Nothing But a Sleight of Hand
Also known as prestidigitation or legerdemain, sleight of hand is the ability to manipulate objects secretly to give the effect that they are either disappearing or fabricating themselves. Illusionists typically do this with wedding rings at bars, to gain the upper-hand in a grueling game of Checkers, and to hastily conceal questionable substances when the parents drop in on an unannounced visit. Most sleight of hand magicians routinely practice with cards and coins, but from personal experience, being able to pull an entire kosher pickle from behind someone’s ear is far more entertaining.
To master the technique of sleight of hand, one must embrace the principles of palm, ditch, steal, load, simulation, misdirection, and switch. This many sound like the process of reprogramming Johnny-5 from “Short Circuit”, but if you read our book “Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs and Others”, you would know that this is the only way to go. And then you would take the book and make it vanish that instant.
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