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How to do the trick with swallowing the blade. A difficult and dangerous, but very effective trick "Swallowing blades

The artist takes the usual safety razor blades from the table. He shows them to the audience and puts them in his mouth one at a time. Having put three blades in his mouth, the performer drinks them with water, and then puts three more blades in his mouth and drinks them again with water, saying playfully: "Tasty!" After that, the magician takes a spool of thread, tears off a piece of thread and also puts it in his mouth after the blades. The blades and the thread are "eaten" by the artist in front of the audience. But then the performer discovers the tip of the thread on his lips. He starts to pull it out of his mouth. Following the thread, first the first blade appeared from the mouth, then the second, the third, etc. And, finally, the artist pulled out from his mouth a whole garland of shiny blades strung on a thread. This spectacle is unusually impressive and delights the audience. Focus secret: The secret of this trick is unusually simple, and very inexpensive props are quite accessible to every amateur magician. First of all, the performer needs to purchase sixteen pieces of exactly the same blades for a safety razor. Six of them must be put on a tray or saucer in advance and placed on an illusion table. A glass of water is placed next to the saucer, which will be needed when demonstrating the focus. In addition, you will need a spool of thread, the diameter of the wooden base of which is 3 cm. The spool must be hollow inside. The rectangular hole in the spool is sized so that a pack of blades can easily enter and slide out easily. In the middle of the reel will be a bundle of pre-linked blades that the performer has to pull out of the mouth. The main secret of focus is the ability to properly tie the blades together. To do this, you need to build a small machine. This machine consists of a piece of wood the size of a matchbox and two nails with small caps at the top. The carnations are driven into the board shallowly, at the distance of the first and third holes of the blade. When the machine is ready, you can start tying and folding the blades. To do this, you need to take the first blade from the chain and put it on the studs of the machine. The thread needs to be drawn from right to left around both nails, bring it to the right, tie the next blade to it and put it on the first, and so on. The thread should always be pulled in the same direction (to the right). Thus, all six blades must be put on and folded in a column one after the other (seven or eight can be used). A small bead should be tied to the remaining end of the thread so that you do not look for the end of the thread in your mouth. After that, the blades are carefully removed from the machine in a column and not tightly tied in the middle with a small piece of thread. This is to prevent the blades from scattering in your mouth. A pack of blades prepared in this way is placed in a reel, and the reel is placed on the table next to the rest of the props. this focus. When the props are ready and tested, you can start demonstrating the focus. First, the performer places two or three blades in his mouth. They lie on the tongue. When the artist brings a glass of water to his mouth, he first takes in some water and then throws it back into the glass. Together with the water, the blades are splashed out, which in the water completely imperceptibly sink to the bottom of the glass. Having freed his mouth, the magician puts the next three blades there and pretends to wash them down with water again, in reality, throwing the blades into the glass. Having finished the "meal", the performer puts the glass on the table and takes a spool of thread with blades loaded into it. Pulling out the thread, he brings it to his mouth in order to tear off the thread with his teeth. At this time, the performer knocks over the coil and a pack of blades slips out of the coil and falls into the magician's mouth. For a more complete impression, he places a piece of thread in his mouth. Then the artist, feeling the bead in his mouth, begins to pull the thread, holding it by the bead. As the thread is pulled, first one blade appears on it, then the second, and so on. It is best to take new blades. For prophylaxis and hygiene purposes, after each performance, they should be wiped with alcohol and wiped dry so that they do not rust. The thread should be changed after every two performances, as it frays quickly and may break during the trick. Be very careful while doing this trick !!!

The most spectacular and striking tricks are usually the most dangerous. Their implementation requires a lot of preparation, long and careful training, accuracy and precision of execution. Otherwise, you can not only fail the focus itself in front of the audience, but also harm your health, even pose a threat to life.

The blade swallowing trick is one of those. It is actually very effective, performed only by experienced and famous magicians, such as:

  • Criss Angel;
  • David Blaine;
  • Georgy Artsakh;
  • Dr. Hensley and others.

The fact that this occupation is dangerous is proved by the death of one of the magicians after its execution.

External focus effect

From the outside, this trick looks like this: the magician shows the audience three blades, new, sharp, from the package. Before their eyes, one by one, he begins to put them on his tongue and swallow them. When everything is eaten, the wizard in an incredible way takes out the end of the thread from his mouth. Pulls on it and pulls out a long thread on which all three swallowed blades are tied!

