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	KEVLAR PEN REEL - $75   Wow! – Now you can have all the advantages of the Kevlar Invisible Thread Reel (tm) built inside an ordinary ball-point pen, which can easily be clipped inside your breast pocket in a moments notice. Because of the stronger thread, we are getting incredible retraction distances out of this reel. One of the main drawbacks of the original pen reel is that we were only able to achieve about 6’ of distance before the thread would snap. Now, we are easily getting double that distance! This pen is strong and dependable! It has two feeder holes making reset a breeze! ... yet with this kevlar line, you won’t be doing that very often. This reel is a dream come true for magicians everywhere. It far surpasses any of our previous pen reels and we didn’t even raise the price!   Order I
	Invisible thread Elastic $30 200 yards of elastic thread with 3 filaments, all while being thinner than an average human hair. This amazing thread that can be stretched to 4-5 times its natural state can als be separated into individual filaments to make it even thinner!! The possibilities with this product are endless  Order
	Loops by Yigal Mesika $20   A Pair of Borrowed Sunglasses Mysteriously Move A Selected Card Reveals Itself And more!   From talented Israeli magician Yigal Mesika comes one of the most powerful utility gimmicks ever invented. These invisible thread loops are strong enough to move silverware or a pair of sunglasses fearlessly, stretch to ten inches without breaking and make an incredible array of stunning effects not only possible, but very practical. The loops can be worn all day long without fear of snagging or breaking and you will always be ready to perform a miracle.Each package contains five loops and detailed instructions with 15 illustrations. Order
	Mesika Elastics $35 by Yigal Mesika Effect Due to Popular Demand, Yigal Mesika has released his famous invisible elastic thread! this Dispenser contains a single 100ft fiber of the same high quality elastic thread custom designed for Mesika Loops, the phenomenal international best-seller for over a decade! Easy to use and cleverly packaged in a dental floss-style dispenser. Mesika Elastics are made with a matte finish to diminish the reflection of light and are colored black for maximum invisibility. This thread can stretch up to five times its original size! One 100ft strip can be stretched almost two times the length of an American football field! This is the premier elastic thread for use with Finn Jon techniques or for anyone looking to create easy visual miracles. Order
	Micro ITR (With Kevlar Thread) $45 by Sorcery Manufacturing This invisible thread reel is extremely compact and is perfect for a multitude of invisible thread illusions. The reel uses Kevlar thread and is perfect for levitating a variety of objects to the amazement of your spectators! Order
	Thread Boss ITR Sorcery Manufacturing $45 The Sorcery Shop presents a brand new Thread Boss Refill, with all new center core and new bands. it contains over thirty feet of their incredible kevlar invisible thread. Plus in this package you also get tools and instructions to repair your thread boss and replace your center core!  Cost $20
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	Kevlar Thread 40 ft. by Sorcery Manufacturing $20 This very fine invisible thread is perfect for the professional thread magician. This thread is twice as strong as traditional thread, and it is much better for fluorescent lighting. This thread is perfect for close-up or strolling magic and is incredibly fun to perform with!! Now 40 feet on a card. Order
	Spider Pen Yigal Mesika $75 Powered by an electric motor! Imagine yourself in a casual conversation. You ask for a dollar bill. You place the bill on the palm of your left hand and cover it with your right hand. Suddenly you move both hands apart and the bill floats in midair. You back away across the room from the floating dollar. Then, under your command the bill floats to the floor and lays motionless for a moment. For the final climax, the bill comes up in one flowing motion and levitates all the way into your hands. You will receive an unbelievable reaction! Here it is -- the new generation of invisible thread reel. This is a reel-workers dream come true. The Electric Spider Pen is a first-class product, nothing else even comes close. WHY? Powered by electric motor. No springs or rubber bands. No more safety pins. Easy to use and ready to go. 10 seconds to refill thread. Pen writes and ink is refillable. Includes 25 feet of Spider thread (super fine invisible thread) No noise - completely silent. Easily walk up to 25 feet from the floating object! Free extra spooler. Battery included. What People Are Saying: "I never leave home without it." -Finn Jon "With electric spider pen, you've got nothing to hide. It's absolutely phenomenal." -Juan Myoral Order
