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mystre71 Inner circle martinsburg west virginia 1693 Posts |
RE:Like Mickey Silver's comments of magic starting at the feet. - the subtle shifting of weight.
I believe it was Bob Read that said this, But from Mickey's video he reminds me very much of Bob. Best Joe
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HiraseMagic Special user Hong Kong 573 Posts |
Presto Magic in UK may make one for you, not very expensive!
best, hirase
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Lee Brown New user 65 Posts |
David says to grind it, not cut it.
Quote: EXPERT COIN MAGIC would be a better source, since the Eraser is not in MODERN COIN MAGIC.
I gave him a XEROX of the illustration in MODERN COIN MAGIC depicting the EXACT specifications. |
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
Joe,
just wanted to let you know, your suggestion that the ending might be anti-climactic did cause some pause for thought. I'm not convinced, but you might be onto something. The first two "erasures" are truly magical, with a cartoon-like logic that really is the heart of the effect. The last is just an exaggeration of what actually happens in real life. Visually, the ending works. You save the biggest and most startling change of the coin for last. But it's not exactly consistent with the theme you introduced, i.e. that the eraser somehow "erases" parts of the coin out of visibility. Of course, you could make the first two erasures more consistent just by changing the look of the effect, putting a little more effort into it, and implying that you've ground down the edge of the coin. Then it all goes together. (It's all "magically accellerated grinding down the coin") This is probably the effect David Roth had in mind. But this strips the effect of its whimsy. Is there another "fix"? This is not meant to belittle the original effect. That's pointless. But let's follow the "cartoon reality" idea, and see where it leads. Assuming your effect is that the eraser magically (and therefore effortlessly) erases parts of the coin, what endings are suggested? How's about this? You erase the two edge segments. To end, you erase the Middle. You're left with a coin, held in "Spellbound" position, with two silver ends, but an invisible (but apparently still solid, since the ends still stay apart) middle. This is consistent, and unfortunately, still impossible. (putting aside the obvious impractical solutions that involve gluing the ends to your fingertips) In this case, you would not really want to use the presentation of "how you keep your coins shiny". Instead,it would be an explanation of "how I learned to make coins disappear" or something like that. Interesting. And, for a weird ending, suppose you were to "wring" the eraser (you know,twist it like a sponge)and the missing pieces drop out of the eraser? You know, for that ending, it would be more consistent to forget the coins, and do this with written letters! You write something, erase it,then wring the eraser, and the erased letters drop out. Mentalists can worry about how this would work if the Spectator does the writing, and writes whatever he wants. Well, now we're getting somewhere. Anyone else want to take the lead?
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davidmagic Veteran user Lubbock, TX, USA 340 Posts |
Doesn't anybody own a good quality grindstone-its easy, cheap, (fun!) and looks like something that was erased. Use a bristle pad on the bridner the seocnd time aorund to smooth off the edges. This is a coin that should look like it got accidntally erased-it isn't rocket surgery or brain science.
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twistedace Inner circle philadelphia 3772 Posts |
Roth suggests using the grinder as well. You can make it to your own specifications. I have overlooked this effect and don't know how the impact is...what has everyone esle found? Is this a routine you learned just to learn a new routine? Or is this something that you cannot be without? I read it in the book and it seems good for tables and walkaround but I am wary about putting the time into making it or money into buying it if the effect isn't very very strong. I like the look of it and it seems a bit magical and funny but I look for max impact in effects recently.
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doug brewer V.I.P. 1142 Posts |
The effect is strong on people. I wouldn't, however, present it as THE centerpiece of your walkaround act. I use it after doing some coin magic using half dollars. I do a spellbound switch with the eraser coin, then go to my pocket (ditch regular coin) and grab a sponge bunny. I bring out the bunny and rub it against the coin, claiming that I use the sponge bunny to polish my coins. I then say if you rub too hard you can wipe the edge right off, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah . . . eraser coin effect. This gets a very puzzled and interesting effect on your audience. I truly believe they think you are affecting the coin somehow with the bunny (or eraser or whatever you're using). Then you can hand it out. Pretty cool - however, it would be nice to have it in a silver walking liberty coin . . .
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mystre71 Inner circle martinsburg west virginia 1693 Posts |
How about doing it with a barrowed quarter? If you make this up with both side (Face/Back) scratched (erased) then it would work with any quarter borrowed.
Best Joe
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Tom G Inner circle 2895 Posts |
Cool idea Joe. You could carry a few made up and give them the erased coin and go home with more quarters to
grind down. |
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