On Sep 15, 2022, simplymagicweb wrote:
I’m a full time working magician (28 years OMG) and have owned a few wallets in my time! I only use the wallet for a CTW - as I wear a jacket in performance, my wallet for many years was the JOL EZ wallet, but I have now changed to the brilliant FPS wallet. The FPS is fab as it’s sleek and modern looking, plus as soon as you open it up, the card is in full view which I love.

To use the FPS in my inside jacket pocket, I simply “hang” it so half the wallet is inside the pocket and the other half inside. This makes loading and wallet removal really fast. Love it!

As an aside, I hold my debit cards and other stuff in a Shadow Wallet which I carry around all the time (EDC) purely to have the peek option available at any time if I’m asked to show a quick trick etc! I don’t use it however as my preferred peek method as I just use a pile of business cards for that.

Anyway, good luck with your search for your new wallet.

On Sep 15, 2022, BlakeEverettMagic wrote:

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On Sep 14, 2022, Paul Rathbun wrote:

I think your concerns are valid, but the coin pouch is on the underside and not really shown or seen. As for the zipper placement, personally I find this much easier to overlook than the strange setup the card is removed from in the real man’s wallet. Plus the jol has card slots on both sides of the wallet which is much more common imo. But I suppose there’s a trade off with whatever wallet you end up with.
Btw, the flap on the coin purse on the jol has a great function. It hooks over the top of your back pocket keeping the wallet in position to load. Other wallets dip too far down in the pocket making them even more difficult to load.

If you’re considering the real man’s or jol I have tried both and my opinion is the jol looks more like a normal wallet and is way easier to load. Your mileage may vary.

Best of luck finding the wallet that is best for you.

Paul

Paul - I apologize if I sounded like I was down on the JOL wallet, I actually really like the look of it, was just trying to be hyper critical since I don't want to end up picking up like 6 wallets (even though I'm sure that will end up being the case, haha). I appreciate you bringing it to my attention.