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I've being going thru the complete course in magic and want to do some rope tricks now but I cant find rope that can be cored. Ropes used in climbing are suitable but far to long. Normal rope is too thick and unflexible.

Anyone know of some rope I can buy?
Thanks

It's best to buy "magician's rope" from a dealer.

Having said that, for my first experiments in magic, before I heard of coring, I simply soaked a length of ordinary rope in water then let it dry - it softened nicely.

Barry

I usually buy my rope form MagicBox, well worth a look at

I've not done much rope magic - but I do know that many hardware stores have different types of rope that you can buy by the foot - which means you don't have a lot of extra rope that you have no use for. You mentioned climbing rope - I've seen similar stations in some (larger) sporting stores so have a look there too.

An added advantage is that the stations they have/cut it at have the ends sticking out so you can check out all the types they have and the weaves, etc.

Good luck.

:Magician's rope" -- bought from a magic dealer -- can be easily cored, for cutting.

The local homebase (Large hardware store) sells rope that is easilly cored. It works fine for the likes of professors nightmare, and pieces of it fit fine in TTs and the like.

If you're in the UK - then I'd recommend getting only magicians rope from a magic dealer such as MagicBox, RSVP magic, Davenports and House of Magic at Stourbridge.

No need to core it and the last two shops that I mentionned both sell rope that is a little thineer and which is ideal for rope magic.

I buy mine at HoM in Stourbridge and have used theirs for a few years now - also it's available in different colours to suit your preferences.

I really wouldn't bother buying rope that you need to core and in my view this is a dated method anyway.

Thanks very much guys I check this all out!