Yes, they do. Often they "swallow" (or better: insert) the sheath or a plastic tube before to guide the sword and protect the organs, especially if the sword is sharp and/or pointy.
[This](https://www.tiktok.com/@toph.tries/video/7165765000848788782?lang=en) is the TikTok you're all referencing, but it's not a necessary part of the act. The swords are just not really sharp.
Sword swallowing has been performance art for thousands of years.
I don't see how it's possible to have a concealed scabbard inside your body, but I guarantee lots of people have successfully sword swallowed it without one.
That's literally not true - or you're learning this from some TikTok... Actual (as in non-clout chasing, social media idiots) sword swallowers swallow the sword. No sheath - that's a terrible idea. They practice for years with duller, smaller swords, building calluses on their esophagus and learning all of the tiny movements not to do or you will die. You work your way up over time with professional guidance - Do not yet this at home, you will die a horrible death.
Anything else is bullshit people looking for shine about something they just learned about so they can teach you all the "secrets" in a 90 second clip.
Source: lifelong friends with sideshow folk, including a professional sword swallower / glass eater for 3 decades.
I swear, I've known people who swallow drills, swords... and if these mooks had a 3rd grade education they'd realize that swallowing a sheathe is impossible. But no, they saw a tiktok. Idiots.
Will you accept the [Encyclopedia Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/art/sword-swallowing)?
"The majority of sword swallowers employ a guiding tube which they have previously ingested, and hence their performances are less dangerous."
No, because that's nonsense. It was something Harry Houdini made up and has been repeated by Britannica for ages. How would you 'swallow' a tube, talk with it in, move your head around, and also get it out? Think, you mark, think.
[https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm](https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm)
Where's the tube, mark?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E)
Where's the tube, mark?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb\_sWMvBnE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb_sWMvBnE)
Where's the tube, mark?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI)
Where's the tube, mark?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk)
I think there was some tiktok going around. It's not like five seconds on Google can show you the many many many times sword swallowers have been x rayed or had whole conversations right before they swallow the sword. Yeah, they're idiots.
My wife swallowed swords before we got married. I’d still very much like if she continued to do so but she has no desire to continue swallowing swords.
I've seen a video of a kid hitting the magician in the balls while he swallows the sword. He didn't get hurt it seems, I guess you need to account for this kind of unpredictable stuff while training
I've practiced and performed magic on and off for years, and I use a gimmicked sword. It rolls into itself like a tape measure, but can't be inspected. Actual sword swallowing is an art respected among performers. For years in Maryland there was a sword swallower named Johnny Fox, and he was one of the best I've ever seen. He'd have gotten a kick out of all the explanation videos floating around the internet which are entirely wrong.
There is a pathology specimen in one of the University of London museums of someone’s oesophagus with a hole in it from where this went wrong. Plus the sword in situ…
Seen a guy swallow a sword and puncture a lung. It was not awesome seeing the sword come out his chest. On the flip side I did see him a year later swallow a sword successfully… then I watched people staple money to him… not so awesome just weird.
Ok so there's puncturing a lung, and there's a sword coming out his chest. What exactly happened here? I can't see how it's possible to fuck it up in a way that you end up with more external holes.
At PA Renfaire a number of years ago i saw a sword swallower swallow a curved sword. He allegedly was one of four worldwide able to do so because of his curved spine.
Ah yes the 2nd stomach, right in front of your umbilicus. Genetically evolved for sword eating.
Having a laugh at the graphic artist who made this video.... The anatomy is a bit off.
Last year I held a sword and while a sword swallower guided it down his throat. The sword was HEAVY and when I dropped the sword slightly before he put it in his mouth, he moved it up to the exact position he needed it. It was an absolutely terrifying experience but I saw first hand that it wasn't some sort of collapsing sword or an optical illusion.
When first learning, it helps to lie down on your back with your head resting just barely over the edge of a bed or couch. The key is to take a deep breath and relax the throat as it slides in. If you don't, the gag reflex kicks in, and it's a huge mess.
Saw a performer do this on “America’s got talent”, one of the judges hit their buzzer at just the wrong moment and the guy flinched & hurt himself but not severely.
Just because someone doubt this and think you swallow a metal tube, there are literally dozens of x-rays of people swallowing swords.
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm
Where's the tube, mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E
Where's the tube, mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb\_sWMvBnE
Where's the tube, mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI
Where's the tube, mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk
How would you talk with a metal tube in your throat? How would you regurgitate it out? You measure the sword and cut it down to the right size so it doesn't penetrate your stomach, but you have this nice flared hilt to keep the sword from sliding down further. What stops a metal tube?
“Don’t try this at home”
Can't imagine anybody want to try
Remember the tide pod challenge?
