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by atkinsod
November 8th, 2023, 9:00 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21882

Re: Egg Bag

And here is a huge list of egg bag references. Good timing, as I just updated my Egg Bag reference guide. Jennifer Myers from Steve Myers Magic wrote to tell me of Steve's custom Malini Egg, Malini Egg bag, and related items he sells (https://www.stevemyersmagic.com). This prompted me to update my ...
by atkinsod
December 2nd, 2022, 8:04 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Book Table of Contents Listings - nearing 7000 books
Replies: 3
Views: 707

Magic Book Table of Contents Listings - nearing 7000 books

Just a notice that I've posted a November update to the MagicRef website. It's nearing almost 7000 magic book table-of-contents listings. As always, if you have a table-of-contents listing (and hopefully a photo of the front cover) for any books not listed, I'd love to add them to the site. It is a ...
by atkinsod
June 23rd, 2022, 3:25 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: TruSleight Manipulation Balls
Replies: 4
Views: 7124

Re: TruSleight Manipulation Balls

If you go to the TueSleight website, it just says "Coming Soon". I wrote to Howard Blackwell, and he replied that "We decided to discontinue. It took a lot of time and we started performing again quite a bit." So sadly, it appears that the TruSleight products are no longer availa...
by atkinsod
June 23rd, 2022, 2:22 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Wiztax - Sam Berland
Replies: 11
Views: 5025

Re: Wiztax - Sam Berland

Just confirming the above - In Trickshop.com's "Rediscovering Wiztax", the author states, "Sam Berland first discovered an amazing double-sided adhesive “tape” he called, “Wiztax.” What set Wiztax apart from other tacky materials was the fact that it would come “clean” from virtually ...
by atkinsod
June 23rd, 2022, 9:06 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Color Changing Knives Article Update
Replies: 10
Views: 2582

Re: Color Changing Knives Article Update

I had the opportunity to correspond with J.P. Jackson about knives around 2006. He used to work at Brad Burt's magic shop, and he made custom knives based on the Case brand, which are nice quality knives. I traded him a base Case knife I had that he wanted to use to create a set, and he sent me an a...
by atkinsod
June 22nd, 2022, 7:27 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Color Changing Knives Article Update
Replies: 10
Views: 2582

Re: Color Changing Knives Article Update

@Philippe - thanks for the confirmation about Walter Jeans. The two earliest knives I've seen advertised (though I haven't done an exhaustive search) were the Kanter's knives referenced in 1935, and Gamage advertised theirs in 1936. I've never seen a picture or photo of the Gamage knives. I had some...
by atkinsod
June 22nd, 2022, 7:22 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Color Changing Knives Article Update
Replies: 10
Views: 2582

Re: Color Changing Knives Article Update

Vanish looked good, by the way!
by atkinsod
June 22nd, 2022, 7:20 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Color Changing Knives Article Update
Replies: 10
Views: 2582

Re: Color Changing Knives Article Update

Agree so much about Joe - I had purchased an early set, and he sent me some newer ones without even my asking because he had updated the colors and wanted to make sure if I ever bought any other knives that the colors would still match! Sadly I never made it to Joe's miniature horse farm while I liv...
by atkinsod
June 22nd, 2022, 4:59 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Color Changing Knives Article Update
Replies: 10
Views: 2582

Color Changing Knives Article Update

I've updated the Article on the Color Changing knives here: https://magicref.net/magref/artknife.htm The article provides a general overview of the color changing knives, then provides some photos of historical and current knives on the market. Also a section on knife cases, and a new section on &qu...
by atkinsod
January 24th, 2019, 9:10 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Obituary for Denny Haney
Replies: 17
Views: 5058

Re: Obituary for Denny Haney

I am so blessed to have been able to meet Denny in person - first at his older shop in Maryland on South Marlyn Avenue. It was small and cramped, but filled to the brim with magic books and effects. And of course, Baby the pig was always around. Denny was very helpful to the serious magician, whethe...
by atkinsod
February 2nd, 2018, 10:44 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Reference Site Has Moved!
Replies: 4
Views: 2004

Re: Magic Reference Site Has Moved!

