(this is a copy from the previous forum)
Hello everyone!
My name is David and I am a 36 year old science teacher in Belgium, Europe (which also means English is not my mother tongue so forgive my spelling and grammatical mistakes ::)).
Magic has always fascinated me and I have been 'really' collecting (easy-to-do) magic tricks for about 13 years now, after a visit with my school to Hamley's in London where there was (and still is) a magician every day performing Marvin's Magic tricks. I immediately bought all the sets the shop had, not realizing they all were seriously overprised!
I still remember performing Dynamic Coins for my students which was a big failure ... I have to PRACTICE a trick before performing it, even if it was easy to do! Lesson learned (sort of, even now when I buy a great magic trick I still have the urge to show it to people too fast ... big mistake )
The first magic set I bought (at the age of 12 - 13 I believe) was from a company called JUMBO (after a performance of Paul Daniels magic show). I still have the somewhat 'worn' instruction booklet and some of the plastic and wooden items.
After I saved my weekly allowances for a few weeks I always visited a 'novelty'/'joke' shop in my hometown Mechelen (Belgium) that had some magic effects (very bad quality, no idea who manufactured it). I remember buying the Spiked Coin trick and a Finger Guillotine which I thought was great but unfortunately it broke often. So I went to buy another one, wrapped it with tape (hoping I really could put a cigarette or piece of carrot or selery into the lower hole - those of you who own the trick know what I mean) but unfortunately it still broke I tried it with a piece of cardboard in the lower hole but it would still brake. I almost gave up untill I tried a string of wool which worked. BEHOLD! The magic finger chopper that can pass through your finger but damages wool!!! Oh boy ... ::)
Yes, I did find better finger choppers eventually, the Impossible Penetration being my favourite because it works in a very different way than other finger choppers. By the way, one of the best (and I mean quality compared to price) choppers is this one (I absolutely LOVE the easy way you can post images etc on this forum !!!):
I wouldn't try to cut a carrot with it (unless it is cooked) but it works great and can handle VERY close examination by your spectators!
I could go on for a long time telling my 'magic history' but I'll probably come to that later or write an article about it on my website.
My interest in Tenyo specifically started after I watched a performance of Roberto B. (who is also a member here) on Youtube. As if it were yesterday I still remember browsing for 'magic tricks and apparatus' and, perhaps by accident, I clicked on this link. I loved it and wanted to order it from my local magic shop, which of course was impossible I watched other videos by Roberto (for example Ninja Experiment, Ultra Tube and Billscape which all fooled me BADLY!) and I began to realize in most of his video's he used magic tricks produced by a company named Tenyo.
Without realizing I had a few Tenyo's in my collection already, for example Credit Slasher, my 'hunt' for Tenyo started. I browsed the internet (including Ebay where I found a used Floating Lady for 50 USD ... those were the days ), phoned and visited magic shops, contacted magicians, ... and I was able to get a decent collection.
I also joined TheMagicCafe which was a great place to share thoughts and exchange tricks in those days. One of my first posts you can find here By the way from Ron Allesi (mentioned in that thread) I was able to buy a (used) Ninja Experiment for 25 USD
Anyway, when John Mazza told me about a new Tenyo forum not that long ago, to be honest, I had some doubts ... . Was this really necessary, a new Tenyo forum? However, after the banning of a few members and deleting of posts/threads without any good reason I thought it was time to move on. I still like browsing Themagiccafe and will continue to post here and there but for Tenyo this will be the place to be.
A lot has been said and (false) accusations were made in the past, Tenyo needed a new start and I am confident this will be it. A forum where people can freely link to Ebay and other websites, freely share thoughts without getting banned and where the atmosphere is good, a place where everyone is welcome. And by the way, a forum that also is 'up-to-date' and therefore A LOT easier to use then the really out-dated TMC-interface in my humble opinion.
Thanks to John and everyone else that joined and will join for making this possible I will enjoy sharing my stories, routines, tricks, ... with you all.
Addendum: The name Killertweety was my nickname when I used to play a first person shooter game called Half-Life and Team Fortress Classic online. I needed a nickname, saw a Teweetybird and added 'Killer' to it to impress my opponents in the shooter game And Killertweety was born!
David
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Welcome David.
For finger choppers I usually use a pretzel stick or a pretzel rod for the demonstration.
For finger choppers I usually use a pretzel stick or a pretzel rod for the demonstration.
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Pretzels! This is a great idea.
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By the way from Ron Allesi (mentioned in that thread) I was able to buy a (used) Ninja Experiment for 25 USD ( from killertweety )
Ron Allesi Auction, i found it is a bit cheaper than on eBAY but only not much of Tenyo items.
Ron Allesi Auction, i found it is a bit cheaper than on eBAY but only not much of Tenyo items.
don't CHASE your dreams...rather COOK them...
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Indeed, unfortunately he now puts every Tenyo on auction, where he used to sell them directly for cheap prices.
Still an auction site to check regularly
Still an auction site to check regularly
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