Watch David Blaine Push an Ice Pick Through His Hand for Alec Baldwin

The latest episode of Here's the Thing features magician and endurance artist David Blaine:
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[@RyeTheWanderer]

If David Blaine gets mugged and he got stabbed, imagine him saying to the mugger "there's no blood, see?".

[@JustTheHighlights]

That would freak out the mugger so much he'd call the police.

[@driftertravelerman6893]

see how it looks

[@Eblis840]

@@driftertravelerman6893 lol

[@oscarlohens8586]

pick a card

[@adfadfewfrewafawefaw]

LOL

[@wariocheats9701]

The “see how it looks” is my favorite part of this trick. Why does he always say that? 😂😂

[@HiChrisss]

To give the impression to people that its a trick, but it's actually not a trick

[@wariocheats9701]

André Vieira but why he gotta say it the way he says it 😂😂

[@HiChrisss]

@@wariocheats9701 he's an alien trying to fit in amongst humans. He's still studying human interaction.

[@blues6782]

for me: pull, pull, pull

[@ArtMissKiss]

Am i the only one who hear Blaine's voice when read the "see how it looks"?

[@zimenoschosch6764]

Baldwin trying this with lead at 800m/s is still crazy to me

[@IanLeoTV]

Maybe the trick is that David pushes the blade through his hand and magically transfers all the pain to the spectator who is watching because anyone who watches him do this squirms in uncomfort and feels his pain hahaha

[@crazylamas2945]

Haha true :D

[@daryldietrich]

Something it does affect spectators seeing extreme pain....watch a video of a guy jumping off of a car into a very large cactus. It sends like an electric shock thru me!

[@ВячеславДадада]

+Ian Leo i will answer to you, you are good man. It is all "illusion". World is illusion, hand is illusion, and awl is illusion. Some body can control illusions, some body not. David can. In early ages it was not so rarity, then humanity went by technological way, and people forget about magicans, wizards :) and God, who created whole this world illusion.

[@BingBangBrine]

Lol

[@somethingrandom2365]

Ian Leo magic isn’t real...

[@gmmgmmg]

why Alec Baldwin always looks like he just woke up from a 12 hour sleep?

[@michaelkissane6138]

Because he's got lots of kids and probably doesn't get much sleep.

[@GSP-76]

@@michaelkissane6138 LOL

[@declanmcleod9025]

Maybe drinks.....a lot! Looks pretty run down!

[@stephaniec5732]

That is so funny I thought I only thought that about him I used to go to his auctions that he would do on Newtown Lane east Hampton

[@PatternLand]

Wouldn’t you if you were a super successful rich old guy

[@zysis]

LOL you can tell Alec is thinking "why the hell did I have to mention the ice pick?!"

[@JMac7395]

Alec looked like he was about to cry...

[@dannydno5172]

J.R. M lol

[@AlamdaABalqhin]

J.R. M always 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mauromrmr3596]

Looks like he was faking but the truth he doesn't give a f...

[@piercejunker4514]

David: is that a prop gun in your hand? Alec: yes David: check again

[@WhatIfTheories]

I was looking for this type of comment 😂

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Bang... See how that looks?

[@capper6100]

@@Michael-Archonaeus No blood, see?

[@foolwitatool3957]

I figured there would be a comment about replacing the fake sword with a real one. lol

[@Ticklehug]

The real trick is him holding all that pain back.

[@wristy333]

True... I bet David is one of the only who can

[@DeepValueOptions]

Pain in the mind not the body. One who controls the mind also controls the body.

[@skeenajunior]

+Ticklehug You don't think he is actually putting that thru his hand do you?

[@DeepValueOptions]

+Richard Clair either he is or he found some weird way to make it seem like he is. One is easier than the other for stunts like this. You tell me.

[@wristy333]

He is putting it through. He got it X-Rayed. In an interview he said he found the perfect area in the hand where there is no tissue or bone in the way where he can simply push in the pick. But finding that spot and pushing it in blind is risky

[@Ennuendo]

Alec Baldwin tried to do the same thing but learned that you can't recreate the feat with bullets.