Thanks, Joe - my dream would be to be able to copy all the book contents over to Magicpedia, but I'm having enough trouble just keeping the website up to date! I've thought about a re-direct - I think I will do that in a month or two. Appreciate the link to the "how to". I'm computer savvy...
by atkinsod
January 31st, 2018, 9:55 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Reference Site Has Moved!
Replies: 4
Views: 2004

Magic Reference Site Has Moved!

I've moved the Magic reference pages from http://magicref.tripod.com to http://magicref.net The Lycos service wasn't so good, and their lack of security was poor. For those who aren't familiar with the website, there are two main magic sections: 1. The Magic References: For effects such as The Linki...
by atkinsod
October 10th, 2017, 12:08 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Don O'Neal & UF Grant?
Replies: 6
Views: 5970

Re: Don O'Neal & UF Grant?

Also, I didn't mean to be accusatory in asking if O'Neal Magic was republishing Grant's works without credit. It is quite possible O'Neal Magic had permission to do so - I'm just trying to find out if anyone knows of the link between Grant, Tanner, and O'Neal. Even Abbott's often didn't list the aut...
by atkinsod
October 9th, 2017, 12:09 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Don O'Neal & UF Grant?
Replies: 6
Views: 5970

Don O'Neal & UF Grant?

In some of my research for the Magic Reference Pages (http://magicref.tripod.com/books.htm), I have run across books by Don O'Neal of O'Neal Magic, that seem to be exact replicas of U.F. Grant publications. For example, there is a book "Trix With Hares by Don O'Neal", and says "Revise...
by atkinsod
July 10th, 2017, 1:33 pm
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: Full Contents Jim Klein's Mortimer's Magic Magazine
Replies: 3
Views: 20238

Re: Full Contents Jim Klein's Mortimer's Magic Magazine

Thanks, Joe. It's been a lot of fun adding to it and discovering a lot of books & material that I never know existed!
by atkinsod
July 10th, 2017, 1:30 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Color Changing Knives
Replies: 10
Views: 4283

Re: Color Changing Knives

Thanks, Jim, that was very helpful. I've always enjoyed your website through the years, and was blessed to be able to pick up one of your micro Chop Cups back when you released one along with a routine/book by the late Dennis Loomis - keep up the good work!
by atkinsod
July 8th, 2017, 8:47 pm
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: Full Contents Jim Klein's Mortimer's Magic Magazine
Replies: 3
Views: 20238

Full Contents Jim Klein's Mortimer's Magic Magazine

My most recent update to the Magic Book Table of Contents pages (http://magicref.tripod.com/books.htm) includes the full contents for all 13 issues of Jim Klein's Mortimer's Magic Magazine. I've had these for some time, but never found the time to go through them until just recently. There is a lot ...
by atkinsod
July 8th, 2017, 8:36 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Color Changing Knives
Replies: 10
Views: 4283

Re: Color Changing Knives

Hi Jim,

The knives look great! Are there any significant design differences between yours and Joe Mogar's knives? The base knives look very similar, other than your knives not being sharpened.

Just curious!

Doug Atkinson
http://magicref.tripod.com/magref/artknife.htm
by atkinsod
December 30th, 2015, 1:36 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: MagicPedia Missing All Articles?
Replies: 4
Views: 1799

MagicPedia Missing All Articles?

Is the Genii Magicpedia showing the articles for y'all? Presently, the links to all the Biographies work, but each article seems to be blank. I tried two different browsers in case it was some security setting, but I don't see content in either one. Perhaps they're in a maintenance mode - hopefully ...
by atkinsod
December 9th, 2015, 6:13 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Need Help or Instructions
Replies: 3
Views: 2072

Re: Need Help or Instructions

Hi Rennie, This might not help much, but I found a description of Walt Lee's Ultimate Aces in Lewis Ganson's book "The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees". The description states: 5 Ultimate Aces: Four Blue-Backed Aces are placed in a row on the table. Three Red-Backed indifferent cards ar...
by atkinsod
May 4th, 2015, 10:41 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Index of Dover Magic Books
Replies: 22
Views: 7280

