1. THE SLIDING KNOT PRINCIPLE
Preparation. Prepare by tying a short piece of rope round the rope to be cut, making a double knot which will slide freely. Cut the ends off short and set the knot about a foot from one end. Place the rope on a chair so that the knot is hidden by the chair rail and can be grasped naturally when the rope is picked up.
Method. To perform, approach the chair from the right; pick up the rope by taking hold of the end on the seat with the right hand and grasping the sliding knot with the left hand.
Show the rope and jerk it between the hands to prove its strength; then tie the ends together with a double knot and secretly slide the fake knot tightly against the real one. Cut the ends of the real knot short. Hold the knotted ends in the left hand, slide the right hand down the rope to the middle, and jerk the rope again. Repeat the action, but this time secretly slide the fake knot down to the middle in the right hand. Carry the middle part and the fake knot, hidden in the right hand, up to the left hand, which then grasps them both against the real knot.
Test the double loops by jerking them between the hands and I drop the fake knot, keeping the real knot hidden in the left hand. Take the fake knot in the right hand and jerk the rope again. Pick up the scissors; cut the rope first on one side of the left hand, then on the other. Take the rope in your right hand and put the scissors with the piece cut off in your left coat pocket. Wind the rope round your left hand and slide the fake knot off into your right hand.
Apply the usual formula—pull the rope off your left hand and toss it out for examination.
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