tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4897763666473527976..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Guest blog: Houdini Reflected, Part IIJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79815716390977130222016-02-03T17:20:05.995-08:002016-02-03T17:20:05.995-08:00Thanks John! So the replicas could have been made ...Thanks John! So the replicas could have been made way before or right after the challenge. This could seriously incriminate HH as setting this all up...or maybe not.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69969871575399467052016-02-02T15:53:04.583-08:002016-02-02T15:53:04.583-08:00Generally an escape artist would have tools such a...Generally an escape artist would have tools such as these and others available to him. I would not think that Houdini would require something this simple being passed to him. The other thing from memory this challenge involved Houdini being trussed up with regulation cuffs and leg irons. Again from memory.....several cuffs on his wrists locked in front of his body, several leg irons locked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16281633253011088722016-02-02T10:46:10.932-08:002016-02-02T10:46:10.932-08:00Thanks John. I would love to write up a "gues...Thanks John. I would love to write up a "guest blog" some time on the Hodgson challenge which I have studied for over 40 years. Where do I stand? Houdini claimed the irons were fixed by Hodgson; Hodgson claimed Houdini had help which invalidated the challenge. I think the truth lies somewhere between the two. There is one contemporary newspaper report which strongly hints at Houdini Roger Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679677979733017192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75247769315873847942016-02-02T07:27:25.146-08:002016-02-02T07:27:25.146-08:00Actually, I would agree with you on that, Roger. I...Actually, I would agree with you on that, Roger. I just liked how the phrase "most challenging challenge" sounded. But you might agree that the Mirror Cuff was advertised and the story that has come down to us makes it seem as if it was his greatest. But, yes, the hell with Hodgson was, in reality, Houdini's greatest and most difficult challenge.<br /><br />You know, if you'd John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-34615897542021548652016-02-02T03:56:36.765-08:002016-02-02T03:56:36.765-08:00Most interesting however I don't think the Mir...Most interesting however I don't think the Mirror Cuffs were Houdini's greatest challenge. Maybe his tustle with Hodgson in Blackburn, England in October 1902 could be classed as his greatest challenge? Naturally I would say this having written and lectured about it extensively!Roger Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679677979733017192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81864036342843460092016-02-01T20:56:07.666-08:002016-02-01T20:56:07.666-08:00The stamp indicates that the replicas were made an...The stamp indicates that the replicas were made anytime between May 1903 and May 1904. That's as close as we can get for now. <br /><br />The Tatter would take another part!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19773723964746587882016-02-01T20:26:48.500-08:002016-02-01T20:26:48.500-08:00I'm still confused on the manufacturing date o...I'm still confused on the manufacturing date of the silver replicas. Can anyone tell me when the silver replicas were actually made?<br /><br />Also, Neil omitted any discussion of the Tattler and Hungarian Cuffs. It is believed that the Hungarian Cuff was the precursor to the Mirror Cuffs.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com