|
|
Go to page 1~2 [Next] | ||||||||||
Stedwick New user Las Vegas 73 Posts |
So you are performing your rope routines and naturally your long rope gets shorter and shorter as you continually cut the rope "in half."
Any ideas on what to do with your rope once it gets too short for normal routines? thx Stedwick |
|||||||||
Justin Flom Veteran user 325 Posts |
My buddy here in MN keeps them all, and uses them in small magic kits for kids.
|
|||||||||
0pus Inner circle New Jersey 1739 Posts |
1. Give them away as "souvenirs" during your act.
2. Give them away and tell the spectator if he puts it under his pillow, he will have a magic lasso in the morning. 3. Close-up (adults) "These are seeds; plant them and next spring you will have all the hemp you can smoke, er, use." 4. You can save various lengths to make Professor's Nightmare kits. 5. Do a PRE-CUT and restored rope effect. Show the short pieces, telling the audince that you already cut them to save time. "Restore" them into a large number of short lengths SAFETY-PINNED together. Try again and show a long length of rope knotted together at very frequent intervals. Slide the knots off to get a fully restored piece of rope (and a handful of knots). 6. Use them to make sliding knots. |
|||||||||
Mr. Bunkley New user 68 Posts |
Hello,
I tie my short ropes into knots and cut them off right at the knot!! I hate to give this away - ha!!! But, I've made myself a big ziplock bag of knots. So... during my routine a false knot comes off of the rope. When the routine is over, I pull out the bag... the audience isn't quite sure if it's a big bag of popcorn or what, then I bend down to pick up the knot that flew off of the rope, throw it in the bag and say, "Waste Knot, Want Knot". That's usually when the audience figures out that it's a big bag of knots. Let's face it... it's just absurd. And I often have people later say to me, "Hey, where's your bag-o-knots"... blah, blah, blah. Feel free to use it if you think it's funny. But remember, it came to you from Daniel in Austin, TX - ha!! |
|||||||||
magicdad New user Indiana 25 Posts |
Hi,
I use the leftover rope to tie up my tomato plants! You can also use them to make the knots and gimmicks for "In Over My Head". |
|||||||||
DanTheMagicMan Regular user Edgewater, Maryland USA 139 Posts |
Make little circles using small pieces of rope and duct tape. These rope circles, when laid flat, can then be used to keep round props or gimmicks from rolling around inside your table. Hank balls and eggs (for silk to egg) come to mind.
Dan The Magic Man
e-mail:[email]info@familymagicshows.com[/email] web site:www.familymagicshows.com MagicEvents.org - View or subscribe to upcoming magic events and birthdays. |
|||||||||
Geoff Ray New user 58 Posts |
I use mine for when I use little loops of rope for a basic C+R rope entwined into a big routine.
|
|||||||||
MOTO42 Loyal user Whitehouse Texas 225 Posts |
I pick at them until they are little balls of lint and thread.
"One man's miracle is another man's warm-up"
|
|||||||||
BIlly James Special user 991 Posts |
Moto42 gets my prize for ingenuity, but you better not try to market it because I came up with the idea of picking them into balls of lint and thread in 1937.
You can use them as spare knots, you can use them as wick for the end of fire sticks (if you do any fire eating) or if you want a really great effect to do with them get yourself a copy of "The magic of Japan" from Stevens Magic Emporium. I use them for all of the above. Cheers Billy James |
|||||||||
magicman222 Regular user 168 Posts |
I used it in a confetti cannon.
|
|||||||||
Mark Martinez Inner circle Wisconsin 1276 Posts |
I use them for the small piece that gets cut when using a TT to do a cut and restored.
Magically,
Mark Success comes before work only in the dictionary. - Anonymous |
|||||||||
Bilwonder Veteran user Oroville CA 327 Posts |
I use them in magic classes...
But I have a couple lines I use when I toss them out. I toss the rope out and remark, "here's a wick for your cigarette lighter..." Then I pick up the knots and and add, "For those of you who are not smokers ... here's a couple of knots..."
billswondershow.com
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." Mark Twain |
|||||||||
Andini Special user Columbus, OH 685 Posts |
Don't you mean if they're knot smokers?
-Andini |
|||||||||
Mago Mai Elite user Venezuela 485 Posts |
I am saving them for when I teach magic student ring on rope or prof. nightmare.
Mago Mai
I invite all of you to share some of my magic on videos.Please, CLICK HERE
|
|||||||||
gphrenol Regular user 112 Posts |
I have told kids in the spring time to take them and cut them even smaller and set them out for the birds to make nests with. I have only done this twice in the spring but leave a good impression.
|
|||||||||
Ms. Merizing Loyal user Edwin Carl Erwin is digging postholes for 232 Posts |
Your local scouting group would doubtless make great use of a leftover rope donation.
Pleased to continue finding that all the world's a stage.
|
|||||||||
magic4545 Inner circle Jimmy Fingers 1159 Posts |
Historically, according to cliches, one must hang oneself, right?
|
|||||||||
HerbLarry Special user Poof! 731 Posts |
Amore!
You know why don't act naive.
|
|||||||||
magicians Inner circle Teacher and Legend 2898 Posts |
Quote:
On 2010-03-09 22:54, gphrenol wrote: Careful with the birds or animals as they use it as a toy and pull on it. The claws get tangled and they can't release themselves. They sometimes eat a strand or two and entangle their intestines. Cotton rope has to be pure cotton stranded rope for bird toys so that they can pick at it to release themselves. Bird toy cotton is very popular and is as expensive as magicians rope. Now, dog toys are a different story. You can make foot long lengths with a double or triple piece of short rope and big double knots in the center and ends for a tug of war with you dog. Cats, of course will just bat at it. I did a few shows where the owners cat came in for my rope trick and started playing with the dangling end of rope. In the case of cats, you can make a noose and put it around the tabby's neck. Although cotton horse leads are preferred, you can put some clasps on short pieces of nylon as a lead. Cotton is easier on the hands. Goats and Llamas will also have problems with nylon scraps. Note: I have all of the above mentioned animals. Lastly, for cotton scraps of rope, especially cotton casing over cotton stranded center, you can sell this to civil war reenactments and antique gun aficionados for use as wadding for muskets and cannon (1" long pieces). For 4"-5" pieces, I make rope loops, or holdout loops for cut and restored. -------------
Illusionist, Illusionist consulting, product development, stage consultant, seasoned performer for over 35 years. Specializing in original effects. Highly opinionated, usually correct, and not afraid of jealous critics. I've been a puppet, a pirate, a pawn and a King. Free lance gynecologist.
|
|||||||||
Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
When I finish my cut and restore I cut the remaining rope into small enough pieces that each child gets their very own piece of magic rope to take home with them.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
|||||||||
The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » Knots and loops » » What to do with left-over rope? (0 Likes) | ||||||||||
Go to page 1~2 [Next] |
[ Top of Page ] |
All content & postings Copyright © 2001-2024 Steve Brooks. All Rights Reserved. This page was created in 0.03 seconds requiring 5 database queries. |
The views and comments expressed on The Magic Café are not necessarily those of The Magic Café, Steve Brooks, or Steve Brooks Magic. > Privacy Statement < |