Magic Tricks

These are beautiful, well made knives. They have several well thought out and useful features such as the built-in ability to tell which side is up while the knife is still in your pocket. Having double bolsters is great for deceptiveness as is notching the blades on both sides.

However the knives are too fat IMHO. Two blades would have been better than 3. The goal of a square cross-section is great for the paddle move and this could have been accomplished with two blades that were thinner and an overall smaller cross sectional area.

Also, some of the more powerful routines call for more color options, e.g. red/red, red/white, red/yellow and yellow/white, or the use of a knife 2/3 one color and 1/3 another color on the same side for a "visible" change. These options aren't available with this set.

Additionally, moves using two gimick knives (I bought two gimmicks for this set) in one hand to execute a double turnover aren't practical with these fat knives (see Ascanio - DRY reading but great stuff...). Except for these issues, would have given 5 stars.

If all you want is a 3 knife set for a simple routine and have fairly big hands, this is a great item. Also Penguin's price is $25.00 off everybody else's price, at least as I type this.