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It's worth noting, that the Charlier cut was originally used as a pass, usually executed with a turn of the body to hide the cutting action. In Vernon's revelations there is mention of a turn towards a wall being used to cover the action, with the magician knocking on said wall as motivation. CL

I use both, at different times, but tend to go for the Ego change more. I have performed it for around three years, and now it is completely silent. I will say that the way I handle it a lot of the time, it would appear, looks more like the Pughe pass than the original Ego Change. As I had not...

Ohhhhhhh... Okay, I can't name one... Gary Kurtz Giacomo Bertini Homer Liwag Chris Kenner Troy Hooser Roth Al Schneider And more that don't come to mind straight away... I'll review my post later. CL

No, allow me to elaborate. The deck is (for instance) in a right hand mechanics grip. The LEFT hand approaches from above, and the pass is executed under that cover. The Left hand then picks it up into a biddle grip. This is all in one motion, and should look like the left hand merely moves...

I'll break down my pass. It starts in deep mechanics grip. I have my wedge break between the packets I am to transpose. As my other hand approaches from above, and subsequently covers the deck for a second, my fingers begin the passing action, shifting the top packet. Now, as my other hand...

If you bought it from a shop it should have been wrapped. If you bought it second hand, then you really just get what you're given. But bought new- Should be wrapped. Why wouldn't it be. CL

If you can detail the routine a little more to myself or Dee Christopher, it may be considered by Mindlapse productions (Cinders, Proximity Effects, FreezerBurn, 23:23...) CL

A couple of half passes would work, and the future reverse is a great little move. Personally, I would probably use an Ego/Cardini change type of move with the top card, then pass that into the center position. Oh, what is the cockroach pass? CL

If anything, I pass at the fingertips. It starts in a deep mechanics grip, then as my othe rhand takes the deck (as this is my motivation for the cover hand), I transpose the packets and then square up. Akira's pass is not something one can purchase, it's the result of years of arduous study...

Well, obviously Daryl's is great. Michael Paul's is fantastic, his riser is amazing! Sankey's 'stronger Magnet' from Sankey unleashed is sweet, and comes ready made with an awesome presentational hook. Also, wait for DROP, by a good looking chap named Christopher Lafferty, a VERY good...

A classic pass, if used as a control (i.e, in it's original form), need not be particularly fast. This is a trap many students fall into. The pass is a move which should ideally be executed in an off beat, whilst being covered with good misdirection (you seem to have this part down by all...

Seems like a strange question. Yeah it should. Regardless of it's packaging though, you should really purchase it, it's a vault of information! I love this set! Plus Dave's a buddy. CL

As do I. And I would suggest Steranko on cards, recently re-published by (I believe) Hermetic Press. CL

I can't watch the vid right now (so I'll constructively comment later), but I will say, 'Steranko' most likely refers to the originator of the routine, or at least the moves used, as Steranko was a very VERY skilled, novel and intelligent magical thinker. CL

And the wonderful James Brown has a jacketless topit called 'the workaroo' which is obviously a more flexible gimmick and presumably requires less choreography in the technique pattern. CL

Prohibition is great, Morgan's Molten looks CLASS (wait for this, I'd say :)) If you wanna kick it old school, you could push the bottle thru the table while wrapped in some newspaper ;) If you could develop a decent switch you could transform water into wine by rubbing the bottle with a bar...

MY motivation to pass, is to use it as more than merely a control of one card, but to utilise it with as much variety as possible- as a colour change, a switch, a vanish, single card and multiple card control... and on and on. I learned it originally as I was under the impression that it was a...

This sounds okay, yeah. I may well pick it up. I have no need for any more transpo's, but the techniques taught sound worth the price, and as I'm told repeatedly- I'm a sleight whore. CL

I'd say that while a mentalist can certainly succesfully utilise magic techniques to achieve the effect of a mental miracle, the thought of somebody doing hippity hop rabbits, and then trying to perform a book test hurts my brain. I perform magic, and I perform mentalism, but very VERY rarely...

I'd say yes, the gimmick is easilly reconstructed in a magicians head, but that means nothing to a working magician. I work to entertain and amaze laypeople, not magicians, and the Nestorizer is a very cool, and very versatile little gimmick. It's versatility takes it far beyond being just a...