Price$85.00
Media TypeDVD, Utility Props
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedFeb 06, 2013
The Undercover Wallet
Nicholls, Andy
Titanas
(Based on 1 review)
Dimensions Approximately: Closed - 4" x 5" Open - 4" x 10"
Reviews
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Titanas has re-released Andy Nicholl's undercover wallet. I really like this product. I love the card to wallet effect, it is one of those tricks that really resonate and stick with people.
So the wallet looks like a normal wallet and functions like a real wallet as well. This is a huge selling point for me. In my area the large breast coat wallets that are large enough for a check book are used by old men and women. It needs to look natural or the they may suspect the wallet. In this case, the wallet looks completely normal.
To give you the run down it is a black bi-fold wallet with a change purse on the outside, 2 long pockets for paper money, and 4 pockets on either side. The zipper compartment is in the back money pocket and it also comes with a small wallet for your business cards. There are no clear window pockets, and the zipper or the change pocket really couldn't hold change but other than that it is solid enough to be used as your every day wallet. Tony Curtis is well known for his fine craftsmanship with leather.
So as far as secret features go it has 2 ways to load a card into the wallet. Either into the zippered compartment or the business card holder. You can use both of these as practically full peeks as well. I plan on using the business card holder as a peek device and the zipper as the card to wallet. Unfortunately I can't figure out a way to adapt this wallet to work with an effect like Kollassal Killer without changing the method slightly.
The instruction video is kind of bare bones. Peter Eggink takes us through all of the features of the wallet demonstrating the no palm methods to get a card in the wallet, the ways to steal the card as well as peek a card. He discloses a new peek that can be used with this wallet after the card is placed inside the card holder and the small wallet is placed inside the large wallet. It is fairly deceptive. No palm techniques are demonstrated and no full routines are performed. I would have liked to see at least one full routine and/or a live performance.
There is also a PDF included from the original release of the wallet. The original used a snap to close the wallet where as the new one does not, none of the pictures or descriptions have been updated since the first release. The PDF is helpful when it comes to some of the routines and does help with the palming method. There is a certain tip that helps with the no palming method quite a lot involving a gag card that I have used but for the most part both the DVD and the PDF left me wanting.
I will use this wallet, it is well made. It's a little expensive and the instructions lacked a lot so I'll drop it a bit but for those experienced magicians out there looking for a good wallet, this is one.
So the wallet looks like a normal wallet and functions like a real wallet as well. This is a huge selling point for me. In my area the large breast coat wallets that are large enough for a check book are used by old men and women. It needs to look natural or the they may suspect the wallet. In this case, the wallet looks completely normal.
To give you the run down it is a black bi-fold wallet with a change purse on the outside, 2 long pockets for paper money, and 4 pockets on either side. The zipper compartment is in the back money pocket and it also comes with a small wallet for your business cards. There are no clear window pockets, and the zipper or the change pocket really couldn't hold change but other than that it is solid enough to be used as your every day wallet. Tony Curtis is well known for his fine craftsmanship with leather.
So as far as secret features go it has 2 ways to load a card into the wallet. Either into the zippered compartment or the business card holder. You can use both of these as practically full peeks as well. I plan on using the business card holder as a peek device and the zipper as the card to wallet. Unfortunately I can't figure out a way to adapt this wallet to work with an effect like Kollassal Killer without changing the method slightly.
The instruction video is kind of bare bones. Peter Eggink takes us through all of the features of the wallet demonstrating the no palm methods to get a card in the wallet, the ways to steal the card as well as peek a card. He discloses a new peek that can be used with this wallet after the card is placed inside the card holder and the small wallet is placed inside the large wallet. It is fairly deceptive. No palm techniques are demonstrated and no full routines are performed. I would have liked to see at least one full routine and/or a live performance.
There is also a PDF included from the original release of the wallet. The original used a snap to close the wallet where as the new one does not, none of the pictures or descriptions have been updated since the first release. The PDF is helpful when it comes to some of the routines and does help with the palming method. There is a certain tip that helps with the no palming method quite a lot involving a gag card that I have used but for the most part both the DVD and the PDF left me wanting.
I will use this wallet, it is well made. It's a little expensive and the instructions lacked a lot so I'll drop it a bit but for those experienced magicians out there looking for a good wallet, this is one.