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It's the same pen dude. I've got several and they work brilliantly. Thank God they don't say "disappears by heat", otherwise every school boy will be impressing his mates with them in the playground and we'll have lost an incredibly versatile item.

For this reason I thought it best not to give the name of the pen away in the public forum... bronz is too soft on you all...

cool, cheers, beats payin £14.99 for them!

Sorry Farlsborough old bean, I was considering pming The Gurkha (are you a real Gurkha by the way? I was talking to a couple in the pub yesterday) but decided that in the long run grand scheme of things more good than bad would come from a public post. I'm just too darned nice.

just read all these replies.. so what your saying is.. i can get this pen.. from WHSmiths for 1.99.. and it works just as well as the 1 for 14.99 found at magicbox.co.uk? I would love to know more about this trick and how it can be used. Obviously you wouldnt get the booklet when you buy it from WHSmiths. Any body wanna PM me and tell me how this kinda pen works and what i can do.. Because im going to buy one tomoz

Thanks

CrazyD

i think that might be classed as exposure! lol, or it might be the fact that i DID pay £14.99 for it! however, if you read this thread carefully, various people have already told you what you need to know.

The more impressive effect is that you could write something on a sheet of paper and just wave it over a candle flame to make the message disappear literally in a split second.

Yeah, just invent your own effects - you can't expect to save £13 and still get all the thinking done for you!

I went into WHSmiths yesterday to get a couple more pretty colours... they had a whole line of them right in the middle of the rollerball section Can't be long until this dies a playground-type death.

Seen as the world and his wife now has access to the correct information, you can now all help out on the next challenge - to find a pen for which the writing looks identical (or as close as possible) to the "gimmick" ink... they are paler and more watery than most, which frustratingly limits their usage in terms of revelations from a drawing or page of words

Ah... or maybe you can help old Flashy with something..

I was thinking about this pen all last night, and purchased one this very day. Now it's going to take some experimentation before I use it on punters, but I often get get gigs where naked flames are contractually a no-no. So my question is does anyone have any subtle ideas of how to heat the prediction without pulling out my lighter?I was hoping hand heat might be enough, but it doesn't seem to be.

Any ideas?

i think we should delete this threat, so it cant be publicly viewed...

Is merely holding it over a candle the best approach? The method is linked directly to the result in that situation. After all one common method proposed to colour changing cards is that it's the heat of their hand or whatever. Surely it'd be better to save it until a candle just happens to be in an opportune spot with a casual bit of gesturing above said candle...

Cup of tea? How cool would it be to put it under a mug, then go back to it later, only to find that it has changed...!

If you're doing a dark and bizarre performance then a candle would be a most appropriate prop to have on the table. You'd have to work at why it was held under the paper but that's something which can be figured out depending on the performance - drying the ink or something like that with the writing kept hidden until the revelation that it had gone? Perhaps folding the paper in half to cover things up until you’re ready?

PS I'm experimenting with a slip of paper in an envelope but the envelope tends to insulate the ink from the heat - at the moment! I’ll try some airmail paper envelopes at work tomorrow……

Farlsborough wrote:Cup of tea? How cool would it be to put it under a mug, then go back to it later, only to find that it has changed...!

Looks ok on a mug of coffee.... vanishes and re-appears in a magical shimmery effect - not sure why it reappears

Here I am, over a year later than everyone else as usual.

After watching Liam Montier's effect in Reel Magic, I just got myself a couple of these pens in black and I'm quite excited about the possibilities. But as Farlsborough mentioned, the ink is slightly paler and watery than your average rollerball pen; has anyone managed to find a pen that closely matches the Frixion's ink? Otherwise I can see myself in Smith's, trying out all their loose pens for a match and looking suspicious, like I usually do.

Replicant wrote:Here I am, over a year later than everyone else as usual.

After watching Liam Montier's effect in Reel Magic, I just got myself a couple of these pens in black and I'm quite excited about the possibilities. But as Farlsborough mentioned, the ink is slightly paler and watery than your average rollerball pen; has anyone managed to find a pen that closely matches the Frixion's ink? Otherwise I can see myself in Smith's, trying out all their loose pens for a match and looking suspicious, like I usually do.

You're in luck... I had the same problem...

I bought a Blue Frixion, and the ink looks weak.

So, to get a good result...

Go to Poundland, where they do a complete set of coloured ballpoints for — yep — £1. In there is a grey/blue one, which matches almost exactly.

Then, go to Staples/Paperway/[insert your local stationers here] and buy a couple of Papermate ballpens, and transpose the Frixion and Poundland ink stems into them.

It's a bit of a squeeze at first, but I now have two identical pens, one of which is Frixioned. (Plus a whole load of lovely coloured ballpens!)

Re: heat... Flash paper is just about good enough, hand heat is a no-no, and unless your cup of tea/coffee is straight from the kettle, it's iffy.

ALSO don't press too hard with the Frixion on the paper. That leaves indents, which are visible after the Frixion does it's disappearing act.

AND THERE'S MORE: I've been writing a lovely trick using a playing card and a disappearing fingerprint... (well, transposition of a fingerprint) which is very visual, and involves nowt more than an old inkpad loaded with Frixion ink

I'm also unable to replicate the 'reappearing' effect mentioned by NH...???