Hi guys. I have a few questions on some sleights. They are just little things I was wondering about.
The first one is about a double undercut alternative. I am one who eliminates cuts and shuffles as much as possible. The double undercut requires a cut to control a card to from top to bottom or vice versa, and I was wondering if there is a move that does the same thing but without the cut.
I have a few minor pet peeves with some performances, and I being kind of a perfectionist when it comes to cards, am trying to clean up some things. One of these pet peeves comes with double lifts, but not the actual sleight part. When giving the spectator a card, say in a hand sandwich type routine, you do a double and give them a different card than seen. I do not like ow the people turn the double over, pause slightly, then give the actual top card (like I said, this is a minor pet peeve.) I feel it is not as clean as it could be, so I was also wondering if there is a type of thing I could do to eliminate this type of thing. I was thinking a paintbrush change type of thing, but I have not unite worked out the kinks yet. Do you guys have any advice on such a method, or another method/source for a thing that could work?
Another question about a possible sleight. Is there a source for a move that allows you to show a single card clearly and place it on top clearly, but it actually ends up in second position? I know of Venus trap, but people seem to say it is extremely angle sensitive. Is there another method out there, or is Venus trap actually more practical than the reviews seem to say?
Similar to this, is there a sleight that allows you to do a similar thing but with multiple cards? I don't mean like placing a four of a kind on top, but having another card above them. I mean like placing a card or a few cards on top, but having multiple cards end up above them. I was actually thinking of using the double undercut alternative, if there is one, to do such a thing in a clean manner, but any other method out there could be good for me to look into.
Thanks guys in advance for any help that you may have. Like I said before, I know these are very little things, and that a spectator may not even pick up on little actions such as these pet peeves previously mentioned, but I want to make my magic performances as pure and as clean and as visual as possible. Thanks.
The first one is about a double undercut alternative. I am one who eliminates cuts and shuffles as much as possible. The double undercut requires a cut to control a card to from top to bottom or vice versa, and I was wondering if there is a move that does the same thing but without the cut.
I have a few minor pet peeves with some performances, and I being kind of a perfectionist when it comes to cards, am trying to clean up some things. One of these pet peeves comes with double lifts, but not the actual sleight part. When giving the spectator a card, say in a hand sandwich type routine, you do a double and give them a different card than seen. I do not like ow the people turn the double over, pause slightly, then give the actual top card (like I said, this is a minor pet peeve.) I feel it is not as clean as it could be, so I was also wondering if there is a type of thing I could do to eliminate this type of thing. I was thinking a paintbrush change type of thing, but I have not unite worked out the kinks yet. Do you guys have any advice on such a method, or another method/source for a thing that could work?
Another question about a possible sleight. Is there a source for a move that allows you to show a single card clearly and place it on top clearly, but it actually ends up in second position? I know of Venus trap, but people seem to say it is extremely angle sensitive. Is there another method out there, or is Venus trap actually more practical than the reviews seem to say?
Similar to this, is there a sleight that allows you to do a similar thing but with multiple cards? I don't mean like placing a four of a kind on top, but having another card above them. I mean like placing a card or a few cards on top, but having multiple cards end up above them. I was actually thinking of using the double undercut alternative, if there is one, to do such a thing in a clean manner, but any other method out there could be good for me to look into.
Thanks guys in advance for any help that you may have. Like I said before, I know these are very little things, and that a spectator may not even pick up on little actions such as these pet peeves previously mentioned, but I want to make my magic performances as pure and as clean and as visual as possible. Thanks.