Hemingway Lock | Collectors Workshop Christopher J At the beginning

At the beginning

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In the 23 minute companion online video tutorial

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Because the most powerful piece is the one they never see coming

Hemingway Lock | Collectors Workshop Christopher J At the beginningYou present your audience with a heavy (approx. 620 g!) security padlock and a jar containing five keys with different colored markings. But you announce that only one key actually fits the lock. Four spectators then take turns choosing one key each from the jar, leaving one for you. The spectators are informed that they can swap keys as they wish, including with your key! Well, no matter how often a key is swapped with another, in the end it turns