Marcus Eddie is immediately likable, which makes him a terrific performer...and you instinctively know...a terrific teacher as well.

While sequencing the moves will take time and patience -- they can be learned and performed smoothly.

My goal is to incorporate this into a full pencil routine.

Thank you, Marcus Eddie for giving me the confidence that I can learn this beautiful illusion!

I like this trick !! Very visual.

I saw the preview of this, and thought it would be pretty cool, but I got to tell you, it was everything but cool!

Cons- You don't end clean
You can't have people around you
A crazy very impractical setup
And is very hard to perform it, even with hours of practice

Pros- It would look good on TV

Probably, the most important two assets for a performer -- AND a teacher -- of magic are:

(1.) he knows his technical stuff, skilled with sleights;

(2.) BUT MORE than that, he is LIKABLE. I'm a better student of magic and magicians than I am a performer. For a half-century, I've read over and over that, if the audience LIKES you, they'll forgive a flub.

So PINT BREAK is a cool, ordinary-object illusion -- performed by a skilled magician -- and you like him and the trick.

The sleight seems daunting to me, but Marcus Eddie's personality -- his smile, voice, overall presentation, and explanation -- makes it less threatening a task to try.

And I will --WILL -- get this sucker into my pencil routine. Thank you Marcus Eddie!

This trick looks really good! But it is very difficult, and has the stupidest setup.

Only recently have I taken on tricks with pens, sharpies, and pencils: flip-sticking, etc.

I bought Marcus Eddie's download a while back before focusing on that kind of artistry -- and looking back now....

..I confess I didn't give "Point Break" the appreciation, time and attention it deserves -- because I didn't think I could possibly learn it.

Now I think I can. I want to apologize to Mr. Eddie for lacking the courage to tackle the moves when i first saw his tutorial.

***THE POINT IS, ON SECOND REVIEW:
THIS IS A GREAT ILLUSION. AND EACH STEP OF THE WAY, HE BREAKS DOWN THE STEPS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

All I needed was the patience and maturity to appreciate it.
Thank you, Marcus Eddie.

Okey, this trick might not fool magicians, but it's a really neat one! Of course you need some skills with sleight of hands, ans something a little extra. But it's really a piece of cake for a cool impromptu routine. I did this one at my school with just minutes to prepare and it worked beautifully. I thought it was obvious from the performance, and yes I was right. But I bought it to support his work, and I'm glad I did!

So while this does require a small amount of preparation, you can easily carry this around with you and be "performance ready". It is a fairly simple and straight forward trick, Marcus does a great job (as always) of teaching it) and has a nice bonus of the French Drop as well. Worth the minimal purchase price for a nice piece o walk around magic!

AT THE POINT OF PENCIL BREAKAGE,

THE BIG, FULL PENCIL C O M P L E T E L Y DISAPPEARS FROM VIEW.

THAT IS NOT REALISTIC.

IN REALITY, A SPECTATOR WOULD SEE THE BREAK. NOT JUST A CLOSED LEFT HAND, AND THEN REVEALING THE "TWO" BROKEN PARTS IS NOT BELIEVABLE, TURNING THE HANDS OVER AND SUCH.

BUT THE RESTORATION IS A THING OF BEAUTY, AND I AM WORKING ON BREAKAGE.

MY SUGGESTION IS HIDING A THIRD, MINI-BROKEN-ENDED PENCIL PIECE TO SHOW IN THE LEFT HAND AT THE TIME OF BREAKAGE, SOMEHOW HAVING -- PRE-SHOW -- ATTACHED THE LITTLE GUY TO THE WHOLE PENCIL.

doing a striking vanish move to restore the pencil...
Jeesh, I'm giving you guys a free seminar!