Re: Index of Dover Magic Books

Richard, Thanks for that bit of knowledge, I was not aware of the Dover book of posters. I will be adding that book to the list! I know that many were also upset with Dover over their publishing of Bobo's Coin Magic. My limited understanding is that Dover took advantage of a slip-up in copyright ren...
by atkinsod
May 2nd, 2015, 12:46 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Index of Dover Magic Books
Replies: 22
Views: 7280

Index of Dover Magic Books

I've posted at my website an index of all of the Dover Publications, Ltd., books on magic that have been published over the years. I recently added thumbnails of the book covers, so the page is a bit nicer to read now. In all, they published almost 100 magic and related arts books. As a kid growing ...
by atkinsod
March 11th, 2015, 10:18 am
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Genii Archive Question
Replies: 51
Views: 45409

Re: Genii Archive Question

I'm having the same problem. I've done a bit of experimenting: The initial change to the "Archive and Search" section takes over 20 seconds to load - I have to be patient. Many page turns can take 7-10 seconds to turn the page - I'm often waiting wondering if I actually clicked the next pa...
by atkinsod
January 16th, 2015, 4:45 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: F/S 200 Magic Booklets/Lecture Notes
Replies: 0
Views: 947

F/S 200 Magic Booklets/Lecture Notes

I'm cleaning out my magic shelves and have just about 200 magic books and lecture notes for sale. Most of these are smaller books and are under $10, with most under $5.00 Doug Atkinson 1110 Elk Lake Lane Forest, VA 24551 atkinsod@gmail.com There are too many to list here. The spreadsheet can be view...
by atkinsod
January 6th, 2015, 8:54 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Conjuring Arts Sale - Catalog
Replies: 4
Views: 2154

Re: Conjuring Arts Sale - Catalog

I've updated the catalog: Cleaned up the extra columns Fixed the authors added columns for date, number of pages, and Language (for other than English) Also added a column at the front so you can mark which books you already have. Hope this helps someone. The catalog does not include the Harry Loray...
by atkinsod
January 2nd, 2015, 12:58 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Conjuring Arts Sale - Catalog
Replies: 4
Views: 2154

Conjuring Arts Sale - Catalog

Hopefully this post is legal! The Conjuring Arts Research Center (http://conjuringarts.org/) is having an e-book sale right now, with 15% off your first e-book, and 30% any subsequent e-books. The catalog is huge, so I've created a Google Docs spreadsheet that lists all of the e-books (current as of...
by atkinsod
October 9th, 2014, 10:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Updated Magic Book Table of Contents Listings
Replies: 3
Views: 3706

Updated Magic Book Table of Contents Listings

Just a quick note to let y'all know I've added another 100 or so book table of contents listings to the Magic Reference pages at: http://magicref.tripod.com/books.htm The list of specific books added is on the "blog" page: http://magicref.tripod.com/blog/ Three other resources for magic bo...
by atkinsod
August 20th, 2014, 1:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Your View: ebooks or printed books?
Replies: 113
Views: 34019

Re: Your View: ebooks or printed books?

It's all a challenge. Physical books take up a LOT of room, and are thus sometimes relegated to boxes and bins in attics and basements, where they then get moldy or dried out. Or kids find them and draw nice little pictures on them and have fun tearing pages. I have some manuscripts in my collection...
by atkinsod
August 18th, 2014, 8:55 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: FS on e-Bay - Caveney's Magicomedy
Replies: 2
Views: 1341

Re: FS on e-Bay - Caveney's Magicomedy

Merrill knives are posted! Starting at $55 each set, these are the original Japanese versions. Thanks for looking!

http://www.ebay.com/sch/atkiontheway/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Doug
by atkinsod
August 18th, 2014, 10:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Your View: ebooks or printed books?
Replies: 113
Views: 34019

Re: Your View: ebooks or printed books?