[@JudgeDredd_]

Bahahahaha “bang bang bang stab then I killed the lady”

[@ded7445]

weak joke

[@Ennuendo]

@@ded7445 bros a fan 💀

[@ded7445]

@@Ennuendo it's just a bad joke has nothing to do with the video

[@Ennuendo]

@@ded7445 i see u tryna fake it teehee hoo hoo

[@Lyrics-nx9km]

When a magician is trying to convince you that he's doin it for real then it's just a trick, but when he's trying to convince you that it's just a trick he's actually doing it fr

[@lfcaaron3080]

David Blaine: I have a great dangerous trick to show you Alec Baldwin: Hold my beer!

[@rileymccurdy4662]

Um the directions were not clear my hand it currently bleeding

[@enemy2583]

Lolololololol

[@reinaldosilva1309]

you have to control your heart beating for the blood stop running (that's the trick) kkkkkkkk

[@idontknowman6277]

Reinaldo Silva it’s called a joke

[@hariarvind3220]

@@idontknowman6277 it's called a joke

[@sleepyiguess1661]

I don’t know man at least he’s giving us tips anyways

[@holiesheir2658]

I heard Alec tried this trick with a revolver

[@fredrick1176]

Once you finally understand it literally took close to a decade to get ready for this trick, your respect goes even hirer for the guy

[@crazyfriend50]

Higher*

[@tatewinters5565]

Its not a trick thougg

[@billthebutcher1910]

Alec on the set of Rust: “Well she was supposed to catch the bullet in her mouth with a steel cup! David showed me!”

[@michaelmorrissey1052]

Alec: “That’s nothing…somebody get me a prop gun”

[@ruffen1365]

Then I am going to be a jackass and point it directly at a colleague, cocking the hammer while simultaneously holding in the trigger.

[@TheJoy___]

The craziest thing isn't how he managed to remove the blood/pain when he's pushing an ice pick through his hand, it's that he gambled on the fact that it could fail and fuck up his left hand for the rest of his life. For a magician, your hands are the most valuable things you have.

[@warrenmichael918]

no, the craziest thing is that you actually think he put an ice pick through his hand !! LOL

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Which is exactly how you know this was a trick, and he didn't actually push an ice pick through his hand lol

[@usuario_youtube2]

@@Michael-Archonaeus I don't know how he could perform this exact trick, but you can indeed push a needle/pointy object through your hand, if you search only (and possibly do an XRAY scan, or whatever you call it in english) you can learn all of the nervous and blood mapping of your hand, a very very dedicated magician could learn how to pick his own hand just fine.

[@daryldietrich]

That look on Alec's face was like he was shitting a peach seed.

[@daryldietrich]

+. obviously I have a very colorful imagination, or a wealth of unique experiences....surely you will decide which is true.

[@daryldietrich]

+. thank you for enthralling me with the acumen of your critical expertise...I stand in awe of the majesty of your existence.

[@bestn8ivealive1]

“See how it looks?” Yes we see it 😂😂😂

[@sukitta2]

That "I'm regretting this already" look on Baldwin's face is amazing.

[@litgamer6205]

David Blaine and Dynamo are seriously the two nicest people on the planet.

[@ShivamWadhwaShow]

oh so this is where Alec learnt to put things through people

[@anshbhardwaj5208]

Bruh holy shit

[@_MrOcean]

Too soon?

[@iain2080]

FOR MY NEXT TRICK I WILL MAKE THIS BULLET DISAPPEAR

[@aintgonnahappen]

Make sure that ice pick isn't loaded around that dude...

[@emptyheadbiden8698]

For my next trick I will make a pistol go off without pulling the trigger..

[@oh-yaduuude6970]

Pretty sure Alec Baldwin tried this on a cinematographer with a revolver and it didn’t work

[@Steve23JJ]

it s called "Fistula". He tortured himself always in the same point (both arm and hand), probably for months if not years, going every time deeper till he lost the sensibility

[@michaelkissane6138]

A lot of zealots let themselves be physically nailed to a cross, like Christ, and a few have repeated this. So, it's about zoning out and pain tolerance. Hockey players and soldiers have been stitched up without anesthesia. The body is amazing.

[@SedateGaming123]

doesnt make it less amazing :)

[@betterdrugsthanyours]

Wouldn’t that leave a scar though?

