Reference Guide
to Pen Magic
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Last Update: May 2005 Niedzwiecki's Just Passin' Thru,
Pen magic includes effects such as pen through dollar bill, coin from pen cap, flash pens, and so forth.
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Ammar, Michael: The Magic of Michael Ammar.
Tons of magic including David Williamson's Coin in Pen Cap routine,
Pencil Through Quarter. $40
Bennet, Horace: Familiar Themes.
Includes A "Bic" Pen Coin Vanish: coin vanishes and is dumped from the
pen cap; and Drinking Straw Through Playing Card among others.
Brewer, Doug: High Impact Coin
Magic. 7 good coin routines including Cap-Tivating: Three coins
produced from pen cap.
Brewer, Doug: The Unexpected
Visitor. 11 routines containing some of the same routines as High
Impact, such as Cap-Tivating three coins from pen cap.
Fulves, Karl: Self Working Coin Magic.
Includes Puncture: A pencil penetrates a bill wrapped in paper.
Futagawa, Shigeo: Introduction to
Coin Magic. Good introductory text. Includes a Coin and Fountain
Pen Routine. Also available as an e-book from lybrary.com.
Ganson, Lewis: The Art of Close Up
Volume 1. Includes Dual Control suspended pencil, and Gozinta
Pencils (Cecil Keech): Red and Blue pencils change places in a small
tube.
Ganson, Lewis: The Art of Close Up
Volume 2. Lots of good magic. Includes a Chapter of David Berglas
on sleeving, which features Producing a Pen, Pencil or Cigar, and The
Autograph Hunter's Nightmare, where the spectator's pen disappears and
reappears in playful ways.
Gladwin, Andi: Virtual
Reality. 7 routines, including Andi-Cap: a pen and rubber ball
routine; and A Miracle With Monte: another angle to the Three Card
Monte. By A2 Productions.
Harkey, David: Simply Harkey.
Lots of close up magic including East Meets West impromptu pencil
through bill routine. $30
Harris, Paul: Art of Astonishment
Volumes 1 and 2. Includes
lots of selections from Paul's works. Volume 1 includes Greg Wilson's
Re-Cap routine; Volume 2 includes Breaking Point (from Close-Up
Fantasies I and II): A humorous bit where you can't remove the cap from
a pen so move it to the other end.
Kaufman, Richard: 5X5. Routines with cards, coins, bills, matches,
matchbooks, silks and more. Coins multiply on the table; A dollar
changes its size as it passes through another bill; Coins change
places; and more. Includes Cocktail Bill Penetration: A bill is folded
around a cocktail napkin and a pen penetrates the center of the
napkin/bill with the bill unharmed. $30
Kaufman, Richard: The Collected
Almanac (bound collection of magazine series). Includes Flair Play
by Max Maven, a Flair pen 2 person mentalism routine.
Lorayne, Harry: Apocalypse Volume
2. Mueller's Bill Steal swindle; O Pen Sez A Me bill in Pen; Hirose
The Invisible Hole (pencil through bill & paper); David Ben's How
Sweet It Is destroyed bill found in sweetner; Bengel's Bill Matrix;
Marshall's Quick Warp and Down and Out Bill Switch (no TT); Bornstein's
Bill Stretch; Richard Bartram's Pinetrated Bill, and more.
Lorayne, Harry: Apocalypse Volume
3. Includes Hippie Torrales Triple X Double X pen & coin effect
used to build into a Jumbo Coin production; The Chameleon Pen: color
changing pen (needs special pens); and Sanada's Finger Through Bill.
Lorayne, Harry: The Magic Book.
Includes Pen Through Handkerchief; and Everything Goes. Quickie where
pen disappears, then paper disappears.
Lovell, Simon: Simon Says!
Includes Pen Through Toungue and Self Writing Pen.
MacGregor, Jerry: Real World
Magic. Includes The Logic Cup chop cup; Arnold by Mark Benthimer:
Produce bullet, ribbon from a dollar bill, and finally change it to a
$100 bill; Rush Lintball sponge balls; Pick a Key, any Key ring flight;
The Pill Box Okito box; Star Ring finger ring on string; Perfect Voodoo
- Perfect Pen routine; Rick Anderson's Ultimate Floating bill, and more
cards, coins, and others.