I prefer real books to e-books, but I'm actually going the opposite direction. My children didn't pick up my interest in magic tricks, so the many books that I had been saving for them are now just sitting on a shelf, where they are subject to decay. I think it is better they get into the hands of t...
by atkinsod
August 12th, 2014, 4:31 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: FS on e-Bay - Caveney's Magicomedy
Replies: 2
Views: 1341

FS on e-Bay - Caveney's Magicomedy

I'll be selling off more of my meager book collection. Of interest right now is a copy of Mike Caveney's Magicomedy, which is up on e-Bay and ends this weekend. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mike-Caveney-Magicomedy-Harcover-very-good-condition-/161390759889 If you look at my other items for sale, there's ...
by atkinsod
February 23rd, 2014, 12:17 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Dover Books on Magic
Replies: 35
Views: 36115

Re: Dover Books on Magic

Hey Chris, At Lybrary.com, I could not find the following e-book that is listed at the Dove site: Fulves, Karl: Self-Working Close Up Card Magic However, you do have listed the following e-books that are NOT currently listed (with e-books) over at Dover: Victor, Edward: Classic Card Tricks James, St...
by atkinsod
February 22nd, 2014, 5:15 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Dover Books on Magic
Replies: 35
Views: 36115

Re: Dover Books on Magic

While most of the Dover books are readily available (even most of the out of print ones), a few seem to be harder to find. I expect they printed fewer copies of these books: Hofzinser, Johann N.: Hofzinser's Card Conjuring. Maskelyne, Nevil: Maskelyne on the Performance of Magic (Part One of Maskely...
by atkinsod
February 21st, 2014, 3:08 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Dover Books on Magic
Replies: 35
Views: 36115

Re: Dover Books on Magic

Thanks, Bill. That's exactly the type of tidbits I'd like to add. I know that some were upset with Dover for grabbing up Modern Coin Magic, but overall I'd say that the Dover books have been a good service to promote magic.
by atkinsod
February 21st, 2014, 2:39 pm
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Dover Books on Magic
Replies: 35
Views: 36115

Dover Books on Magic

I've recently posted an article on my website that lists all of the books that Dover has ever published on Magic Tricks. Are there any books that anyone knows of that are not in the list? For example, did Dover publish Hoffmann's Latest Magic or More Magic books? Also, in case you didn't already kno...
by atkinsod
August 23rd, 2013, 8:35 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: F/S Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse Books 2 and 4
Replies: 0
Views: 937

F/S Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse Books 2 and 4

I've decided to sell my Harry Lorayne Apocalypse set of hardcovers. These are the L&L Publishing compilations. They are used, lightly read books, but are in very good condition. Full contents can be found at my website: http://magicref.tripod.com/books.htm I've already sold the Books 1 and 3 (Vo...
by atkinsod
June 18th, 2013, 6:32 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Scotty York Knives & Weber Case on e-Bay
Replies: 2
Views: 1066

Re: Scotty York Knives & Weber Case on e-Bay

I agree about the medallion. One the one hand, the crest is very common among pocket-knives, so it makes it look more "normal", but on the other hand, the change becomes more than just a color change, but an entire handle change. Some don't like the change from a smooth handle to a stag ha...
by atkinsod
June 17th, 2013, 10:12 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Scotty York Knives & Weber Case on e-Bay
Replies: 2
Views: 1066

Scotty York Knives & Weber Case on e-Bay

Note: these are not my knives for sale, and I'm not endorsing the sale. I just spotted these today and thought others might want to know about them. For sale on e-Bay is a set of 6 Scotty York knives, and the seller also has the Weber case for sale as well. The starting price is not cheap (way out o...
by atkinsod
June 17th, 2013, 9:49 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Connocopia
Replies: 5
Views: 1649

Re: Connocopia

Hey Doug,

Just a quick note that you should change your "signature" here in the Genii Forum, which still points to "connmagic.com" rather than your new site at dougconn.com.

Doug Atkinson
by atkinsod
May 27th, 2013, 10:12 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Circuit
Replies: 46
Views: 10367

Re: Circuit

Mark, I don't think the thread got Hijacked. The discussion is about the lack if a presentation for Circuit, as demo'd in the video. As clever as the effect is, you are really left with it just looking like a stunt and not a magic trick. Yes, show another magician and he'll be floored, but show it a...

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