The Sliced Fingers Trick

30 Mar 2022 · 1 min

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In this short instructional video, the presenter demonstrates a classic close‑up magic effect called the "slicing the fingers" trick. He begins with about a metre of string, ties a knot near one end, and loops the string over his thumb. He then weaves the string around each finger, interlacing them so the string forms a tight, linked pattern that appears to trap the fingers. After showing the tightness, he releases a small slack and performs a swift motion that creates the illusion that the fingers have been sliced and rejoined, completing the effect.

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Hi, I'd like to show you the slicing the fingers trick, and it starts with a length of string about a metre long, and you tie a knot in it there. And then if you look at my hand, what I do is I loop the string over the thumb like that, and then simply take the string round the fingers, interlacing the fingers, and then I simply come back interlacing the fingers, So that it's tightly linked through all the fingers like that. And you can see now that it is quite tight and the fingers are trapped in the string. But if I just release that little bit there, then what I can do is this. And that is the slicing the fingers trick.