New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

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New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Curtis The Mentalist » February 20th, 2022, 2:52 pm

Just looking to see how much interest there may be in the community towards this type of item.

This is not a "sales" post. In my over 30 years in magic and mentalism I've never marketed nor sold items to the magic community at-large. I'm just looking to see if there is any interest and to what degree about such an item. Forgive me if there is a better place to place this post. After looking around this seemed to be the best place to start as I'm not officially selling anything at this point.

However, like many over the years, I've built many of my own props and tools for my performances, and this is just one of them. Some time ago, I spoke in person with a long-time magic dealer (known by most all of us here, but the name isn't important) about selling some of my items. This hood is one of them. They loved it and said that they had not seen one like this before, and of such good quality.

I designed and made this particular hood eight years ago when doing one of my blindfolded car drives. This one is the original, and it is a little worse for the wear after many uses but the photos give you an idea of what it looks like.

It is examinable, and can be worn and turned on all sides by a spectator without the secret being discovered. Yet when used offers complete and full frontal vision. No small holes to look through. In fact, in the photo where I am wearing it, I can see clearly everything in front of me, especially my wife who is snapping the photo. It is especially great for outdoor performances. I even have a video of me doing a blindfold drive with it that I may link to later if anyone is interested.

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As I am re-structuring some of my business, I'm considering making up a handful of these and making them available for purchase.

Comment, message me, send an email, whichever you prefer.

Hope you're all well.
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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Curtis The Mentalist » February 20th, 2022, 2:56 pm

Not sure why the images aren't showing up here. They are located on a Google Drive where anyone with the link can view.

Here are the individual links if you are not seeing the images in your browsers:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RifDGC ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12T1D32 ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15F1Svh ... sp=sharing
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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Richard Kaufman » February 20th, 2022, 4:54 pm

You should use Imgur for posting images here.
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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Tom Stone » February 20th, 2022, 5:11 pm

Curtis The Mentalist wrote:Not sure why the images aren't showing up here.

You were trying to link to a HTML webpage filled with javascript. You need to link to an image file instead.

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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Curtis The Mentalist » February 21st, 2022, 9:23 am

Thanks guys.

Ok, let's try this again...

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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby katterfelt0 » February 21st, 2022, 1:32 pm

Curtis, those came through fine. That hood looks good. I admire people who can do that sort of thing. If I try anything DIY it usually ends up covered with blood and/or my fingers glued together.
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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Curtis The Mentalist » February 21st, 2022, 8:10 pm

katterfelt0 wrote:Curtis, those came through fine. That hood looks good. I admire people who can do that sort of thing. If I try anything DIY it usually ends up covered with blood and/or my fingers glued together.


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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby JFox » May 10th, 2022, 8:52 am

Curtis:

I'd be interested in purchasing - if your Hoods become available for sale.

joefox1031@gmail.com

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Re: New Excelsior Hood Blindfold

Postby Curtis The Mentalist » May 10th, 2022, 10:35 am

Thanks, JFox, for the comment and email. There doesn't seem to be much interest but I've not been pushing for it too much. I'll post again here if I decide to start selling them.
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