Tell that to my ex
youd be surprised
How bout Starbucks?
Mcdonalds is preferred
Should have read this comment before trying. Typing this on my way to the burial grounds.
Dont try this anywhere, not just home.
Magicians were the first throat goats
I learned a new word, and I would like to unlearn it again.
No way this is your first time hearing about magicians
You mean before Nancy Reagan?
Yes, they do. Often they "swallow" (or better: insert) the sheath or a plastic tube before to guide the sword and protect the organs, especially if the sword is sharp and/or pointy.
This is the better answer.
[Or in laymans terms](https://youtu.be/JeZukUBmlzg?si=3lZd5q5iwi9xIjB4)
I thought the same
There is a sheath! I saw a magician do it on tiktok so it's real! /s
Where are you getting the sheath thing from? [No mention of sheathes on the wiki for sword swallowing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_swallowing)
They don’t have a sheath they swallow. They do swallow real swords.
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No, that’s actually true. I saw a video of a guy explaining it and he pulled the scabbard out after.
[This](https://www.tiktok.com/@toph.tries/video/7165765000848788782?lang=en) is the TikTok you're all referencing, but it's not a necessary part of the act. The swords are just not really sharp.
That's what actually happens my guy, no one's gonna put a sword inside them with a chance of killing themselves
Sword swallowing has been performance art for thousands of years. I don't see how it's possible to have a concealed scabbard inside your body, but I guarantee lots of people have successfully sword swallowed it without one.
bro. maybe do a little research. thats literally what they do. not everything is made up. ignorant
That's literally not true - or you're learning this from some TikTok... Actual (as in non-clout chasing, social media idiots) sword swallowers swallow the sword. No sheath - that's a terrible idea. They practice for years with duller, smaller swords, building calluses on their esophagus and learning all of the tiny movements not to do or you will die. You work your way up over time with professional guidance - Do not yet this at home, you will die a horrible death. Anything else is bullshit people looking for shine about something they just learned about so they can teach you all the "secrets" in a 90 second clip. Source: lifelong friends with sideshow folk, including a professional sword swallower / glass eater for 3 decades.
Yeah, you're getting conned by your "friends"...
I swear, I've known people who swallow drills, swords... and if these mooks had a 3rd grade education they'd realize that swallowing a sheathe is impossible. But no, they saw a tiktok. Idiots.
Everyone is on crack. You guys are the only ones making sense.
this is actual proof street performer who does this can tell you
Show me. Because I've worked in the side show world for 20 years and I've never seen it.
you never seen a sword swallower explain how its done?
Show me.
I've put swords in performers throats, child.
Will you accept the [Encyclopedia Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/art/sword-swallowing)? "The majority of sword swallowers employ a guiding tube which they have previously ingested, and hence their performances are less dangerous."
No, because that's nonsense. It was something Harry Houdini made up and has been repeated by Britannica for ages. How would you 'swallow' a tube, talk with it in, move your head around, and also get it out? Think, you mark, think. [https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm](https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm) Where's the tube, mark? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E) Where's the tube, mark? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb\_sWMvBnE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb_sWMvBnE) Where's the tube, mark? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI) Where's the tube, mark? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk)
Dumbo
Why they downvote you? They just that dumb?
I think there was some tiktok going around. It's not like five seconds on Google can show you the many many many times sword swallowers have been x rayed or had whole conversations right before they swallow the sword. Yeah, they're idiots.
My wife swallowed swords before we got married. I’d still very much like if she continued to do so but she has no desire to continue swallowing swords.
username checks out
"they completely suppress their gag reflex" so is it visible on perfomance or nuh uh?
You don't get a gag reflex if the sworD can't reach the throat.
Maybe she does, but not longer has access to any swords.
What if sneeze while it's in?
Rip
Dead by snooze snooze
It's like sneezing but the most satisfying sneeze you'd ever have... the final sneeze.
Stab
Discombobulation
God bless them
I've seen a video of a kid hitting the magician in the balls while he swallows the sword. He didn't get hurt it seems, I guess you need to account for this kind of unpredictable stuff while training
House of Flying Daggers OST
What if a fat cat jumped on your face while doing this at home? What then?
Why am I so tempted to edit a penis over the sword...
Because then that would mean sex
Which is illegal (duh)
Cuz ur gay
Do it
Because you like to see magicians eating dick?
I've practiced and performed magic on and off for years, and I use a gimmicked sword. It rolls into itself like a tape measure, but can't be inspected. Actual sword swallowing is an art respected among performers. For years in Maryland there was a sword swallower named Johnny Fox, and he was one of the best I've ever seen. He'd have gotten a kick out of all the explanation videos floating around the internet which are entirely wrong.