	Invisible Thread Stripped $9 Perfect for almost any routine with invisible thread, this package includes 3 individual 10-foot long strands of pre-separated thread. No separation required!   Includes detailed instructions which contain a floating bill routine fully illustrated by Tony Dunn Order
	Who's Afraid of Invisible Thread, DVD $50 This is considered the definitive work on magic with invisible thread. If you have ever wanted to perform astounding magic where objects seem to move and float on their own this is your opportunity. Based on Jon LeClair's best-selling book "The Art of Invisible Thread," this program takes you on a candid outing where LeClair performs live for startled spectators in a restaurant. You are then taught how to perform everything. LeClair's techniques can be used at virtually anytime and in any situation -- they are the most practical methods for using invisible thread ever developed.   Routines performed and taught: Whirling Card: Inspired by Bob Hummer's Whirling Card, a borrowed business card spins in mid air and flies around your body.   Standing Card: Based on a routine by Gaeton Bloom, a borrowed business card is balanced on it's edge on the back of your hand.   Erectile Bill: LeClair's version of Al Baker's popular routine where a borrowed bill is folded lengthwise and placed on a table -- it slowly begins to rise until it is standing upright.   Floating Bill: A borrowed bill is crumpled into a ball and placed on your palm. It slowly begins to move and float while your hands wave above, below and all around it.   Ring on Wand: A handling of Jamy Ian Swiss' Animated Ring on Wand where a borrowed finger ring magically moves along the length of a Plexiglas wand. As a repeat the entire sequence is performed while everything is in the spectator's hand.   Animated Matchbox: Amadeo's classic Animated Matchbox where a matchbox which is laying on your palm flips over and then its drawer magically and eerily opens. What makes this version special is that the matchbox is examinable before and after the routine.   Animated Deck: LeClair's most popular routine is a version of Al Baker's Pack That Cuts Itself, where a selected card is returned to the deck as the pack cuts itself and pushes the selection out.   Rising Card: A selected playing card rises out of the deck.   Cigarette Follies: A borrowed cigarette moves and jumps while on the table.   Defying Death: A spectator writes the name of someone who has died on a piece of paper which is folded and placed into a vase along with four similarly folded papers containing names of living persons. All of a sudden one of the papers starts bouncing in the vase and finally jumps out -- on it is the name of the dead person -- his spirit made it happen!   Also taught are the most important techniques used in invisible thread magic: how to overcome thread breakage, making your own invisible thread, quick thread set-up, practice tips, vital thread handling, and much more. You are also taught the secrets of the LeClair Animator, which makes everything on this video possible. Comes with a free starter package of invisible thread and specially compounded flesh colored putty so you can start performing immediately after learning the techniques. Even if you never tried to use invisible thread before, this program will give you the confidence and teach you everything you need to know. This is one of the most diabolical tools available to the close-up magician. A real reputation maker. Special DVD Features: Instant access to 29 scenes DVD Trailers Superior video quality Dolby Digital sound Interactive menus No-region encoding for worldwide viewing See the Magic Cafe Reviews Order

