Silk Magic Inventors- All are from Rice's Encyclopedia of Silks, Volume 2 www.silkkingmagic.com

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Penetrations    
The Cords of Phantasia * Ottokar Fisher Page 522
Mystini's Triple Knot Escape Mystini Page 526
Delux Ropes, Fan and Silks Jean Hugard Page 529
Harlan Tarbell's Favorite Cords of Phantasia Harlan Tarbell Page 531
Penetrative Silks Harlan Tarbell Page 534
Wand Box and Silk Release Dr. Hans Van Baaren Page 536
Improved Grandmother's Necklace Harold R. Rice Page 539
Rice's Flying Colors Scotty Lang Page 542
Rice's Glas-Go Harold R. Rice Page 546
A Penetration Edmund Younger Page 548
Silk and Tube Trick Mendelson and Fox Page 549
Penetration Xtra-ordinary Tan Hok Chuan Page 551
Rice's Pent-A-Maid Harold R. Rice Page 553
Passing Through the Ribbon Eddie Joseph Page 556
Penelease J. Beattie Page 558
A Different Grandmother's Necklace F.H. Jeudevine Page 561
Rice's Dissolvo Harold R. Rice Page 562
Silk Away Milbourne Christopher Page 564
Pent-A-Silk Floyd D. Brown Page 566
Snap-Away Knot Harlan Tarbell Page 568
Snap-Away Variation Mrs. John Snyder, Jr. Page 570
Pull-A-Pant Silks Gene Tarbell Page 570
Fourth Dimension Silks Edwin Tabor Page 572
Release From Reason … after Walter Gibson and L.V. Lyons Page 574
Silk Thru Silk Howard Warringer Page 577
Silk Penetration Mohammed Bey (Horowitz, Leo Sam) Page 579
Thimble Thru Silk Chester Dobski Page 580
Ball Thru Silk L.L. Ireland Page 581
Glass Penetration Thayer Page 584
Obedient Silks Stewart Judah Page 587
A Magic Stuff Penetration Robert Harbin Page 590
Confucious Sabre Harold R. Rice Page 592
Cutting A Woman in Half Jean Hugard Page 594
Handkerchief Frame Harlan Tarbell Page 595
Cig Penetration Ishida Tenkai Page 597
Pop Up Cigarette Martin Gardner Page 601
Cigarette Thru Silk Keith Clark Page 602
Pentra Silk Harlan Tarbell Page 604
Silk Filter Peter Warlock Page 605
Silk Thru Glass Brunel White Page 607
Penetrating Silk Robert Bowerman Page 608
The Triple Penetration Will Goldston Page 610
Three Handkerchiefs Hatton and Plate Page 612
The Ghost Silk Edward Bagshaw Page 614
Cut and Restored Silk Jeanne Van Zandt Page 615
Separated Silk Joe Ovette Page 616
Cut and Restored Hank T. Sakamoto Page 618
Snip A Silk Harold R. Rice Page 620
Super Sharp Scissors George Braund Page 622
Extra Sharp Scissors C.E. Logan Page 623
Cut and Restored Ribbon Tom Auburn Page 624
Novel Silk Penetration Harold R. Rice Page 625
Walking Thru A Ribbon U.F. Grant Page 628
Perfect Ribbon Thru Body Alan Lambie Page 630
Thru a Wedding Ring Harry Latour Page 632
Ring of Thoth Nelson Hahne Page 633
Ring on Wand Harold R. Rice Page 636
The Prayer Chain Caryl Fleming Page 638
Sifted Thru Silk Ken De Courcy Page 639
Silken Obedience Francis B. Martineau Page 640
Silk Thru Cane Francis B. Martineau Page 641
The Magic Web Charles Waller Page 644
Ball Penetration Karlin Page 646
Prisoner In the Silk Jules Giraud Page 647
Thimble Thru Silk Kay Mac Math Page 650
Super Penetration Glen Gravatt Page 651
Adhesive Glass Peter Warlock Page 652
Red Devil Francis B. Martineau Page 654
Hahne Silk Penetration Nelson Hahne Page 655
Knot is Not a Knot Larry Becker Page 656
Silk Thru Rope Prof. Jack Miller Page 658
Uncanny Hankies George Blake Page 660
Mechanical Color Changes    
Single Color Changing Silks Harlan Tarbell Page 662
The Jumping Knot Louis Tannen Page 664
Change Thru Tube Stewart Judah Page 665
The Ever-Change Silk E.D. Proudlock Page 666
A Flashy Opening J. Brown Page 667
Flash Color Change Hahne & Tarbell Page 669
Double Color Change Horace Goldin Page 669
Instantaneous Transposition Julian Proskauer Page 671