Minch, Stephen: The New York
Magic Symposium Collection Four. Includes Blotched by Lisa Menna. A
signed card to pen routine.
Neighbors, David: The First Japan Lecture 1993. 50pp. 10 routines.
Pocket Coins portable hole with a real pocket; Open Travelers with
coins; Hypnotic Stone silver/brass transmutation; Wild Coin Triple
Change; Trilogy signature piece; Capped coin from pen cap plot; Ball
and Coins halves change with mini baseball; Hang Time Hanging Coins
plot; Thanks to Kaps coin and silk; Easy Hankerchief Backfire. $15
Ogden, Tom: The Complete Idiot's
Guide to Magic Tricks. Includes the old pen vanish behind the ear
routine with a business card flair.
Racherbaumer, Jon: Arcade
Dreams, Marlo Without Cards. Includes Marlo's Pencil-A-Coin: Coin
vanish using a pencil or wand. Also in The Complete Mike Rogers.
Rogers, Mike: The Complete Mike
Rogers. Includes Pencil A Coin (Ed Marlo): Vanish move with a wand
(seated). Also in Arcade Dreams.
Stone, David: X-Rated Lecture Notes. 5 routines from 2001 tour.
Includes Moorea Straw through chin; Rocket Card flourish; Eureka Koin
coin jumps from floor to fingers; The Wallet Pen four coins from pen
cap. $12
Tarbell, Harlan: The Tarbell Course
In Magic Volume 1. Includes Pencil Coin Vanish and Reappearance:
Coin vanishes and reappears using pencil wand.
Tarbell, Harlan: The Tarbell Course
in Magic Vol 2. Includes the Vanishing Pencil (using cigarette
magic manipulation)
Tarbell, Harlan: The Tarbell Course
in Magic Volume 3. Includes A Fountain Pen Nifty: The cap of a
fountain pen disappears, to reappear back on the pen. Also includes A
Dollar Makes a Break: A dollar bill is used to strike and break a
pencil, but the dollar breaks instead and drops change on the floor.
Finally, another dollar is tried using a stunt and breaks the pencil.
Tarbell, Harlan: The Tarbell Course
in Magic Volume 7. Includes Ear It Is: Pencil vanishes, then paper.
Tarr, Bill: 101 Easy-to-Learn Classic
Magic Tricks. Includes The Rising Pencil, Ralph Read's Tapping
Pencil, and The Standing Pencil
Tucker, Stephen: The Best
of Spell-Binder Collection One. 85 tricks from Spellbinder
Magazine. Includes Pentell by Mark Lee: Cap of pen shrinks.
Williamson, David:
Williamson's Wonders (written by Richard Kaufman). The Striking
Vanish, Torn and Restored Transposition, 51 Cards to Pocket, Coin in
Pen cap, and more. $35
Wilson, Mark: Mark Wilson's
Complete Course in Magic. Includes Coin A Go Go: Pencil coin vanish
and restoration.
Zak, Frank: On the Boards Lecture Notes. Dice Game 2 in hand, 1 in
pocket; Power of Observation quarter to half and back; Pen and Cap
striking vanish and reapparance; Let's Make a Deal signed bill to
locked box; Trap Door TT salt vanish & restoration using borrowed
bill; Flim Flam signed bill in impossible location; One Cup Routine
with shot glass and olive; plus more. $18.
Ammar, Michael: Early Ammar Video Series 2. Includes Beenie Weenie,
Williamson's Striking Vanish, Williamson's Coin in Pen Cap, Gallo's
Coins Across, $2 Bill to 2 Ones, and more. $25
Ammar, Michael: Master Money Miracles Volume 3 DVD. Coins Thru Silk;
Dining On Dollars; Flying Eagles; $5 and $1; Coin From Pen Cap;
Chocolate Coin; E-Z Money; The 10,000 Grains of Salt; Bill To Nut; Bill
To Impossible Location. $35
Convention at the Capital Video 99. Sponsored by A-1 Magical Media.
