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Anyone got any tips / sources on routines with a Himber wallet (besides obvious vanishes/ torn + restored card etc.)? Also what other card wallets would you guys recommend/ what effects are possible?

Hi Fletch,

Kolossal Killer III on Larry Becker's Mental Masterpieces DVD is absolutely amazing and that uses a Himber wallet.

The effect is this: A spectator mentally visualises burning an entire deck of cards, except one. The card he is left with, which he mentally selected (no deck is used), is found to match the prediction in the performer's wallet, which has been in the spec's hands all along.

Oh yeah, and Chronologue, by Bob Cassidy, also uses a Himber I think. Again it's a card prediction, this time using a freely selected date and a pocket diary with cards written in each day. The effect is on his Mental Miracles DVD and I believe in his Art of Mentalism book (although that's worth checking before you buy).

If you have a Himber that allows you to peek at information on a business card then the sky's the limit for mental effects. You could be telling people their pin numbers, their grandma's birthday, their favourite flavour of crisps - whatever you want!

I know these have more of a 'mentalist' flavour than the effects you mentioned before, but they might be worth investigating if that side of things interests you.

Hope that helps,
Mathew.

Cheers boys,
I was thinking of geeting your 50-50 thingy anyway Tom, so don't worry about the plug

As well as Vanishes, the other thing that the Himber wallet is most used for is transformations.

Obviously you already mentioned torn and restored, but it's also great for changing one item to another. (a £5 to a £10 for example).

One trick I like to do quite often is to show a photograph of myself holding a blue backed jumbo sized card with the back of the card to the camera and ask the spectator to have a good look at the photograph before I slide it in the wallet for safe keeping.

I then ask for a card to be selected from a red backed deck, and get the spectator to place it back in the deck wherever they want.

I then ask them if the card they picked was the one in the photograph. They say "of course not" as not only was the card in the photograph blue backed, but you couldnt see the face of it.

I then smile, and say - but the card you selected was blue backed, and fanning the cards out there is indeed one blue backed. Which is in fact their card.

I then ask again if they now will agree that it was the one in the wallet - to which they still say they couldn't see the face, so shaking my head and looking a little disappoined (as I did ask them to examine it closley), I open the wallet and pull out the photo of me holding the now face up jumbo card, which is of course there selection.

This always goes down well, as I especially like it as its dead easy.

Cheers Bananafish,
The photo idea is an excellent one. Haven't actually got any jumbo cards but will definitely get some for that idea. Brilliant.

I actually used the wonders of Photoshop instead of a jumbo card.

An even better and cheaper idea. The wonders of modern technology....