Topit
A topitsleeving or lapping.
History of use
Poachers' pouches were employed by
grifters, both sleight of hand
artists.
Topits were first widely introduced to magic by Harold Comden in the 1920s, under the name "The 'Topit' Vanisher". Magician Pat Page popularized them in his booklet The Topit Handbook (1966), and Michael Ammar further refined topit technique in The Topit Book (1983) and The Topit Book 2.0 (2014), inspiring a number of closeup magicians to adopt their use.[3]
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