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Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone would recommend any dvd's ,books or downloads with a few good routines with an Okito box.... any advice from you all would be very welcome. I can easily do coins thru hand and thru playing card box into glass..Okito box is a really good effect that i would love to utilise more. Thanks guys.

David Roth's 'Expert coin magic' (Richard Kaufman) has an extensive section on the okito box with plenty of moves and ideas. Well worth checking out!!

David Roth also has a video out with the Okito slot box...Nice....no, really nice....

Thanks a million guys.. i was actually thinking of buying Dave Roth's Dvd set. This is exactly the recommendation i needed. Do you ever use the Okito box yourselves?

I used to use it quite a lot - but don't anymore as it's not the type of thing I do. David Roth's stuff is really good. You'll also find a whole lot of stuff in Bobo's modern coin magic. Al Schneider also has some interesting routines with the okito box - if you're into coins, he's definitely somone to look into.

I use the 10p size and the full size with old English pennies. You can also make other objects vanish with one, like a ring...There is another nice piece with playing card. A coin goes into the box, is moved from one side of a playing card to another, and then when opened, the coin is gone and is found under the card. You can also make four coins travel up your arm and down into the other hand. Roth has some great stuff on coins across with the box.

Thanks DrTodd, like the idea of the coin under the card... what about a coin vanishes ..u pick up a pack of cards and place on the edge of a glass tumbler ..with the tap of a wand or finger....the coin drops into the glass!!! Cant wait to buy The roth dvd's...

The final edition of Amateur Magician's Handbook has a rather good Okito routine - the coins travel between two cups.

Can anyone suggest a way of stopping a brass box from tarnishing?



Barry

Here's a brief rundown of what you'll find in the 'Expert coin magic' book

165 Section Two: Coin Box Magic
167 Introduction to Section Two


168 Chapter 9
169 The Click Pass: an audible false placement of coin in box
171 Covered Click Pass: click pass using a stack of coins
173 Steals to Position: Left Hand steal #1 to fingertip rest; #2 to finger palm, #3 to edge grip; #4 to finger palm; Right hand steal #1 to finger palm, #2 to fingertip rest, #3 delayed steal to thumb base concealment or fingertip rest; #4 multiple steal to finger palm
180 Finger Base Click Pass: An audible false transfer to the box using a toss
182 Tabled Click Pass: on the table
184 The Bold Steal (and moves to various positions): the stack is dropped into the box, one is retained. Includes moves to position similar to "steals to position" above
187 Rim Steal No. 1: last coin is stolen while resting on edge of box
188 Rim Steal No. 2: as above
189 Rim Steal No. 3: as above
190 Stack Rim Steal No. 1: entire stack is stolen
191 Stack Rim Steal No. 2: as above, an easier, more concealed method
193 The Spillout Steal: steal a coin as they are dumped from the box
195 Lid Load No. 1: Coin is hidden under lid
196 Lid Load No. 2: as above
197 Repeat Lid Load: Reload the lid after revelation of first load
198 Loaded Lid Pickup: silently lift loaded lid off table
199 Lightning Turnover: a box turnover
201 Snap Turnover: an easy turnover
202 Table Turnover: while box is on table
204 Standard Turnover: two hand covered
205 Third Finger Turnover: approaching hand does flip
207 The Final Turnover: ending clean from the table
208 Shuttle Pass Box Switch: switch a Boston Box (or other) for Okito
209 Sweeplap Box Switch: switch using lapping
210 Roth/Kaps Box Switch: One hand on table
212 Sound Box Switch: as the lid is put back on...
215 Metamorphosis Box Switch (Opening Production No. 1): Box switch described with a four coin production
216 Opening Production No. 2 (The Boston Palm Load): Palm load described with a four coin production from the box
218 Opening Production No. 3: combination of switch and palm load with a production
219 Opening Production No. 4 (the Triple Load): Starts with one coin visible, which is dropped into the box and is joined by three others


221 Chapter 10
222 Out With Four: Coins are placed into the box and magically removed one at a time
226 Out With Five: As above, different method
228 Out In Out: A full length routine, starting similarly to Out With Five.
231 Coins Through Hand: (can be done following Out In Out): Needs Boston Box in addition to Okito
233 Four Halves to Four Dimes: Four half dollars become dimes. Uses box swtich
235 A Chinese Climax: Four Chinese coins are dumped from a box of halves.
236 Thumb Steal to Edge Grip: sleight to secretly remove all four coins
237 Out With Four A La Edge Grip: using the edge grip for Out With Four.
240 Copper Flight: Five methods to vanish a copper placed between two silvers in a box
242 Triple Change Climax: Silver Copper Silver stack changes to Copper Silver Copper stack, two methods
243 Copper/Silver for Magicians No. 1: Copper & Silver multiple transformations using 5 coins
244 Copper/Silver for Magicians No. 2: As above, using 2 copper, 2 silver
245 Three Silvers and One Copper: As above, using 3 silver, 2 copper
248 The Sokito Box: Using a solid Okito Box
249 Four Coin Transposition: Four silver placed in Boston Box. Four Chinese coins remain. They change places.
251 The Heavy Box Routine: long & perilous routine. Four halves placed into box and come out one at a time. Then they all jump in at once, and then transform into Chinese coins. Only 4 coins are ever seen, but all 9 are in your hands throughout the routine.
255 The Nokito Box: A routine using the Nokito box (no bottom). Three phases: Out With Four, coins through the hand, everything through the hand. All can be examined at the end.

Looking at the amount of people looking at this post there seems to be some interest in the Okito coin box. I have just received Ultimate coin magic vol two on Dvd. I believe the price was worth it just to see Mr Roth preform his magic...not alone to teach the step by step the killer routines he does. I cant recommend this Dvd enough to anyone interested in the okito coin box or some great coin sleights... Even if you never used a coin box.. the price would be worth it to learn a couple of essential sleights from one of the true masters of coin magic.

Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo (yes inventor of the Bobo switch) has a chapter on moves and routines using Okito and Boston coin boxes.

Personally I find using these boxes adds a mechanical effect to the trick which I find detracts from it but it is very warming to see that there are many users of the Okito boxes and that they use them so successfully.

I think maybe I will pick them up again.

Hope this helps.