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does anyone here perform it or has in the past? i just have a question or two

Funny you should ask, was reading a little of my Tarball's book on magic today and the section was all about this

But before someone harsher than me comes on and lets you know, this isn't that kind of forum, secrets aren't disclosed

And this is your first post?!

I have. PM me.

whilst on the subject, does anyone know of any good material dealing with this effect??? something i;m interested in learning

C.L.Ward wrote:whilst on the subject, does anyone know of any good material dealing with this effect??? something i;m interested in learning

This has given me an odd thought.
While I know the trick I have no idea where I learnt it or where one could learn it. Hmmm....

It is described in John Booth's book "Marvel's of Mystery". I think it is also described in the Tarbell course somewhere. David Ben does this quite well and in fact is the only one I have ever seen do it. It was featured very strongly by Houdini. It gave way to the razor blade trick which is also described in the above books as well as Bruce Elliot's Classic Secrets of Magic. My friend famed busker Peter Snow makes a masterful job of it. The razor blades has the advantage that it is more visual and can easily be seen. It has an alleged disadvantage which may actually be an advantage. The disadvantage is that razor blades are rarely seen nowadays and a few people may not know what they are. On the other hand this could be an advantage since if kids see this trick they may well copy it with needles but would find it difficult to do so with razor blades simply because they are not around to experiment with.

i believe it originates from india and houdini adopted the trick into his routine, sorted the problem i had with the trick but might need some advice at somepoint as im still in the early stages of learning this trick