> Shadow Wallet Leather (Gimmick and Online Instructions) by Dee Christopher and 1914

Everything is great except the graphics on the gaff cards Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 26th, 2021
This is a nice leather wallet. You can use this as a regular wallet. It is barely noticeable in your pocket it is so thin.

Another six out card index for the same kind of trick is being sold on penguin as a $50 product. So compared to that, this is like getting a superior, more compact, more examinable version of the index, plus a leather peek wallet for an extra ten bucks.

My big complaint is that these gaff cards are a relatively common concept, but they used the absolute worst way of designing them I have ever seen. There are two other ways I have seen these kind of gaffs made. What I would call the good way and the bad way. Then what 1914 did was make them in a way that I would call the very bad way. They look pretty ridiculous.

They went to all the trouble to get a very unique card stock that keeps the wallet super flat, but then botched the graphic on the card bad. You have to hold the card in far less natural looking way than you would with better gaffs.

In fact, when you watch the trailer, they are using Bicycle Maiden Back cards that are the good style of this gaff. They use better gaff cards in the trailer than what you actually get with the wallet. You can not display the gaff cards you get, like the way they display the Maiden Back gaff card in the video.

It is a real shame, because they had a very special card stock used that is super thin, but also feels really durable.

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nedrecord
Oct 29th 2024 7:05am
No idea if you still use this wallet, but have you had any luck with different gaff cards. I agree the design is bad, but I've also not been able to find slim mis-indexed cards. Figured I would reach out to you, as you're the only review that seems to agree with me on this point.


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