Bob Sheets has taken Sachs Dice Routine and cranked it up a serious notch! Magicians are being fooled by the new and deceptive handling. It's just not the same trick anymore. IT'S THE RULES can be performed anywhere, anytime and without any set-up. You'll love the killer climax!
New - The School for Scoundrels Close-Up Pad/Dice Stacking Boards
Our hand-made Dice Stacking Board/Close-Up Pad features a perfectly smooth, black dice-stacking board made popular by Mike Rogers and on the flip side has a burgundy 4mm neoprene close-up pad. Regular 12”x16”, Jumbo 16”x24”. Easy to travel with, Chef Anton has been featuring this in his close-up routines for years. Now the secret is out!!!
Our professional version is the same top which is featured on The School for Scoundrels Street Table. The working surface is 17”x30”. It features a beautiful forest green velvet which makes an elegant close-up pad. The top can be turned over to provide a hard , slick surface for dice stacking, etc. You can also add a beautifully crafted hard-wood frame made of solid Poplar with a Golden Oak finish which allows the top to be placed onto any base.
Simply the best clip on the market. These clips come heavily plated in gold or sterling silver. They are large enough to hold most rings, rounded to prevent scratching, easy to open, and locks tight when closed. Ideal for Ring-Flite or for use with any pull.
Golden Perfect Clip - $15
Sterling Silver Perfect Clip - $15
The Magnetic Golden and Magnetic Street Shells
The Magnetic Golden Shells
The Magnetic Street Shells
Made with the beauty and cleverness of our regular Golden Shells and super-realistic Street Shells, these exclusive sets offers the operator a truly "unfair advantage" -- magnetic shells and peas! Imagine the possibilities. Each shell in the set contains a rare-earth magnet invisibly embedded in the front of the shell. The special peas are magnetic—each contains a tiny, undetectable rare-earth magnet.
The shells are designed so that when the shell is pulled back slightly, the pea will be picked up, when pushed forward slightly--the pea is released under the shell. The magnets in both the pea and the shell make this sure-fire and dependable. This is not like a chop-cup, the pea is released from the shell by a smooth, natural motion.
The hand and shell can be shown empty, and the pea can appear under it at will. This makes moves like the Roll-Flash a cinch, and enables the performer to easily place an “empty” shell into the spectator’s hand without him feeling anything, and the pea can be made to appear under the shell whenever the performer is ready.
When used in combination with a second pea under another shell, the magnetic pea gives an unbeatable and mind-numbing advantage. The possibilities are endless. The shells come with five working peas, two straight peas, and two magnetic peas. A suede carrying bag is also included.
This is a thirty-plus page book on Whit’s unique and powerful version of the Chicago Opener, or Red Hot Mama card trick. This is the version used by many of the top close-up workers--power hitters such as Bob Sheets. Including the full routine and patter, this booklet goes into great depth on the psychology of magic, and theory of magic. It is intended only for the intermediate or advanced card handler. It also includes Whit's Patter for Brainwave. This routine is one of the most powerful opening effects in close-up magic.
"The Chicago Surprise meets all my criteria for what a superior magic product should be: 1) an audience-tested, professional-caliber routine, 2) well written, 3) both handling and theoretical information (in other words, the how and the why) are included. Many professionals use Whit's routine. I'm sure you're going to want to as well."
--Michael Close, MAGIC Magazine
"This entire manuscript is a marvelous piece of work, and if it does not cause you much thought about magic, then something is terribly wrong."
--Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine
This beautiful set of knives is perfect for the Whit Haydn routine for the color-changing knives – The Intricate Web of Distraction. The set of three knives includes one that is black with a ‘stag horn’ type finish, and one that is a ‘white pearl’ smooth finish, and the gimmicked knife. These three knives have the ‘rough and smooth’ textures that are so essential to this routine. They are manufactured for us by Joe Mogar.
"Bottom line: If you are looking for a set of terrific black and white color changing knives that look like you bought them at a fine hunting and fishing store (without the novel red/yellow colors), these are the best I've seen in a long, long time."
--Danny Orleans, Genii Magazine
Whit Haydn's The Intricate Web Of Distraction DVD
This high quality video explains all the theory, moves, patter, and presentation for this incredible routine, plus a live performance by Whit Haydn. This routine is perfect for walk-around in restaurants, private parties or at the bar, but plays big enough for more formal venues. Whit has performed it thousands of times at the Close-Up Gallery of the Magic Castle as well as in the Secret Pagoda at Caesars Magical Empire in Las Vegas. He always includes it in his performances at Trade-Shows and Hospitality Suites.
"I like this routine because it is simple to follow, is practical under a variety of conditions, and needs no reset time. It has been honed under fire for more than 20 years. If you are looking for a Color-Changing Knife routine, The Intricate Web of Distraction certainly fits the bill and is worth your serious consideration. Recommended."
--Michael Close, MAGIC Magazine
Whit Haydn's The Intricate Web Of Distraction - Booklet
This booklet includes all the moves, patter and presentation for Whit’s color-changing knife routine. The book contains plenty of photos to illustrate the moves.
$15
The Dice Stacking Video - Todd Strong
Learn to stack dice in just a few short hours!
Dice Stacking is not only magical, but it's fun too! The art of scooping up a series of dice and stacking them one on top of the other is not nearly as hard as it looks. Professional juggler and entertainer Todd Strong has developed a method to easily teach you how to stack dice. In fact, using Todd's methods, you can learn to stack dice proficiently in just a few short hours.
Being a juggler, Todd has created numerous unique and visual stacking techniques, many of which magicians have never seen before, including fantastic aerial dice moves and two-handed dice stacking. You'll also learn how to stack 12 dice at a time! In addition, host Michael Maxwell performs and explains Senator Clarke Crandall's Dice Stacking Routine. Hilarious, magical and entertaining, this one-of-a-kind routine is perfect as a magical showpiece.
The Art of Dice Stacking Video - Jim Zachary
T.A. Waters, in his Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians, said that dice stacking "looks more like magic than dexterity." This is particularly true when it's Jim "Zee" Zachary doing the stacking. What's more, it's surprisingly easy to learn when it's Jim Zee doing the teaching!
While you may not be able to stack 15 high as Jim does right off (and take them down again!), you'll be stacking as many as four in less than an hour through his proven method - one that many of magic's top names have used to learn. Jim also performs his complete dice-stacking act and then teaches it in minute detail for L&L Publishing's broadcast-quality cameras.
If you're looking to add something to your close-up act that your spectators have probably never seen before, you're holding the key right now. It's expert dice stacking made easy - the Jim Zee way!
Zack Stack - Jim Zachary
This booklet is the perfect companion to Jim Zachary's video, The Art of Dice Stacking. There are moves, routines, and gags covered in here which you will not find on his video. Highly recommended.
Draun on Dice
Steve Draun is an accomplished performer, lecturer and author of magic. Draun's magic has been widely published in both Genii and Magic Magazine, Richard (Kaufman) Almanac, Marlo's Magazine and Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse.
A student of Ed Marlo, Draun is regarded as one of the best sleight of hand performers in the country!
Marlo says of Draun, "...those who have had the good fortune to see him (Draun) perform have witnessed some excellent magic..."
Richard Kaufman describes Draun as "...a man who is known by the highest accolades his peers can bestow, a magician's magician."
Learn four of the best dice routines developed by the masters:
