Hey y'all, I'm super stoked to introduce the Razor Card to Wallet!

https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/20693

Here's the description form Penguin Magic:

Make a freely selected, signed card, teleport to the zipper pocket in your wallet. Your participant can then unzip the wallet themselves and remove the card!

"This is the most convincing and practical card-to-wallet effect I've ever seen! I need it right now!"
- Dr. Cyril Thomas

The Razor Card to Wallet is a super thin, minimal, functional wallet that can perform incredible magic. It looks and acts just like a normal wallet, yet it hides a diabolical secret that is ready to be used at any moment. This is the perfect everyday carry.

"I love how thin this wallet is! I will use it as my everyday carry."
- Pete Sciarrino

And, it’s super easy to use. No palming is required. Josh teaches several routines in over 60 minutes of instruction. He teaches easy routines that anyone can do with a few minutes of practice. He teaches deeply fooling professional routines that he uses daily. And he even covers a couple routines that will be sure to challenge even the most expert card magicians, and even mentalists.

***No matter your level in card magic you will be able to amaze your audiences with the Razor Card to Wallet.***

Made with genuine leather it will live in your pocket as your everyday wallet. In addition to the zippered pocket there is an ID window, three slots for credit cards, and an additional pocket for cash, predictions, or extra magic.

"I use wallets in every act I have. What is unique about the Razor is not only is the load natural, and the fact that it looks like an everyday wallet but there’s no palming or mercury folding required! The fact that it’s also multi-functional is a huge bonus. Most wallets do one thing. Not this wonderful multi-tool."
- Adam Wylie

For added impact Josh also teaches a card to envelope handling for those extra special performances. That’s right, their signed card can appear inside a sealed envelope that is inside the zipper pocket of your wallet!

With the Razor Card to Wallet you can perform powerful magic anytime, anywhere. Whether you’re hanging out with friends, meeting new people, or even impressing potential clients, you’ll always be ready to wow them with a powerful piece of card magic that is hard to beat.

"This might be the most powerful trick I do, and it never leaves my pocket." - Josh Burch



And here are some of my thoughts for you all here on the Magic Cafe:

I absolutely love card to wallet. If you've been around you've probably seen various approaches, here's how this wallet stands out. I've never been a huge fan of the methods where the card ends in an unzipped pocket, or the ID window. I think it's important for the card to end up under a zipper. I really think that layer of security really helps sell the impossibility of the effect. With the Razor Card to Wallet the spectator can open the zipper and remove the card themselves.

Fourteen years ago I had the idea for the loading mechanism in this wallet. I built a prototype at the time and you get a peek at it in the tutorial. When I was just entering the magic field as a magician, I had received a card to wallet as a gift. This wallet had a big gaping hole in one side. I wasn't a fan. As I began looking into other wallets I didn't find many that looked innocent from all sides. The Razor Card to Wallet doesn't have any of those problems. I've handed this wallet to magicians, explaining that it's a card to wallet, and they have a hard time finding where it loads. The load chamber is hidden so well that I regularly show the wallet on all sides while performing. There's nothing to see.

Other magic wallets out there get bulky really fast. I think the Mullica Wallet is a work of art, but that business style check book wallet isn't for me. And likewise, I haven't been a fan of folding wallets for a few years now. For a few years I've used the Razor Peek Wallet by Dee Christopher. I got used to that small wallet. When Penguin Magic discussed maybe extending the Razor Wallet line to include a card to wallet I was over the moon. We were able to make a super thin card to wallet that included a zipper, and it even includes two mentalism peeks if you want to use it that way.

Finally, I wanted the load to be super easy to do. No palming is necessary. Sometimes I do load it from a palm/cop but this is by no means necessary. Most of the time I use the no palm method and I think you'll love how quickly and easily it loads. We show the easiest load in the trailer at 1:48. You'll notice the wallet never completely covers the deck. Once it's loaded, it's really locked in there and ready to go. As the card is removed you can show the wallet on both sides as well, that's not something you see with other wallets.

In short, I'm really excited about this. I truly do think it's the best card to wallet ever created. It looks just like a zippered minimalist wallet you might pick up at a department store but it can do so really awesome magic if you ask me!

Looks like a very nice thin wallet with the Mullica principal in play .The demo video never shows the wallet in contact with the top of the deck or maybe this is real Magic !I like it very modern looking wallet & up to date .

A few years ago there was a walker called Nexus that was similarly minimalist and not dissimilar to this. I thought it was a great wallet, had a great peek, a great card to wallet. However it was made from substandard material and fell apart far too quickly for a wallet of the price.

As cool as this looks check out the material’s and how well made it is before you buy.

Good Point !

Looks great, is it real leather and also do you require a slide for the palmed ctw and if not how easy is it to load ?

Oh my gosh. I love that sleek, flat look.

Crap. I’m buying another wallet I don’t need (but desperately want).

But just to be sure, the pocket can be used to peek, right? Like the Jameson? I love that wallet too.

I swear by my Into Wallet, but will give this a go. Mainly because there’s a card to sealed envelope option.

The opening handling in the demo is the advanced handling. It's taught in full detail on the tutorial but it is difficult to do.

The main load I use happens at 1:47 in the demo. It's a no palm load, and you'll notice that the wallet never covers the deck. It's very disarming.

