False Finger

72 entries in Hand Gimmicks / False Finger
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Carl Willmann Der künstliche Finger about the fake finger, vanishing and appearing silk application, also with tip of finger removable, flower production application
 		June 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6)
94
Abenteuer eines Eies und Irrfahrten eines Tuches by "E. C. from Munich", longer routine with egg, egg cup, glass, silk and candle
Related to Feb. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2)
21
Das Tuch auf Reisen silk appears and vanishes in bare hands
 		Oct. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 2)
18
The New Rising Cards From The Hand fake finger
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
202
Der Papierfinger false finger made from tissue paper for silk production, crumpled up at the end
 		Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
10
Carl Willmann Das Pythagoras-Wunder cloth held up by performer with both hands, still things happen behind this screen, fake finger/third hand, ungaffed silk (finger on stick or wire)
Related toVariations Oct. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10)
152
Das Pythagoras-Wunder cloth held up by performer with both hands, still things happen behind this screen, fake finger/third hand, ungaffed silk (finger on stick or wire)
Related toVariations July 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1)
14
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger in der Hand first finger pushes up card, fake finger, all fingers apparently visible
Inspired by Apr. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4)
53
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Metamorphose eines Tuches No. 44, silk produced, changes into ribbon, then into small silks, they vanish and reappear inside an egg
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
120
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Ein neuer Münzentrick folding coin in fake finger, credit information
Related to
  • "New Coin Production from Bare Hands" (T. Nelson Downs, Modern Coin Manipulation, 1900, p. 130)
 Mar. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 3)
38
Carl Willmann Der künstliche Finger triangle finger attachment with bigger loading chamber, American origin
 		Mar. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 3)
41
Hamley Brothers, The False Finger (The Magical Production of Handkerchiefs)
different constructions
 		1903
Later Magic
209
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli 1. Der Verschwindungsapparat für Tücher methods to vanish silks, pulls, holdouts and false finger gimmick
 		1903
Moderne Magie
55
Neuestes Flaggen-Manöver two silks and small flag appear, silks put in glass, flag vanishes again and reappears between the two silks in glass, false finger and pull
 		June 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 6)
92
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Magische Transformation und Analyse routine with three silks, silks vanish, appear and change colors, with paper tube and glass cylinder
 		1922
Zwölf Schlager der Magie
29
Green Silk From A Dollar Bill production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick, optionally the bill becomes whiter after silk is removed from it
Related to 1937
Money Magic
22
Clayton Rawson Sixth Finger Card Rise
Related to Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 78)
511
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Sixth Finger
Inspired by 1940
The Jinx (Issue 84)
539
Edward Victor The Flying Salt
1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part Two
141
Harry Bertall Le mystère des trois disques paper with three different colored discs, discs are pierced and handkerchiefs with same color appear
 		Dec. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
5
Eddie Joseph Eddie Joseph's Restored String cut and restored string
 		1941 ca.
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
103
Bruce Elliott Misdirection for Rabbit-From-The-Hat with false finger
 		June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 128)
514
Clayton Rawson The Counterfeiter's Dream borrowed five-dollar bill is burned, then one-dollar bill changes into silk and then into five one-dollar bills
 		June 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 1)
326
Donald Holmes Fish from Empty Hands
Dec. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)
13
Audley Walsh Rubber Finger Mike one handed flourish, dealing the cards
 		Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 187)
747
Al Baker Goldfish Production sixth finger
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
104
Bruce Elliott Remembrance of (Magical) Things Past... on Fred Keating and his idea with the Vanishing Bird Cage, Mike Bornstein's production of a huge foulard, Keith Clark's ring through door, Houdini, Thurston, Richiardi Jr. & Sr.
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
78
Lee Wayne A Smart Opening part of Wayne's drunk act, routine with cigarette, silk and appearing glass, using Ireland's Giant Match
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
59
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein Knalleffekt zum 1. August production of small flags from flash paper
 		1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 5)
70
Jay Weiler Finger Ring ring penetrates finger, finger bases covered with silk
 		Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
142
Dr. William Weyeneth Der Ersatzfinger sixth finger for cut and restored rope and salt pout
 		1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 5)
78
Dai Vernon A Silk Routine production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick
Related to 1976
The First California Lecture
7
Karrell Fox Finger Flinger short thimble routine, then spectator takes thimble off finger and gets the whole (sixth) finger
 		1979
Another Book
35
Karrell Fox Foxes Foney Fickle Finger fake finger for nail writing with bigger line with crayon
 		1979
Another Book
128
Kevin Justice Flight Deck gags, deck with wings, washed deck, false finger in butter
 		1980
Diary of a Deranged Deck
6
Patrick Page Bare Hand Silk Production production of handkerchief, false finger
Also published here 1980
Magic Page by Page
2
Steve Spillman Fake Finger Foolery finger removed, placed on other hand and sixth finger is removed and eaten
 		1980
The Spill Bar and Grille
20
Meir Yedid The Amputation finger cut off with knife falls on floor, spare fake finger is attached to replace it
 		1981
Meir Yedid's Finger Fantasies
39
Jack Chanin Finger-Bandage Gag "finger comes off" gag
 		Sep. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9)
681
Arthur Setterington Thimble Finger "Here are a couple of gags which create a great deal of amusement and surprise especially amongst the ladies."
