1 review for Hong Kong Paddle Deluxe (1 of 4) by Willi Wessel
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Andy Martin –
This is a wonderful find from the great German craftsman Willi Wessel. He made this deluxe set originally for himself and then just three other sets for close friends. He did not offer this to his normal customers and I only obtained this because Willi sold me his one earlier this year 🙂
The presentation case has been upgraded (complete with a real inlaid Chinese design on the top of the box) and includes an extra paddle that has the Chinese writing on both sides. There is a special recess in the box to allow the easy switch for the second paddle on the off-beat as you show the color change of the chips. In my routine I chose to load the paddle with a $100 final impact but you could just switch it out so that the paddle can be examined. I’m sure other variations will spring to mind.
What I like about Willi’s routines is that he extracts every inch of magic from his props. This set comes with the routine by Howard Schwarzman and Willi’s original instructions in German. I will also include a link to a special video from Willi explaining the switch. He talks about a switch based on an idea by Larry Jennings. I ended up using a slightly different switch in my video, but you can use either approach. Because the heat is off the switch it really is quite straight forward.
The other thing I like about this particular routine is that you sometimes use the paddle move and sometimes don’t and so it reinforces the legitimacy of the moves.