Some helpful advice

The Invisible Thread Reel is a dispensing device for Invisible Thread. Invisible thread, although not completely Invisible is a very fine strand of Nylon that is used by Magicians to levitate small objects. What is so revolutionary about the Thread Reel is that it is the first device to not only dispense Invisible Thread, but also retracts it, and it keeps a constant tension on the line.  Using Invisible Thread prior to this device was a nightmare.  You had to strip the thread out of a bundle of strands, set it up before the performance, and if you were lucky it would still be intact when you were ready to present the effect.

The Thread Reel has many advantages compared to just using ordinary Invisible Thread. Be sure when you learn the effects to understand that you will be developing skills that you will be able to apply to your own idea's etc. It is the techniques and theory you are after here so that you will be in a position to create your own routines etc.

Thread Reel History

In November 1989 something happened that would soon change the magic world.  A fellow named James George discovered a New Invisible Thread that was much stronger then other Invisible Threads that were currently being sold by the Magic Shops.   It was a 32 strand synthetic nylon that was amazingly strong for it size. While James had the idea for the Invisible Thread Reel since he was a freshman in High School, he did not have the thread that would be required for the Reel to work.  Once the thread was discovered the rest was History!

This Thread was so strong, in fact, that just one of its thirty two strands was capable of supporting over two ounces. This feat is made more impressive by the fact that one strand is impossibly tiny and, under most conditions, completely invisible.  The new thread gave James several wonderful ideas. Imagine, the classic invisible thread levitation with newer and much heavier items: Pencils, finger rings, soda cans, the endless stream of items was only limited by our imagination. But we hadn't seen anything yet.

Two and a half years later, after long hours of tired eyes, fried brains, and frayed nerves, James astounded me once again.  The advent of the "super strong' thread enabled James to wind an individual strand on a spool that was anchored to a loop of elastic.  This elastic was also a missing puzzle piece in the search for material to create the first ITR.  While playing with a book and elastic from David Britland in England James had discovered the Material that would make the Reel a reality.  This material was Spandex and had amazing properties that would be required in order for the Thread Reel to work.  The principle idea behind the Reel is the same as a wind up toy!

James had $15.00 in his pocket and took a trip to Tap Plastics and bought some acrylic tubing to house the assembly into. It was about 11:00pm and after working really hard to figure out a way to make the thing silent and also to smooth the hole so it didn't cut the thread, the first ITR was born. It was very exciting and I couldn't sleep that night, the very first one I built worked perfectly and looks almost exactly like the standard ITR that we still manufacture this day.  It was a very exciting time! I didn't realize how hot this thing would be, I couldn't build them fast enough. Soon I had the whole family and all my friends helping out.  We put in long hours and made sure every order went out the next day, it was an amazing amount of work.  Remember that we had to hand strip each thread for every thread reel that was made. It wasn't until my neighbor from across the street John Ivine had played with many different idea's for a thread stripping machine.  We finally had a break through that allowed us to strip out larger volumes of Invisible thread in a very short period of time.  The machine it self was far more complicated then the ITR and was really the bigger invention of the two.  I must also give credit to Malcolm and Tutako Folmar for the amazing amount of dedicated work that they put into the Invisible Thread Reels, without them we would have had 10 times the amount of customer service issues. They still manufacture the original ITR's and the quality is still hard to beat! The two of them have manufactured well over 100,000 units.

Many of us that had prototype ITR's would have a series of revelations.  As we pushed the limits of the ITR we found it made free floating borrowed objects easier then performing the Ball Vase.  By pinning the ITR behind our breast pockets we could feed the thread between buttons to the outside of our shirts. Because the ITR feeds its thread so silently and smoothly we were able to anchor anywhere, without fear of breaking or tangling the line. The greatest advantage, however has been the freedom of movement.  The ITR enabled us to move away from the anchor in any direction we wanted, and to extreme distances. The rewind action naturally allowed us to close the distance to the anchor at any speed we wanted. The ITR proved to be quite quick.  This freedom of movement would banish any thought of "Thread work" from even the most experienced minds.

My purpose in writing this collection of routines is to enlighten you on the versatility of your ITR.  Remember that the routine performed is only as good as the individual performing it. Although the ITR makes magic easy, time should be taken for the careful practice of each routine to ensure an enchanting and magical experience for the spectator.

ABOUT The THREAD REEL!

