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Lawrence O Inner circle French Riviera 6811 Posts |
You should know that John Ramsay, a master in misdirection, was performing a routine with a green fluo TT to prove that the strength of it is not in its dissimulation capacity but in the way of using it.
If you do the salt effect (not David Williamson's excellent one but a classic one), just rotate the TT "mouth down" inside your right fist after stealing it and let the salt flow from the pinky side of your right fist. Just a precious "tip"
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magicians Inner circle Teacher and Legend 2898 Posts |
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On 2013-02-02 15:55, Ekuth wrote: Great advice
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Robertology New user Michigan 55 Posts |
Yep. Wearing it all day got me comfortable with it. Use it at times where it doesn't matter if someone notices it. Wear it at dinner. I would take it when shopping with my wife (not much else to do while she's trying on clothes).
I've done disappearing salt at a table with others a few times. Only got caught once but that was my fault. I had five people all staring at the wrong spot and couldn't figure out how to get out of that situation. So I would agree that it's not a matter of distance but how it's used.
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
Frank's Tips:
1. watch the patrick page video (stated above) 2. don't the the normal steal, use an updated method: Slydini, williamson 3. don't telegraph that you're using a TT 4. Gain confidence by wearing a TT everywhere you go for a week. See if anyone notices.
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Ado Inner circle New York City 1033 Posts |
A decade ago, a magician I met in a magic shop did a quick routine under our noses for a group of 3 or four of us. He used a black TT, to prove that color was not important. Even though we knew what to look for (a highly contrasting TT), we never saw it...
If you behave as if you had no TT, and show no reason to make people expect one, there should be no problem. If you make a silk vanish, don't put emphasis on the sleight. After any vanish, don't go "Even though you have no reason to think about it, please carefully observe that my hands are not suspicious. Especially not my *****, although you would never have though of loking at it, would you?" I think a good way to practice would be to do a card or coin trick to a magician friend, while wearing a TT, and see if he sees it. P! |
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Alan Munro Inner circle Kentwood, Michigan, USA 5952 Posts |
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On 2013-02-02 20:46, Uncle Yodie wrote: I like it too. It might just be a good ice-breaker at some parties. |
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
Charlie,
You are probably getting busted on the silk vanish because you are showing them the tip. I think it’s important that you understand that the TT isn’t to hide the silk, it’s to hold it. If you were to vanish a ball you would hide it somewhere in your hand, and hold the hand such that it appears empty. You would rely on the audience’s conviction that the ball is in the other hand to create the magic... But because the tip allows you to show your hand completely empty, you think you need to, and that act invites suspicion. A silk is impossible to conceal in the same way a ball is, so you don’t need to wave your hand around with the fingers spread to prove the silk isn’t there. If you DO your audience will look more closely at the hand than they would ordinarily need to to convince themselves the silk isn’t there. They this: Load and steal the tip, and then using you guilty thumb and first finger tug your sleeve up at the elbow. The audience will be able to see between your fingers (no silk there) and the tip will be hidden by your arm for the BRIEF moment they are looking at that hand. Pulling the sleeve back indicates that the silk hasn’t left yet… you’re proving it WON’T go up your sleeve in a moment when it does vanish. Put your guilty hand behind your back and say something like “I couldn’t be more fair.” Have someone grab your wrist and AS you open your hand to show the silk gone, put the tip in you hip pocket with the other hand. Pull a duplicate silk out of your sock... |
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
Can't talk about methods in this forum. Sent you a PM.
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Wx4usa Regular user 198 Posts |
No magical methods revealed here to the un-wise..... However, I know this is an old thread, but in reproducing the silk, I would do the Slydini steal in reverse into the left fist, a gentle magical tap on the top of the left closed fist by the right hand and then tightly closing on the left fist after having just shown both sides of the left hand quite literally and freely empty with both sleeves rolled up, I would without the right hand even being near by, snap right fingers and allow the spectator to quickly glance inside the left fist and behold... What did they see?...it was the top of the.... the silk that had just vanished. I would then slowly and deliberately pull it from the fist. It is all angles and practice.
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts |
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On Feb 2, 2013, cirrus wrote: A magician that was teaching on the use of TTs, used a painted TT to emphasize that proper handling can completely hide its use. This may have Been Darwin in his Encyclopedia of TT. Maybe others could chime in on this. Yet, for certain maneuvers the TT will be visible and a red TT would not be advisable. For myself my audiences have tended to be a foot or so away (similar to what was mentioned above), but regardless of the distance, there are certain ways to handle a TT, such as no being completely still while it is visible. John
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