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Color-Changing Knives
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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
- ↑ http://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php?id=misc:color-changing_knife
- ↑ The Linking Ring, Vol. 15 no. 10 (December 1935)
