I was wondering what kind of wand do you use. I have tried several wands.

- Mercury Wand
- Johnson Products Wand
- Magic Makers Wand
- Telix Wand
- Plexiglass Wand by Jon LeClair (used in ring on wand routine)

The best wand so far is the mercury wand ( I like the zilver and black look of a wand). JP wand and MM wand I am afraid to break them (I amfraid of a two section wand). The Telix wand and the plexiglass wand don't have the weight nor the feel to do the wandspin.

Etienne

Hi, Etienne

I also use Mercury wand which I really like a lot.

I'm making a wand (through my friend's workshop) using Iron Wood

I promise I will post some pictures here as soon as it finished

Cheers
Andre

I use a Bill Palmer Style wand from Tabman Tables, I really like it.

Frank Starsini's wands look great for street stuff, and Rannie's wands look great for indoor stuff. Right now I use the MM wand for indoor stuff, but it's too heavy to do some moves. For a busking type environment, I use a homemade wand that looks pretty cool, but is way too light.

Etienne,
I make my own wands, its fun and they are more special that way.  The wands that I use the most are in photo 1. They are made from oak. They don’t scratch the Cups like the metal tip wands do.

Mike,
Try making a wand fro oak, I think you will find it heavier then walnut.

PHOTO 1
 http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/BCSDenver/11-23-08006.jpg

PHOTO 2
 http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/BCSDenver/AllWands1.jpg

Thanks,
Bruce

If I have to I'll use a sharpie, but I usually don't care for wands. I usually classic palm balls so I can pick up the cups pretty freely for misdirection.

Bruce,

Nice wands, are they difficult to make? Maybe I am going to give at go.

Etienne

Etienne,

The wands are easy to make… find some hardwood dowels and look around for wand ends (I use copper and brass tubing… and bullets).  The all wood wand were sanded to shape and the rings were made using a pipe cutter. I then finish them with stain and paste wax.

The wands with cooper end will spin like no tomorrow.

Thanks,
Bruce

I'm with you on this one Eddie. I use the Sharpie as an impromptu wand if I need to.
In fact I was thinking that what the world needs is a Sharpie that looks like a wand - remove the tip and you have a marker. Same size as a Sharpie for convenience... Maybe a conversion kit that converts a standard Sharpie marker into a magic wand...

The problem is CARRYING the wand inside a jacket. Years ago I made a cloth tube with a wire frame that worked as a holster for a wand and just hooked it over the inside jacket pocket - but it's still awkward to carry and the holster would sometimes fall off the pocket. The holster was originally made to hold two jumbo hotrods, but worked for a wand as well. I eventually stopped using it because I really got into using a topit and it would interfere with my topit toss. The topit is far more essential to me than the wand!

But I do WANT to incorporate a genuine wand into some routines. I do own three of them. And I wrote up a nice script about a year ago that puts the wand into the spectator's hand and makes them the Magician's Assistant that turned out pretty good, but only performed it a couple of times.
I just got a Porper wand with Porper's Cocktail Surprise that screws together like a pool cue and I want to try it out - being able to reduce it to half it's size makes it more portable. It's a very high quality wand, but I'm not crazy about it's color... emerald green.

This is my favorite wand to look at that I saw on the museum. It probably costs a pretty penny, and a couple more  http://69.89.31.132/~cupsandb/museum/images/twaynewand01.jpg

                                                                                                                                                                http://69.89.31.132/~cupsandb/museum/images/twaynewand01sect.jpg

                                                                                                                                                                 http://69.89.31.132/~cupsandb/museum/images/twaynewand01tip.jpg

                                                                                                                                                                 http://69.89.31.132/~cupsandb/museum/images/twaynewand01shaft.jpg

Indeed a very nice wand, probably not within my budget.


That wand will blow you right off your socks. 

Etienne

I use a wooden dowel covered by black electricial tape. Got the idea from Bill Palmer's Cups and Balls Museum. He showed a drumstick covered in tape.

The tape makes a nice spiral around the wand, and it allows me to tip a cup over easily.

Might not be high tech, but I like it.

Forgot to mention, the electrical tape wand was used by Gazzo, according to Bill's website

They make them, I've never seen them in the size of a sharpie, but they have regular sized wands where the tips pop off to reveal a marker. I hate them with a passion and would never use them but they're out there.

Eddie, I've seen those wands too. They suck and they look cheap and stupid.

I wrote to Thomas Wayne about makng me a wand, I figure if I get one that unscrews in the middle, I might use it for close-up. He makes some fantastic wands out of ebony and ivory and sterling silver. I just want a wand with sterling tips... He also has CAD drawings of inlays that match Sherwood cups. The wand that ketchup linked to is TW wand. He says he's too busy until after January.