Vol 1 476, 479
Pedestal
Hank Vol 3 1517
Pen Vol 2 901
Petrie -lewis
Sleeve reel Vol 2 1044
Wrist reel Vol 3 1117
Phantom tube Vol 1 344, 443
Vol 2 641, 816
Piano wire
Loop Vol 4 1516
Pill bottle Vol 4 1193
Ping pong boll Vol 2 982
Vol 3 1490
Pipe Vol 1 386
Pitcher
Metal Vol 2 818
Plywood board Vol 3 1105
Pocket Vol 2 625, 683, 681,
690
Silk from both Vol 1 508
Vanish Vol 1 411, 514
Pocket Fake Vol 1 501
Pop-Gun Vol 4 1519
Pull Ben son -sleeve Vol 3 1193
Body Vol 3 1419
Bungee Vol 4 1606
Cloth Vol 3 1440
Color change pear pull Vol 2 115
Cord Vol 3 1199
Devout Vol 2 148
Elastic Vol 4 1199
Honk ball Vol 3 1191
Pear Vol 1 313, 318, 346,
348
Pear Vol 3 1391, 1394, 1396,
1460, 1412
Sleeve Vol 3 1200, 1201
Sleeve Vol 4 1583, 1601, 1611
Util - o - silk Vol 4 1611
Pulley Vol 1 269
Puppet
Bag to dog Vol 4 1169
Dragon Vol 4 1656
R
Rabbit Vol 1 238
Reel Vol 1 436
Vol 2 852
Vol 4 1819
Floating silk Vol 2 814
Lightning Vol 2 818
Locking utility Vol 4 1606
New 1952 Vol 2 853
New 5 1 Stop Vol 2 853
Reel
Pocket Vol 2 879
Pocket Cord Vol 2 853
Proper use Vol 3 1117
Silk Corner Switch Vol 2 870, 872, 873
Silk to flower Vol 4 1631, 1633
Sleeve Vol 2 1044
Sleeve-lapel Vol 2 853
Tope measure Vol 2 881
Utility Vol 2 853
Wrist Vol 2 853
Wrist Vol 3 1117
20th Century effect Vol 2 859
Ribbon Vol 2 585, 587, 590, 628, 630
Vol 3 1464
Blendo Vol 3 1198
Cut and restored Vol 2 905
Silk on ribbon Vol 1 400, 457, 458, 460
Through girl Vol 2 556, 628, 630
Ring Vol 1 261, 301, 509
Vol 2 528, 561, 628, 630,
632,633, 635, 636, 647,
861,814, 931
Finger Vol 3 1304
Finger Vol 4 1565
For glass vanish Vol 3 1323
For sleeve pull Vol 3 1190
Instant On Silk Vol 3 1310
Metal Vol 4 1824
Off Silk Vol 3 1303, 1308
On silk Vol 1 509
On Silk Vol 2 632, 633, 635
On Wand Vol 2 636
Silk on wedding ring Vol 2 876
Silk through ring Vol 3 1260
Silk through ring-one hand Vol 2 861
Silver Vol 1 234
Triple silk penetration Vol 2 904
Under fake knots Vol 3 1131
Wedding Vol 2 840
Wooden Vol 2 879
Rod Silk on rod Vol 1 503
Rope Vol 2 522-658
Jumping silk Vol 3 1134
Knotting Vol 3 1132
Penetration Vol 3 1306
Silk on Vol 4 1584, 1856
Silk through rope downward penetration
Vol 2 908
Silk through rope one Hand Vol 2 908
Silk through rope upward Penetration
Vol 2 908
Rope
Silks on rope Vol 3 1434
Through girl Vol 2 558
Through Silk Vol 2 658
Twentieth Century Vol 2 1008
Rose Vol 1 364
Paper Vol 4 1567
Silk Vol 3 1112
Rubber band Vol 4 1561, 1562, 1564, 1571,
1582, 1597, 1606, 1774,
1778, 1787, 1790, 1795,
1797, 1822
Rubber cement Vol 4 1649
Ruler Vol 1 119
S
Salt Vol 2 639
Serpentine coil Vol 1 235
Servante Vol 1 167
Chair Vol 1 159
Chair Vol 2 993
Chair Vol 4 1602
Devon t vest Vol 2 749
Table Vol 3 1532
Shimada Vol 4 1576
Shortage rumor Vol 4 1550
Silk
20th century Vol 4 1671, 1673
Acrobatic Vol 4 1750
Animation Vol 2 931, 933