The Razor Card to Wallet is made with genuine leather. I have used mine as an every day wallet for over a year. It has held up just fine and I continue to use it as a card to wallet without any issues. It hasn't shown any major signs of wear and tear.

It is genuine leather. There are no slides, folds or flaps for any of the loads. It's always ready to load. It can be loaded from a palm but I use a cop. I think a cop works better with this wallet than a full palm. I don't want to expose too much but you do see an advanced cop handling in the trailer.

I'm not familiar with the Jameson wallet's peek.

There are two peeks you can use with the Razor Card to Wallet:
1. The first requires the ID window. It is similar to the original Razor Peek Wallet peek.
2. The second peek uses the card to wallet function in reverse to steal away a billet, rather than loading a card.

Yeah, I love the Into Wallet. I used it for some time. I can compare the two:
-The Razor Card to Wallet is smaller and thinner.
-There are a couple gimmicked pockets in the Into Wallet that aren't functional because they are either card to wallet loads or mentalism peeks. If you're using this wallet you have to keep them open. In The Razor Card to Wallet all of the pockets are functional. You don't have to move anything around or keep anything open to perform with it.
-The no palm function on the Into Wallet is hidden cleverly, but you have you cover the entire deck with the wallet. It also requires a larger motion to load the Into Wallet than it does for the Razor Card to Wallet. The the load chamber is cleverly hidden in the Razor Card to Wallet as well, and you don't need to cover the deck completely as you load it. So the load is a little faster with the Razor Card to Wallet.
-Both wallets lock the selected card in place after the load where you can handle the wallet freely before and after the load. The Into Wallet has a great function where even after the load you can show both sides of the wallet. With the Razor Card to Wallet you can turn the wallet over before removing the card completely as you see in the trailer at the beginning, but there is an extra step.

The card to envelope handling is a bit more challenging than the stripped back card to wallet routine. It changes things a little bit, where you can't quite show the wallet as freely before hand. But, it all ends with their signed card locked inside a legitimately sealed envelope. They can open the envelope themselves.

We include a PDF template so you can print as many envelopes as you want without having to order expensive or marked up refills. The handling for the envelope is a no palm handling. I've never seen another card to envelope that ends with a sealed examinable envelope, that doesn't require a palm. It takes some extra work but it's a solid option if that's what you want to do.

Thanks for the confirmation. The guy that created the Nexus made the same claims about longevity of the wallet but at least with yours being actual leather it sounds like it will last longer.

Exactly the same principle as in "Port a Card" by Paco de la Luz ( Thorsten Mueller).

Port a Card Demo video:
https://youtu.be/TQPwyEow0ks?si=EAVLEQ7uShCO_9rb

Oh that's cool, I wasn't aware of that product. At first glance it does look similar. I'll make sure Paco de la Luz (Thorsten Mueller) is credited.

This loading method was something I thought up around 2010. When I went to Ohio to film my first Penguin project, Electro, I brought my first prototype for a card to wallet. I showed the crew and jammed on it with Dan Hauss for a bit. It was built into a bifold wallet at that time. In the tutorial I show the prototype briefly.

As the years went by I stopped using a bifold wallet and gravitated to the more minimal wallet. I've never been interested in the check book style business style Mullica wallet, though I really do think that the Mullica Wallet is one of the best card to wallets in the world. Making the wallet as small as possible became a huge priority.

I ran to Kohl's and JC Penny to look at their wallets, I studied every wallet from every friend and family member that would let me. Most of the wallets I found looked something like this:

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The result was a card to wallet that looks and works like a regular wallet. The load is similar in some ways to a Mullica Wallet, but with the Razor Card to wallet you can freely handle the wallet before and after it is loaded. You can place the wallet on the table and it is flush, whether it is loaded or not. The loaded card stays attached to the wallet with the Razor Card to Wallet.

Hey Josh, this looks super cool! I always liked the razor wallet, but wanted something with a bit more storage, so I'd be getting this for the peek features (as a new "Shadow Wallet" sorta) as a sort of "performing EDC."

Regarding the storage in relation to peeks: I would like to store an ID, Credit Card, additional card, and then a small stack of billets for use in peek routines.
I also keep a pen in my wallet via a loop attached to the long end of an old credit card, so a side-loading slot would be bonus points

Would those items in the wallet interfere with the peek features? The second option mentioned above sounds similar to an SUC, is that a solid comparison?

Very excited to pick this up, just want to make sure it will work for me.

Thanks!

Yeah, I filmed the video for you. It seems like everything should work just fine according to your specifications.

https://youtube.com/shorts/5j3CERs70g0?feature=shared

I should point out that the way it is loaded in that video doesn't impede the card to wallet function in any way.

That is incredibly kind of you, Josh, thank you! This video is exactly what I was looking for in a full overview of the product. Looking forward to getting my own

This concern has come up a couple of times. I'd rather not talk about the secret publicly, but the routine I do at the beginning of the video is completely taught on the tutorial. Here's an uncut live performance so you can see what that routine looks like in the real world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FOOVY37AXY

That routine is tough. There are much easier routines taught on the tutorial. I teach a no palm load that is very easy to do, as well. I use that all the time. Here's a performance of the stripped back routine. You don't get a good view of the no pal load but you get a sense for the speed. It's also worth pointing out that I'm performing this handling surrounded without any problems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0EC16364A4

This routine shows the no palm load pretty well in a live performance for those who have asked about it:

https://youtu.be/YBkRdIzh6CU?feature=shared