Includes Aldo Colombini, Paul Greene, Lee Earle, Paul Wilson's
Spellbound to Please coin routine, Gregory Wilson's Body Piercing, Chad
Long's Ninja Coin and Ninja Key, Frank Balcerak's Color Changing Pen
(Sharpie), and more. $20
Cova, Alexander de: Treasures Video Vol. 3. Includes 7 Card Monte,
McDonald Aces, Spring Gag (jumbo spring falls from your non-working
pen), Ultimate Coin Penetration (A Lethal Tender coin routine), and
more. $25
Krenz, Jim: The Pen Through Anything DVD (A-1 Multimedia). The video
to accompany the John Cornelius Pen Through Anything effect. Hosted by
Jim Krenz, and you will learn from John Cornelius, Michael Close, Mike
Maxwell, James Lewis, and Giovanni. Also
suitable for other versions, such as John's Perfect Pen. $10
Leveridge, Mark: Mark Leveridge's Master Routines Video 2. Four
routines: Wild Dice monte effect, Borrowed finger ring on string, Spot
the Difference stand-up jumbo Monte, and Security Pen coin in pencap
routine. $20
Magic Max: Laser Pen Video. 15 minute video featuring Carribean
Magician E. J. Cardona, assisted by Verne McCarthy, showing tips about
the Laser Pen. $13.50 Magic Max
Wilson, Gregory: Off the Cuff Video. Lots of great impromptu magic
including Recap, a 5 phave routine with a borrowed pen and its cap. $30
Wilson, Gregory: On The Spot Video Set. Impromptu magic. Includes Quick
Silver quater vanish/reappearance; Sponge Napkins; + Across coins
across; Toll Free miser's dream, 99 Cent Trick multiple coin
vanish/transposition; Florida Keys keyring linking rings; Ring Fright
karate ring; Questionable Trick copper/silver transposition; ReCap
Revisited pen magic, and lots more. $50
Banachek: Psychokinetic Pen. A regular looking Bic pen is placed on
the edge of a table. Upon the magicians command, the pen topples off
the table onto the ground. Self contained and easy to do. $17.95
Card in Pen. A card is selected. A small tophat at the bottom of the
pen's barrel is shown. Slowly the card peeks out of the hat and rises
out of the hat. $8
Cohen, Al: Bill Buster. A dollar is shown and placed on top of a piece
of paper, and both folded in half. A pencil is pushed through both, and
can be seen going through the outer pencil. All is unfolded and the
bill is undamaged. $5
Cornelius, John: Bendable Pen. A pen is shown to be solid, then bent by
the magician, straightened, and handed to the audience to examine. They
can't bend the ben. Only one pen. I can be written with. $20 John Cornelius
Cornelius, John: Pen Through Anything. This is the original (circa
1993). High quality "Cross" type metal pen. Requires switch for
examination or writing with the pen. Comes with two pens. $25 John Cornelius
Cornelius, John: Perfect Pen. This is John's improvement on the Pen
Through Anything. It is an executive metal pen. The Perfect Pen does
not require any switches, it can write, and can be examined (though
with some possibility of exposure). $50. John Cornelius
Cornelius, John: Signed Bill in Pen. A borrowed bill is signed, and the
pen is shown to be empty. The bill is vanished and found inside the
pen. Examinable. $35.
Dayton, Ron: Shr-Ink. One black and one blue Bic Pen are shown.
Spectator selects one and writes a message. The magician points out
that the spectator wrote in longhand, and that the other pen only
writes in shorthand. The other pen is now compressed to half its length
and can be handed out for examination. No sleights, instant reset. $7.00
Dushek, Steve & White: Amaze-Ink. A Bic Pen is shown full of ink. A
pass of the hand, and the ink is gone from the pan and a blob is in
your hand. Another pass and the ink is back in the pen. $5
Dushek, Steve: Change Ink. A red ink Bic Pen and a black ink pen are
shown and written with to verify the pen color. The caps are exchanged.