[@michaelkissane6138]

@@betterdrugsthanyours the ice pick is so fine and sharp-pointed that it's minimal. If you see the hand version of this, there is bruise visible and bruises come from broken blood vessels - he has a tatoo on the palm of his hand that coveniently hides bruises. He's really doing these things, including having his lips sewn together, but always with pointed objects.

[@suno186]

“haha, jokes on you i actually stabbed myself, no blood tho”

[@noseefood1943]

prep 1 - he took a detailed mri of his hand to chart a path w/o any major veins. prep 2 - he shot up on novacaine and also sprayed the hand w/ anesthesia. prep 3 - he is also high on mdma.

[@StefanReich]

lol @ prep 3

[@user-ol5uc8nx1z]

Well... It definitely looks like he is high all the time

[@thomass.9473]

I guess Leon Trotsky never got the hang of this.

[@charvelgtrs]

The trick is that he started with really small needles and built up scar tissue around the blood vessels. He's insane, but incredibly gifted.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

No.

[@neolord50pro77]

​@@Michael-Archonaeus Yes.

[@ВоваМалютин-н8л]

Ага

[@mvinyl3484]

Bet he couldn't survive Baldwin "not" pulling the trigger

[@Yupyoubetcha]

Good thing he didn't try the bullet catch trick with him!

[@juansalgado9056]

3:41. alec is insecure about his laugh. lol replay it. he laughs at davids joke and immediately stops and covers his mouth. im no scientist but replay it.

[@brantheflakesful]

Bruh we know you're a scientist. Stop playing

[@tehdouglas1]

Hes an actor, he gets paid to pretend or be fake

[@lewiis2000]

I've seen how it could possibly work. It's the same as having an earring because it will create some tissue and have a hole. I don't get how he misses every artery and vein etc.

[@laughingachilles]

It's not even a new trick. There are a number of religious practitioners who did this as 'evidence' that they were devoted to their god(s). These people would insert small needles to begin with and then work their way up. Scar tissue would form and so it became painless. It's the same principle as a piercing. I would love some nutcase to challenge him and say they will stab their hand and he has to do the same place.

[@anthlazanas1995]

he probably had it done by an expert at first many times in order to create a hole (similar to an earring, like you said) and so he only has to carefully navigate the blade through the hole.

[@Lightningchase1973]

Likely - doing this often - he developed a kind of a fistula (making it more easy). But this is not necessary. This kind of piercing is way more difficult, than with a needle blade, but therefore it forms the tiniest hole, which is then widened by stretching. This moves aside nearly all blood vessels, and a few torn tiny capillaries will never bleed, as the pressure seals them.

[@thehandleisuseless]

if you really want to know the truth, it is quite simple. A thick layer of latex and make-up in the hand. google it. It is quite a simple trick

[@laughingachilles]

Doc James Burton That is one way and usually the correct answer. There are some magicians who use a very old technique that was associated with certain religious practices. You make a small hole with a needle and over time you shove in larger objects, the scar tissue doesn't have nerves which respond to pain and the scar tissue forms a sort of track for any future objects. I'm not saying that's absolutely what he's doing, only that it used to be done that way.

[@originalrecipe7988]

Alec Baldwin having the Vietnam flashbacks from when that sword went through his hands

[@1SMITH08]

Alec Baldwin is a magician too, he can kill someone with "an unloaded gun and get away with murder"

[@djrphotography]

I do the same trick my bank account. "Look, there's no money, see?"

[@yosoyyuenyuen]

😂😂😂

[@HenritheHorse]

I guess Alec tried this trick with a bullet!

[@thecolourrose9022]

David gotta be careful not to give anything to alec he will make it into a lethal weapon

[@FreezingFroggie]

I wouldn't be surprised if he did some weird body modification just to do that trick. He's very precise on the spot.

[@richfelder9771]

The thing about an amazing magic trick... It pushes us to come up with bizarre and extravagant reasons for how it's done but the answer is actually almost always incredibly simple.

[@prevailmuzik7096]

It's funny how almost everyone who comments on here acts like they know how it's done. Just give him his props and move on. Smh

[@1900bib]

Well one of the main interests people have in watching magic/tricks is trying to figure out how it's done, so let people enjoy it they way they should.

