by taneous » Sep 7th, '05, 08:09
All of the forks I bend are made of steel..
Yes - you can bend keys,coins,forks,spoons,pens,nails,metal spikes etc.
It doesn't really matter what they're made of. Sometimes it's totally impromptu, sometimes you use gimmicks - however that's really not that important. With bending metal, method plays a small part in the effect. Most of the the the actual method is very simple.
If you're just starting magic - then metal bending isn't the way to go - for that reason. You'll either blow it completely or get bored very quickly.
If, however, you wish to ignore this advice then, yes, get PK Silverware, Patrick Kuffs 'metal bending - the real work',PSI series (dvd4) and a number of other works mentioned on the forum a number of times. I was going to advise you not to get Liquid Metal - while you'll get a neat trick you won't learn too much about metal bending (why it works, how to perform it etc.) - but I know that saying that won't make me too popular so I won't say it.
Bending a pen can be found in Sean Field's 'Explicit Content'.
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