Incredibly startling and quick visual effect that has stood the test of time! Take two blue silk handkerchiefs and tie them together at the corner. Take a red silk handkerchief and vanish it. Hold the two blue silks and pull on them- the red silk is found to be tied in between them!

What you'll get:

You will need a method to vanish the red silk. A Change Bag is a good choice for vanishing the silk, with no skill necessary.

 

Tie the two blue silks together, and then place them in a clear vase so the audience can see them at all times, but you are not touching them. Vanish the red silk, then lift the blue silks from the vase, pull them and produce the red silk tied between the blue ones.

 

 

Frank Ducrot introduced the concept of the 20th Century Silks trick in 1900.