[@kirktoufor5991]

It was revealed a few years ago in a video that has since been removed.

[@anirangoncalvesbr]

He just started with really thin needles, then through years of practice increasing the needles size. He`'s always piercing the same spots. Thats why it doesnt bleed anymore.

[@DOGExCITY]

Look up,"man stabbed with sword"

[@missionpupa]

@Naytron 9000 Scar tissue

[@brycspain]

Baldwin will need a magician to get him out of the mess he is in right now.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

LOL

[@XaeeD]

I've watched him do this same trick multiple times now, and it's always in the exact same spot. He pierced his hand just to do that trick. There's no blood, because he isn't actually puncturing anything, as there's a hole there. That's really the only explanation I can think of. Problem is, he also does this trick, using his right biceps. I've only seen that one once though, but I think it's reasonable to assume that he pierced both spots just for these tricks. That's crazy.

[@Mizi63]

That's exactly what I thought. You see how carefully he searches for the right spot?

[@brookelast7259]

But if u dont get the right spot u will f up ur hand if u hit certain things

[@djo-dji6018]

@@Mizi63 He's done it also on his right biceps.

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

Fools, this is a trick actually.

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

@@brookelast7259 it is a trick lol

[@PaulSchober]

I think he had a surgeon insert a thin collagen (or something similar tube in his left hand and right bicep, just below the skin surface. All he does is carefully pierce the skin and then work the needle through the thin flesh-colored tube. No danger of hitting blood vessels or nerves or cartilage.

[@RustinChole]

That makes sense. Good call.

[@leeporter2377]

Paul Schober he had it done for real the first time with a larger needle .every time after that he's doing it for real but it only goes through the original scar tissue so no blood

[@toooooooooooooooooooooooooooom]

The skin on your hand always heals so it breaks the skin and looks like its the first time. Its like an ear piercing

[@robynserret5198]

Nope! I placed the ice pick and pushed it through his bicep myself tonight!! AWESOME!

[@toooooooooooooooooooooooooooom]

Robyn Pell Cool. Where did you see him?

[@redgirl0000]

Just watch the other video with David, and the doctor was wow just like me this guy is incredible

[@maltlickey]

For those wondering how the trick is done: he literally just sticks it through his hand.

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

No, he doesn't. It is a trick actually. I know how he did it. It is obvious after i saw the ricky gervais one. In this one he does it different but still the same.

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

@@justinmacarrhur1924 different but still the same?

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

@@MMMHOTCHEEZE yes, the ricky one i noticed was different things used there. This was different, but mostly still.the same principle.

[@mymimchannel6838]

@@MMMHOTCHEEZE i made a video to explain it. It is me Justin here.

[@BobbyFiermonti]

@@justinmacarrhur1924 ok let’s hear

[@Jeebus86]

Well this aged well

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

It's hard to watch but at same time I can't stop watching

[@maxspringfield]

Greatest youtube title ever

[@Davidblaine18]

Man...... I remember watching this for the first time!!!

[@Davidblaine18]

+. Excuse you?????

[@reddoor6114]

Alec tried his own magic trick involving a gun and a woman in a desert.... I'd say it's probably better to let David Blaine do the magic tricks Alec

[@bendouver9223]

Survives the nuclear bomb

[@GrannySoupLadle]

Some kid in my middle school used to put clothes pins through his hand and fingers. Diagnosed schizo-affective I believe.

[@NickHiltermann]

David Blaine's ice pick trick, where he pushes an ice pick through his hand without apparent injury or bleeding, is a famous stunt that relies on a combination of skill, preparation, and misdirection. Here's how it's generally believed to work: Body Training: Blaine has likely undergone significant training and practice to safely insert objects into certain areas of his body. Over time, he may have learned how to insert the ice pick through a part of his hand where it can pass between tendons and muscles without hitting major blood vessels or causing serious damage. Misdirection and Audience Control: Blaine is a master of misdirection. He ensures that the audience is focused on the drama and the effect of the trick rather than on the actual insertion. This allows him to perform the trick without drawing attention to the specifics of how he does it. Precision and Sterility: Blaine has likely practiced this in a way that ensures precision in where the ice pick enters and exits his hand. He also takes safety precautions, such as using sterile equipment, to avoid infections. While the trick appears dangerous, it relies heavily on meticulous planning and physical conditioning. It's not magic in the traditional sense, but rather a feat of endurance and precision.

