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I would like to mention at this point that the so-called "improved" version of the Sword Cabinet with the mirror principle to show the box empty, is the silliest illusion in the world. What is the sense in wasting time filling a cabinet with swords if that box is shown empty? It is a sad fact that all the big stage illusionists produced a "stinker" or two at some point in their career. I have done it myself, but one has to have the courage to recognize the illusion is a failure and to chop it up for firewood.

David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs, 1973, p. 203

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