Okay guys, I'm getting the Victorian Close-Up Pad for Christmas. Anyone here who has it please tell me your complete thoughts on the quality, feel, and durability of the pad. I want to know what I'm getting. And I'm very much excited as well.
Ive only seen 1 video and a thread talking about the pad, but never went into ANY detail on it. If there has been a thread on this before, I'm sorry.
[And I got the 3rd to the last one available (lucky me)]
Cheers,
Perceptiv3
Great quality. Overall it's pretty heavy, a sturdy thing. Please be aware that there is absolutely no chance you're going to be using this professionally for walkaround magic, none at all. You *might* use it for a sit down private performance, or maybe on stage with a camera. Otherwise, it's basically a practice surface only.
As far as feel goes, it has a velvety feel. One important thing to note, there's something you'll have to get used to - it's made out of that material where, if you stroke it one way, it feels like silk, and if you stroke it the other way, you can feel the individual bristles standing up.
Durability, it's fine as long as you have properly manicured fingers. If you're the next Darwin Ortiz and practice gambling moves 15 hours a day, you might be worried, otherwise, it's fine.
If you have any other questions feel free to let me know, I have one and I love it. Expensive, yes, but... Honestly, I don't mind things that are expensive if they're good quality, which this is, and I'd only spend the money on new magic material anyway, which I don't need. So it's a good investment for me.