Dissolving Knots

Table of Contents for Show Me The Ropes

• Show Me The Ropes Rope magic ranks high on the pack-small-play-big scale. Ryan shows you the ins and outs of some of his favourite magic with a piece of rope.
• Puzzle Knots Exploring the G.W. Hunter Puzzle Knot and beyond with multiple variations and ideas to put together your own sequence of perplexing puzzles.
• Polarity Knots Ryan's discovery of a knot that will or will not form, entirely under your control.
• Dissolving Knots Three ways to make knots vanish, and one way to bring them all back.
• Professor's Prelude A magical preamble to add some extra magic with the ropes before your Prof. Nightmare routine.
• Professor's Nightmare The greatest rope trick of all time with four key tips to improve your performance.
• 3-2-1 Rope Trick Three individual pieces of rope are tied together, then magically restored into one long rope. The perfect ending for your Prof. Nightmare.
• Edward Victor's Rope Routine The grandfather of all modern cut-and-restored rope routines from the Magic of the Hands books. You may find something different, but you won't find one better!
• Convincing Cuts Three techniques to add finesse to your cut and restored rope routine.
• Single Rope Penetrations Three ways to pull a solid rope through your neck, arm, and thumb.