Special Gaff

[007savvas007]

I have developed a trick but it requires a gaff for the ending. The gaff has one card on the top half and on the bottom half another card. The card has the same back on both halves only the face is different.
Does anyone know how to make this special gaff. Does this gaff does exist, does anyone no where you can by this.
Thanks,
007savvas007

 

[RealityOne]

It is called a split face card and can be done on across the middle or on a diagonal. There is one in the Blue Gaff Deck that goes with Simon Lovell's Packet Killer DVD (the deck can be purchased separately).

You can also do this yourself by splitting cards. There is a DVD titled The Art of Card Splitting which tells you what you need to know or you can get a PDF of The Gaff Factory by Craig Matsuoka at lybrary.com. Both of those methods will leave a split down the middle of the card which is noticeable upon close examination (which may or may not be critical depending on your routine).

Also, you could print your own using card stock and equipment purchased from lybrary.com. You can find the instructions HERE

 

[007savvas007]

Do you know where the deck can be purchased on its own?
007savvas007

 

[William Draven]

I'd try a google search. I am willing to bet that most major online magic retailers carry it. Penguin, Murphy's, what not.

 

[RealityOne]

Do you know where the deck can be purchased on its own?

They have changed the name and it is now the Ultimate Gaffed Deck. Just so you know, there is only one card in the deck that is half a 7C and half a 5H. You can see it HERE

 

[RickEverhart]

I made my own very easily using the DVD that Reality One mentioned. If flies right by everyone when in performance. Don't get me wrong though...it took a few tries until I got that knack of card splitting.

 

[007savvas007]

I've decided to print my own cards. I know this may be to much to ask but does anyone know where I can get the image of the special card. The image should be about the size of a playing card because I don't want allot of pixels. It may be a bit much to ask, but I am having trouble finding/making this image
Thanks again,
007savvas007

 

[RealityOne]

Check this link out which will allow you to design the card HERE

 

[GeorgeH2]

If you wanted to do more advanced editing of the cards, there is a high-quality set of playing card faces available at:
http://code.google.com/p/vectorized...Vector_Playing_Cards_Version_1.1.zip&can=2&q=

You'll need an editor like Illustrator or Inkscape to edit these.