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* [[Mohamed Bey's Routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick]] by [[S. Leo Horowitz]] (1952) | * [[Mohamed Bey's Routines for the Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick]] by [[S. Leo Horowitz]] (1952) | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 2 March 2009
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
- 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)
Routines
- The One True Ring by R. Paul Wilson
- Ellis Ring on Shoelace
- The Pentagram, Vol. 8, N° 10-11-12 & Vol. 9, N° 1, 1954, John Howie's Routine with the Jardine Ellis Ring.
- New Phoenix N° 330 Sept. 22, 1955, page 129. Combination by Horace Bennett.
- The Art of Close-up, Vol. 1 by Lewis Ganson (1968), page 369, Chapter 15 : Jardine Ellis Rediscovered.
- A Routine with the jardin Ellis Ring by Charlie Miller in Genii, vol. 40, N° 10, Oct 1976, page 660.
- My Jardine Ellis Routine, page 25, book On Your Feet by Horace Bennett (1978).
- 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.
Variations
- Joe Porper's Wedding Band Ellis Ring
- Gemini Ring: A variation made from black plastic