You can see how it looks in action here:

Stunt props

For preparation and execution you will need:

  • six blades;
  • threads;
  • Cup.

Obviously, the preparation of the props is completely inexpensive and small. Blades can be absolutely anything. Threads as well, but better than a light neutral shade.

Before performing the trick, be sure to dull all the blades!

The secret of focus

What is the secret of this incredible and dangerous action? In the pre-processed props. Several steps are required.

  1. Three blades should be tied in turn on a thread so that a garland of them is made. In this case, one end of the thread should be sufficiently long and free.
  2. This design should be carefully folded on top of each other and placed in a tight pile behind the cheek.
  3. Now the trick itself begins. You reveal before the eyes of the audience each blade is supposedly new, as it is in the package, but in fact it was dulled by you in advance. And you start to swallow.
  4. Place it on your tongue and tilt your head back, creating the appearance of being swallowed. In fact, use your language to translate the props on the other cheek. Do this with everyone.
  5. Now you take the tip of the thread and begin to pull the structure out of your mouth, separating it with your teeth, one by one.

You can take a visual tutorial on this trick in this video:

Be extremely careful and try to get rid of the blades behind your cheek as quickly as possible by spitting them into a pre-prepared glass. Naturally, imperceptibly.

A person swallows about 600 times a day. Including, 200 times during meals, 50 times during sleep, 350 times the rest of the time. Most of the sips are taken unconsciously.

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    The act of swallowing is divided into three phases: oral, pharyngeal and esophageal.

    Oral phase

    The oral phase is voluntary (that is, it can be controlled by consciousness). During the oral phase, a bolus is formed from food chewed in the mouth, moistened with saliva and has become slippery - a food lump with a volume of about 5-15 ml. With movements of the tongue and cheeks, the bolus is moved to the back of the tongue. With tongue contractions, the food bolus is pressed against the hard palate and transferred to the root of the tongue behind the anterior palatine-lingual arches.

    Pharyngeal phase

    The pharyngeal phase is fast, short, involuntary. Irritation of the receptors in the root of the tongue causes contraction of the muscles that lift the soft palate, thus closing the communication of the pharynx with the nasal cavity in order to prevent food from entering it. A food bolus is pushed down the throat with tongue movements. In this case, a contraction of the muscles that displace the hyoid bone and cause an elevation of the larynx occurs, the epiglottis blocks the entrance to the airways in order to prevent food from entering them. At the same time, the pressure in the oral cavity increases and in the pharynx decreases, thus facilitating the movement of the bolus into the pharynx. The backward movement of the bolus into the oral cavity is impeded by the raised root of the tongue and the palatine-lingual arches tightly adjacent to it.

    The duration of the first two phases of the act of swallowing is approximately one second. The pharyngeal phase of the act of swallowing cannot be performed arbitrarily if there is no food, liquid or saliva in the oral cavity. After mechanical irritation of the tongue root, swallowing begins, which cannot be stopped arbitrarily.

    Esophageal phase

    The esophageal phase is involuntary and, in comparison with the previous ones, is slow and prolonged. Its duration when swallowing a bolus of liquid is 1-2 seconds, when swallowing a bolus of solid food - 8-9 seconds.

    At the time of the pharynx, the esophagus is pulled up to the pharynx and the upper esophageal sphincter expands, taking a bolus. Contractions of the esophagus are peristaltic in nature, occur in the upper part and spread towards the stomach. The ring-shaped muscles of the esophagus contract sequentially, moving the food bolus by the constriction. Before the bolus, a wave of decreased esophageal tone moves. Its movement speed is slightly higher than that of the peristaltic wave; it reaches the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) in 1-2 seconds.

    The parameters for esophageal contraction depend on the type of bolus being swallowed. Fluid is transferred to the stomach mainly by gravity and increased oral pressure. Only the last sip of liquid causes a peristaltic surge.

    At the border of the esophagus and stomach is the lower esophageal sphincter, designed to limit the ingress of aggressive stomach contents into the esophagus. When the bolus reaches this sphincter, the latter relaxes and the peristaltic wave carries the food bolus through it into the stomach.