Pen-nomenon Review By Paul Romhany Vanish Magazine

web banner pen-omenon_edited-2 — Pen-nomenon Review By Paul Romhany-Vanish Magazine. MY THOUGHTS: You receive a teaching DVD with gimmicks. The DVD is over an hour in length and Steven shares several ideas on using the gimmick to get the pen to mysteriously write. If you are familiar with Steven’s creations then you will know the gimmick involved. You are supplied with two of the gimmicks that Steven has used and released in the past. These are really amazing and easy ways to perform certain routines that use this secret method. It makes the set up so easy. You will need to replace each time you perform but you can buy these gimmicks by themselves. Steven does show you how you can use your gimmick so you don’t need to replace it each time, but I love the way he sets this up right in front of the spectator. The routine Steven performs on the DVD uses an Out To Lunch principle and by combining it with the Pen-nomenon you get a very spooky ghost writing effect where the pen is able to write the name of the chosen card by itself. The method allows you to cleanly show the pen writing, although they can’t actually see it write on the paper. This is best viewed from a slight distance and you will need to work on how you handle this so they can see the pen moving without writing.

Steven also shares a version without using Out To Lunch and shows you how to make the gimmick necessary to do this, although you can buy various gimmicks that will allow for this method to happen. This version is probably slightly better than the first one because everything can be handed out. The idea of having a pen move by itself on a pad is not new, but Steven’s method makes this much easier than others out there. You can be set up anytime to do this, although will need to slightly pre-set your pen. This would make the perfect addition to any bizarre type show and even as a way to introduce yourself to open a show. You can do this anywhere at anytime or by using Ghostwriter he is able to walk around with the pad and have the pen stand up and actually scribble. There are a variety of ways you can use this. My favourite is Ghostwriter which is the last version taught on the DVD. If you were a mentalism or medium this would slay an audience. They can see the sharpie writing and then you can give a reading on the scribble. It’s a very cool effect. I think for a mentalist or bizarre performer this has some strong possibilities. A magician could certainly use this and have fun with it in the right condition. Overall, an excellent product using an idea of Steven’s that he has become well known for. If you are familiar with his methods then you will really enjoy what he has created here. If you are new then I think you are going to want to check out his other products using this method to see what else he does with them.

Vanish Magazine -December 2016

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