What magic items do you carry

[Creepy_illusionist]

just wondering what props do you guys carry around when your out and about.i just usually take some cards with some extra dupes, a trick sharpie,a invisible deck, rubberbands on my wrist, some liquify gimmicks, and that pretty much it it. let me know your answers below.

 

[D ICE R]

I have started to make a conscience effort to not carry cards with me, so now I carry a pen and a few billets.

I also carry a Ring Flight Revolution just because it has been on my key ring for 3 years.

 

[Bizzaro]

Deck of cards and a thumbtip. "Impromptu" magic HOOOOOOOO!!

 

[JFergz]

This is what I carry, along with how I carry them

Over shirt Top Pocket 1: Normal deck of cards
Over shirt Top Pocket 2: Invisible Deck with pen for Greg Wilson's Pointless
Left Pants Pocket: Keys for Greg Wilson's Freakey
Right Pants Pocket: Two Sharpies (One Gimmicked and one normal)
Left Back Pocket: Ropes for Richard Sanders' Fiber Optics
Right Back Pocket: Wallet (which is a Card To Wallet) with Extreme Burn inside plus other everyday stuff on the outside.

This seems like a lot in words but if you own or know about these effects, you would know these props are small, lightweight and very pocket space friendly.

 

[DannyT]

Usually a loop and a deck.

 

[Josh Burch]

2 or 3 decks of cards.
Kollassal Killer
And what ever I'm working on

 

[Kim Cardashian]

Two deck of cards, I like to perform with my black guardian bicycles, but if I want to perform Panic by aaron fisher Ive to use red bicycles. Some mentalism cards that I set up, rubber bands on my hands and napkins for watermark by mathiu bich

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

I have Kollasal Killer set up in my wallet, with a gimmicked coin as well. I semi-frequently carry cards as well. Otherwise, I make stuff up as I go.

I occasionally carry a loop, but most of my PK stuff is impromptu.

I really do try to do impromptu stuff, so I don't carry much with me. Also, I hate having really full pockets.

 

[thageek]

Invisible Deck, 1 Deck and Dresscode

 

[Mat La Vore]

I also carry a Ring Flight Revolution just because it has been on my key ring for 3 years.

Me too. It's so good. I love my RFR.

My keyring has Ring Flight Revolution on it, and my daily wallet is the Super Slim Hip Pocket Mullica Wallet, and inside are some gimmicked bills for a Dan Harlan effect, business cards, and some Loops. So just grabbing my regular keys and wallet I have a few nice items to perform with.

But aside from that if I'm going out there are normally four things in my pockets that are all light to carry and always serve me well:

deck of cards
billet paper
Super Sharpie
Quantum Bender

 

[Craig Browning]

Deck of cards and a thumbtip. "Impromptu" magic HOOOOOOOO!!

Ignoring the fact that Bizzaro is an old (OLD) pro now days, what he says here speaks great wisdom. . . having pockets bulging with junk makes one look a fool and worse, it reinforces a very negative "geek" stereotype when it comes to magic lovers.

Bizzaro has given you the list most magic lovers should aspire to, maybe with the addition of some coinage. . . but then I love coin magic.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF. . . first of all, you need to learn to slap you hand and keep your top shelf stuff at home and separate from the simpler material you do when opportunity shows itself. Look at your pocket stuff as the teaser such as a movie trailer would be, leaving the good stuff for when the pay-check is presented. Be a prostitute who gets paid for doing tricks vs. a whore that does tricks for free. . . a rude way of seeing things, but truthful when you think about it.

The real challenge is something one of my teachers got me into; you take one specific thing, such as coins, and create a solid 20-Minute set working only with coins or a coin. Break that set down so that you can readily break it up when the time comes, mixing it with other material. Write it all out so you have an actual, well thought out program including patter.

