Red Lined Handkerchief For Use With A Reel

Description

From a magician’s estate purchase. Measures 18-1/2 inches by 19 inches. Comes with a small bead attached to one corner for attaching the thread from your reel. No instructions but see below.

Effect: Show the handkerchief with the red lines in a vertical position and then change them visibly into a horizontal position. You can also start out with the red lines going in a horizontal position and visibly change them into a vertical position. If you do not own a Reel or are not familiar with the working you can find information in the following works:

Specific magic books dedicated to instructions, maintenance, and tricks for working with a magician’s reel include:

• Reel Magic by Albenice (edited by Ralph W. Read): A classic, comprehensive encyclopedia of reel work. It covers basic and advanced principles, knot effects with handkerchiefs, color changes, card-on-ribbon, rising cards, the floating cigar, the dancing handkerchief, the Thornton Windlass, and Spalding’s deep breakdown on the “Penetrable Silk”. Available via dealers like Magic Inc.

• Sh… It Just Got Reel (by Scott Alexander): A modern 60-page manual and guide focused on bringing the reel out of storage. It includes practical maintenance, reel repair, and hard-hitting routines. Offered through Vanishing Inc. Magic.

• The Tarbell Course in Magic (Harlan Tarbell): Multi-volume foundational sets (such as Volume 1 and related utility/puppetry/levitation sections) feature classic practical mechanics for pull and reel devices used in spontaneous and stage routines.

Note: You receive the red lined handkerchief as pictured only. No reel is included.