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Relentless Ring and Stig oping 2 200M
Effect: A ring is produced on a string, magically removed and replaced several times and
then completely disappears.
Method: One finger ring and shoestring are used.
I developed this ring & string routine in 1991 to stand out from the many coin and card
tricks that are often seen. Important features of this routine are:
~The ring is magically produced after the hands have been shown empty
-It doesn't start out as a ‘ring and string’ trick, so the ring production is a surprise.
-The first time the ring comes off, the spectator is holding the ring.
-The ring is removed and replaced on the string three times each, before the final flight.
-A ring-flight type of vanish can easily be incorporated into the routine.
-When it seems that the trick is over, there are still two more surprises.
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1, The Knot Disappears
Reach into left pocket and remove shoestring, and
secretly finger palm the ring. Display the shoestring.
"Do you ever get a knot in your shoestring? ...Me too,
everyday. I found out how they get in there,
if you tie a bow in your shoestring,
sometimes the ends of the string fall through
the bow. Then when you try to untie your
shoes, you get a great big knot like this."
During the patter, tie the well-known
Hunter Bow slip-knot, as indicated in the
diagrams:
Fig. 1. Make two loops and overlap
them forming a pretzel shape.
Fig. 2. Pull the middle strands through
the loops to form a bow knot. Pull tight, so
that later the knot doesn't release too soon.
Fig, 3 & 4. Reach through each bow, toward your
audience and grab the end of the string hanging on each
side and pull the ends back through the
loops.
Continue to pull each end until the knot
becomes small and tight.
‘This patter is chosen specifically to help
your audience identify with the bow knot
and to believe that the knot that you are
tying is just like the knots that they tie on
their shoes. If they believe that, then the
vanish of the knot will be more surprising.