With a magical pass, the ink colors transpose, and the pens are again
written with to show the colors really did change. $7.50
Dusheck, Steve: Pen-Go. A Bic Pen is used to sign a paper, and suddenly
vanishes when held between your hands. If you like, the cap can be left
behind. Extremely clean. $6.50
Edwards, Doug: Wonder-Pen-A-Tration: a Pen Through Anything using an
examinable black Bic style Pen. One of the first well-done takeoffs on
the Pen Through Anything, uses a slightly different approach to the
gimmick. No switching required and the gimmick will not be found. Many
seem to like this pen thru effect the best. $30
ElectroFun (India): Pen Thru Dollar Bill. Sam Dalal produces several
inexpensive versions of the Pen Through Dollar, featuring brightly
colored pens of the original Cornelius "Pen Through Anything" style
(requires switching). $15-20 Electrofun
Magic
Electronic Rating Pen. A penny placed on the back of a spectator's hand
instantly turns into a dime with a touch of the pen. $5
Empire Magic: Pen Penetration. All-Black roller-ball pen in the style
of the Edwards "Wonder Pen". Can write with it and no switch is
required. $12
Fearson, Steve: Pen From Anywhere. A pen can appear from anywhere:
matchbox, mouth, etc. Mechanical pen and ideas. $15
Fisher, Cody: Counterfeit Money. Pen through bill. Pen is ripped
through bill but bill is unharmed, proving that the bill must be
counterfeit. $15 Cody Fisher
Flash It! Flash paper ignitor in a pen. Silent operation, no caps,
no
reload, can be put away immediately. $55
Grant, Gen: Color Changing Rotating Pen. Magician writes his name in
blue ink with a Bic pen, then writes the address in red from the same
pen. The pen is pushed through your fist point end first, but the cap
end comes out first. The phone number is written, now in green. The pen
is again pushed through the fist, but now the cap is green. $7.50
Grant, Gen: Hop to It. A pen cap magically hops toward the pen as both
are held apart (sounds like the old "snapper" trick done with a pen
cap). $5
Harris, Paul: Reality Twister. A pen is placed on the spectator's
fingers and a plastic lens is placed above it. The lens is twisted, and
the center of the pen becomes invisible, the spectator's fingers being
clearly seen. The lens is twisted again, just enough to distort the
pen. The lens is removed, and the pen is permanantly distorted. No
switches. Pen writes before and after the effect. $15
Hiatt, J.C.: ReCap. The cap on a Sharpie jumps from end to end when
passed through your fist. The Sharpie can be used to write with. $25
Kevlar Pen Reel 2002 Trick. An unbeakable Kevlar ITR in a pen. $50.00
Lesley, Jay: Quarter Through Pen. Unprepared quarter penetrates a
regular pen that has been inserted through a hole in a small block of
wood. All can be examined at the end. $21.50
Lewis, Martin: The Ghostwriter. a card is selected, and a circle is
drawn on a napkin. The napkin is wrapped around the pen and handed to a
spectator. When opened, the napkin has written on it the value of the
selected card. $40
Lovell, Simon: Pen Thru Tongue. An "impromptu" effect. A pen is thrust
through your tongue, removed, and can be examined. (see also book,
Simon Says!). $10
Magic Makers International: The Pen. Also "Deluxe Pen" or "Ultimate
Pen" Through Dollar. A chrome executive style pen for the "Pen Through
Anything" effect. The pen features a pen cap that is about half the pen
length. It can be examined at the end and is a knock-off of the
Cornelius Perfect Pen. $25
Magic Max: Laser Pen (also Penguin Pen Through Dollar). Grey
PaperMate Flexgrip pen in the original Pen Through Anything design
(i.e. requires a switch). Good penetration depth. $30 MagicMax; Penguin Magic
Money Pen-E. A paper is lit and a pen appears in the flame. The pen
shrinks, then is restored. The cap is removed and a quarter is
produced. The quarter is to be vanished, but the pen vanishes instead,
then the quarter grows to a giant coin. $18
Niedzwiecki, Russ: Just Passin' Thru (with DVD). Bill folded around a
pencil and visibly penetrates the bill. This is repeated for a slow
melt. Also includes Lonnie Chevrie's "Finger Thru Bill". $20
Pen & Tell. A Bick Pen is used to draw a line on your business
card, and in a flash, the line disappears. Gimmicked pen. $5
Penetration Pen, Perfect PENetration, Stealth Pen, Write Thru Pen
(manufacturers unknown). Various other "Pen Through Anything" props are
available from other manufacturers. Quality may vary. $15-20
Pen Flash. A flash in a pen. $40.
