How to bend
Fork Tines Magic
How to perform the fork bend trick
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right ladies let me show you something
with your fault can I just borrow your
fork have you heard of a guy called uri
geller yep
used to bend forks yeah it was really
strange you can bend a fork by doing
this as an illusion
you know it's an actually optical
illusion it looks like it's bending but
it's not this is solid yeah this is
interesting though if you watch if you
just see it's just an illusion you don't
really bend it well remember it's all
just an illusion it doesn't really
happen just pushing on it but it doesn't
really Bend this just an illusion you
see it's really strange this is the
explanation for the mercury Fork Bend
now before we get into the mercury fort
Bend
I always start this effect with a little
introductory piece and it's something
you can try yourself you can do it in
the mirror and believe it or not you'll
actually fool yourself with this but
this is the technique it works with pens
rulers in fact anything that's this kind
of shape it will work with a fork so you
hold it just at the balance point right
in the center but you've got kind of
like a loose grip on that so it's able
to wobble around but you don't turn your
hand sideways like this very quickly
what you do you lift your hand up and
down and just as it's going up and down
it will actually create the illusion
that the fork just turns to rubber and
it just seems to melt in front of their
eyes and then obviously they will be
able to check this immediately
afterwards because it's not bending at
all it really is just an optical
illusion but that is the perfect
introduction to actually performing the
mercury Fort Bend just to review you may
remember from the live performance
we took the fort bashed it on the table
to prove it was solid and then I was
able to actually bend the fork and
instantly restore it and there's no
damage at all let me take you through
the moon
use the techniques the sleight of hand
that's needed for the Mercury Fort Bend
this is the grip that's important what
I'm going to do I'm going to take the
left hand out of the equation for now
and just show you what it looks like
with me just holding the fork with my
right hand you start in this grip
now obviously the left hand is
concealing what actually happens to the
fort but let me just show you the
exposed view now the important thing
with this grip is you've actually got it
clipped between the third finger and the
little finger and then the end of the
fork is held with the thumb and it's
held in place like so now it's important
when you first put the fork down to
create a little bit of pressure but what
you're actually going to do you're not
going to push with your thumb you're
going to leave your thumb in exactly the
same position but let the fork just slip
past it the fork candle goes straight
past and slips through the palms of your
hands but with the other thumb and the
other fingers and the palm concealing
that fork it looks like it just gets
pushed forward because they imagine the
end of the fork handle to be here
whereas in actual fact it's moved down
to the bottom now but at performance
speed it looks really incredible it does
look like you're actually bending that
form and it's also important to actually
live in the moment
imagine you're actually bending the fall
it takes a lot of effort it's not easy
so if you're talking at the time change
your voice had a bit of strain to it or
add a noise I know it sounds silly but
if you just sort of go as you actually
bend it put that force into your voice
and it will add to the illusion that
you're actually bending that full
but at the end of the day all it is is
just an incredible optical illusion and
that's the mercury Fort Bend
