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Tricks for Beginners.

Silk to Panties
£2.95 from ://www.emagictricks.co.uk
http://www.emagictricks.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2192

The Effect.
The spectator is shown a small coloured square of silk, which is stuffed into the magicians hand and then is made to disappear. The magician then claims that it was actually in his/her pocket all the time and takes it out again.

After showing the spectator that it is still there (and still a coloured silk square of silk) the magician claims that they can teach a chosen spectator how to do the same trick.

They take the silk and place it into the spectators hand, closing the hand into a fist. They then ask the spectator to concentrate very hard on making the silk disappear. After a short time you say that “that should be enough concentration”, and look into the spectators hand.

Now, the spectator knows they still have a silk in their hand. What they don’t know is that the silk is now in fact a pair or ladies panties!

The magician can now say something like, “Well, I can clearly see what you were concentrating on!!!!” and totally embarrass the spectator to the amusement of everyone else.

Difficulty. 2/5
1=I can do it, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
Fairly easy. There are sleights – but so easy that I would still rate it as a 2.

Review.
When I received this I wasn’t very impressed at all. Most people in this forum, if not everyone will realise how it is done so I don’t think I am giving too much a way if I mention that it uses a TT. The problem is that I always thought that using a TT would be far too obvious. Boy was I wrong.

It may be very obvious to you as a performer – but it certainly fools most people.

So far I have mainly used this at dinner parties – and it is great for embarrassing a friend or colleague.

Rating. Effect/item: 7/10, Quality of goods: 7/10, Value for money: 10/10 (its £2.95 for goodness sake!)

Bottom Line.
I would mainly recommend this as a good way of getting used to using a TT in your performance, as at £2.95 this offers a great way of getting acquainted with the wonderful little thing.

I would also recommend getting a book such as “101 things to do with a TT” as this offers some very good advice on general use.

Excellent - another TT fan!!!
(not to mention a fan of Seige's patented Review Template - nice one )

Yes, TTs are great - and most underated.

This is just an example of the crazy acts which can be done - and if it takes something as whacky as this to jolt you into using one - then so be it.

There's a thread somewhere here which proves lots of points about TTs, and hopefully dispels some myths (search for 'Tip Tone').

Don't be afraid of TTs, or shy away because this effect is so cheap...

yes - I definitely lost my fear of TT's with this trick. It probably isn't the most spectacular - but it is amusing and I never like to miss the opurtunity to embaress a friend (that's just the kinda guy I am ).

To be honest with you, the first time I performed it I was just so ready with my "Oh well, I must be all thumbs today" line for when it was spotted. But it wasn't spotted. I felt like shouting out to everyone "What are you people blind or something! That was so obvious!", but then doing that isn't in the manual of magic etiquette, so I resisted.

There are definite ways of minimising the obviousality(?) of the TT (as defined in the "101 things to do with..." book), but I am not sure I am ready to perform with a bright green TT yet!

Using a TT can be quite rewarding. I've posted elsewhere (in the Tip Tone article, I think) that the actual mechanics and dynamics of using a TT is as a utility - and keeping it concealed should NOT be a trick in itself.

I've watched professional magicians using TTs during routines which I KNOW, and I'm always amazed at how the TT is concealed so naturally.

During practice, the TT seems so obvious - but trust me - when you first perform a TT miracle, you'll be reassured at how invisible it actually is.

The use of chrome or 'flourescent green' TTs is probably showing off a bit, and it's obviously much easier to conceal a flesh coloured one - but it really DOES prove a point.

They also go far beyond most begiccian's interpretations - as most of you will be thinking "OK, so I can now vanish a handkerchief - and make it re-appear. So?"

Well, how about ditching torn playing card pieces, producing flash cotton, vanishing cigarettes, producing fluids, vanishing small coins, bill changes, streamer productions, torn & restored thread, vanishing salt, turning a teaspoon of sugar into a sugarcube... the list is endless...

The panties routine is a great start - as it's very visual comedy/magic. Every magician should at some time at least TRY a TT... and NEVER be put off by their appearance. Just remember - I would bet you cold, hard cash that there's countless times you've seen a magician using a TT and never even noticed.

reminds me of the time i managed to conceal a double decker bus in a Dlite TT with the London Philharmonic playing inside it... hehe

must admit ive never liked thumbtips i just cant get over the "i know its there, so everyone else must know" syndrome, i may give it another go but then again maybe not....

Oh theres a thing... the reason why i started rambling in the first place... is it just me or does this just sound like a seedy effect?... heh heh heh

Roll on seedy, I say...

I've performed to Young Farmer's clubs and Football Meetings, full of lads. It would be nice for a couple of 'saucy' type tricks to emerge - as these situations are a bit manly and demanding...

This is NOT a sexist comment - it's purely what floats peoples boat at the end of the day, and we try and adjust to the audience.

Roll on seedy, I say...

hmmm you been looking at the "fantasy" art again?... hehe

Just wondered what kind of load size your getting out of your TT. I seem to struggle here, I'd been just about getting away with a 6" silk and then I got a new TT a actually a better one ( Vernett ) it looks just as big, if anything bigger, but now after it's loaded with just a 6" silk I really cant get my ***** in. Any advice, is it me, is it my TT, is it my T, am I a freak, am I expecting too much from a reg sized TT, I suppose I ought to throw a ? mark in actually ??????

Yet another great thread here - and with many different facets emerging.

a) In addition to the panties effect, there's also the Baffling Bra one where....well, just check it out on the various websites for full details but it's something which can equally be performed on a male victim to really push the embarrassment aspect to the fullest!

b) TTs - great thingies guys, use them and have fun. I have a very dim recollection (as with most of my recollections) of a guy on TV yonks ago producing 3 Lexicon letter cards out of thin air, two were H and one was O he asked the victim what does H2O mean and, as the guy said 'water', a stream was released from the cards - all courtesy of a TT and all over the victim's head.

Mean and nasty magic - might be fun to try it again!

I can get a 9 inch in mine no problem.

nickj wrote:I can get a 9 inch in mine no problem.

Me too

My TT is like an American Express card "Never leave home without it"

Well I can't understand why I have such difficulty with a 6"er

Well I can't understand why I have such difficulty with a 6"er

I have a TT and to be honest i also find it hard to get anything larger than a 6" in it. Do silks vary in loadability(new word;)? such as their thickness?

On the seedy front, I nearly always perform the ol' suspenders in specs jacket in my street acts. I always make sure to pick one with a good looking girlfriend, after shes slapped him i like to be a shoulder to cry on

silks do very in compressability and it should be noted that some silks are diagonaly cut and stated as full sized but are in actual fact half origional size.

also the load capacity can vary from tip to tip even excludung the diferent sizes, small medium and king size.