Cerberus International Deluxe by Todd Lassen, David Neighbors

(Notice: I’ve had this set of coins for about seven years and just took them out from their bags to photograph them. If I was keeping these I would polish them up, but I have left them for the new owner to decide what they want to do.)

I always know when I’m in the presence of greatness, when no matter how hard I try my photos just never do justice to the beauty of the effect. This set of coins created by the artist and master craftsman, Todd Lassen, in conjunction with his good friend David Neighbors is truly a revelation.

The gimmick, if that word can be applied here, is just breath taking. This is the Deluxe version which comes with an extra Chinese coin and shell, such that you can use a Chinese coin with a hole instead of the Victorian Crown.

(Notice: the Chinese shell sticks a little – I believe this is because it is the spare and has not been assembled or used.  I believe with any real use this would free up over time. There are no dings or imperfections to see.)

Effect: The Cerberus gaff is the brainchild of David Neighbors and Todd Lassen.  It was developed some years ago, and like Triple Threat, was kept pretty quiet. The gaff is entirely original and unique, and was developed solely by Dave and Todd.

Cerberus can be shown very cleanly and with close scrutiny as a silver dollar on both sides. When un-nested it can be shown as 3 different coins. A brass coin, a copper coin, and a silver dollar. Cerberus started out as a series of sun/moon coins to be used in matrix effects, giving you the power to be 2 coins ahead from the git-go. This was a gaff set with Dave Neighbors written all over it, so I asked Dave if he could come up with routines for it.

On the video is quite a variety of uses for this gaff set. There were a couple matrix effects that just totally smoked … one, starting with 4 different ungaffed coins, having them all arrive in one corner, immediately backfire, and then end completely clean. He had several color changes where you would show a copper coin, wipe it to a brass coin, wipe again to a silver dollar as you pick it up and show both sides … a lot of cute little things like that.

Cerberus is a double shell gimmick, the first shell being the silver dollar, of course. The second shell is brass, and the last coin is copper. Actually this last coin is a c/s coin, allowing you to show both sides of the silver dollar when nested.

I am sure that you will agree that this is another “limited only by your imagination” type gaffs.

Cerberus comes with my absolutely utmost precision made gaffs and the 3 matching ungaffed, pristine coins. This Deluxe version has a matching Chinese Coin and shell that can be used to replace the Victorian Crown if desired or as a stand alone Chinese Coin.

Routines Online:

• International 3-Fly.
• International Coins Through table.
• International Matrix Routines.
• Merlin the Alchemist.
• And other variations of these themes.

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