Triple Color Change Harold R. Rice Page 673
Tri-Color Change Harold R. Rice Page 675
New Color Change Percy Abbott Page 677
Perfect Color Change Will Goldston Page 678
Color Changing Knot Eric C. Lewis Page 679
Vice-Versa Change Arthur M. Pope Page 681
Berg's Miracle Silks ** Joe Berg Page 682
Novel Color Change Joe Berg Page 682
Sucker's Waterloo Joe Berg Page 683
Two Silk Monte Joe Berg Page 684
Ervin Color Change Silk Dr. Ervin Page 686
Laundry Mystery Larsen & Wright Page 688
Instantaneous Color-Change Silk Verrall Wass Page 689
Symsilk Robert Harbin Page 690
Meet The Missus Harold R. Rice Page 692
Gamblers' Silks Julian S. Bush Page 694
Color Changing Tie Mrs. Val H. Seewald Page 696
Color Changing Silks - Sleights & Gimmicks  
Color Change Handkerchief Tube Attributed to David Devante Page 700
Ideal Color Change Tube L.L. Ireland Page 700
Simplex Harold R. Rice Page 701
Color-Change Handkerchief Ball Attributed to John Hamley Page 701
Palmo Harold R. Rice Page 701
Novak Palmo Steal Bob Novak Page 706
Judah Surprise Stewart Judah Page 708
Clean-Cut Color Change Harlan Tarbell Page 710
Hamley Brothers Fake Hamley Brothers Page 712
Nu-Kwik Kolor Change gimmick Leo J. Demski Page 713
Di-It Jesse Thornton Page 715
New Handkerchief Gimmick L.L. Ireland Page 717
Tube to Cigarettes Glen Gravatt Page 718
Subtle Color Change Harold R. Rice Page 718
Snappy Color Change Milbourne Christopher Page 720
Semantic Silks Albert B. Griggs Page 722
Suggestive Color Change Mark Jacobs Page 725
Traveling Knot L.L. Ireland Page 728
The Dying Silks Bert Douglas Page 732
Perfect Color Change Mayette Page 734
Ace to Silk Ken De Courcy Page 735
Jaysee Color Change Supreme Jack Chanin Page 736
Color Change Expose Prof. Jack Miller Page 739
Red-Blue,Blue-Red Les Manterfield Page 742
Silk Dying    
The Handkerchief Trick *** David Devante Page 748
The Devante Tube David Devante Page 753
Stanyon Tube Ellis Stanyon Page 753
Roterberg Tube Professor Roterberg Page 754
Willmann's Tube Herr Willman Page 755
Cup Dye Tube Herr Willman Page 755
Al Baker Dye Tube Al Baker Page 756
Braun Dye Tube John Braun Page 756
Behind Silks (Load) Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 759
Vest Pocket Steal Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 761
Dress Vest Steal Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 762
Sash Steal Horowitz Page 762
Vest Steal Frazer Page 762
Finger Steal Max Holden Page 763
A Hooked Tube Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 764
Catgut and Tube John Mulholland Page 764
Tube and Tumbler Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 765
With a Silk Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 766
In a Silk Jean Hugard Page 767
In the Right Pocket Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 768
In the Silks Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 769
Drop Method Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 769
In a Tumbler Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 770
With a Hook Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 770
Under a Silk Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 771
In a Bottomless Glass Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 771
In a Black Art Well Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 772
Crumpled Cylinder Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 772
Disguised Dye Tubes Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 772
Feather Flowers Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 773
Baby Doll Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 774
Humpty Dumpty Leat Page 774
Paper Pocket Harold R. Rice & Van Zandt Page 774
