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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. | ||
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.<ref>{{cc|misc:color-changing_knife}}</ref> | |||
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}} | |||
*[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 15:48, 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
- 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
- ↑ Conjuring Credits' article on misc:color-changing_knife
- ↑ The Linking Ring, Vol. 15 no. 10 (December 1935)