Wonderrings - K. Dykman

WonderRings - DVD

This is not just a trick, but a complete little magic act -- an act that, without exaggeration, puts all the other tricks of its type in the shade.

The magician allows the audience to examine 3 large metal rings, a smaller ring, a white rope and a red piece of cord. He then strings one of the larger rings on the rope, doubles it up, puts the smaller ring on it, then puts the second ring on the rope as well. Someone from the audience can then tie the rope ends firmly together.

The magician then takes one of the larger rings in each hand so that the rope is stretched doubled between his hands. The smaller ring is in the middle. Under normal human standards, it would be impossible to release them without untying the cord.
The magician now lets someone from the audience string the red cord through the smaller ring and then hold the cord. Suddenly there is a jerk, and the person is holding the cord with the ring hanging from it. The small ring has visibly passed through the rope!