Hi,

I just bought the Russian wallet, and I must this is really a very practical item. You can vanished a coin or ring via your favourite method (TT, coin-fold, etc), and the coin or ring will reappear in a folded handkerchief inside a nest of wallets!

The loading of the coin or ring into the wallet is super, super easy :). No difficult or strange hand movements. Therefore, you can really focus on the presentation, rather than fumbling the coin or ring.

You will receive the nicely made wallets, the handkerchief and of course, the instructions. Seriously, the only bad thing about this item is the instructions. The pictures were printed in a very vague manner. It took me a while to figure out how this worked, at the same time, struggling to follow the instructions.

However, please do not be scared off by my remarks about the instructions. It should be quite easy to work on this item even with the vague pictures on the instruction sheet given.

There are countless coin or ring to wallet, ring flights etc in the market. But I found the Russian wallet to be very simple and easy to use. It can be fully examined after the effect, even though it cannot be examined before the effect. But who cares? ;) If you are looking for a ring or coin to wallet, you can seriously consider the Russian wallet.

Yujie

You can check this old thread too.

Can I ask, can the spectator themselves unopen the wallets and take the ring out themselves?

And,

How reset-able is it?

Hmmm.....no, they can't open all the wallets. However, you can open the last wallet, and let them take out the handkerchief. They can unfold the handkerchief, and find their ring or coin inside ^_^

Yujie

You can reset at the same time when you put the wallets back. There is no gimmicks in the wallet. Once you produce the item, you can let them handle the wallets freely.

I sorta thought the hanky looks kinda, out of place with the wallet. But okay, thanks for the replies.

I might be getting that soon enough.

Hmm...do not worry, it will not look out of place ^_^ a signed coin to a folded hankerchief, inside a nest of 3 wallets. Killer B)

The effect certainly sounds good, and I've heard plenty of good reviews about it. This item has been in my wishlist for a very long time. The only thing that stops me from getting it is because I do more stage magic than closeup!

Okay one more question Bernard/ Yujie, is it possibe show the wallet as it is before you start the trick?

Cos most ring flight kind of effects you are able to show the item as it is in the end and i think that makes it alittle more open.

You can't show. Unless you want to show the wallet and then put it back into your wallet. You need to load the item while the wallet is in the pocket.

But then again, you don't really have to show the wallet before the effect.

I agreed that it is not necessary to show the wallet in the beginning. A wallet is a wallet, nothing fishy about it. We are performing; we know the secret, which is why you might be feeling 'guilty' or 'fishy' about the wallet. However, to the audience, they have just seen you showing them a wallet. That's it. You can show the back of the wallet but not the front. No worries about that. After the coin/ring is revealed, you can let them inspect it.

I performed this on Wednesday, and I loaded a flash paper in the handkerchief. I used the flash paper coin fold method to 'vanish' the coin, and for the revelation part, the coin is loaded in a nest of three wallets, then in the folded handkerchief, then finally, in the folded flash paper. The flash paper was ignited, and voila! The coin is revealed ^_^

If you die die want to show the wallet, go custom make a duplicate, If there's a will, there's a way. You don't have to rely on the original routine if you think your addition will enhance the effect.

No its not that I am guilty about it being gaffy, and wants to show it to be ungaffed. Its more of showing it and putting back in the pocket, so the spectator knows that the wallet is involved. Its more preferable to me than suddenly bringing out a wallet from nowhere, which whould probably confuse the spect.

Hi,

That's a good question. For example, if you 'steal' the coin via coin fold method, your hand will be in French drop position. Subsequently, you will bring down your hand into your bag or pocket, and load the coin into the wallet. You will then bring up the wallet, show it, but you can only show the back of the wallet. After the coin is revealed, you can let them inspect the wallet.

I was playing with this thing last night, and I thought that if I have to lower my hand to reach for the wallet (in order to load the coin), will it arouse suspicion? Then, I experimented with another way is to bring out the wallet in the very beginning. And load the coin in front of the spectator (with the covering of the wallet, and of course with some patter) without going back to my pocket or bag. I felt that this is workable. Any thought on this for those who owned the Russian wallet?