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KeirRoyale Special user Denver, CO 550 Posts 
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Years ago I had a gimmick which I believe was called a Swami Gimmick (although I realize that is a common term for a nail writer) that had a small mirror in the card (which was about 7 cards thick) that would slide out so that you could peek at a card as it was chosen. Anyone familiar with this and or can tell me where to find another one?
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Kabbalah Inner circle 1621 Posts
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Sounds like Chuck Leach's The Card Swami. Highly doubtful that you will find one today.
This is similar, and, will accomplish the same thing...Bob Solari's Omega Gimmick.
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inigmntoya Inner circle DC area native, now in Atlanta 2351 Posts
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Nathan Kranzo has his "Grumble Glim" which is similar, but uses the box not cards, so your deck is clean.
You can get a peek at the work here: http://kranzomagic.myshopify.com/products/the-grumble-glim |
JH5magic Regular user 130 Posts
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An alternate approach that you may consider is to get some Mylar Tape or Foil Tape and place a piece on the back of a Joker or the extra advertising card in the deck and then wring it in and out as needed for glimpsing cards. You may be able to shop these in a local store to compare levels of reflectivity and widths.
Here is one example on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/3M-Foil-Tape-3381-......lar+tape Happy experimenting! John |
Mercury52 Inner circle Kevin Reylek 2240 Posts
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CIA by Magick Balay includes custom-made Mylar shiners for applying to card boxes & backs, as well as extra material you can cut to size according to your needs, plus teaches several routines.
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Todd Lassen has coins on his blog that are a coin on one side and a shiner in the other. Very nice
Also Card-Shark has a Sherpa pen on his site (limited run) "Chrome" that can be set down on the table and used as a shiner. I recently bought one and they do work.
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KeirRoyale Special user Denver, CO 550 Posts
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Thanks everyone
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merlin5150 II Elite user Aurora, IL 414 Posts
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....Gary Plants "GLIM"
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merlin5150 II Elite user Aurora, IL 414 Posts
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Here...
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Atom3339 Inner circle Spokane, WA 3242 Posts
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My question is WHY do we need a device? Isn't it easy enough to use a sleight?
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merlin5150 II Elite user Aurora, IL 414 Posts
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Lol!
Glimpse devices have been around forever .......so, there is a need and everybody has their own reason to use them. |
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mtoth2008 Regular user 115 Posts
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Take a look at Bob Solaris Incredible/Incredible Plus.......a glimpse device built into a magic marker.
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Mick-L-Hinman New user 50 Posts
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It's a shiner, you can use mylar tape.
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