A short introduction
We make props for the people who do this for real.
Ickle Pickle Magic, Inc. has been a working magic shop for nearly fifty years. We aren't a marketplace, we aren't a print-on-demand storefront, and we aren't chasing the algorithm. We build practical magic — the kind that gets carried into real rooms, used until the finish wears soft, and sometimes handed down.
This page is for the people who want to know who's behind the bench. Read on, or don't — but if you stay, you'll get the honest version.
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Practical magic since 1976
We opened in a small workshop with a lathe, a paint bench, and a stack of routines that needed better props. Almost fifty years later, the answer is the same: build the trick to last, then teach the routine that earns the trick its place in the case.
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Magic the workshop way
Every product on the floor starts as a sketch on bench paper. We turn wood, spin brass, sew silk, and paint by hand. When a prop fails on the road, it comes back to the bench — and the next version is better.
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Why physical props still matter
Screens come and go. A well-built prop sits on the shelf, gets pulled out for the next show, and works the same way the second hundred times as the first. Physical magic is what audiences actually remember.
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Built for working performers
Birthday parties, parlor rooms, restaurants, hospitals, churches, libraries, cruise ships, and corporate gigs. If you make a living with magic, our props were built with your rooms in mind.
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The promise: tricks that still work
We don't chase trends. We chase reliability. If a trick can't reset between tables, pack flat, or play to the back row, it doesn't ship. That's the whole promise — and it's the only one we make.