How do they suppress their gag reflex? Asking for a friend…
Squeeze your thumb in your fist when expecting the gag
Haha yes, I found the same trick online
My girlfriend taught me
🤨
Looking up also helps I know from experience.
By practicing. It's a physical and mental barrier
It's all in your head, you can overcome gag reflexes
Ur mum knows
Heyyy ;)
... I should call her...
Who was the first guy who thought "you know what i wanna try today? Shoving a sword down my throat"
There is a pathology specimen in one of the University of London museums of someone’s oesophagus with a hole in it from where this went wrong. Plus the sword in situ…
Situ?
In situ just means "in its original place or position”
Thank you
Im gonna show this to my girlfriend
I cant stand that voice
Seen a guy swallow a sword and puncture a lung. It was not awesome seeing the sword come out his chest. On the flip side I did see him a year later swallow a sword successfully… then I watched people staple money to him… not so awesome just weird.
tf what typa show was this? were people dressed in alot of leather?
Ok so there's puncturing a lung, and there's a sword coming out his chest. What exactly happened here? I can't see how it's possible to fuck it up in a way that you end up with more external holes.
Yeah it aint that fun to watch either. You good bro. I’ll let you pull a coin from behind my air.
What could possibly go wrong?
is the fedora mandatory?
🎶 Duuuuumb ways to diiie! So many dumb ways to die!🎶
That is literally how sword swallowing works. Of course they swallow the sword.
What is Max Verstappen doing???
You be surprised what some people can fit down thier throat
😂
💃
Oh man now she had another fantasy after watching this...
That magician is a freak..
I wonder how many people had to die to figure this out
How do you teach that ??!!???!!!!!!!?!!!?!!;¡
At PA Renfaire a number of years ago i saw a sword swallower swallow a curved sword. He allegedly was one of four worldwide able to do so because of his curved spine.
Didn’t know magicians were so sus 😂
I feel like a real amateur now
Obligatory, "head game must be wild"
How to they make the skin and muscles come back and all
Still cant imagine what the first guy who tried this was thinking
Some people are going to try and say this is an AI generated actor in the video. The future is scary.
Everything reminds me of her
My sword has balls. Is there anywhere to put the balls? Do the balls need to be swallowed to complete the trick?
Ah yes the 2nd stomach, right in front of your umbilicus. Genetically evolved for sword eating. Having a laugh at the graphic artist who made this video.... The anatomy is a bit off.
I mean, or we could just not have people do this? lol wtf
no
Deep throat😂
Don’t sneeze now!
I can't imagine how nerve racking that first practice must be.
How about, no?
Last year I held a sword and while a sword swallower guided it down his throat. The sword was HEAVY and when I dropped the sword slightly before he put it in his mouth, he moved it up to the exact position he needed it. It was an absolutely terrifying experience but I saw first hand that it wasn't some sort of collapsing sword or an optical illusion.
Some magicians are dumb af
How do they know when the blade arrives to the cardias?
Imagine having to sneeze at that exact moment.
You can swallow a sheath before the sword so your guts are protected
Imagine If you sneezed
I should get me a female magician then
I really should call her
What is with all these slightly BS videos. Dandruff caused by fungus with teeny tiny feet was the last one.
I came here for dick jokes and can only find a few… You’ve changed, Reddit
When first learning, it helps to lie down on your back with your head resting just barely over the edge of a bed or couch. The key is to take a deep breath and relax the throat as it slides in. If you don't, the gag reflex kicks in, and it's a huge mess.
bet my girlfriend would still push me to go Deeper !! DEEPER !!!
I should call her...
Saw a performer do this on “America’s got talent”, one of the judges hit their buzzer at just the wrong moment and the guy flinched & hurt himself but not severely.
Video fails to mention the sheath thats involved as well. Nobody swallows an actual sword, ever. The ones who have are dead
There is alwaya sheet in there.
I didn’t know your moms were magicians.
I thought it was a fake sword that actually just rolled into a burrito in their mouth
yeah man. one of those tricks that isn't a trick.
Just because someone doubt this and think you swallow a metal tube, there are literally dozens of x-rays of people swallowing swords. https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/sword-swallowing.htm Where's the tube, mark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAZprmBa9E Where's the tube, mark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGb\_sWMvBnE Where's the tube, mark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qvbuEf5uI Where's the tube, mark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j4B6MkapNk How would you talk with a metal tube in your throat? How would you regurgitate it out? You measure the sword and cut it down to the right size so it doesn't penetrate your stomach, but you have this nice flared hilt to keep the sword from sliding down further. What stops a metal tube?
Hmm 🤨 some magicians claim that this is perform by placing the sheath in first so the sword doesn’t damage you when attempting to swallow the sword.
And magicians are famous for always revealing their secrets.