Do you want to know the so-called linking rings no gap trick secret?
The linking rings routine found in Reddit.
This linking rings magic trick does not have a key ring.
A key ring means a ring with a gap or a break in it.
In short, this is a no gap linking rings magic trick.
Each of the three steel rings is one solid continuous ring.
But, two of the rings are interlinked as a pair.
So how does he able to link and unlink the three rings?
This is another post from the Info Ruckus Magic Trick Secret Revealed series.
UPDATE: There is a similar linking rings trick without a key ring called “Emergency Routine” by Herman Ludwig Weber in Harlan Tarbell Course In Magic, as highlighted by Carl Clegg in Reddit.
You can find this “Emergency Routine” in Lesson 47, from pages 22-28.
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Linking Rings No Gap Trick Secret
Before I get to unlock and explain how the linking rings with no gap trick, let’s find pout more about this classic magic act.
Chinese Linking Rings Trick
The basic effect of the Linking Rings is solid metal rings impossibly penetrate through each other, linking and unliking at the will of the magician.
The Linking Rings or popularly known as the Chinese Linking Rings is a classic of magic routine.
Linking Rings Magic Trick Explained
The secret is one of the rings has a gap or a slit, aka the key ring.
When the magicians link and unlink them, they use the palm of their hands, or thumbs and forefingers to hide this opening.
Joe Porper’s Examinable Linking Rings
This is another example of linking rings with an opening or a gap.
In 2010, the late Joe Porper came up the examinable linking ring set.
He used the similar gimmick like the Blaney Miracle Hoop for the Walter Blaney Ladder Levitation.
The secret linking gimmick of the key ring is like the necklace or bracelet clasp which it can slide in and out.
The picture below captured the gap at the ring from this video clip at 0:14.
Slow down the playback speed to 0:25 and you can see the gap gimmick of the ring, just after he hits it with another normal ring.
Melero Rings By Ernesto Melero
So is the Melero Rings by the Venezuelan magic legend Ernesto Melero.
You can see the key ring with the opening in the picture below.
Nowadays you can buy the key ring which is magnetic and can be locked.
Watch the linking rings magic trick revealed by the Masked Magician here.
Now, let’s explore how the no cut linking rings trick routine is done in the Reddit video.
I am going to explain step-by-step how he could apparently link the three metal rings together, and then separate them.
For clearer understanding, I accompanied each step with a picture, together with remarks and also highlighted the wider ring in orange color.
1. Two Smaller Linked Rings
Firstly, there are two smaller size rings, which are already interlinked.
Then we have a third slightly wider ring.
At the beginning and the end of the act, the performer hides the two interlinking rings in his hand.
2. Single Wider Ring
He begins by passing the third wider ring to his left hand, and quickly lifts up the two interlinked rings.
Then he places the third wider ring over the top ring (highlighted in orange color).
This is the position of the third wider ring (orange color) just before it is dropped down.
Next he drops it down and it rests on top of the interlinked section of the two rings.
The picture below shows the third wider ring (orange color) is actually straddling over the interlink point of the other two rings (indicated with black arrows).
3. Single Wider Ring Not Linked To Two Rings
This third ring is NOT linked to the two rings.
It is just hanging by itself on top of the two smaller interlinked rings.
4. Separate Wider Ring From Two Interlinked Rings
To end the the linking rings no gap trick, he just pulls down the unlinked third ring away from the two interlinked rings set.
This is the secret how the no gap linking rings magic trick is done.
Tenyo Chinese Linking Rings T-70 Magic Trick
Tenyo Magic Japan also came out with his set of Chinese Linking Rings
See the linking rings routine explained in Japanese instructions.
Free Books On Linking Rings Tricks
This is taken from Info Ruckus Free Books Google Search Results Page series.
You can find lots of interesting linking rings routines in these books:
Jack Miller’s Linking Ring Routine
To get this book free online, type: Jack Miller’s Linking Ring Routine pdf in Google search.
Linking Ring Manipulation By Dariel Fitzkee
To download this book free online, type: Linking Ring Manipulation by Dariel Fitzkee pdf or Linking Ring Manipulation by Dariel Fitzkee kupdf in Google search.
Cellini’s Lord Of The Rings By E. M. Mcfalls
To get this book free online, type: Cellini’s Lord Of The Rings by E. M. Mcfalls pdfcoffee in Google search.
The Odin Rings By Victor Farelli
To get this book free online, type: Claude Odin Odin Rings in Google search. It is also found in: kupdf.net.
The Linking Rings: An Intensive Study Of The Slydini Liking Ring Routine By D. Angelo Ferri
To find this free book, look for it in: zoboko.com.
Chris Capehart’s 3 Ring Routine By Karl Fulves
To find this book free online, type: Chris CapeHart’s 3 ring routine pdfcoffee Google search.
The Magic Of J. N. Hofzinser Translated By Richard Hatch
To get this book free online, type: The Magic Of J. N. Hofzinser translated by Richard Hatch pdfcoffee in Google search.
NOTE: The Chinese linking rings tutorial is titled The Chinese Rings listed under XII Rings, from page 196.
More Magic Of The Hands By Edward Victor (Public Domain)
Click on any of these: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3
NOTE: Found in Chapter IV, The Chinese Rings.
The Art Of Modern Conjuring For Wizards Of All Ages By Henri Garenne (Public Domain)
Click on any of these: Link 1, Link 2
NOTE: Found in Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Tricks, The Chinese Ring Trick
Apocalypse Volumes 1-5 By Harry Lorayne
To get this books for free, type: Apocalypse Volumes 1-5 by Harry Lorayne pdf in Google search.
The three handling moves for the Chinese linking rings, found in Apocalypse Vol 4 No 5 May 1981.
Check out this is a big list of books or pamphlets with linking rings routines.
RELATED: Linking Ring Spin Flourish
This is an additional trick which you can spice up your linking rinks routine; to make one of the ring spins between your hands.
It is simply by using a rubber band.
This idea is by Tony Lopilato.
Check out how it is done in one of Harry Lorayne’s Apocalypse periodicals.
Harry Lorayne’s Apocalypse Vol.8 No. 4 April 1985
To download these books, type: Harry Lorayne’s Apocalypse Vol.8 pdf in Google search.
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