mummified finger in box
 		1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6)
1051
Stephen Tucker Weird comedy routine, one to five fingers gag with handkerchief, rubber fingers in small box as prediction
Also published here Nov. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 19)
362
Walt Lees Fingerflinger gag with false finger, marking position of a card
 		Aug. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 28)
549
Stephen Tucker A Tip finger vanish
 		Feb. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 34)
655
Steve Beam Arise rising card with false finger
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 10)
174
Steve Beam The Finger gags and ideas with a false finger
  • 1. Misnomer
  • 2. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
  • 3. Sticky Fingers
  • 4.. Item #4
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 10)
175
Bob Jepson Bob Jepson's Finger in Ear gag, fingers put in ear separate from hands
 		1985
Finger Secrets
18
Meir Yedid Cautious Clapping finger falls from hand, because of clapping to hard, joke
 		1985
Finger Secrets
34
Wayne Kyzer Thumbs Down comedy routine, performer's finger vanishes from hand and appears on selection
 		1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 15)
256
Dai Vernon The Tale of the Treasury Worm with bill and sixth finger
Also published here Mar. 1987
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)
12
Dai Vernon The Tale of the Treasury Worm production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick
Related toAlso published here 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
49
Charles Adrian DigitAll impression with putty
 		Nov. 1988
Magick (Issue 413)
2064
Stephen Tucker Bizarr! comedy routine, one to five fingers gag with handkerchief, rubber fingers in small box as prediction
Also published here Oct. 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1)
20
Dai Vernon Das Märchen vom Schatz-Wurm with bill and sixth finger
Also published here Feb. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 2)
61
Impromptu ... Or Nearly So! methods from Royal Road and New Era Card Tricks, two impromptu and one with false finger
Related to 1991
Knowing The Rising Cards
13
Manuel Muerte, Guillaume le Grand Magic Fingers finger falls off hand, gag divination of thought-of number
 		1991
Hardcore
80
Patrick Page Seidentuch-Produktion aus der leeren Hand production of handkerchief, false finger
Also published here 1993
Lecture Patrick Page
4
Sam Leo Horowitz Silk Production with False Finger with paper
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1105
John Alley, Richard Bartram, Jr. Severed Ties gag, rope penetrates spectator's finger, finger false off
 		1997
Trephine
91
Steve Beam Fingered gag, rubber finger production from thimble
 		1997
Digital Effects
166
Verschwindender Spazierstock fake fingers in vanishing cane, gag
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
67
Don Alan All Thumbs gag with rubber thumbs
 		2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
223
Angelo Carbone Zig-Zag Finger center of a finger vanishes, partial finger shell
 		Sep. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 9)
56
Al Baker Goldfish Production sixth finger
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
453
David P. Abbott The Disposable Fingertip for silk production
 		Aug. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 8)
63
Billy McComb, Patrick Page Billy's Thimble while doing a thimble routine, an extra finger appears
Inspired by 2011
Magic Page by Page
291
Kazu Katayama The Silken Finger cut and restored handkerchief, with missing corner proof, sixth finger handling
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
142
Alexander de Cova Messer durch Jacke knife through jacket
Inspired by 2018
Burners — Vol. 6
191
Danny Cheng Current Favorite color changing knife, fake explanation in which another knife is produced from a tiny purse, along with a fake finger and another knife
Inspired by July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
106
Dai Vernon Handkerchief Trick production from bill, with sixth finger gimmick, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
79
Dai Vernon Silk Production from Dollar Bill with bill and sixth finger, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
98
Chris "Doc" Dixon Pull My Finger spectator rips of performer's finger
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2008
  • The Magic of Cox Dixon, lecture notes, 1999
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
726
Steve Skomp I Hate It When That Happens catching one's own finger
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
814