Hello, Does anybody use one of these I think I got the name right, a Nikko Ball. the description sounds like it's a bare handed production is it any good? I would like to get one.

Best,

Luke

This very old gimmick is more for the collector. As any good magician would not really use one in the real world. It is nothing more then a hank ball with a stem.

This is my take on this gimmick. I got mine from Owen's Magic, Viking Magic is currently making them also.

You can also get one from Denny and Lee Magic. I use one in combo with a hank ball vanish.

Bill's right. It's been replaced largely by the hank ball and Stillwell ball. However, it has possibilities. Rice's Encyclopedia Volume 1 or 2 has a routine using a handkerchief to produce a second large handkerchief using a Nikko ball in a unique way.

This is the season to make your own one of these, except better. Go to WalMart and look at the plastic Easter eggs.

(Krylon will paint this plastic.)

Then Scheme!

Bob
Magic By Sander

Good idea Bob. Craft stores have a paper mache egg that is brown in color. It is easier to hide than a flourscent orange egg in your hand.

Will the pressure of multiple silks cause the plastic to burst, or stretch causing problems with the silk removal?

Harry Kellar naned this "accessory" after his pet cat.

Kellar worked on a proscenium stage and did a lot of stuff that couldn't be done, given the conditions that most performers face today.

I just read: "Howie Didit performs the tricks and then teaches the kids "Howie Didit""

Sorry, but I am not an exposer, so I'll say no more.