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Hi,

I just posted a new article on how to prepare and gimmick ropes

http://escamoteur.de/wordpress/index.ph ... ing-ropes/

Have fun!


Tom

I suppose that's one way to do it but there are a good number of cut and restored rope routines that don't equire magnets.

If you want to make a rope cut convincing then you'll probably use a pair of scissors which WILL attract the magnets so you need to take care. Neo magnets will be difficult to handle with scissors.

As a convincor it's always better to have a member of the audience cut the rope with the scissors and then the frayed ends will look perfectly natural.

As a working magician I will always ive away the rope that has been cut and restored so keeping it looking nice is not an issue.

Hi Dat8962,

you made some good points. I did not want to recommend magnets to base a cut and restored rope routine on magnets.

I too think the best way is to have a spectator on stage who makes the cuts.

In my routine I first let the spectator do several cuts while the whole time there is one pair of magnets inside the rope (yes I have to do the gimmicking for each performance). As climax of the routine I link two rope rings in the hand of the spectator using the magnets. The helper and the audience are really floored.

Best
Tom

In my routine I first let the spectator do several cuts while the whole time there is one pair of magnets inside the rope (yes I have to do the gimmicking for each performance).

I'm wondering what the reasoning is behind that move so that it looks normal to the spectator. Sometimes magicians are guilty of putting in extra but unneccessary moves to disguise the sleights which results in the handling not being of any real sense to the audience. I'm not saying that this is such a case as it's difficult to tell from the post to date.

However, I'd recommend that you check out a routine called Roped-In by Joe Riding, available in manuscript which you can get from http://www.mikedanatasmagicstudio.co.uk. It's a lovely cut and restored routine that's full of audience participation and no magnets are needed.

You still get me wrong. I don't use the magnets for cut and restored, but for a final linking of two rope rings.

It's just a tool that I want to share with you. Maybe you never need it, but perhaps you find an application for it one day.

Btw. I'm a working pro and I use my rope routine in every show so I know how good it plays.
Tom

Fair enough - what works, works and you can't say fairer than that (particularly if you can't pronounce your t's)

I was attempting to give a different view for others who may read this and I probably did get the wrong end of the rope as far as cut and restored goes.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate comments, but I got the impression, that you missed somehow the point of the post. So I wanted to clarify this.

Rope magnets CAN be a great too but you should only use them where necessary and with great care.

If you want to see some great applications check out Pat Pages Rope DVD

Best
Tom