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AntonDreaming Special user Gloucester by the sea 622 Posts |
Anyone have a prefrence to what kind of juggling knife they use?
Anton |
Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I use the Dube machetti's, but Anton they would be boring to you a knife swallower.
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AntonDreaming Special user Gloucester by the sea 622 Posts |
HAHAHA I love the babche light weight knives.
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FacadeTheStiltBoy Elite user Greensboro NC 474 Posts |
Machettes.
thinking about it though, one thing that would look great and flips fairly well are Woodsmans Pal machettes. Nice curved shape, backhook, rather intimating, but practical brush cutters. |
Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Stiltboy
YOU CRAZY
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AntonDreaming Special user Gloucester by the sea 622 Posts |
I have used macgettes that have been grinded down. My issue with them is the use for under the leg tricks and for anything were a spectator would need to toss one my way.
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Roslyn Inner circle UK 3405 Posts |
Little axes are cool.
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FunTimeAl Special user 987 Posts |
Use professional props, like Dube knives. They are just fine in terms of shock effect for the lay audience. I've managed to cut myself plenty with them even though they're dull. Why would anyone want to juggle anything sharper than a perfectly balanced, stage knife?
The flying karamosov brothers have a clip of them juggling scythes in their scrapbook dvd. I guess it was for a period show. Anywho, take calculated risks as a performer, not needless ones. |
Pokie-Poke Special user Bensalem, PA 883 Posts |
I have a caneing machete that sounds like what Facadethestiltboy is talking about. it is better than normal machetes as it has no finger hook to get in the way. (or to cut off) is longer so it flips slower and higher over your head. and at the end of the show I stick it deep into a log. Yes I bring my own log.
I only have one, (that I use in my show) and has bin in the show since high school. (in one form or another) sticking it into the log dose 2 things. 1. people go wow that's REAL! 2. if a kid wants to see it (6 yrs old or so) they can. I drive it deep so the kid can't pull it out, and he can't lift the log. so the kid holds the handle, shrug, and then try the bean bags. random King Arthur jokes fit here. pet peeve of mine. whether you are juggling some thing sharp or not, treat them as if they are very sharp. Count it as a magic trick, the lay person needs to leave thinking that they were real. if they were sharp you would not just toss them aside when you were done, nor would you just stuff them in a bag with out putting them in some form of sheath. Oh, the F.K.B. juggled the scythes in the show "catch" they were real, and as far as I know yes some one did cut them self. (not bad and not in a show)
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Did you ever see Michael Davis do the carrot routine with a knife? A Carrot weighs a lot less than a log, and it is funny.
Al Angello
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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Circus Bambouk Loyal user Tempe, AZ 256 Posts |
Michael Davis...Comedy Genius. Love that bit.
I have two stitches directly under my left eye from a Dube knife. One of those totally freak accidents that had nothing to do with the trick, rather the time inbetween tricks when my guard was down. I was very lucky, just a quarter of an inch north, and I would have lost an eye. The heckler who called out "Those knives aren't sharp..." found me after the show, to apologize. And the best part, they're wheeling me into the hospital (it was a smash to the face, I wasn't taking any chances) and there are about 12 doctors and interns standing there, scrubbed up, waiting for me. One says, "Is this the jugular?" The EMT replies, "No, juggler. JUGGLER!" The doctors drop their hands and stalk off, muttering "stupid juggler..." |
Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Stilt Boy
Are you listening, I worry about you like your dad, you impetious fellow. Are we going to get together this September, and pass macheties? Al Angello
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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FacadeTheStiltBoy Elite user Greensboro NC 474 Posts |
I'm not sure, I think that my wife and I might be moving to Portland, but who knows, mainly it will depend on if I can afford to go, depending on the show circuit and how my scedeul is going.
That and I definatly gotta get more passing practice in. |
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