I saw a truly magical ring off ribbon/rope this week.
Maybe it was magic, that's what you'd think too.

--Spectator’s ring went on the ribbon.

--No fuss, no false moves, no this nor that (I know all those)

--Then, pull, and the ring is off and handed back.

--No routine, no phases, just one perfect moment.

I was so stunned I didn’t even ask about it.
If you’re doing this, let me know what you’re doing... please.

Magically, Walt

Walt,was the ribbon or shoelace striped?

...or do you know Warren Stephens? His method looks also very clean, ribbon hangs on/in the ring, then a pull, and the ribbon penetrates the ring.

Axel

There is a gimmicked Chinese coin that works like that. You put it on the string, then pull it off.

I think it cost about $50.

I work with the gimmicked shoelace, thanks, but no it wasn't that.

What I need is to use a borrowed ring, so the coin is out, I like the effect though.

The Warren Stephens sounds great and close in effect, is it published or sold?
Any more details on that?

Thanks for all the ideas!
Walt

The first phase of Jay Scott Berry's routine sounds like that. You can show the ring "hanging" on the ribbon and then take it off. I think there is a Ray Grismer move where it looks like the ring is genuinely on the ribbon before you remove it. I use it in my own routine all the time.

I don´t know where it is to find, I have his lecture-notes from 1981, but translated in german language. Besides this lecture-notes, sorry to say that and it only due to my ignorance, I never heard of him, but there are some really clever ideas in these lecturenotes. Actually it´s ring and ribbon routine, no fingerring, but the little preparation that is needed could be done while peforming, I think. I never did it but it should work.
Questions? feel free to pm me.

Axel

Thank You!

It looks like an early phase of Jay Scott Berry’s routine is the exact solution I was looking for.

Funny, it’s been sitting in by video collection for about six or seven years now, and it not occur to me to that he’d done that and it was right there.

My mom used to say “it’s right there, if it had been a snake it would have bitten you!”

Glad I asked,
Walt

Happy to help! Another satisfied customer!

I'm just a few years late to the show.. but is this his "Symphony on the Ring and Ribbon"?
If so, it seems to use moves that can be found in Wilson's Ring Leader; but the routine is Berry's

John