My childhood memory of Paul Daniels performing this on TV is one of REAL MAGIC.

Anyone who has seen Johnny Thompson perform Harry Riser’s move will also know its power. This is not something you can ‘take a shot’ at. It’s pure gold and HAS to be practiced until you’re sick of it!

Only then wi...

In magic TIMING is EVERYTHING. It’s the difference between magic and a puzzle, between a little applause and a standing ovation, and hiding or exposing a sleight.

Some REAL thoughts on all of this…

Essentially that’s what you’re doing, hiding the egg. Here I go through techniques and thoughts on how to do this effectively

A wonderful move to add to your arsenal of techniques, well, actually, it’s less a move, more a finesse. It’s important to add little casual ‘convincers’ to your routine. Important because we should never underestimate the intelligence of the audience. This little ‘bit’ is perfect for that :)

Even something as simple as ‘turning a bag inside out’ can be improved with a little attention to detail…

Speaking of convincers, this is a lovely one.

Please remember these moves should be performed in a casual, nonchalant fashion, almost like a mild habit and not as if trying to prove anything. As soon as we ‘overprice’, we actually end up PROVING the very thing we are working so hard to disprove!...

A variation in ‘Wringer’ technique, and one I do ALL THE TIME :)

BRUCE ELLIOTT’S description of the egg bag in his wonderful book CLASSIC SECRETS OF MAGIC was one of my main inspirations to learn an egg bag routine. Words cannot express how much I loved that book when I was a kid and how much it means to me. You MUST read it.

This is how he describes the Wrin...

Sometimes the best moves are the nonchalant ones. You pay no attention to the moves, neither will your audience, BUT they WILL clock that everything is cool…

Some thoughts on the classic need to over prove with the Egg Bag…

A classic move that you absolutely MUST learn, it’s elegant, easy, and best of all CONVINCING!

Watching the vintage video of Arnold De Biere performing his egg bag routine (something we will be dissecting very soon) I was intrigued by his SLAP move, it's quite convincing. So, I played with it, learned it, and now present the move to you here, as I think he REALLY did it :)

This is a love...

Every now and then, right before producing the egg, you may want to add an extra ‘prover’. This ring prover is the perfect addition.