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My suggestion is.........dont cut your tongue!!!!

Hi - and can I say welcome to the Forum very quickly before you engage in your DIY tonsillectomy! Not knowing what level of experience you have makes a reply rather difficult as it might sound a bit condescending but, assuming you know the secret of such an effect, ask yourself if you really, really want to go ahead and do it! If you don't already know how the do this effect, you'll need to scout around the various magic supplies companies for the secret and possibly the necessary supplies.

I watched The War Magician on the History channel over the weekend and this showed Maskelyne doing his version - few can do it better and many have tried but one thing was clear from comments made to me at home after the programme - who uses razor blades any more? They are now so little used (apparently!) that any trick using them must involve trick blades. Whether this is the case or not, you might want to make sure your audience is in the right age group to appreciate a trick with razor blades. Swallowing several Gillette Mach 3's might be more relevant these days!

Anyway, best of luck!

Although some people must still use them as you can still buy them apparently.

It would be more fun to see them swallow three Remington Super Shavers - 'I was so impressed I bought the company and ate the stock'.

(No, I'm only joking - you didn't have to really do it!!)

Carrot swallowing, now that's a trick, as we all know they are the devils fingers.
Barf.

There's a certain amount of shock value attached to munching razors, to be sure - but I would consider the actual impact of the effect to be based more on cringes than awe.

I've seen this effect performed very close-up, and I was pretty grossed out by the whole thing. And there's a valid point made here about generations - younger folk may not even recognise them, as they are an object which is not familiar to most, I would presume.

Saying that, it's whatever floats your boat. I take it you've got the necessary props?
If not -
http://www.emagictricks.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2377

Do it properly, and you should still be able to lick stamps the next day...
Do it wrong, and you won't be able to eat M&M's without them dropping through your cheeks.

yes - be careful of the edges - they can be quite sharp.

eh? carrots aren't sharp?!?

They thertainly are thodding tharp , thunbeam!

I think he meant stamps, not carrots.

Or was it M&Ms?

The answer to these questions, and more, in next weeks' episode of...

You mean that carrots aren't small, flat, metallic rectangles with a slot in the middle and 'Wilkinson Sword' written on them? I'm gonna sue Jamie Oliver!!

LOL
Thats twice youve made me laugh under serious hangover conditions

I LOVE THIS BOARD

ouch, stop shouting BaB

To try and save the topic, I agree that most people under the age of 25-30 wouldnt have much if any experience of blades.
When seen though its quite shocking and if that's what you are after you cant really go wrong if done well.

OK, if we're going to be serious again (shame!) this sort of routine would be best done as a dark and gothic thing (now where have I heard that before?) and would be along the Simon Drake lines. He'd get away with it, as would Penn & Teller if they did it as a comedy send up. I really couldn't imagine Paul Daniels getting away with it. Horses for courses?

so as a really sick goth version - you could start off with a couple of blood capsules in the mouth, which you spill out during the effect.

Then, if this wasn't enough as you pull the blades out on the thread - the last blade is imbedded in a [false] tongue that gets pulled out with the rest...

I can see this would go down well restauraunt table hopping - preferably during the meal?