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Ok, they are the most simplest magicians prop.

BUT going back to basics i find them great for childrens parties especially.
Such simple routines can fit with change bags - As i work in a team i sometimes create a flying hankerchief effect.
I have 2 change bags. I hold one and Magic J' holds the other. Magic J' usually starts off by talking about how his hankerchief sometimes flies out of his pocket and into someone elses pocket. (How bazzrae. Kids find it funny. )
He then demonstrates with the 2 bags that he has borrowed from his work. - So he gives me a bag and basically we both show the bags empty - H eputs the hanky in his bag - we then do a whole thing with the kids - and it appears in Toms bag! WOW

Sorry to post a routine but its such a simple routine that can use up at least 2 minutes in your act.
Yes its dead simple but if your a kids entertainer then its a fab prop that isnt very expensive. Fantastic for begginers!

The classic Change Bag (bag on a stick) has it's place and is nearly as ageless as the Cups & Balls. Then again, like the Cups & Balls or Ball & Vase, etc. what makes the Change Bag work best is how comfortable and proficient the performer is that's using it.

I just purchased an "Irish Change Bag" from Steven's Magic, which is a bit different than the classic version mentioned above, it looks more like one of those Satin bags you'd keep a deck of Tarot Cards in...which is exactly what I'll be doing with it... those familiar with Docc Hilford's $1,000.00 Seance manuscript can probably figure out some of the other things I'd use such a device for. I bring this up for one very simple reason; everyone is talking about all these fancy, overpriced switching wallets, etc. when, for $25.00 they can have an innocent looking cloth bag that does the same thing and seems like it belongs... at least in my case and in how I am using the device.

The other reason I'm expounding on this wonderful little gadget (and older magic methods on the whole) is because their time has come in some instances. That is to say, it's been so long since they've been seen or employed steadily, that they are "new" again. In the hands of a clever performer such elementary devices, especially those that aren't as "obvious" as the old bag on a stick version of this particular critter, will throw even a learned mage off your trail if you use it right.

BTW... for those of you wanting to do some Mental Magic in your shows... Guy Bavli has a nice little See Thru "Fish Net" Change Bag that's quite clever. It's a bit steep on price but it's a dynamite device for forcing objects, names, etc. I don't recommend it for a straight Mentalism show, but for a Magic Show in which a bit of Mental Magic is being added, it's perfectly fine.

Is there such thing as a 3 way change bag???

There are change bags with three compartments, if that's what you're asking... most of them have the famed zipper bottom so you can open them and show them completely empty.

Kool. I am interested in possibly buying one sometime.
Thanks.