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[[Color-Changing Knives]] is an effect where a pocket knife changes color as it is pushed through the fist.
 
[[Color-Changing Knives]] is an effect where a pocket knife changes color as it is pushed through the fist.
  
Effect is usually credited to [[Walter Cerretta Jeans]].
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Magicians known for performing: [[Ascanio]], [[Fred Kaps]], [[René Lavand]], [[Matt Schulien]].
  
A set was marketed around 1935 as "The Juggling Knives".  
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Effect is usually credited to [[Walter Cerretta Jeans]], but that remains uncertain as no record has been found yet.<ref>{{cc|misc:color-changing_knife}}</ref>
  
Magicians known for performing: [[Ascanio]], [[Fred Kaps]], [[René Lavand]], [[Matt Schulien]].
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A set of knives was marketed in 1935 as "The Juggling Knives".<ref>The Linking Ring, Vol. 15 no. 10 (December 1935)</ref>
  
 
== Makers ==
 
== Makers ==
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* [[Ascanio's World of Knives]]  by [[Jose de la Torre]] (1975) - a translation of parts of "Navajas Y Daltonismo" by Arturo de Ascanio y Navaz (1958)
 
* [[Ascanio's World of Knives]]  by [[Jose de la Torre]] (1975) - a translation of parts of "Navajas Y Daltonismo" by Arturo de Ascanio y Navaz (1958)
  
== References ==
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{{References}}
 
*[http://magicref.tripod.com/magref/magknife.htm Doug Atkinson's Magic Reference Pages]
 
*[http://magicref.tripod.com/magref/magknife.htm Doug Atkinson's Magic Reference Pages]
  
 
[[Category:Prop]]
 
[[Category:Prop]]

Latest revision as of 20:48, 3 August 2014

Color-Changing Knives is an effect where a pocket knife changes color as it is pushed through the fist.

Magicians known for performing: Ascanio, Fred Kaps, René Lavand, Matt Schulien.

Effect is usually credited to Walter Cerretta Jeans, but that remains uncertain as no record has been found yet.[1]

A set of knives was marketed in 1935 as "The Juggling Knives".[2]

Makers

  • James Riser's Color Changing Knives
  • Enardoe by E.O. Drane
  • Ganson Knives
  • Merrill Knives
  • Mogar Knives
  • Jose M. De La Torre Knives
  • Scotty York Knives

Books

References

  1. Conjuring Credits' article on misc:color-changing_knife
  2. The Linking Ring, Vol. 15 no. 10 (December 1935)