Appearing Vol 4 1578
Art Vol 1 5, 79
At collar Vol 4 1585, 1587, 1597
At lapel Vol 4 1597
Barehand production Vol 4 1569
Barehand vanish Vol 4 1792
Blow vanish Vol 4 1604
Brief history of silk magic Vol 1 2
Butterfly Vol 1 246
Butterfly Vol 3 1195, 1464, 1496
butterfly Vol 4 1771
Butterfly blendo Vol 3 1197
Cane silk Vol 4 1615
Card Vol 1 470, 494, 496
Card Vol 2 735
Checker boar d Vol 2 804, 870
Silk
Color change Vol 4 16321654, 1662,
1665
Color change instant Vol 4 1796
Color change sleight Vol 2 719, 720
Custom Vol 4 1829, 1837
Cut and restored Vol 4 1649, 1651, 1653
Dancing Vol 2 913-929
Diamond cut Vol 4 1598
Disguise water as milk Vol 1 819
Dyeing Vol 1 16
Fireball to silk Vol 4 1621
Flash Vol 4 1721
Flash appearance Vol 2 901
Flash flower to silk Vol 4 1566
Flash paper vanish Vol 4 1602
Flip silk production Vol 4 1594
Floating Vol 2 874
Floating with reel Vol 2 879
Fourish Vol 3 1111
From behind ear Vol 4 1733
From boards Vol 4 1571
From candle flame Vol 4 1705
From candle flame Vol 4 1707
From cane Vol 4 1613
From elbow Vol 4 1777
From paper frame Vol 4 1599
From silks Vol 4 1592
From the mouth Vol 4 1567
Gone Vol 2 827
Good night Thank you Vol 2 872
Grades Vol 1 8
Gray to hide bundle Vol 4 1775
Half silk Vol 4 1598
Half-Dyed Vol 2 829, 831
Hem Vol 4 1598
History Vol 1 2
Horizontal to Vertical Stripes Vol 2 873
In balloon Vol 4 1581
In clear bag Vol 4 1775
Ink spots Vol 2 795
Instant color change Vol 4 1779
Instant production Vol 3 1422
Instant tie between Vol 3 1481
Instant transposition Vol 3 1440
Invisible Vol 2 1020
Kleenex to silk Vol 4 1629
Kobra Vol 2 881
Silk
Kornsilks Vol 4 1763
Levitation Vol 3 1449
linking silks Vol 4 1647
Magnetized Vol 3 1448
Matchbook to silk Vol 1 1614
Momme Vol 1 8
Mommae Vol 1 1833
Off ribbon visibly Vol 1 660
On ribbon Vol 1 400, 457, 458,460
On rod Vol 1 503
On rope Vol 1 1584, 1586
On spectator back Vol 2 1050
On table leg Vol 1 502
On wedding ring Vol 2 876
One hand cane to silk Vol 4 1640
Penetrations Vol 2 910
Pocket Vol 2 940
Polka-do Vol 4 1748, 1769
Polka-dots Vol 2 793
Printed Vol 1 4
Printed Vol 4 1667, 1716
Pure Vol 4 1830
Quad silk Vol 4 1694
Rabbit Vol 2 822, 838
Rabbit in Dot Vol 3 1202
Rabi-Duck Vol 2 871
Rainbow Vol 1 3
Rainbow Vol 2 826, 938, 941, 953,
954, 958, 962, 978,
981, 1002, 1012
Ribbons Vol 4 1705
Rising Vol 2 922
Rolling Vol 3 1219
Self-tying Vol 2 856
Self-tying with thread Vol 2 891
Self-tying with thread on troy Vol 2 892
Sericin Vol 1 7, 10, 16
Serpent silk Vol 2 854, 880
Serpent streamer Vol 2 856
Silk through CO Vol 4 1644
Silk to flower Vol 4 1631
Silk to liquid Vol 4 1634
Silk-candle transposition Vol 4 1709
Silkworm Vol 1 2
Sizes Vol 4 1829
Solid with border Vol 1 3
Standard sizes Vol 1 9
Storing Vol 4 1837
Streamer fountain Vol 4 1744
Silk
Striped Vol 4 1811
Stung Vol 3 694, 1376