You will have noticed that the reel comes in many different sizes, the reason why is that each was designed with a particular type of performer in mind and also for individual properties that are enabled to that reel because of the size.  As a general rule, the longer the tube, the longer the distance you get out of the reel.  The more tension on the elastic the less distance you get out of the reel. The property that was most important to me was particular to the Floating Dollar Effect. I wanted to move towards the bill and have it maintain it's position in space.   The smaller models of reels are more designed for close-up work, were the distance out of the reel is not such an issue. The stage reel being the longest offers about 35 feet of distance out of the reel, allowing you to perform the floating bill in the middle of a room with no walls near you. You can also anchor right to te ground in the middle of the outdoors and perform the floating bill in what appears to be an impossible situation even if you had a thread.

THE TENSION ON THE REELS

The tension increases the more you pull the thread out of the reel. Eventually you will get to the point were the elastic over powers the thread and causes it to snap. You can put more tension on the reel by winding more thread into the wax ball. Do not try to put additional winds on the elastic as it will be to difficult and cumbersome.   You will notice that some tricks require very light tension and others a greater amount of tension. We have different refills available for different models that will certainly meet the needs that you may have. We also have a finer invisible thread but bear in mind that the distance is naturally reduced as the breaking point in the thread will come much faster.

I KEEP BREAKING THE THREAD!!

Bare in mind that this is part of the learning curve and that you will tend to break the thread more often as your body is still learning were the breaking point is with the thread. With effort and time on your part, you will get to the point were you know exactly how much tension the thread can take. The most common reason beginners break the thread is they forget that the thread can't reel out of the wax ball.  To avoid this error, be pushing away from your self as you load an object on the line such as a bill etc.   It is always best to have a back up ITR pinned in your clothing as even the most experienced ITR worker may break a thread during a performance.  This will allow you to anchor the second wax ball and immediately continue were you left off in the performance and baffling the audience that much more!

WHAT OBJECTS SHOULD I FLOAT?

You want an object that is light enough as to not sag too much on the line.  It is best to stick with items that you can move towards and have them maintain their position in space.  This is why a dollar bill is so popular, since not only can you move towards it, you can also borrow it very easily.  Finger rings are my second favorite choice and the enclosed routine is worth it's weight in gold! The other thought is objects that look extremely heavy but are actually quite light. For example an empty coke can. One of the greatest benefits of the Thread Reel is the fact that by walking away from the floating object that you are transferring energy into the reel. This energy can now be utilized to cause the bill to float from the floor back up to your hand. As you will read about in the floating bill routine.  This motion of the floating object, while you remain completely stationary is ery difficult to explain. It really creates the illusion of levitation.

What about the lights!

Lighting is a critical issue when considering performance of thread magic. What you wear and where is the light source coming from are the two biggest factors to take note of upon consideration of using the reel.  The best lighting I have found is outdoors on a cloudy day. When in this environment it is close to impossible to see the thread.  The worst conditions is to have direct light coming from behind you.  The light bounces off the thread right into the spectators eyes.

More often it is logic that has them blurting out that its thread not because they actually see it!  What is more important that you be conscience of is the fact that your body language and actions tell them it is a thread. You need to get to the place where you can perform the routine without even thinking about the thread.  Just like the thumb-tip or any other magic move. If your mind has to think about it, then your actions tell the audience exactly what you are concentrating on. You must practice this until you can completely forget about the string and not have any concern for it.  This is what takes so much time.

 Most people will never get to this point as they will be too quick to blame the fact that people can see the string not realizing that it is their actions that tell the audience it is a string.  I don't know how many times I have been told in the performance of the vanishing scarf  "I saw a guy do that trick, but he used a rubber thumb. I tell em that I used to do it that way, but people know that one. "  Of course I am using a rubber thumb! My handling is what convinces them that it can't be a thumb. 

 Your handling is what will convince them it is not a string. Fortunately the nature of the thread reel makes this far easier then ever.  I would not recommend performing the reel for anyone until you have put in a good solid two weeks of practice and critical thinking about your moves and routine. Keep it short sweet and simple and you will blow them away. It is definitely a case of less is more. The temptation on your part will be to continue to want to show it to people, but maintaining self control will be well worth it!  Michael Ammar has great things to say about this thinking.  After you have blown them away remember you only can lose if you do it again.

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