Guillotine (magic trick)

This trick makes it seem that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person's neck without harming him/her.

Method

This trick involves two blades. The blades are positioned at 90 degree angles, perpendicular to each other. The blade that falls will pivot on contact with the person as it is loosely hinged. When it does, the other blade which was vertically aligned becomes horizontally aligned, so it seemingly passes through the person's neck while the first blade is now hidden in the same place as where the second one was.

The device described above is patented under the US patent number 5605508. [http://www.google.com/patents?id=Yu0nAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=5605508#PPP1,M1]

References

*Dawes, A. E., et al. "Making Magic". London: Multimedia Books, Ltd, 1993.

External links

* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5605508.PN.&OS=PN/5605508&RS=PN/5605508 Patent for the device used to perform the trick Guillotine patent 5605508]