This is a great effect but why does it say that there are no switches or gimmicks in the trick although it comes with a box of 25 coins specially designed for this effect.One more thing.Can the spectator break the coin easy or is there any special method you need to use in order to break it?
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Without getting too much into method: with most coin bending routines, you can't let the spectator sign the coin that is bent. Or, you have to switch out the first coin for a coin that is pre-bent (meaning, before the trick begins). Or, you have some sort of secret, hidden device in your hands or up your sleeves. BREAK has none of those things, so it's as pure and simple as I can imagine a coin bend possibly being.
The coin can be freely examined and signed, on both sides, by the spectator. The coin is then visually BENT and broken at your fingertips. There's nothing else in your hands. You can do it in short sleeves. You can do it naked, if you're into that. In the end, you're left totally clean, and the spectator can keep the signed pieces. They'll remember it forever.
The coin can be freely examined and signed, on both sides, by the spectator. The coin is then visually BENT and broken at your fingertips. There's nothing else in your hands. You can do it in short sleeves. You can do it naked, if you're into that. In the end, you're left totally clean, and the spectator can keep the signed pieces. They'll remember it forever.
If you want to, it's absolutely possible to make your performance happen that way. But, if your question is if the spectator could accidentally bend / break the coin BEFORE you want that to happen - it's very unlikely. The coins are very durable and unless you know the precise technique, they look and feel 100% solid.
I own Break and like Bayme said... I would say there is less than a 1% chance that a random spectator could break the penny. Heck, before I "learned" how it worked, I thoroughly examined the pennies and even tried to break one... but alas I failed.
It's pretty solid.
It's pretty solid.
I've had it explained like this: A Gimmick is something hidden or added used to perform some effect. A reel, loop, smoke device or coin bending tool are gimmicks. A gaff is an object that looks like an ordinary prop but has something secret about it, a double back card, the coins supplied for Break or loaded dice are gaffs. Apparantly this definition is pretty old and the lines are pretty blurred (What is a thumb tip?) but I believe that is the explanation of how the Break coins are not considered gimmicks.
My coins seem pretty easy to break...I'm having trouble getting them to bend without breaking... Any advice or ideas... thoughts...