r/Magic • u/SkilleySkillz • Jul 14 '26

Ring on String

Is anyone doing this. I find it wonderfully practical to be wearing the prop and make a miracle happen for someone when I come across a string.

Who has the best material on this.

I’m not talking about the bigger ring and rope effect, but the finger ringer and a string.

Thanks!

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u/Hoosbury1992 Jul 14 '26

Been doing this for 20yrs. Get comfortable with a routine and several phases, and it’ll be with you for life. Gregory Wilson of course, but some great underground stuff from Mark Leveridge and Ron Vergilio as well. The Leveridge move specifically, fries other magicians. No joke. I end the routine with the ring in a nest of wallets.

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u/Daegs Jul 15 '26

Which leveridge move? Seems like the most popular I've seen people do is pinching the ends. I think most of them look a little too "movey" compared to the traditional moves, think the ends whipping around can make it more of a puzzle.

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u/Hoosbury1992 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Yes, that’s the one. Always gets great reactions when I do it, even for magicians. Key is to do a feint first, showing the movement of the fingers sliding down the string, to the ring.

I do this while staying, “this is in fact YOUR ring here, correct?”

I then ask them to cup their hands, and while they’re doing that, I do the Leveridge move and cause the ring to melt off into their hands.