Ellis Ring

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The Ellis Ring was a gimmicked ring developed by Jardine Ellis to perform the Ring on Wand effect.

It is usually a brass ring and can be used to:

• penetrate onto a borrowed handkerchief -- while the ends are being held
• pass through ropes
• penetrate a spectator's thumb

[edit] Books

• John Howie's Routines with the Jardine Ellis Ring Magic (1955)
• Mohamed Bey's Routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick by S. Leo Horowitz (1952)

[edit] Routines

• The One True Ring by R. Paul Wilson
• Ellis Ring on Shoelace
• My Jardine Ellis Routine, page 25, book On Your Feet by Horace Bennett (1978).
• New Phoenix N° 330 Sept. 22, 1955, page 129. Combination by Horace Bennett.
• Genii Nov 1958,
• The Art Of Close-Up Magic, Vol. 1 by Lewis Ganson (1968), page 369, Chapter 15 : Jardine Ellis Rediscovered.
• Close-Up File by Jerry Mentzer (1994), page 27, Ellis Ring - A New Beginning and page 30, My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine by Horace Bennett.
• The Pentagram, Vol. 8, N° 10-11-12 & Vol. 9, N° 1, 1954, John Howie's Routine with the Jardine Ellis Ring.

[edit] Variations

• Joe Porper's Wedding Band Ellis Ring
• Gemini Ring: A variation made from black plastic