Description

Visually Smash A Bic Pen Into One Half Its Original Size.No Switches. No Sleeves. End Clean.The compressed pen writes and is completely examinable. You can even give it away to a spectator to keep as a souvenir! They will find nothing because there is nothing.Keep this hard-hitting effect with you everywhere you go!    Extremely easy to master    Can be performed surrounded    Made in under 15 minutes    Resets in seconds    Can be given away as a souvenirCompression is great for any performance setting and gets amazing reactions.The video consists of the following sections:    Demo Video with Live Performances    Introduction    Simple Explanation    How To Make Compressio    Detailed HandlingNow with over fifteen minutes of Bonus Material:    Performance Tips    Performance Ideas    Special HandlingNOTE: For use with your own Bic Disposable ‘White Barrel’ Pens. Pens are not included with video.You show a common, everyday Bic Pen, and in less than a second, it’s smashed down into half its normal length. You then pass the mini-pen for everyone to see. It’s entirely normal, that is, if Bic were selling pens that were half their normal length.Daniel Lachman is definitely onto something here with a fast and visual effect that is practical to perform just about anywhere.PenmanshipThe routine takes less than fifteen seconds. As the ads state, the trick is easy to perform, can be done while surrounded, and there are no switches or sleeving. The ads also state that you end-up clean, but this is, however, after you do your clean-up, which isn’t difficult.The compressed pen writes and is completely examinable, and can be given away to a spectator as a souvenir. The effect quickly resets. Place it back into your pocket and you’re good to go, again.Write StuffThe trick requires a gimmick that takes a bit of effort to make but only requires common household tools. Lachman says that you can make one in under 15-minutes the first time, and he often makes them in less than a few minutes.Of note, Lachman does a great job of teaching the effect, showing how to make the gimmick and offering variations and teaching subtleties. Unlike lots of magicians who quickly gloss over the basics in their DVD footage – they seem more interested in collecting money than teaching an effect – Lachman goes into lots of detail. It’s appreciated.The performance segments show Lachman performing his effect on the street where it’s a natural. Compression is fast and visual and you may just find something to like in this effect.