Magic Tricks

This was the first wand that I bought. First it is a very pretty wand. The red wood and brass tips make you look very professional. It has good weight and a solid feel to it. Unfortunately I had three problems. When I execute the Vernon/Mora wand spin, the smooth nature of the wand causes it to slip and fly out of my hand around 25% of the time. I use the wand spin several times in my cups and balls routine and found this to be annoying(so did the dog!). The other problem I had was it's kind of heavy to do the striking vanish.The weight just makes it harder. Finally, heavy use caused it to loosen up which requires tightining, sometimes during a routine. I picked up Michael Ammars Mercury wand (which penguin sells) and found it to be a much better wand for the spinning flourishes being it's lighter and has a rubber center. So if your using it for taps and to help you hold out it's great, but I didn't like it for the high speed spinning actions.