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is the Psychokinetic Silverware dvd worth buying? on the review it made it seem like there were no gimmiked objects, so im assuming i could preform it with borrowed silverware?

[edit] if psychokinetic silverware is not a "good" trick, what other metal bending routines would you reccommend? maby"mind bender" or "liquid metal"? [edit]

Try a search because this has been discussed recently, I'm sure.

Yes it is a great routine and can be done with borrowed silverware.

I don't have Psychokinetic Silverware (yet) but I can tell you that it's held in high esteem by those who do have it.

I do on the other hand have liquid metal and can vouch for this. It's very visual and like everything else, it requires practice to get up to performing standard. I get some fantastic reactions when performing this. I will say that there are a few credits on Liquid Metal to Banacheck so these parts, particularly the corkscrew may well be taught on both.

There are a number of posts on both of these DVD's. In respect of your questions on gimmicks and your assumption as to borrowing silvverware, I think that to answer these questions would be too revealing.

If you're interested in metal bending then just buy one of the two and you shouldn't be disapointed.

thanks guys! i think im going to buy the psychokinetic silverware, as ive now read some of the reviews. sorry if it seemed like i wanted to much info about gimmicks, etc... i definitly dont want exposure of any kind, same as everyone else.

one more thing, slightly off topic, i read somewhere that the metalbending routine liquid metal could be used to bend keys... is that possible, i of course dont know the specifics of the metal bending, but keys seem much stronger than forks/spoons, and i doubt that you could

The Liquid Metal DVD does come with some bonus footage that explains Morgan's key bending routine but it is more difficult and one that I personally don't perform, and haven;t found the need to .

Out of hundreds of performances with forks I have only ever been asked if I can bend something else. Most of the time someone hands you another fork and whilst you may not be able to coskscrew it, the tine bends are still pretty easy and the specs appear to be even more amazed that you bent their fork without doing the whole routine again.

dat8962
I have had PK Silverware for a while, but the one thing I found really difficult, and has held up my progress, has been the tine bends. I have quite large hands and I'm not too much of a wimp, but I have found them very hard to do.
Have you, or anyone else, experienced this? Any advice welcome.

Just a comment, "worth buying" is really hard to answer. If you watch a routine, and you are amazed and fooled, my primary answer is that, yes, it's worth buying. I mean, if you can't figure out, by looking at some video of the trick being performed, and it really looks like magic, - well then the secret is SO good, that it's worth buying. Another interesting thing is, is it worth the price....

Hi BobGreaves

The Liquid Meteal DVD shows a number of tine bends and also a corkscrew into the tine which is really hard and not one that I can do as yet. I am also wondering if it's needed as I find that my specs ALL think that the routine is very visual and after lots and lots of practice, they don't see the moves (if you see what I mean).

I am assuming that you are talking about the plain bend and NOT the coskscrew in the tine? To be honest, I never found this to be a problem if using the right fork. I find that I pick up all sorts of forks now, just to see how easy the tine will bend and yes, some do bend much easier that others.

With this in mind, I've found that it's just a matter of perseverence and building up your finger strength as well as your technique.

In Davenports I have seen a live performance of the effect from the Mind Bender DVD. It looked excellent.

Magixx