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Paul Rathbun
Inner circle
Michigan
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Posted: Jan 28, 2006 8:35am
I recently contacted Nielsen to see if they would be interested in producing a salt shaker that is collapsible similar to their bottles. Here is the letter I wrote them.
I have been doing magic for years, and one of the early tricks I learned was the salt shaker wrapped in a napkin through the table. I have been doing this trick recently and the reactions are strong. I have even been getting away with the lapping of the salt shaker with people sitting right next to me. The misdirection is so strong in this trick. I claim I am going to make a coin go through the table and cover it with the wrapped up salt shaker. When I show I haven't done anything with the quarter yet is when I drop the salt shaker in my lap. I then proceed to flatten the napkin and show the salt shaker penetrated instead of the quarter. I usually, as a joke, apologize and ask to start again since I made the wrong thing go through the table. This is where you come in. I thought it would be great if I could actually do it again by switching the salt shaker for a fake that looks just like the one I am using. The one I would switch in would be done right after the first penetration. When I bring the salt shaker back up it would be a shaker made like your production bottles. It would be collapsible but look very solid. With a bit of double-stick tape or wax on the bottom the coin would stick to the shaker's bottom. Now when I slam the collapsible shaker flat under the napkin and lift the coin will appear to have gone through the table as well. You bring out the real salt shaker from under the table and shake it on its side. This causes the quarter that has been buried in the salt all along to become visible. Now it appears that you made the salt shaker and the coin penetrate the table while at the same time causing the coin to jump inside the salt shaker.
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bunkyhenry
Special user
NYC Metro
634 Posts
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Posted: Feb 4, 2006 11:54pm
Nice!
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johnnymystic
Inner circle
North Adams Ma.
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Posted: Feb 8, 2006 12:02pm
Very, very nice Paso...Hopefully you'll get a bit of the credit too!
Awhile back I came up with a sleight of hand version of almost the very same routine. You see I was inspired right after Mr. Rogers passed away, the salt shaker thru table was taught by him on one of his TV shows... it was the first real trick I learned. I was only around 7 years old.
God bless Mr. Rogers.
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joseph
Eternal Order
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Posted: Feb 12, 2006 8:04am
Nice, Paso, but how about a salt shaker s**ll that is collapsible...I wonder if they can make one of those....Think of the possibilities!...  ..
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Matt Malinas
Inner circle
Romania
1316 Posts
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Posted: Mar 21, 2006 4:39am
Great ideas guys ! I always loved the salt shaker trick.
It's nice to see that I am not the only one
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joegold
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26 Posts
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Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:08pm
Does anyone know the origin of the salt shaker through the table? I imagine it started with the cups and balls. But does anyone know the first magician to do the trick with a salt shaker? I do this trick in my new movie, Desperate Acts of Magic, and I was considering trying to give credit to the creators of the various effects.
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Cosmo Solano
Veteran user
Colorado
356 Posts
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Posted: Apr 17, 2012 1:30pm
I'm working on some routines for my upcoming book, and in collaboration with a fellow magician, we have a routine based around salt shaker through table. I'm trying to do some research and have gathered much about the history on the effect, however I seem to remember a "special" shaker on the market that allowed for the coin to end up inside the shaker at the end. I'm told that it may have been sold by Hank Lee's but it's not on the market anymore. I can't find anything on it, anyone have a reference or name of the effect? anyone own it, have a link etc?
Also I'd like to know the origin as well, first published etc. I've gotten different answers on that.
Thanks!!!
Coz
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SpellMagic
New user
50 Posts
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Posted: Aug 25, 2012 6:39pm
NICE !
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Herr Brian Tabor
Veteran user
West Virginia
378 Posts
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Posted: Sep 5, 2012 9:12pm
If the salt shaker is a smaller one I don't bother using a napkin or cover at all, just my hands.
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Herr Brian Tabor
Veteran user
West Virginia
378 Posts
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Posted: Sep 5, 2012 9:13pm
What about printing a fake shaker on paper and folding it and taping it to look real enough for a quick flash before you push it through?
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curtgunz
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Posted: Sep 9, 2012 2:58pm
Love it.
Could the same salt shaker Non-gimmicked be used both times but just palm the quarter for the second penetration and then show a quarter in the shaker?
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Nicholas
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Posted: Jan 6, 2013 5:44pm
I remember a vanishing salt and pepper shaker trick that may have been from Amature Magician's Handbook (but won't swear to it). Using a variety of techniques implied in the above comments and the existance of the gimmicked salt shaker described, I'll bet some interesting routines could be developed.
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Nicholas
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Posted: Jan 7, 2013 9:27am
I remember a vanishing salt and pepper shaker trick that may have been from Amature Magician's Handbook (but won't swear to it). Using a variety of techniques implied in the above comments and the existance of the gimmicked salt shaker described, I'll bet some interesting routines could be developed.
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