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Rock_Slatestone Regular user Been Here A While But My Post Count Is 120 Posts |
I'm looking instructions on tying a helpers arm up with rope and then the rope "magically" goes through the arm with the knots still intacted. I used to do this trick 20 years ago but can't for the life of me remember how I tied it or what book I would have got it out of.
I used to call it the Poor Man's Arm Chopper and I would especially use it when working younger kids shows. The regular arm chopper I had at the time would have been too scary for them. Thanks, Steven |
Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
It's a variation of "Grandmother's Necklace" with a different knot tie. The knot tied is not tricky- it's a regular knot, but it's how you display the rope loops after the "penetration." It is described as a "Rope Through Neck" trick on page 377 of Stewart James' Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, but the same principle can be used with the wrist(s).
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts |
It doesn't have to be the GN principle. I think there is a version of rope or silk through a spectators arm, but I'm not sure if the knot remains.
There's got to be a version in the Ency of Rope Tricks, but I'm not in front of my copy to look. John Posted: Mar 5, 2009 4:29pm There is a version of a silk through arm, and the knot/loop of silk remains after the penetration in Wilson's Complete Course. Similar methods are also in Tarbell v1 & 3. These methods might not work too well with a rope. One could also adapt a rope through neck, by tying a knot after the move. It just won't be very stable before the penetration (to fix that, we're back to the GN principle) John
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puppeterry Regular user Sanger, CA 114 Posts |
I learned it from CCIM, and hold the bottom of the spectator's arm, bracing the k/l until I'm ready to pull it through, and the final knot remains.
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
A variation on magician's clothesline works well too. I used it to "saw a woman in half" with.
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