> Mark Southworth's Double Cross

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 4th, 2019
I am not an expert magician, but I have been performing for seven years. I bought this trick because of the overwhelming reviews. But sadly, it did not live up to the hype.

It is easy to do, but the reactions are nowhere near what the hubris suggests. And, experience and practice aside, half the time they do remember my slight touch to their hand, and thus easily guess how the effect was done. Very disappointing.

But what really put this one on-the-shelf for me was how quickly it literally fell apart. First appearances behind me (and I am not hard on my gimmicks), I practiced and performed this about twenty times before the gimmick separated into pieces I had little interest in trying to fix. (It didn’t break, it came un-glued.)

So, no I would not re-buy or recommend this to others — regardless of all the 5-star reviews.

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bboerjan
Jul 12th 2022 11:50am
expand the time between the 'method' and the time of the ‘effect’ as 'much as possible' according 'Strong Magic' Darwin Ortez.... But even this theory isn't necessary... Whàt are you DOING ??? With the hands of your spectators? Never heard of brief touches…??? Or are you saying : “NÓW… I ÁM SPREADING YOUR HANDS A B I T F U R T H E R (than Nórmal) FROM EACH OTHER…”????
My gimmick still stands after several usages. You seem to have bad luck with your gimmick. I bought several Sharpies and expanded the exterior tip with other stamps…. Using all kinds of glue/stamp-material (felt)… (experimental) But why not making one of your own… A cross is a cross… But some rune sign like ‘Fehu’, ‘Naudiz’ or ‘Opilah’ or other luck-bringing Nordic sign… can bring some awe…. And tell some intriguing story about it…. Google it…. The more story… the móre the moment of ‘method’ gets separated from the moment of ‘effect’… 😉 Keep it as far away as possible!!!

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Ricardomancer
Aug 12th 2022 4:10am
Este juego lo llevó haciendo harto tiempo y he conseguido reacciones monumentales, al principio un par de veces me pasó que recordaban el "toque" pero mejoré la historia y los tiempos y la cosa cambió a tal punto que la mayoría queda plop! Y preguntándome como lo hice si nisiquiera los toque. Yo creo que tu problema puede darse por la forma en que lo haces. Espero te sirva 👍

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mwilkop
Nov 07th 2023 3:47am
I think this is a user issue - many others don't have this problem. Practice your patter and make the movement subtle.

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