Now, do the same thing with a different medium such as Rope or Shoe Laces or items you know you can borrow off the typical person. . . look at basic slight-of-hand and how you can use it with borrowed items, creating working sequences with said items.

The list of things we can challenge ourselves with is practically infinite, but the act of setting time aside to work out this sort of 20-minute program each week with different items, will help us to not be co-dependent on a pocket filled with stuff. More importantly, it is the type of exercise that allows us to actually become MAGICIANS vs. being someone that does tricks. . . let me clarify.

The day you can deliver a fun one hour show totally impromptu/improvised is the day you have officially earned your chops and thus, the title of Magician. I say this because of what I've seen living legends pull off at the drop of a hat as well as the tales tied to individuals like John Calvert and Johnny Thompson.

While this challenge can be a bit confounding for those that do conventional magic there is absolutely no reason for students of Mentalism to have difficulty pulling off such a challenge. Mentalism was originally designed with the idea of being minimalistic and while there are some books out there encouraging work whilst unclothed I can assure you, the resources and ability to do so have been around for a very long time; well before the idea of Psychological Forces came into general knowledge let alone the various psychological tactics that have surfaced in the past decade.

As to the Original Question. . . I rarely leave home without my butterfly pad and a pencil or two. I might have a pendulum on me and when I do, it's usually a Teakwood Owl named Mao Tue (those in the know will recognize this). Because I'm known for doing Readings I do have a small bag that carries a Tarot Deck, business cards and some brochures, but I don't consider that to be one in the same when it comes to performance (understand, I'm in a wheelchair so having bags strapped and hanging is only natural)

 

[Randy]

Depends on what I have decided to do that day. Usually it's 3 coins and a deck of cards and that's pretty much it.

 

[Josh Burch]

great advice Craig

 

[ArmanMagic]

I used to fill my pockets with 3 decks of cards and two of were usually trick decks. I've grown out of that and just bring a regular of bicycle cards with duplicates. I also usually carry:
Left pocket: Coins, rubberband and deck.
right pocket: iPod touch with iPredict+, iForce, and card2phone and a sharpie.
Right back pocket: wallet with business cards and loops
Left back pocket: occasionally an omni deck.

As you can see I don't really bring anything that really random to have in your pockets, from the spectators point of view, like rope and sponge balls. I usually just keep it plain and simple. I sometimes also have dresscode set-up when the weather isn't that hot.

I also have been recently been carrying chapstick because I have a trick in which a spectator's card appears inside the chapstick.

 

[Leadsl]

deck of cards, regular wallet with some spare cards, a normal pen

 

[Josh Burch]

Does anybody do rubberband magic? I find that when I carry bands in my pocket or on my wrist they have a tendency to dry out and get a bit brittle. Do you have any ways to over come that?

 

[AdamF]

Does anybody do rubberband magic? I find that when I carry bands in my pocket or on my wrist they have a tendency to dry out and get a bit brittle. Do you have any ways to over come that?

Rubber bands on my wrist are the only magic related items I carry. I use these-> http://www.amazon.com/Alliance-Antimicrobial-Rubber-Inches-42649/dp/B0017TI7O4
They don't dry out and last forever, not to mention they're a vibrant color. I recommend them if you don't have them already.

 

[Mat La Vore]

Ignoring the fact that Bizzaro is an old (OLD) pro now days, what he says here speaks great wisdom. . . having pockets bulging with junk makes one look a fool and worse, it reinforces a very negative "geek" stereotype when it comes to magic lovers.

Bizzaro has given you the list most magic lovers should aspire to, maybe with the addition of some coinage. . . but then I love coin magic.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF. . . first of all, you need to learn to slap you hand and keep your top shelf stuff at home and separate from the simpler material you do when opportunity shows itself. Look at your pocket stuff as the teaser such as a movie trailer would be, leaving the good stuff for when the pay-check is presented. Be a prostitute who gets paid for doing tricks vs. a whore that does tricks for free. . . a rude way of seeing things, but truthful when you think about it.

