Ted Collins' Panama Rope Mystery

Richard DuBois first told me about having seen Ted Collins perform this rope effect in Panama, and what a hit it made. At the International Brotherhood of Magicians Convention at Fort Worth, Texas, it won a prize trophy. It is very illusive and adapted to the performer who wishes to cut the rope into a number of pieces.

Effect

Performer shows a six-foot length of rope and after cutting it in half, ties two ends together in a knot. He makes a loop of rope in each of the other ends by tying knots in them. Both loops are cut, actually

making four pieces of the rope, tied together with three knots.

When the rope is wound around magician's hand, the knots disappear and the rope is fully restored in one piece again.