Bring the gimmick pin over the head of the open pin and swing the cut end down towards your right thumb and first finger and grasp it with the "second finger" and thumb. Release your left-hand hold and close the pin with your left thumb and first finger the pins are linked. Grasp the gimmick pin again at the ring and form an X equally as possible see Fig. I (link not shown only X position). This X position is used through out the whole routine. If you did the above move correctly the bar that is solder should be under the bar you closed. Draw the gimmick pin inward until its head clears the real pin bars, with a slight twist let the head clear the upper bar and at the same time bring it up and over it and then slide it forward to form the X again. What you've just done is prepared to make it look like you removed one pin penetrating one-bar see FIG. 2. Move the gimmick pin in a circular motion (do not move the other pin). Notice how the cut end comes close to the inner bar of the other pin do the motion a few times. When you feel right twist the real pin inward 90 degrees and hold it. The bar should go right through the cut, at the same time lift the gimmick pin to give the illusion that it penetrated the bar, spread the pins apart. Repeat the above move up to the point where you are to draw the gimmick pin inward* don't do that, leave the pins linked in the X form. Repeat the circular motion and twisting action, but this time draw the gimmick pin inward to give the illusion as to draw the pin from between the bars see FIG. 3.

As stated at point 3 the horizontal pin action is very deceptive. Place the pins flat across each other again in the X form. State that the pins can not be linked in this position. Do the rubbing and circular motion, but this time, the timing action between the pins must happen at the same time. Twist the real pin "outward" turning the inner bar "upward" 90 degrees, at the same time twist the gimmick pin "Inward towards you". The other bar will go into the cut, draw the gimmick pin inward slightly, now the pins are linked and displayed in a 90 degree form see FIG. 4. Do not loose your grip on the pins, a moment later you will reverse the action. Sever the moment, because ever time I've done the move many people (magicians) say they have never seen a more beautiful move, even from ones who do other pin routines. Reverse the twist action back to the flat position and lift the gimmick pin straight up. The whole illusion is a beauty to behold; you'll even amaze yourself as I did, to try to work out the moves. It is ver important not to loose our grip on the pins during the whole action. Display the pins wide apart about 10 inches, state that you are going to link and unlink the pins in slow motion. Bring the head of the real pill (head flat) toward the gimmick pin held at 90 degrees through the bars, twist the gimmick pin inward and flat to form the X, link them. Separate your hands bringing the heads together in a straight line for a moment to show the link. Return to the X position and unlink the pins as in the second link, the illusion of drawing the pin from in between the bars. This last part is done in one smooth graceful slow motion.