Wand Tube Jean Hugard Page 775
Wand Dye Tube T.J.Crawford Page 775
Russell Flag Tube Billy Russell Page 776
Crystal Dye Tube Sydney Legrande Page 777
Transparent Dye Tube U.F. Grant Page 778
The Transparent Tube Vernon Cook Page 779
Mystery Dye Tube H.R. Hulse Page 780
Music and Silks Janos Bartel Page 780
Selfcon Dye Tube Harlan Tarbell Page 782
Windsor's Dye Box (Popcorn Dye Box) Thomas L. Lowry Page 784
Silk Blowing Act Haskel Schweidel Page 788
Blow It Justiniani Page 790
Silk Blowing Ade Duval Page 791
A Silk Diversion Edward Bagshaw Page 793
Soft Soap Doc Hallock Page 795
A 'Catch' Transposition Eric C. Lewis Page 797
Soft Soap Improved R.C.Buff Page 798
Paper Sack Soft Soap R.C.Buff Page 800
Soft Soap Passe Passe R.C.Buff Page 800
Nu Dye Method Bill Spragg Page 801
Sympathetic Napkin Rings Jesse Thornton Page 802
The Checker Mystery L.L. Ireland Page 804
Silk Cabby Tom Sellers Page 806
The Imp Box Edward Massey Page 808
Yo! Ho! And a Bottle of Rum Larsen & Wright Page 810
Color Riddle Glenn Gravatt Page 812
The Secret Tube Len J. Sewell Page 813
Silk Drinks Theo Dore Page 815
Chromatic Conception John Thornton Page 816
Alchemist's Dream John Thornton Page 817
Silks and Spirits Richard L. Piser Page 819
Al Baker's Routine Al Baker Page 819
Bunny Surprise John Braun Page 822
Deluxe Mismade Flag Harold R. Rice Page 826
Mismade Rainbow Caryl Fleming Page 826
Sno-White and the Seven Dwarfs Thelma Rice Page 827
Half-Way Dying C.Steffensen Page 830
Convincing Dying (Subtlety) E.M.Roberts, Jr,DDS Page 831
Double Dyed Kolma Page 832
Sy-Se Silk Routine W.J.Sykes Page 833
Fan and Silks A.C.Thompson Page 835
Redhill Silk Dying F.N.Rothenberg Page 835
Great Silk Blowing Act Davenport Page 837
Evolution of a Rabbit Carlyle Page 838
A Romance in Silk L.L. Ireland Page 839
Pusha Da Push Prof. Jack Miller Page 844
Blow Dye Ade Duval Page 848
Reel Magic  
The Serpent Silk Albenice Page 854
Visible Self-Tying Silks Albenice Page 856
The Naughty Knot Albenice Page 858
Visible 40th Century Silks Albenice Page 859
Penetro Albenice Page 861
The Penetrable Silk Spalding Page 863
Smart Color Change Nat Louis Page 864
Rice's Rabi-Duck (with a reel) Louis Tannen Page 871
Good Night Clatz Page 872
Zebra Silk Tom Dethlefsen Page 873
Color Change Foulard Francis B. Martineau Page 873
Impossible Floating Handkerchief Henry Bohlen Page 874
Ring On Silk Hans E. Trixer Page 876
A "Reel" Trick Edwin Tabor Page 877
Lamp Chimney Vanish Nate Leipzig Page 878
The Floating Silk Mazdah Page 879
Serpent Silk R.D.Spraker, Jr. Page 882
Kobra Senor Maldo Page 883
Ad Infinitum Plus Robert Harbin Page 885
Reel-Less Magic
Self-Unknotting Silk Al Baker Page 888
Knot the is Not Joe Berg Page 889
Spirit Knot Stewart Judah Page 891
Latest Knotted Silk Joseph Ovette Page 892
Knotly Silk Harold R. Rice Page 892
Miller's Knotty Silk Prof. Jack Miller Page 894
Knotting and Unknotting Silks G.W.Hunter Page 897
Reel-Less Magic Tommy Dowd Page 898
Flash Silk Apparition Carlos H.Colombi Page 901
Snake-N-Vase Harold R. Rice Page 902
Triple Ring-Silk Penetration Henry Bohlen Page 904
Devil's Own Knife-Cut Ribbon Henry Bohlen Page 907
Master Silk Thru Ropes Henry Bohlen Page 908
The Penetrative Silk Harlan Tarbell Page 910
Penetrating Silk Percy Abbott Page 911
The Dancing Handkerchief **** Professor Hoffmann Page 913
The Dancing Hank Mike Kantek Page 914
The Flying Carpet Marvyn Roy Page 917
The Animated Silk R.C.Buff Page 920
Self-Contained Rising Hank Sid Fleischman Page 922
The Acrobatic Silk Haskel Schweidel Page 923
The Million Dollar Gimmick Sid Fleischman Page 929
The Tripod Gimmick Sid Fleischman Page 931
Hop-A-Long Hank Bert Easley Page 932
