Mentzer, Jerry: Magic with Finger Rings ©1984 Jerry Mentzer Hardcover (with dustjacket),

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Comments: Magic with both borrowed and gimmicked finger rings.

Contents:

1 Introduction

4 Chapter One - The Spectator's Ring Links
5 The Himber Ring (Richard Himber): explained
5 Routine For The Himber Ring
7 Reputation Ring (Steve Dusheck): using 2 matching rings, one gimmicked
8 Locked Ring (Steve Dusheck): borrowed ring onto necklace
9 Dusheck's Ring Trick (Steve Dusheck): flying ring, no reel
11 Ring Finale (Steve Dusheck): useful for other ring tricks
12 Rubber Ringer (Bill Kalush): ring on rubber band

18 Chapter Two - Ropes, Rods And A Ring
19 Ring On Stick A La Hoffmann: from Hoffmann's Modern Magic
20 Ring On Stick - "The Art Of Magic" (T. Nelson Down)
21 Ryan's Rope, Ring And Rod (Jim Ryan): with borrowed ring
26 Repeat Ring Release (Dr Dan McDonald): ring off rope, uses a gimmicked ring, but most can be done with a borrowed ring
31 A Ring Trilogy (Scotty York): uses four rings, three gimmicked
35 Stand-Up Ring Routine (Scotty York): stand up version of above
36 Ringer (Scotty York): borrowed finger ring on/off rope
38 Another Ring Move (Earl Nelson): ring off rope move
39 The Faustus Ring (Dan Garrett): ring on rope move, borrowed ring
40 Walkoff (Steve Dusheck): borrowed ring removed from knot on rope
41 Routine For Walkoff (Steve Dusheck): for a Himber ring or two duplicate rings
42 Ring - Knot Really (Michael McGivern): ring release from knot, borrowed ring

48 Chapter Three - Assorted Tricks With Rings
49 Notes From Modern Magic
49 - The Flying Ring
50 - To Pass a Ring From the One Hand to Either Finger of the Other Hand
51 - To Pass a Borrowed Ring Into an Egg
52 Ring Opening (Roland Hurley): an opener for a close up show, uses three similar rings, two gimmicked
54 The Ring's The Thing (Scotty York): Scotty's variation
56 Concorde (Stephen Tucker): borrowed ring on ribbin in envelope
58 Glitter Ring (Jerry Mentzer): crushed and restored borrowed ring
59 I.O.U. (Steve Dusheck): with a special pen and a borrowed ring
61 Ring-A-Ding-Ding (Steve Dusheck): build a ring pull
63 Ring On The Finger (Takeshi Nemoto): using a half-ring
65 The Red Diamond (Steve Dusheck): quickie with a card and a ruby/diamond ring
66 Color-Changing Ring (Steve Dusheck): narrow-band ring to larger ring
67 Eggsceptional Eggs (Steve Dusheck): ring ends up in nest of plastic eggs
70 Ring Into Saltshaker (Jerry Mentzer): special shaker made from a glass salt shaker
71 Ring In Salt (Steve Dusheck): another version
72 Impromptu Ring Into Saltshaker (Jerry Mentzer): use with any shaker
73 Tit For Tat (Bill Tadlock): ring to key case
77 Impromptu Ring Flight (Richard Bartram, Jr.): Borrowed ring changes to coin, ring is found in coin purse
79 Vanishes For Rings: some suggestions for vanishings rings
80 Commercially Available Ring Tricks: a half dozen products listed
82 Other Selected Reading: some suggested resources