A "Chanin-ized" Silk Vanish
Without a doubt,
one of the most clever guys in the magic
business is my good friend, JACK CHANIN.
His books, marketed effects and ideas,
are always first class. Several years
ago the prolific Mr. Chanin showed me
a delightful method of vanishing a paper
napkin. Jack's idea triggered the wheels
in my noggin and helped me to come up
with a very deceptive silk vanish that
I used when I perform the "20th Century
Silks".
You will need a
thump tip with a small corner cut out,
about two inches long of a silk handkerchief
to match the color of the 18 inch square
silk handkerchief that you are going to
vanish.
Photo
1
When picked up from
your table or removed from your pocket,
the thumb tip (with silk corner protruding)
and the regular handkerchief are held
together as in Photo 1,
in right hand. Left hand takes hold of
bottom of handkerchief and is (you should
pardon this much used phrase in magic)
"zig-zagged" back and forth toward the
right and as shown in Photo
2.
Photo
2
Photo
3
The next photo (Photo
3) shows the silk "hank" completely
folded into left hand. At this point the
left hand (with silk concealed) is thrust
into your pocket for the well known pinch
of "woofle-dust" or better yet, I use
a small pinch of real paper confetti.
Anyway, the silk is left in the pocket.
Empty left hand now tucks the corner of
the silk corner in the thumb tip held
in closed right fist, steals it on left
thumb and then both hands are gracefully
opened to show that the silk handkerchief
has disappeared.
The beauty of this
handling is that apparently the handkerchief
never leaves sight of the audience. They
think they see it right up until the moment
of the complete vanish. It's a pretty
vanish. Now, many magicians across the
country who have seen me use this, will
understand why I smiled so widely when
they commented, "I never saw you get a
hold of the silk pull!"
"Clever Like A Fox
is everything the critics have said about it...just
an outstanding book. I have read it from cover
to cover in one sitting. Fantastic!" --Eric
F. Glassy, CA USA
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