[@RytchuzOne]

He explained how he does this already. Just listen carefully on what he is saying at the real or magic show that he had recently

[@walenjamtv5246]

+Rytchuz One he practice that for 13 years

[@mob2uz]

He....literally just shoved an ice pick through his hand....the only trick is that it didn't draw any blood, but other that that, HE SHOVED AN ICE PICK THROUGH HIS FREAKING HAND! What kinda pain killers did he take!?

[@unknown0998]

Is this patched yet

[@tommybrown7370]

overdoingevery1 lol

[@carloutube]

@@tommybrown7370 stab patch 3.416 compatible with Photoshop

[@jessevanmourik3437]

Look at his other hand at 2:50, you can clearly see a device in his other hand, it is probably to make the ice pick retract and make a needle come from fake tissue on the other side of his had and he probably does stick it a bit in fake tissue at the top of his hand

[@byronbezuidenhout8628]

what device would do this?

[@a.b.4052]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@hannahgentile5829]

David looks really good in this clip. I especially like the way his hair is.

[@zackthebongripper7274]

In the next trick David Blaineis is shot by Alex Baldwin and survives.

[@mohammedmalik7992]

Maybe , he is wearing a very realistic looking glove/cover on his hand. He goes through one side and the tip shows up on the other side. That explains the lack of blood

[@fentonnagaruk8503]

You just got to say “see how it looks” and you can do it too👍

[@xxopaquexx1790]

He looks like his voice is putting his face to sleep.

[@biller97]

give the man a break. his brain has been deprived of so much oxygen over the past decade it mustve taken a toll on him

[@coena9377]

That's exactly what the someone tweeted, he read it out in a mean tweets.

[@isonlynameleft]

Insane in the membrane, INSANE IN THE BRAIN!

[@timssuperpage]

Good magic should not make the audience complicit in any violence or unnecessary harm.

[@daniell4966]

Plot twist: Baldwin thought it was a prop and stabbed the camerawomen afterwards.

[@imthatdude7755]

I wonder if any of this trick applies dry needling. Look it up, physical therapists use this on muscles to release trigger points. It can be done without causing bleeding because the needle is not hollow like those in hospitals to draw blood which tear through tissue. We have done this in class messing around with needles but never through the hand. Lots of nerves through there. There is a video where he is in a book store and he actually pulls out a needle used for dry needling (can tell by the packaging and casing of the needle) and puts it through his hand. A professor put one of the needles all the way down to my hip bone and no blood during removal.

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

I wish i could use laugh emojis on youtube comments.

[@bmellesmoen]

That "ice pick" has some serious suction power (rewatch and see him squeezing the handle) and a great retracting ability.

[@BillyRanch]

Then what comes out the other end?

[@ronwoods6877]

+X_Markz_The_Spot lol.

[@MrMorganfarts]

That is incorrect. It is quite literally going through his hand, but he had surgery ages ago that put a nearly unnoticeable hole through his hand so he could perform this trick. Take a look at this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle-through-arm

[@sweeper1977]

He had a thick rubber cement on his hand. The ice pick just penetrate the rubber cement and then shrink. On the other side of hand he pull the rubber cement using an invisible string.

[@dimasdaniell]

okay but now pls don't give him any type of gun

[@pietercoetzee9376]

Simply blown away

[@CourtyardPigeon]

I'm going to ruin the trick for you, so if you don't want to know then stop reading. It's the same principle as an earring in that he spent a lot of time careful piecing his hand and arm with a thick needle and over time scar tissue developed and covers up the hole, so just like putting the stem in your ear, or nose, or where ever, he carefully slides this ice pick through the hole he developed over time. Don't get me wrong, he can still do a lot of damage because there are veins and nerves all around in there if he doesn't go through exactly the same way. You'll note he puts it in the exact same place in every episode because that's where the hole is.

