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Tom Frank V.I.P. industrial Strength Magic 493 Posts |
PHOENIX II CUPS • COPPER • ANTIQUE BRONZE FINISH by Dai Vernon, on Flickr What can I say? These are drop dead gorgeous cups! Rings and Things II</a> is da ****! They are now, and always have been. A name synonymous with quality, hand crafted, magical apparatus. As a matter of fact, my very first set of cups and my first set of linking rings were both Rings and Things back in the late 70's. I wasn't till the early 80's that I switched to the Charlie Miller Cups from Magic Inc. By then, I had absorbed enough Cellini influence to start mutilating sets of cups and balls. I would go through a set a year. While studying under Cellini, I learned that by banging on the cups you excite an innate, primal force within people. The percussive sound might be compared to the beating of a drum, or the beating of your heart, and naturally draws an "audience" to it. It is a proven fact that once you start banging on the cups, people will cross a street or a crowded square to see what all the "commotion" is about. PHOENIX II CUPS • COPPER • ANTIQUE BRONZE FINISH by Dai Vernon, on Flickr After the extinction of the Charlie Miller cups, I endeavored to recreate them, with one modification, I made them MUCH stronger. Instead of just using copper, I had them combined with a metal alloy making them the strongest cups ever made. A few years back I was contacted by RnT II. They were interested in reproducing the Phoenix Cups. I agreed, with several stipulations. I wanted them to fix every issue and complaint I ever got on the cups. They wobble, The lip isn't rolled all the way in etc. . . Funny, in all the years of using the Charlie Miller Cups I never thought of those as issues. They were just cups. These days a new breed of cup collector demands a higher level of quality. Rings and Things II leads the pack when it comes to the manufacturing some of the best and widest selection of cups in the world! I wish I owed a set of each, someday I will. The first thing I noticed when handling the PHOENIX II CUPS • COPPER • ANTIQUE BRONZE FINISH was the heft! These cups got some freaking weight! I always said I like a cup you could kill a man with. They fit the hand perfectly and to be quite honest, they are a perfect set of cups in every regard. Striking to look at, a dream to work with and the blackened bronze interior, a striking contrast. Donnie Buckley is the new owner of RnT II and operates out of the Cleveland area. Thanks Donnie for doing such a GREAT job on this (and every set of your cups) you lovingly and magically make appear before our widened eyes and big smiles. Keep up the fantastic work! |
Jim Wilder Special user Birmingham, AL 954 Posts |
Wow, Tom... those look tremendous.
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Donnie Buckley V.I.P. Cleveland, Ohio 1123 Posts |
Hiya Tom - what a pleasant surprise your post is!
I also have always said I like a set of cups that you could kill a man with and the Phoenix II cups ARE extemely dangerous cups - do not throw them at someone's head... no matter how much they insist. Thanks for the kind review. It is, and will remain, my pleasure. |
Rainboguy Inner circle 1915 Posts |
These look very nice, but I will hold onto my set of Charlie Miller cups...love 'em!
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Hold on to your Charlie Miller cups.
If you drop them, they may land on your foot and hurt you.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts |
Tom,
Absolutely beautiful cups! Thank you for sharing the photo. J.
"I've always been mental, I'm sure of it" Boris Pocus
"Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny". . .Bruce Springsteen |
Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
I sold my Charlie Miller cups to a well known pro... he didn't like 'em and sent 'em back.
BOY AM I GLAD I GOT 'EM BACK.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Rainboguy Inner circle 1915 Posts |
Marshall Brodien told me he used to keep one of his Charlie Miller cups wrapped in a long tube sock under the table for protection when he "Woiked For Da Boyz" in Cicero!
(Just kidding!) Love ya Marshall!! |
Rainboguy Inner circle 1915 Posts |
By the way...
I will see Marshall next weekend at the 72nd Annual Houdini Club of Wisconsin Convention...... http://www.houdiniclubofwisconsin.com/ I want to show him the Okito-Nielsen Chinese Sticks I just got...he'll love them.... |
conjurormatt Regular user Ft. Worth, TX 181 Posts |
Lucky you, Rainboguy, I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but (like many of us I suspect)he was my childhood mentor in magic through the videos which came with many of his magic kits.
Cheers!
Matthew Martin
"Merely to be acquainted with the basic secret of a card trick, in no way qualifies you to perform it. Few people realize that even a simple trick in the hands of a capable performer can become a minor miracle." ~Dai Vernon |
Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Marshall has some really funny stories about the gangsters.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
panlives Inner circle 2087 Posts |
I purchased a set of these supernaturally compelling Cups from Donnie a few months ago.
Like a really fine deck of Tally-Ho cards, I find myself NEEDING to hold the Cups at least once a day... It hurts to love a physical object so deeply...
"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. |
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