Penguin Magic: Stealth Pen. Thin black ball-point ben. Uses same
double-ended principle as the Doug Edwards' Wonder Pen-A-Tration.
Penetration depth is short. $15 Penguin
Magic
PENomenon. A borrowed pen is placed on a flat surface. Your empty
hands cause the pen to spin in a circle on the edge of the table. You
can speed it up or slow it down at your control. All is examinable. No
threads, magnets, or blowing. $25
Pen Ultimate Prediction. The window on a pen says "Concentrate on Your
Card". Next click says "It's a Red Card", but is wrong. Next Click says
"It's a High Card" (correct), "It's a Club" (correct), "It's the King
of Clubs" (correct!) $12
Powel, David: Vanishing Pen. A magic word is written on a piece of
paper, then the ball-point pen is wrapped in the paper. Suddenly, the
paper is crushed with no sign of the pen, which is produced from your
pocket. $10
Raven, Richard: Voodoo Pen Trick. No switch "pen through anything".
Completely examinable before and after. The spectator can use the pen
to sign the bill. Includes method to show the bill torn. Includes video
of Rich Raven demonstrating and teaching technique. Pen is a black
roller-ball style pen (looks similar to Empire Magic Pen), gimmick is
similar to the Edward's Wonder Pen-A-Tration pen. $28 Raven Magic
Ronjo: Pen Through Everything/Pen-A-Trating: Large Black fountain pen
style w/ clip. Design similar to Cornelius Pen Through Anything.
Requires switch. $30 Ronjo Magic
Sanada: Money-Tration. A bill is sliced with a real razor knife, then
fully restored. The audience sees the blade go through the bill. $20
Sharpie We Use, The (manufacturer unknown): The pen through anything
using a Sharpie Marker. Requires a switch of the gimmicked and regular
Sharpie for use or examination. $30 Hank
Lee's Magic Factory
Sibbernsen, Michael: Pivot Pen Trick. Pen Magically Rotates At Your
Fingertips all on its own. Comes with gimmicked and matching normal
pen. $10
Smashed. Machined coin designed to look like a pencil pushed through
the coin. To be used with a cigarette through coin effect. Comes with
Derek Dingle's routine for the Johnson Product's Cigarette Through Coin
and the Smashed coin; Michael Ammar's pencil through coin using the
Johnson coin tied in with the Smashed coin; Jay Sankey's two routines
with the Smashed coin; 10 page manuscript written by Richard Kaufman.
$10
Sterling Magic Pen Thru Quarter. A quarter is shown on both sides. A
pen is pushed through the center of the coin, and both sides are shown.
No angle problems. $25
Taylor, Sean: Pen Lighter. A refillable metal pen lighter with a 5 of
Hearts printed on it for prediction effects. $12
Telekinetic Pen (aka Psychokinetic Pen). A ballpoint pen is balanced on
the edge of the table. At your command, the pen tumbles to the ground
as you concentrate. $8.00
Tenyo Invisible Zone (1996). A pen is inserted in a case, with each end
sticking out. The center of the pen vanishes. $20
Tenyo: Wandering Hole. A pen is inserted into a hole in the end of a
plastic board. The pen is slid, and the hole moves with the pen. You
can move the hole in any direction. The Pen is moved all the way to the
other end of the board and removed, the hole having moved from one end
to the other. Nothing is examinable, however. $25
Wenk, Timothy: Misled. Pencil through bill. Well done gimmicked pencil.
Works with a method different than the Pen Through Anything gimmicks.
$15