[@robote7679]

David Blaine is the original and by far the best. He's just got that certain something.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

It's called acting. His delivery is at a different level!

[@ashurean]

I get the no nerve damage, the major nerves of the hand can be avoided I do not get how there is no blood or pain. All tissues need to be supplied with blood, and there's a muscle directly in the way of pushing the pick through. I guess it's possible that the ice pick pushes the internal tissues out of the way instead of piercing through them, but it's still crazy to me.

[@edbroaotearoa1198]

The magic of actors and camera

[@permafrost0979]

cray! he cray-cray! Baldwin looked like he was gonna cry! 😢

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

It's fake, he's wearing a fake hand, he chopped of his real hand, and wears a fake hand made by the guys at sesame street

[@sofifaheem6943]

Lol you should go and search he has done x-ray too while pushing this metal into his hand

[@nebulousisgod]

Junkies know how this is done. Gotta give him props though, that’s a goddamn icepick.

[@PlasticAddict]

Why don't people ask David to do it on the opposite hand after he does it through the first hand?...🤔

[@c0wbait]

Unless it's mirrored, he does the same thing through the other hand in another video. It's a different hand with Will Smith's family than the breaking bad guys.

[@minerva-265]

Everyone gangster until he hits the radial artery.

[@Hughmonte]

Nice filming technique dorks just so we couldn’t see the needle going through the rubber cement that’s holding his skin together and making a little tube..

[@gavino740]

Dude look at blaines middle finger on his right hand. Theres something there hes pushing into his palm. Dont know what hes doing but it explains the trick.

[@revolutionunderground]

Now Alec Baldwin does magic tricks, too. His gun with live ammo kills someone, but he claims it did it by itself.

[@michaelbest748]

one thing that is also crazy is david blaine built up his tolerance for extreme pain

[@GaryMillyz]

The only thing that is "crazy" in this trick is the crazy glue that is hold the retractable ice pick to the back of his hand

[@mauromrmr3596]

Alec is used to do the trick on others but with blood. He plays like he is impressed but he has no real empathy cause he loves blood

[@theeiipoulard4115]

Nobody: David Blaine every time he does a needle trick……….David Blaine: See How It Looks?

[@christopher2399]

Alec is still trying to figure out how NOT to kill people on movie sets, let alone how Blaine does magic.....lol

[@justinmacarrhur1924]

This is a trick, it is different from the ricky gervais one, but same principle.

[@therealmrduber]

Right, pain killers and muscle notation aside, he’s a genius

[@Undefined9]

If only this was the most traumatic thing Alec Baldwin would ever have to endure. He probably looks back on this now and thinks "I'd rather watch David Blaine do this on repeat." 😬😬

[@spidernerds]

this guy definitely have some powers

[@holopengin]

More like a piercing that he covers in latex.

[@FormigaFit]

See how it looks

[@williamh.6287]

He did it in his arm as well in front of Ricky Gervais so there's no "hole in his hand" or anything. I'm betting it's a fat syringe needle and the blood compartment is built in the wooden frame of the "ice pick".

[@anonymouss.5083]

The spot on the hand where he is putting the ice pick through if done very precisely, the ice pick will miss all blood vessels and miss most nerves and muscle tendons. This trick requires exact precision but it is also done by fakors. There are hundreds of locations in the human body that do not have any blood vessels, very few nerves and very few muscle fibers. This knowledge is known by the fakors.

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

That's a trick ice pick, it retracts back into the handle but I dont know how he gets it to come out the bottom haven't figured that part out yet, if it was real there would be tons of blood illusion.

[@davidshaw1481]

He should have done the catching bullets with your teeth trick - I feel this may have been more useful for Alec Baldwin to learn

[@tritontr20bass]

“Better you then me”…. said Alec before he pulled the trigger on Halyna. Yeh that’s right, he pulled the trigger. Guns don’t just “go off”.

[@riverrhodes7394]

You're preaching to the choir dude. It's the idiot cops and courts who refuse to arrest him.

[@AgentQQ8]

I'm reminded of that Gom Jabbar scene at the beginning of Dune, where the witch lady tests Paul to see whether he's a human with self control or some shit. In the real world, that's just called David Blaine being a dick to people.