My Untying Silk Routine Joe Homcheck Page 936
Twentieth Century Silks  
Ducrot Improvement *# Frank Ducrot Page 940
Rainbow 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 941
Mysteriously Joined Hanks Frank Kennard Page 943
The Traveling Salesman Bert Douglas Page 945
Silken Switch Kolmar Page 948
Surprise 20th Century John Braun Page 949
Visible 20th Century Hen Fetsch Page 950
Fly-A-Way Cone U.F. Grant Page 951
Repeat 20th Century Percy Abbott Page 952
Repeat Rainbow 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 953
Assistant 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 954
Solid Color Transposition Harold R. Rice Page 956
Triple Repeat 20th Century George Barha Page 958
Surprise Vanish George Barha Page 960
Repeat Self-Tying 20th Century U.F. Grant Page 962
Turn of the Century Len Belcher Page 963
20th Century In Reverse Robert Harbin Page 964
Reverse English Baldwin F. Daly Page 965
Cylinders and Silks Frederick Montague Page 967
Silken Flight Frederick Montague Page 969
Fly-Silk Arnold DeSeiver Page 971
20th Century In Reverse Glenn Gravatt Page 972
Silk In Chancery Len Belcheck Page 973
Chancery Impromptu Dennis H.Vickery Page 974
Switch Reverse Harold R. Rice Page 976
Carlyle's Rainbow 20th Century Lyle F.Laughlin Page 978
Baker 20th Century Al Baker Page 980
Douglas 20th Century Bert Douglas Page 981
Spalding's 20th Century Spalding Page 984
A "Switch" 20th Century Stewart Judah Page 986
Hat and Silks Combination Harlan Tarbell Page 988
New Silk Cabby (with Haskel Fake) Haskel Schweidel Page 990
Fantasy In Silks Olaf Corben Page 991
Cream of the Jest Peter Warlock Page 993
Visible 20th Century Frame Loyd Page 995
Grant's 20th Century U.F. Grant Page 996
Twenty-First Century Silks Lorne DeBlois Page 999
Twenty-Second Century Silks Major John C.Goodrum Page 1000
Improved 20th Century Silks Manger Page 1001
My 20th Century Routine J.Elder Blackledge Page 1002
Unprepared 20th Century Nelson Hahne Page 1004
Silks of Mephisto … after Lee Grey Page 1006
Roped In Willard S.Smith Page 1008
Silk Epic Hen Fetsch Page 1010
Go-Between Silk Milbourne Christopher Page 1012
Tri-Tie Hen Fetsch Page 1013
A Good 20th Century Effect Verrall Wass Page 1015
Rice's 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 1016
The Flying Silk E. Brian MacCarthy Page 1017
A New Presentation Milbourne Christopher Page 1019
M.C. 20th Century Silks Harold R. Rice Page 1020
Unprepared 20th Century Prince Hara Page 1021
One More 20th Century Russ Walsh Page 1022
Sleight 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 1024
20th Century Hank Trick Justiniani Page 1025
Spectator 20th Century Jean Hugard Page 1027
Bottomless Glass 20th Century Jean Hugard Page 1028
Pass-It Harold R. Rice Page 1029
Stage 20th Century Chung Ling Soo Page 1030
Simplicity Silks Len J. Sewell Page 1032
Appearing and Self-Tieing Silks Keith Clark Page 1083
Uniting the Colors Edward Bagshaw Page 1034
Another Visible 20th Century Eric C. Lewis Page 1036
There and Back Verrall Wass Page 1037
Shot Silk Freddie Sharpe Page 1038
Newspaper 20th Century Johnny Penrose Page 1040
The Caliph's Colors Marvyn Roy Page 1041
Satan's Silks Orville Meyer Page 1042
Visible 20th Century Eric C. Lewis Page 1044
The Century Silk Frame Edward Massey Page 1045
Baffling Bloomer 20th Century Harold R. Rice Page 1046
A Silk Combination Orville Meyer Page 1048
The Houdini Hank Escape L.L. Ireland Page 1050
* based on the Grandmother's Necklace Principle from antiquity, as described on Page 538
** A basic principle devised by Joe Berg for three of his color change effects.
*** The precursor of all silk dying effects

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