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-TORCH STYLES-
The following pictures of variations in torches were "borrowed" from Dube and Renegade Juggling Supply.
-Please check out their sites. After all, they did provide the pictures!
While these torches are for juggling, rather than fire-eating, there is some benefit to comparing them. The first two photos are Dube's. The third and fourth are Renegade's. Notice the ball on the end of the first and third. This ball is held in the closed fist, between the middle and ring finger, and the club "twirled", or swung in continuous circles. The clubs in the second and fourth pictures do not have this ball. These are for juggling, and the knobs that they do have are only to prevent the clubs from slipping out of grasp. The swinging torches are a bit longer than the juggling variety, with more open shaft area, and you will notice that Dube's is a bit slimmer and more streamlined. Renegade's version has a much heavier, square head, to hold more fuel and give off more flame. Notice also, the prominent screws on the head in the first picture. Although the other torches are turned so these screws are not visible, all have identical large screws. -The Renegade swinging torch (third picture) is different. the head is fastened by a screw going down through the center of the head, which is folded accordion-style, rather than wrapped around the shaft. None of these would be appropriate for fire-eating use. But twirling or juggling flaming clubs can be a very visual addition to any fire-eating performance.
Renegade also markets two sizes of "staff". I believe these are 3' and 4' long, respectively.
If you have juggling skills, you can also purchase (or make your own) flaming juggling balls. These are the commercial version (also from Renegade):
Please note that the use of all the above requires skills in juggling and torch-swinging. This is something not taught on these pages. Do not attempt to incorporate these into your fire-eating performance without first learning the techniques of juggling and swinging. While far less dangerous than fire-eating, professional juggling does require even more practice to master than fire-eating. Torch-juggling should only be attempted by experienced jugglers.
The following pictures are of Mephisto's own performance torches. These are the torches described in Tips Page 5 and Tips Page 8. All these torches have well-used heads. The first shows three of the larger head variety with custom lathe-turned handles, and four standard torches inside a tube with a belt-clip. The second picture shows the four standard torches. You will notice that the shafts are of two slightly different diameters.
The third picture shows the four torches connected together to create two long shafts with heads on both ends. The fifth torch in this picture is the one held between the teeth to light the other four.
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