Blow Van by Bill Day (Version 1)

Description

This came from an old magician’s estate purchase. Comes with everything needed as originally supplied except for some tissue paper that is used to roll up into a couple of balls to plug the ends of the paper tube. This is something which you should be able to easily acquire.

Effect: A piece of stiff paper is shown and rolled up into a tube which is secured by a few elastic bands. A piece of tissue paper is shown, rolled up into a ball, and used to plug one end of the tube. Next an 18 inch silk handkerchief is shown and tucked down inside the tube with help from a pencil. A second piece of tissue paper is shown and rolled up into another ball which is used to plug the remaining end of the tube and trap the silk handkerchief inside.

Amazingly, when the tube is brought up to the performer’s mouth, and blown through, the two tissue paper balls come flying out the other end, but no silk handkerchief! It has completely vanished! The tube is unrolled and shown to be empty.

This is a great way to vanish a single silk. Use it with a 20th Century Silk effect or any other effect where a silk is vanished and caused to reappear elsewhere.