For the last two weeks since I live really close to davenports magic shop I have been going down there getting some cards and just talking with the people there and seeing and performing magic. I was wondering has the magician going to a magic shop "tradition" just faded? In all honestly, I order stuff from the internet, but only if I go and ask the guys at davenports if they have the book,dvd playing card etc etc.
In my opinion going to the magic shop and asking fellow magicians about products is way better then seeing a trailer that has been edited and given the most best description ever, I know what you are thinking, the people selling at davenports (or any magic shop) would say positive stuff about a product and removing any negatives, Well if thats the case then the store is not the best, I remember I went for the first time to davenports planning to get card college and 3 bicycle decks, a man behind the till came up to be and said that the latest shipment of bicycle cards are off centered and battered by some issue in the shipping, he recommended tally hos since then I knew I was home.
Yesterday, Friday, A little kid thought I was working there and asked me to do some magic so I agreed and did a ambitious card routine I was working on and it was my first time performing it, thats what I am talking about a magic shop is like a society without being a member, the davenports lecture room is beautiful seriously if you live in the uk TRY GOING DOWN THERE, posters of Paul Daniels, Dai Vernon, Chung ling soo from wall to wall, stunning.
Oh and the BEST feeling, Walking down the high street with a bag saying DAVENPORTS MAGIC SHOP and seeing another with a bag and just smiling at them...
So has this " tradition " faded from the magical world?
In my opinion going to the magic shop and asking fellow magicians about products is way better then seeing a trailer that has been edited and given the most best description ever, I know what you are thinking, the people selling at davenports (or any magic shop) would say positive stuff about a product and removing any negatives, Well if thats the case then the store is not the best, I remember I went for the first time to davenports planning to get card college and 3 bicycle decks, a man behind the till came up to be and said that the latest shipment of bicycle cards are off centered and battered by some issue in the shipping, he recommended tally hos since then I knew I was home.
Yesterday, Friday, A little kid thought I was working there and asked me to do some magic so I agreed and did a ambitious card routine I was working on and it was my first time performing it, thats what I am talking about a magic shop is like a society without being a member, the davenports lecture room is beautiful seriously if you live in the uk TRY GOING DOWN THERE, posters of Paul Daniels, Dai Vernon, Chung ling soo from wall to wall, stunning.
Oh and the BEST feeling, Walking down the high street with a bag saying DAVENPORTS MAGIC SHOP and seeing another with a bag and just smiling at them...
So has this " tradition " faded from the magical world?