Which hand is the object in?

[jakubr]

Here is one effect that fascinates me:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzkevNyWIck[/video]


I think it's called 'which hand is the object in'. It's like a guessing game, but when you can be spot on every time (or most of the time), it looks very impressive to people.

I know of a few versions of this trick with different methods. Are you familiar with the one on the video? Also do you perform it/have you ever performed it? What do you think about this effect?

I'm very interested in your opinions on this.

 

[Jewish_Illusion]

i have never seen or performed this before, but it seems a little lame to me, soort of like a trick without buildup

 

[Mat La Vore]

Check out Prevaricator by Patrick Redford. He does it as a multi-phased routine, and teaches some great kickers too, like a word revelation, serial number divination with a bill, prediction, etc. Fantastic routine. I use it all the time. Hope that helps.

 

[Goldmos]

Check out Prevaricator by Patrick Redford. He does it as a multi-phased routine, and teaches some great kickers too, like a word revelation, serial number divination with a bill, prediction, etc. Fantastic routine. I use it all the time. Hope that helps.

How would you rate this product on a scale from 1 to 10? 1 is easy to do and 10 take year of practice. And do you absolutly need some basics with mentalism or you could do it with practice alone?

 

[D ICE R]

Prevaricator is quiet a difficult piece to rate as it is completely different from all effects like it.

On the DVD there is a fool proof method which helps when you are starting out.

 

[Mat La Vore]

How would you rate this product on a scale from 1 to 10? 1 is easy to do and 10 take year of practice. And do you absolutly need some basics with mentalism or you could do it with practice alone?

The product itself I'd give a 10. Difficulty depends on what you're going for though. He teaches a full-proof method which is very easy to do technically, and he teaches some psychological ways to really read tells (more difficult). If you can get reading the tells down you can repeat the effect multiple times. I tend to use the full-proof method in performance, as it looks the same. I do it once then end with Paul Vigil's idea of revealing the thought of object written down on the balled up piece of paper I play the Prevaricator game with. The most difficult part about the routine is just getting a feel for how to present it. It's become one of my go-to effects though when I have an attentive group. I also use it with a quarter prior to doing a coin bend. Patrick also teaches a great way to do it with a borrowed balled up bill and at the end you reveal the serial number. The DVD is packed with lots of good info and ideas. One of the better purchases I've made in the last couple years. As for your last question, you can learn the effect just with the DVD and the eBook it comes with. You don't need anything else. It's a complete package for learning the routine effectively.

Hope that helps.

Happy Magic

 

[Goldmos]

Yes, it's help a lot. Thank you

 

[Craig Browning]

Deja Vu all over again. . .

I've responded to this same question at least three times this week. . .

The Patrick Redford method has been discussed as has Paul Vigils. . . I would recommend you save your penny's and purchase THOUGHT CHANNEL from Jerome Finley in that it gives you the most rounded essay on doing this bit without relying on linguistics or gimmicks. Byrn Reynold's "Safwan Papers" will give you one very sure-fire technique but it is covered in Jerome's books as well along with a multi-phased approach for doing the routine several times in a row using different handlings each time so as to keep the magic-hacks off your trail.

 

[jakubr]

I've watched the preview, and it looks great. Effect is always the same but I like the presentation of Patrick Redford. I guess presentation will differ depending on venue. The same presentation wouldn't work that well on the street, I guess?

 

[Craig Browning]

I've watched the preview, and it looks great. Effect is always the same but I like the presentation of Patrick Redford. I guess presentation will differ depending on venue. The same presentation wouldn't work that well on the street, I guess?

Presentation is always up to the performer, so I fail to understand what you're getting at here.

The bottom line is that Patrick and others have introduced long guarded methods in which observation is the key and having some guts is the secret.