Devil’s Hook (Hook Balance Gimmick)

hook balance gimmick

If you try to balance the hook supplied on the tip of your finger or any other place by the pointed end, the Hook naturally topples over, and can not be balanced. However, you can easily balance this hook where ever you please, when you know the simple secret. You can balance it on the … Read more

Monkey Puzzle

A classic optical illusion, with a story line to accompany the action. A green and yellow banana are shown, with the yellow shorter than the green, than the green shorter than the yellow. Finally the pictures are turned over, to display the cheeky monkey, responsible for their diminishing size !!! Based on an idea by … Read more

Butterfly Puzzle

A most intriguing optical illusion. This is an adaptation of the Over/Under or Banana / Boomerang Puzzle, with a most amusing presentation theme, from the fertile mind of Ian Adair. Performer displays two curved boomerang shaped pieces, one with a green caterpillar, and one with a red one. The piece with the caterpillar at the … Read more

Another Flying Ring – Leather & PU Models

Another Flying Ring

A borrowed finger ring vanishes from the performer’s hand and appears hooked to a link or clip in a Key Case in the performer’s hip pocket. First described by Al Koran in his book Professional Presentations the effect is something of a classic, appealing to many performers as a visual and direct bit of chicanery, … Read more

Color Changing Candle to Flower

This is exactly half the Passe Passe Candles to Flowers outfit pictured above, and comes to you at half the price.  The performer displays a lit candle, (say red) on a candle stand. A narrow tube is now placed over the candle, (with the flames showing over the top) then lifted, and the candle has … Read more