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Retention Vanish

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holo

May 24, 2008
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Hey Everybody,

I was just wondering what all of your favorite retention vanishes are and where you learned them?

Thanks,
Holo
 
holo said:
Hey Everybody,

I was just wondering what all of your favorite retention vanishes are and where you learned them?

Thanks,
Holo
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Justin Miller's in "Silver Dream" is a nice variation. (Ellusionist.com)

There's some classics in "In the Beginning There Were Coins" by Jay Noblezada (Penguinmagic.com)

best of luck,
_Lucas_
 
Revolutionary Coin Magic

holo said:
Hey Everybody,

I was just wondering what all of your favorite retention vanishes are and where you learned them?

Thanks,
Holo
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I like Jay Sankeys variation on David Roths retention that was originally taught is Revolutionary Coin Magic.There is a cool upside-down retention in there to that looks super sweet.i would definitely recommend that DVD to anyone who wants to know some seriously sweet coin magic!!;)
 
I just use the classic one by David Roth, but I agree with Greg Wilson when he says that the position of the fingers is not natural. The illusion is so convincing though, it is worth justifying with patter.
 
I have actually justed switched to the variation retention pass by rubinstein. It is a lot more natural for me.

Alright, i changed my mind. I am relearning all my retention passes because I need to find one that works best for me. the rubinsteing variation pass doesnt really give me that much of a retention so I am gonna experiment with some. Any recommendations?
 
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holo said:
I didn't really see it going into the hand, but on the other hand, i didnt see you steal it out. good job, but this is more of a standard vanish rather than a retention pass.
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I guess you're right, it's more of a standard vanish. Maybe with better timing it could work out more as a retention possibly. Thanks.
 
Alright, you guys probably think I am crazy but I changed my mind again. I am doing the retention vanish used by David Stone. Its the classic Roth one, but he has obviously added some finesse. I was doing the rubinstein variation pass, but after showing it to some people, it was more of a casual false transfer (which I use the fingertip retention for) rather than a full out retention like the stone one.
 
I really, really like Apollo Robbins' Wither Vanish. It can be found in Cultural Xchange v. 1, by him and Shoot Ogawa.

-Colin
 
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