From the long lost magical past comes this lovely comedy card trick... I found on auction and have also found a new way to use it...

Celebrate the magic of the past and it will inspire the future!

What's old is new again... I really mean it this time!

Some things we take for granted... thumb tips, egg bags, shell coins... they've always been there and consequently we never think to really explore them. give them the time they deserve.

Over the years I've attacked various tricks this way,...

Hi and happy new year!!

Some knowledge in magic, comes through long research and some through sudden necessity.

This came suddenly.

For many years, I have used various versions of Wayne Rogers’ Appearing Pole. The trick popularized and marketed by Wayne Rogers of New Zealand, but a method ...

Along the way I come across really fun pieces of antique magic apparatus that are in danger of being lost to history… this is such a piece.

Sensation Coins is a prop that does come up every now and then on the auction sites and e-bay.

The method is cool and visual and I think wouldn’t be too h...

I love vintage magic, but sadly so much of it has been lost to time. So I'm often thrilled when I uncover something good, or that has promise and deserves to be resurrected. This effect is by the British magic dealer Edward Bagshawe(1902-1940).

Edward Bagshawe was a professional dealer during t...

Hey, wait a minute, we are not done with this incredible topic yet! I’m about to share something of a personal journey in magic, and anyone who has EVER ordered a magic prop from a magic dealer will understand every emotion of this experience.

We have all loved to read the old magic catalogue...

This has been a LONG TIME COMING, as these cards are impossible to find, and without them, the instructions are hard to decipher, in fact, even with them it's still confusing! But we got it down, so THIS IS GOOD STUFF!

I was talking 'Diminishing Cards' recently with the brilliant Gaetan Bloom, a...

Over the course of lockdown, I did a fair bit of shopping on eBay, didn’t we all.. ?

Anyway I was very excited to come across a collection of diminishing cards from various eras.

Naturally.. I grabbed them.

So I thought you’d like to sit down with me, and un-box them, and take a look at oth...

On my search for Egg Bags I came across an old pro named Eddie Diijon in Niagara Falls Canada, he had an amazing tale to tell.. and some fabulous old props. Eddie was a gracious and kind host and we spent a few wonderful afternoons with him.

Now sadly passed on, these two videos are tip-of-the-...

Part two of my nod to Eddie Diijon, and the fez egg bag!

I was very lucky to know Peter Biro and call him a friend, few people LOVED magic as much as Pete.

After he passed, his wallet collection came into my possession (he knew I was a tad obsessed)

Within the collection were some fascinating vintage magic wallets.

in this video I share them with...

First of all, let me tell you about this project: It's a Wonderful Box... The long forgotten mystery of the little silver box... gets the Valentine revival treatment.

For the first time ever a full video description of the box, my personal routine and, believe it or not, NEW HANDLINGS!

From ...

For ease in learning Steve has added this extra teach-in video detailing the four main moves you need to create silken miracles.

Have fun!

Now, about the new video TWO GOLDEN TIPS:

Look, I'm always playing and working on this piece... something inside me needs to give this wonderful little prop the due it deserves... and these two tips will get you fishing your box out from the magic drawer... or heading online to buy a vintage co...

We start this month with a mix of wonderful history, and secrets! The Wonder Box is, and always has been a fabulous little prop, available everywhere and easily found on eBay, and many of the vintage magic sites (Chris Cross and The Enchanted Rabbit has a whole box of them!)

If you haven't watch...

This is a biggie, not just for fans of the egg bag, but for fans of magic history.

I had long desired to film... something... anything... on Berland's Tipsy Bag. I had found images online, and had no idea how to track down a half decent copy.

Then, as has happened a lot to me during this proje...

I've long been fascinated with this effect of Oswald Rae's, and my frustrating inability to create a decent presentation for it, other than - "here's a mirror, now it's bending..."

Here, in this lesson, I'll show you my 'work in progress' presentation and how I came up with it, I'll also show yo...

The Bending Mirror... you probably have one tucked away in your magic drawer..

I do love this effect, it's unlike any other trick a magician will do, it can be performed surrounded, and it's next to no reset.

A working pro's dream.

Dont get me wrong, I have closed a show with this trick, but ...

We have come a long way kids... playing with Oswald Rae's Bending Mirror, versions of handling, versions of bag, mixing up of sequences etc

All in a search for the best, most effective and strongest possible handling.

So did I find the answer? Well I did call this THE PERFECTED MIRROR... a not ...