What's this gimmick?

[MagicShadow9]

My dad recently went to china, and he decided to buy some magic for me there. He brought back some gimmicks that the magic shop owner said "any good magician should recognize these gimmicks."

One was WOW, the other was an optic wallet. But there's one gimmick that has me stumped. It's a little reel like the ones used for keys and id cards. It can hook onto a belt loop. There's what looks like fishing line coming out of it, and there's a small magnet (covered with some plastic) on the end. It can be pulled out, but if you let go, the wire snaps back.

I've been fiddling around with this for hours and i still can't figure out what it's suppose to do. If anyone can PM me about what this is suppose to do, please do. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[OpticalDelusionist]

Sounds kind of like the Raven to me, but I'm not very knowlegeable, so don't bet on it.

 

[Dockada]

i Concur, sounds like the raven

 

[tally-ho]

it sounds just like your basic pulley system. try out some coin vanishes.

 

[MagicShadow9]

Ya, but i don't know where to hook it up and how to use it. Do i run it through my sleeves or something?

 

[tally-ho]

Ya, but i don't know where to hook it up and how to use it. Do i run it through my sleeves or something?

I would try running it through your sleeves or clip it behind you on a belt.

 

[Sam Hardy]

it sounds just like your basic pulley system. try out some coin vanishes.

I was thinking along the same lines.

I've always wanted one, there are some really beautiful vanishes using pulleys.

Enjoy.

- Sam H

 

[True2Coins]

Do whatever you want with it. There are those new sticky dots out on the market now. You can stick one of those to the end of it and use it to vanish not magnetic items and then the magnet will take care of magnetic items. You can also use it to cleanly switch in and out different things.

 

[MagicShadow9]

Thanks for the help guys.

I tried hooking it onto my belt and running it up my sleeve. But i don't know how to palm the magnet cuz it's like only 1 cm in diameter. And

 

[tally-ho]

Thanks for the help guys.

I tried hooking it onto my belt and running it up my sleeve. But i don't know how to palm the magnet cuz it's like only 1 cm in diameter. And

try to thumb clip it.

 

[TheBlack&WhiteIllusionist]

I use to have something very very cheap like this when I was a little younger. It was fun using it to tell people "Here, take the dollar." and watching it snap out of their hands and back to mine.

 

[tally-ho]

I use to have something very very cheap like this when I was a little younger. It was fun using it to tell people "Here, take the dollar." and watching it snap out of their hands and back to mine.

That's where I remembered it from! I loved that thing.

 

[Ramo D.]

hasnt this been posted before?

 

[MaGiK Man]

as said before, sounds a heck of a lot like a ravan

 

[JDENredden]

A Reel Raven, maybe.

JDEN

 

[TheBlack&WhiteIllusionist]

That's where I remembered it from! I loved that thing.

Let me tell ya, if that thing had an Adam West style Batman logo on it, i'd probably still have it.

 

[James Smith]

Could be the raven, or possibly the Gecko/Dragon.

 

[ajp500]

Every good magcian does not need gimmicks.

I mean c'mon you don't know a gimmick makes you a bad magicain?? I don't agree with that dealer.

Sounds like the raven.

 

[MagicShadow9]

Edit: I misread the last guy's statement. Sorry.

 

[ajp500]

Omg there's so many things wrong with what you just said. Gimmicks definitely does not make you a bad magician. If that were true, we wouldn't have any good magicians at all. In fact, you're saying that David Blaine, Dai Vernon, David Copperfield, Bill Malone, Michael Ammar, Daniel Madison, Vito Lupo, Kostya Kimlat, Steve Fearson, Bob Kohler, Dan Hauss, Aaron Fisher, Harry Lorayne, John Bannon, Jay Sankey, Richard Sanders, Derren Brown, Chris Kenner, Homer Liwag, Paul Harris, Bro Gilbert, Wayne Houchin, Daryl, Levent, Joshua Jay, Dan and Dave, Chad Nelson and every other professional magician out there are bad magicians. All of these magicians have used the invisible deck, a svengali deck, an expanded shell, or invisible thread some time in their career.

Gimmicks don't necessarily make you a bad magician. People who hate gimmicks think they are cheating and make our jobs easier. These are the same people who think that Dan and Dave tricks are the only tricks that are good. There are some tricks that are simply impossible without gimmicks. What you don't realize is that magic isn't about the tricks, it's about the audience. You have to do what the audience wants. And honestly, do you think that an audience would like Subway better that Extreme Burn?

Just my 2 cents

Re-read what i said, i said just because you DON'T know a gimmick makes you a bad magicains, so before wasting time typing understand what said.