Knowing the Ropes - Will Ayling

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Audiences love rope magic! Knowing the Ropes features beautiful rope routines from Edward Victor, Shigeo Takagi, and Harry Carnegie. Some of the topics in this book include: Cut & Restored Rope, The Extra Piece, The Extra Loop, Edward Victor’s Original Cut & Restored Rope Routine, Harry Carnegie’s Patter for the Edward Victor Rope Trick, Rope Routine by Shigeo Takagi of Japan, The Vishnu Rope Mystery plus much, much more! Learn these and astonish your crowd!

Featuring the rope magic of Edward Victor, Shigeo Takagi, and Harry Carnegie. This was part of the Supreme 'Know How' series written and edited by Will Ayling, which was the continuation of the famous Teach-In series by Lewis Ganson.

1st edition 1987; original 36 pages; PDF 44 pages.

Contents
Cut & Restored Rope
- Requirement
- And So To Cut
- The Extra Piece
- The Extra Loop
Edward Victor's Original Cut & Restored Rope Routine
- The Know How
- Harry Carnegie's Patter For The Edward Victor Rope Trick
The Off Knot
Rope Routine by Shigeo Takagi of Japan
- Apparatus
- Method
- First part - the unequal ropes
- Second part - the flying knot
- Third part - the real knot
- Fourth part - "Do as I do"
The Vishnu Rope Mystery
- In action
A Knotty Magic Routine
- Practice and Presentation
Stand-up - Scissors Linked Onto Rope
The Panama Rope Trick