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confidence that the stack will stick to the
thumb effectively each time. This will
enable you to simply touch the stack with
your thumb without pressing down on the
stack to be sure you have it. Pressing down
on the stack tends to destroy the illusion
you are simply covering the stack when
you place the cylinder over the coins.
Covering the Stack Steal
The fingers of the right hand cover the
stack as it comes out of the cylinder during
the steal. This is good protection from the
audience directly in front of the
performer. The angles are bad from the
sides of the audience however. This is
where the manipulation of the flash paper
supplies cover. Note that the cylinder and
paper are picked up at the same time. As
soon as the cylinder is placed over the
stack, the hand with the flash paper
moves forward to drop the paper into the
cylinder. That hand moves to the left of
the right hand quickly to shield the stack
extraction. Thus, while the stack is coming
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out, the left hand is covering it. The right
hand tends to cover the action to the right.
If you are concerned about the audience to
your far right, a good idea would be to place
a large candle to the right of the work
space from which you get your fire to light
the flash paper. Use a short candle and
position the flame at the right spot to
cover the dirty move. In this situation you
can reach into your pocket to get a piece
of wood to light in the candle flame to light
the flash paper.
A Note about the Flash Paper
In the video clip provided, the ball of
flash paper fell all the way to the bottom of
the tube when the paper ball was added.
This was not real bad but can easily be
improved. Use a larger ball of flash paper
that gets stuck in the tube when inserted.
Then the ball can be pressed into the tube
without going all the way down. This allows
the possibility that the coins could still be
there.
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