Sun and moon Vol 4 1755
Target Vol 4 1638
Tests for purity Vol I 5
Twirling silk to cone Vol 1 1615
Types of silk Vol 1 3
Uniformly wrinkled Vol 4 1836
Weights Vol 4 1833
With gun holes Vol 4 1628
With hole Vol 4 1700, 1767
Zombie silks Vol 3 1487
Silk King Studios Vol 4 1544,1547, 1551
Silk Poke Vol 4 1606
SKS Vol 4 1547
Slate moves Vol 1 251
Sleeve Vol 1 296, 309, 313, 984
Blendo Vol 3 1184
Silk Catapult Vol 3 1424
Silk stretch Vol 3 1426
Sleight
Drop change of bundles Vol 2 987
Sleight Vanishes Vol 1 290
Slush Powder Vol 4 1634
Snap Vol 1 44, 115, 134, 248,
322, 366
Vol 2 833
Vol 3 1168
Vol 4 1561, 1573, 1716,
1718, 1720
Soft Soap Vol 2 795
Soup Plate
False bottom Vol 3 1376
False bottom, Abbott Vol 3 1374
False bottom, goldston Vol 3 1375
False bottom, Rice Vol 3 1375
False bottom, Thayer Vol 3 1373
Two Vol 3 1364, 1371
Ungimmicked Vol 3 1357, 1360, 1362,
1382
With thread Vol 3 1363
Soup Plates
False bottom Vol 3 1380
Sphinx Vol 1 251, 261, 282
Vol 2 536
Spider web Vol 1 518
Spools Vol 1 392, 483
Spring flap Vol 1 286
Spring flowers Vol 1 219
Spring snakes Vol 4 1760
Stand
Bellboy for 20th century Vol 2 1038
Hiding load Vol 1 247
Hold silks Vol 3 1146
Sympathetic silks Vol 3 1060
T stand Vol 2 1030
Steal
Dropped silk Vol 1 159
From ear Vol 4 1733
Load from assistant back Vol 4 1722
Load from offstage Vol 4 1725
Under coat Vol 1 169
Vest Vol 1 171
Wand cover Vol 1 160
Story
Birds of burma Vol 3 1148
Twin Brothers Vol 3 1143
Streamer Vol 1 245, 268, 394
Vol 2 594, 638
Vol 4 1626, 1636, 1738,
1744,
1782, 1790
Cigarette to streamer Vol 4 1624
Color changing Vol 4 1654, 1656
Dove Production Vol 3 1477
Dye -version Vol 4 1762
Floating Vol 4 1669
Production method Vol 4 1596
Serpent Vol 2 856, 902
Seven dwarf Vol 2 828
Throw streamers Vol 4 1656
To cover load Vol 4 1724
Stretching a rope Vol 1 394
Sword
Sympathetic Silks
Un pr spared silks Vol 3 1127
Synthetic fibers Vol 4 1831
T
Table Vol 1 262
Fake front Vol 1 1728
Well Vol 1 1731
Table leg
Hollow Vol 1 1578
Silk on table leg Vol 1 502
Tenkai palm Vol 1 1558
Test tubes Vol 1 320
Thelma Rice Vol 1 1549
Thelma Ryle Vol 1 1544
Thimble Vol 2 580, 650
Thimble
Through Silk Vol 2 650
Thread
Best for reel-less magic Vol 2 888
Carpet Vol 4 1782
Thumb tip Vol 1 331, 373, 406,
408, 410, 500
Vol 2 639
Vol 3 1347, 1429
Thumbtip Vol 4 1558, 1559, 1601, 1695
Color Change Vol 2 725
Tie Color changing Vol 2 696
Topit Vol 4 1621, 1702
Tray Vol 3 1405
Vol 4 1785, 1787, 1997, 1804,
1817, 1820, 1822
20th Century Effect Vol 2 1035
20th Century Tray Vol 3 1062
Trouser fly Vol 1 154, 155
N
Umbrella Vol 3 1464
Umbrella frame
Automatic opening Vol 1 246
V
Vase Vol 2 902
Velcro Vol 4 1561, 1584, 1638, 1716,
1717, 1720, 1808, 1816
Vest Vol 1 162, 303
Flag stolen Vol 3 1186
Viol Vol 4 1793
Wand Vol 1 95, 101, 160, 282, 316,

