Braided Bill

This isn't a magic trick: it's a toplogical trick. That means that it's certainly not suitable for all magicians, but would certainly be the talk of an impromptu show for the right performer.

The trick is that you braid a dollar bill. Close examination reveals that it has two lengthwise slits that extend nearly to the ends of the bill, dividing it into three bands. The braiding is real although the bands have never been separate. It looks impossible.

The bill can be borrowed, transformed into this impossible object, and returned to the owner in less than two minutes. The result is a distinctive memento. It is, as Michael Weber says, "A bill that cannot be spent."

Comes with a companion 20-min DVD demonstrating the step-by-step procedure of how to create the braided bill.

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