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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

Books

  • Jardine Ellis Ring Magic by John Howie
  • Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick and Ring on Rope by Mohammed Bey

Routines

  • The One True Ring by R. Paul Wilson
  • Ellis Ring on Shoelace - Horace Bennett's book "On Your Feet" , New Phoenix Sept. 1955 and The Genii Nov 1958, Art Of Close-Up Magic by Lewis Ganson, and Close-Up File by Jerry Mentzer
  • Peter Warlock's "Pentagram" and some issues devoted to the ring.

Variations

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