Thanks man! I know I'm like a Cicada in that department just posting whenever I feel like it. Thanks for remaining a fan

@@MagicofAlexo I'm just glad you do still post once in a while! It's cool going back to the old videos too. I'll be here for the next ones.

@@ClownKenny email me at [email protected] and I'll send you an unlisted video I only make available to customers

I guess it depends on the condition of the cuffs

@@MagicofAlexo It was very difficult to do. But it was very cool because you did not need anything to escape, like rope ties, a straightjacket, most of the time from locks and chains because ppl can be directed, and they do not know what they are doing and thumbcuffs. I also had an old steamship trunk and if I slapped the inside the lock would pop open on the outside, again nothing was needed to escape. You gave me a fantastic idea....thanks. Maybe I will do it in 2026 the 100th anniversary of Houdini`s passing. BTW I bet they will need to block off the road in Queens on Halloween that year.

Cool! I've heard of the pen method, but have not been able to get it to work myself, haven't found one the right diameter and strength

Most cheap biros work. E.g kzbin.info/www/bejne/faCtmHl7iLSno9k I have been trying heat shrink as a hidden tool, but unfortunately I haven't found the perfect compromise between fitment and strength yet 🤣

I have since learnt more ways. Houdini secret device is OK, but it's not subtle.

Sorry it took so long to reply. I briefly talked about the Shimada video pointing out how hardball the copyright warning on it is, but it's a great one. I don't think Johnny Thompson ever did a video on dove magic. Glad you liked the Slydini reference. This was kinda in my "know it all" phase but I wasn't as bad as many others. Glad you like these videos!

@@MagicofAlexo Life happens, LOL! You don't come off like a Know-it-all in the least Alex. I know how much time you've put into studying, because I've done it too. You are very matter-of-fact, and your opinion is supported by your diligent research; so nothing to excuse yourself for there my friend. I just scored some old lecture notes from 1980 by a Canadian dove worker named, Mephisto, who was touring and lecturing at that time; and, I finally scored a copy of Encyclopedia of Dove Magic Volume IV, of which only 300 copies saw print - it only took me 25 years to find a copy to complete the book series. So like you, when the VHS Tapes started coming out - Shimada was the first one I got, and it was like $45 back in the day! - then later, followed by VHS, and then, DVDs, at each stage, I began buying them all. So I collect the books, the lecture notes, and the tapes/dvds. It seemed to me, each video had one good thing going for it - except Ian Adair's - or, one specific effect it highlighted better than the others. It's great communicating with someone else who is as into studying as I am. PM me if you'd like to swap lists.

​@@BaronMcCausland I'll brag a lil bit in saying I have the entire Encyclopedia of Dove Magic series and Volume 4 is signed by Ian Adair lol

@@MagicofAlexo - Nice. I could never find out what was really in Vol 4, and I was really hesitant to bite money-wise, as the best parts of the rest of the entire series - in my opinion - are the sections in Vol 2 by Chen Kai, and, Silvan. So if 4 is just more pages of variations on Dove from Coloring Book, and, Dove Cote - the Adair kid's birthday party stuff, that runs unending through those books - I'm going to be a very UNhappy camper.

Thank you! There's another video where I talk about a few more, Victor and Diamond's included which I like.

Glad you're enjoying my videos. Sadly yes they are still endangered. One crazy fact is there are currently more tigers in captivity in the USA than there are in the wild. Every lil bit helps. www.worldwildlife.org

Uri Geller, he's a bit litigious so the publisher probably didn't want them to mention him by name