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UKNeil Regular user 195 Posts 
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Could anyone recommend the best make of thumbtipsfor vanishing a lit match? Many thanks in advance. Neil
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts
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Any one of them.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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Actually, ALL of them! hee hee
If a plastic, or rubber >>TT<<, it's wise to insert a SMALL wad of damp cotton ball or kleenex. I'll PM you!
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plink Special user 661 Posts
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I've heard a small wad of steel wool stuffed into the tip of the tip works well.
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davidpaul$ Inner circle Georgetown, South Carolina 3094 Posts
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Steel wool conducts heat and you could possibly burn yourself.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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On Feb 11, 2017, davidpaul$ wrote: Yes! --and, a bit of tissue paper (kleenex, etc.) is much more available. I have used the lit match in TT, since the early '70s. Sometime back then, my old pal, Gene Anderson, gave me his little poem, "Son of Morning" for it. (He got that title for it from Roy Roth (UK.) I remember that it was suggested by a magician (James Lucier, I think)in GENII, in the early '50s. I remember working a corporate Christmas party in New Orleans, a few years ago, in a dimly lit room. --I used almost three books of matches in the cocktail hour!
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts
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How about a wet ball of tissue?
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UKNeil Regular user 195 Posts
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On Feb 12, 2017, Dick Oslund wrote: I got the Gene Anderson Greater Magic DVD recently specifically for the Son of Morning poem. Although the effect was demonstrated the poem wasn't on the DVD. Ah well!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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Hello UK!
I'll PM you in a day or three. As Pete Biro would say: Stay tooned!
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Kyoki_Sanitys_Eclipse Inner circle 1513 Posts
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I use a bit of tissue and wet it a little. It makes sure nothing burns
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UKNeil Regular user 195 Posts
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Thank you everyone for your advice. Much appreciated.
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music Special user 627 Posts
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I used to vanish a cigarette in a TT with just a small wad of a bar napkin tucked in to avoid burning the plastic. Worked great.
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Paul Rathbun Inner circle Michigan 2543 Posts
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Why not just place a piece of aluminum foil in the very tip of the TT. It would keep the ashes from getting all over the actually TT. Just a thought.
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Uli Weigel Inner circle Berlin, Germany 1478 Posts
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I have done this many times, and I only used regular Vernet thumb tips. The lit match will extinguish immediately. No need to stuff anything else inside the TT beforehand.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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On Mar 12, 2017, Uli Weigel wrote: True Ulf, BUT, the lit match will discolor the TT. --That should not affect the use, except, if you later use a silk in the TT, the silk may get discolored. It's interesting to note that not everybody reads the whole thread! The use of dampened tissue was suggested, I think, three times.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts
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Yea I just use a different one for cigarettes and one for silks.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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Too true!
P.S. (More than one TT) Me, too! I always have 4 or 5 TTs in the prop case.
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William Dee New user 99 Posts
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On Mar 14, 2017, Dannydoyle wrote: Hilarious! I was going to say the same thing; if the match is hot enough to melt/ burn the thumbtip you probably shouldn't stuff your finger in with it. And Vernet sells them for what three and a half bucks these days. Talk about getting a big bang for your buck. |
Goldfield Veteran user Traveller 388 Posts
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Great handling for a lit match to TT on Pat Page v.1 DVD
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