The real challenge is something one of my teachers got me into; you take one specific thing, such as coins, and create a solid 20-Minute set working only with coins or a coin. Break that set down so that you can readily break it up when the time comes, mixing it with other material. Write it all out so you have an actual, well thought out program including patter.

Now, do the same thing with a different medium such as Rope or Shoe Laces or items you know you can borrow off the typical person. . . look at basic slight-of-hand and how you can use it with borrowed items, creating working sequences with said items.

The list of things we can challenge ourselves with is practically infinite, but the act of setting time aside to work out this sort of 20-minute program each week with different items, will help us to not be co-dependent on a pocket filled with stuff. More importantly, it is the type of exercise that allows us to actually become MAGICIANS vs. being someone that does tricks. . . let me clarify.

The day you can deliver a fun one hour show totally impromptu/improvised is the day you have officially earned your chops and thus, the title of Magician. I say this because of what I've seen living legends pull off at the drop of a hat as well as the tales tied to individuals like John Calvert and Johnny Thompson.

While this challenge can be a bit confounding for those that do conventional magic there is absolutely no reason for students of Mentalism to have difficulty pulling off such a challenge. Mentalism was originally designed with the idea of being minimalistic and while there are some books out there encouraging work whilst unclothed I can assure you, the resources and ability to do so have been around for a very long time; well before the idea of Psychological Forces came into general knowledge let alone the various psychological tactics that have surfaced in the past decade.

As to the Original Question. . . I rarely leave home without my butterfly pad and a pencil or two. I might have a pendulum on me and when I do, it's usually a Teakwood Owl named Mao Tue (those in the know will recognize this). Because I'm known for doing Readings I do have a small bag that carries a Tarot Deck, business cards and some brochures, but I don't consider that to be one in the same when it comes to performance (understand, I'm in a wheelchair so having bags strapped and hanging is only natural)

David Berglas's philosophy on magic is at the opposite end of your advice.

Interesting.

 

[PaperTreeProphet]

I really don't do any impromptu on go magic to random people, as magic is more a hobby to go along with years of being addicted to collecting cards. But as I've gotten more serious about magic recently, I have started carrying a few extra items with me, on top of deck I usually have anyways.

Left Wrist: 4 Rubber Bands + 2 Paper Clips - Right now just for Stairway, but working on learning more rubber band stuff. Its nice to branch out from just straight cards
Back Left Pocket: 10+ 12" Balloons - After having initially regretted Pressure, it has become my favorite starting trick, as you can do something innocuous as saying "Hey can I borrow your phone for a second?", instead of the antiquated "Want to see a magic trick?"
Back Right Pocket: Wallet w/Preloaded Prediction - I have gotten back into using the pen that can be erased with heat or friction to do an interesting little prediction effect, that I can set up for quickly while doing other card tricks.
Front Left Pocket: Card Signing Deck - I have developed my own version of the Ambitious card routine that I call the Attacking card routine, and I blow through some cards doing it, so I keep a brand new standard deck with me for the routine.
Front Right Pocket: My Marked Deck - This is what I do most of my tricks with, that don't require anyone to sign anything. It stays with a stack hidden two cards under the top and bottom, which allows me to show the deck at the start, and with a couple quick cuts, get it ready for the first trick, a 4 ace production that makes them feel like they are doing magic.

And that covers it for me; it seems like a lot, but I used to always carry a deck or two around with me as shuffling is like mood therapy for me, so everything else I've added in for magic, takes up almost no room. And if not for how labor intensive it is to create my marked deck, I would more than likely only keep one deck on me. But when it comes time for card signing, and eventual destruction, I do a quick deck switch to the new (well, broken in, but still new) deck.

 

[ilusiv3]

I usually carry:

-2 Decks, one with duplicates and one regular.
- 5 or more balloons for pressure.
- 3 Coins.
- 1 Sharpy

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