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Can anyone recommend a good TT book? Cheap, preferably.

I bought one a couple of weeks ago and don't really have a great many ideas plus I'm pretty sure I'm using it all wrong. Not mention I probably need to get a paler one as it does look a little like my thumb is being Al Jolson.

Alfred are you vanishing the cigarette in your hand or someones shirt ? If its your hand a little ash from a finger, placed on the left palm prior to the effect can be a nice touch (assuming you are right handed).

jim

jim ferguson wrote:Alfred are you vanishing the cigarette in your hand or someones shirt ? If its your hand a little ash from a finger, placed on the left palm prior to the effect can be a nice touch (assuming you are left handed).

jim

I do it in my left hand, so will take your tip on board, cheers

I'm too obsessed with a clean finish though and always reach into my pocket for "magic cards" and we lead nicely into a card trick

Are you using Michael Ammars techniques from the book ? Some of his ideas on this effect are exellent, the snap is very nice.

Are you bringing out the cards after the effect or during ? From your posts im assuming you are placing the fag into your hand then bringing out the cards to rest on your fist, then showing the vanish, yes ?

jim ferguson wrote:Are you using Michael Ammars techniques from the book ? Some of his ideas on this effect are exellent, the snap is very nice.

Are you bringing out the cards after the effect or during ? From your posts im assuming you are placing the fag into your hand then bringing out the cards to rest on your fist, then showing the vanish, yes ?

Spot on, Jim

I'll make a fist, show some smoke, put it out with a few (if not all) fingers, then reach for the cards and rest on the fist like you say

I haven't read Michael Ammar by the way, this is from a DVD set I own, David Jones, although he uses a jacket, I always quite like the visual of the smoke leaving ones hand

Alfred Borden wrote:I'll make a fist, show some smoke, put it out with a few (if not all) fingers, then reach for the cards and rest on the fist

I sincerely hope you dont take this the wrong way but that is all wrong. Im going to send you a PM about the proper technique and also a solution to end clean.

jim

jim ferguson wrote:

Alfred Borden wrote:I'll make a fist, show some smoke, put it out with a few (if not all) fingers, then reach for the cards and rest on the fist

I sincerely hope you dont take this the wrong way but that is all wrong. Im going to send you a PM about the proper technique and also a solution to end clean.

jim

How could I possible take it the wrong way?

I'm new to magic and the reason I post is to improve and get advice from people more experienced such as yourself

I appreciate and thank anyone who is willing to take the time to help me improve

PM sent

jim

Very kind

Thanks Jim

Check out Dave Forrest's "Bil-Ink" for a great use of the TT.

Lord Freddie wrote:Check out Dave Forrest's "Bil-Ink" for a great use of the TT.

Just checked it out on YouTube. Very nice

Cheers

While the use of the prop is nice in that Bil-ink effect, i'd have thought hed have put more effort into his handling of the tt before releasing that demo.

me_simon wrote:Can anyone recommend a good TT book? Cheap, preferably.

I bought one a couple of weeks ago and don't really have a great many ideas plus I'm pretty sure I'm using it all wrong. Not mention I probably need to get a paler one as it does look a little like my thumb is being Al Jolson.

Two books: 50 Tricks with a TT by Milbourne Christopher and 101 TT Tricks by Gary Darwin.

I have two TTs and neither of them match my skin. It doesn't matter because the audience should never see it from the side.

Some years ago I showed the vanishing silk as part of an after-dinner speech. An elderly man came up to me afterwards and commented that he'd been into magic as a child - he'd even had a plastic t****. He had no idea that that's what I'd used.

My favourite effect is (naturally) one that I invented. You can find it in The Linking Ring, January 1998. It only works with a hard TT.

Barry

Thanks for that. I'll see if I can track them down.

jon_kent wrote:I've got a TT mate but only used it for a few days and got bored of it and havnt used it since.

Have you actually performed with it? Because used correctly, and of course depending what you do, a basic silk vanish for instance gets wonderful reactions from a crowd.

If you haven't performed for the lay public then that is the reason you got bored of it. Go out and give it a try.