450
Vol 2 534, 536, 592, 636,
720, 768, 769, 775,
817, 820, 822, 827,
837, 848, 1015, 1025,
1048
Vol 3 1205, 1399, 1412, 1454,
1532
Vol 4 1763, 1799
Wand
Fake Vol 1 350
Hollow Vol 1 118
Hollow Vol 3 1188
Hollow brass Vol 3 1474
Plug ends Vol 1 117
Plunger Vol 1 116
Vanishing hank Vol 3 1386
Wand shell Vol 1 114
With hook Vol 1 254
Watch
With hole Vol 1 364
Water Vol 1 188, 189, 190
Water to ink Vol 2 688
Wax Vol 4 1622
Weight Vol 4 1775, 1782, 1803, 1805
On streamer Vol 4 1624
Wine Vol 3 1460
From silk Vol 4 1712
To silk Vol 4 1634
Clip Vol 1 258
Flarist Vol 1 68, 103
Loop Vol 1 146, 148

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*From M.U.M Magazine, April I977, courtesy David Goodsell

He held several positions in the academic world. He was Art

He held this position

In the I.B.M. Rice served as International Secretary from 1940

He shared with the magic world the silk effects that he

Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 2 1953

Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 3 1962

Harold battled illness throughout the 1980's. He manned his

The selling of an Empire 2

Rice was an ingenious businessman. He thoroughly understood

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Skills * Skills * Skills * Skills * Skills * Skills * Skills *

The Lost Empire 3

Rice made many unique, long-lasting contributions to the

The Rice Encyclopedia Questions 5

Rice's fourth volume was never completed. Reports vary

This volume is not intended to replace Rice's collected

Utility silk roll * 1

A good tight roll of a silk may be accomplished using a one-

Place the end of the silk on the silk as in

silk roll in The

Producing a single silk

The advantages of Vito's silk holder are easily

Grip Ring for Silk Production 3

Vito has found o perfect solution to make large silks easier to

the finger to be inserted with no difficulty. The silk can be

Large Silk Holder * 4

Producing a 36 or larger silk has always presented a

* Courtesy Magic Effex International

4. Pin or clip the holder under the edge of your

4. The silk is in a natural position once it is in

Pro Silk Holder * 5

* Courtesy Magic Effex International.

*From Silken Sorcery, by Jean Hugard

1. Crumple the sheet of flash paper to closely resemble a

2. Roll the silk with the utility

* Courtesy Dick Gustafson

From the Mouth * 9

*From, Silken Sorcery, by Jean Hugard

Barehanded Silk Production* 10

An 18" silk with a one and one-half inch monofilament loop

1. Roll the silk tightly using the utility roll starting

2. Place the middle finger of the

* Courtesy Dick Gustafson

*From Novel Magic With the Appearing Cane courtesy of

Although similar to Hurrah this effect allows for the

* From Novel Magic With the Appearing Cone courtesy of Hades