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Focus Description:

The artist enters the stage with a sword in his hand. The audience can clearly see that his other hand is open and empty. Waving a sword - and a scarf appears at its end (Fig. 159).

Focus Handkerchief on a sword
Fig. 159

Props:

Silk scarf measuring approximately 50x55 cm.

Sword of a special device.

Secret of the trick:

The secret of the trick is in the device of the sword. On fig. 160 shows a sword and its detail - a hilt. The sword itself is hollow inside, made of sheet brass or copper 1 mm thick. The blade is about 70 cm long, 25 mm wide at the bottom and 5 mm wide at the top. The sword is quadrangular, in the section it looks like a rhombus. An end 15 mm long is attached to it, exactly matching the top of the sword (Fig. 160, A). A hook is made inside it, to which a strong elastic rubber is tied. The second end of the rubber is passed through the upper hole of the sword, strongly pulled and firmly tied at the lower end, inserted into the handle, where it is firmly clamped. The tension of the rubber should be such that it holds the tip of the sword very firmly at the top.

Focus Handkerchief on a sword
Fig. 160

The inner upper edges of the sword must be carefully trimmed so as not to cut the rubber. A small metal ring with a diameter of 5 mm is soldered to the upper sharp end of the sword.

A handkerchief is placed in the hollow handle, folding it carefully. At the same time, the rubber is kept strongly stretched all the time. Then ring B, sewn to the scarf, is put on a pin passed inside the handle and ending with a button G. The pin has a thickness of 2 mm, its end, on which the ring is hung, is rounded. A pin is issued when the G button is pressed by 15 mm. Spring D, put on the pin, pushes it in the direction of the arrow E. To keep the ring on the pin, you need to press the button G to the handle with your right index finger.

One has only to release the finger, as the pin will immediately go inside the handle and the ring, freed from the pin, will be immediately attracted by the rubber along with the tip of the sword and the handkerchief to the top of the sword (see Fig. 159).

Coming out with a sword loaded with a handkerchief, the performer must move the blade all the time so that the audience cannot notice the stretched rubber. Holes are made in the hilt of the sword, a handkerchief is passed through one of them when charging. The hole and its inner edges must be very carefully cleaned. A folded handkerchief, laid inside the hilt of a sword, is shown in fig. 160, B.

The scarf is tied to the ring with a light slip knot or sewn with one thread. You can not make rings, but just release a small loop of fishing line from the sharp end of the sword and put it on the pin.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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