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As far as I know, it's lost in the mists of time. He just says it's a common flourish, so I reckon it's just one of those things that circulated from magician to magician by word of mouth. It's like the split fan production. A lot of people think that Cardini invented the move, because he...

I'm sure most people know this already, but as I always see the "Le Paul Spread" credited to Paul Le Paul, I thought I'd mention it. In "The Card Magic of Le Paul", which is accepted as the first written description of the spread, he mentions the flourish only in the context of his description...

Unless you're talking about something else, Skullduggery is actually the name of a DVD by Luke Jermay, which includes his trademark pulse-stopping routine, along with a few others, mostly taken from his first notes "7 Deceptions". His pulse-stopping routine doesn't use a gimmick, although he...

bicycle5, I'd love to, but I haven't got a cam at the moment. I'm filiming some tutorials for magicmag.co.uk soon though, so while we've got the equipment around I'll do a few little bits to put up here.

It is a really underused, but very nice flourish. I think the teaching of it in Sex Sells is a bit more detailed than Hit the Road, but the DVD is definitely worth it for all the other material. By the way, I don't know if anyone else has done it, but I do a variation of Yo where the spread...

Very nice video...can't wait for next year now......... Was good to see you guys there, albeit fleetingly.

Just to throw in my few pennies' worth, the common factor of most cuts with "Sybil" in the name seems to be the four packet opening grip (Z-grip with the extra packet broken off on top). This opening position, and the subsequent "Sybilesque" moves used in most of these cuts were first (as far as...

My new acquistions are copies of More Inner and Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic signed by Dai Vernon, and Scarne on Cards signed by John Scarne.

I'm using a deck of brown Wynns to get magician autographs. I only just started at the Blackpool convention, so I haven't got many yet, so far: Shoot Ogawa Kostya Kimlat Lennart Green Pete Firman (a quite well known TV magician here in the UK) Geoffery Durham Ali Bongo and, my favourite so far...

To make people think you have Derren Brown-type skills, I find the best thing is to force a card, put the deck to one side and then spend about five minutes reading their body-language, like "Now look at me, imagine I've got red in this hand and black in the other hand, OK....now if I cross my...

The thing is, I don't believe magic lies in not understanding how something is achieved. As long as the explanation is impressive enough then that becomes the amazing effect, the actual "trick" being merely a demonstration of some amazing ability. Hundreds of years ago, in Reginald Scot's era...

There is debate about exactly what constitutes hypnosis, but the tricks you describe, making someone forget a particular fact or that kind of suggestion can be acheived very easily without recourse to a full-on "trance" induction. My day job is sales, so I'm really into the craft of...

My older brother was into magic when he was a kid, so I got handed down "The Complete Guide to Card Conjuring" by Ian Adair, and Royal Road, which I started reading when I was about 9. I only ever really practiced one thing fron the Ian Adair book, which was the backpalm, but when it got onto...

I think there has to be a differentiation between a bad effect and a bad method. For example, the effect of Liquid Metal is, in my opinion, good. Bending metal with your mind is a very impressive, direct and easily described feat. I think it's a different argument as to whether any particular...

I'll be there. Me and my girlfriend are staying at the Ruskin too. I get paid 2 days before it, so I'll be the one walking round with huge amounts of stuff I've just bought from the dealer's hall.....

A lot of good card scaling techniques can be found on Rick Smith's "The Art of Card Throwing" DVD. Or, if you've got about $400 to spend then you may be able to pick up a copy of Ricky Jay's "Cards as Weapons" book.

I really like these cards, and, in some situations, the back design is really nice (like if you're doing an "old time card sharp" type routine), but I'd like to have a similar deck without an ad for another magician on the back. They are on Bee stock, so I'm guessing Wynns might handle...

It depends how much you want to spend, but Richard Turner's DVDs are the best I've come across for getting acquainted with a wide variety of techniques. If your really want to go in-depth into the subject then I reckon they're essential viewing. For an introduction to a small selection of good...

Anyone going? This will be my third time, and it looks like the best line-up so far. Lennart Green, Shoot Ogawa, Kostya Kimlat, Michael Close, David Solomon, Shimada, David Stone.....the list goes on......

If you lap something to make it disappear or to perform a change, is that acceptable? All you're doing with lapping is basically hiding something under a table, i.e., using your performance environment and the way it limits your audience's sight-line to help with the effect. Isn't throwing a...