I can't imagine the time, practice, and imagination that went into this move.
It's from Erdnase, did you expect it to be easy?
Here's an idea, instead of being smarmy and immediately coming to the conclusion he's complaining about how difficult it is, you actually take the time to read his post.
Yes, James. I took another look at it after the 1on1 came out and it is an amazing sleight, Erdnase (whoever he/she was) was indeed an incredible thinker.
This is what I love about sleight of hand card magic, the actual creation and thinking process, some controls and shifts these days are incredibly well thought out and I'd love to be inside the head of the creator when they thought of it.
It's a shame Erdnase isn't here today to tell their story of how this fantastic shift came about.
- Sean
S.W Erdnase was a man named E.S Andrews. There is his life story in front of The Expert at the Card Table.
the trick is not to think " I am going to come up with a new pass". Just let ideas come to you.Thanks for sticking up for me Sean_Raf, you and I seem to see eye to eye on quite a few issues. I personally see alot of beauty in the way these things are structured. For instance, I would love to invent something as creative as ,say, The Twinsplit Remix by Dan and Dave Buck. I cant imagine how one might come up with such an idea, I definitley aspire to do something like that. To be the next big thing.
That story isn't actually fully verified. If Guy Hollingsworth isn't convinced, i'm not convinced.S.W Erdnase was a man named E.S Andrews. There is his life story in front of The Expert at the Card Table.
S.W Erdnase was a man named E.S Andrews. There is his life story in front of The Expert at the Card Table.
Is it just me or does any one else think this was a very easy sleight? yet remarkable!
That story isn't actually fully verified. If Guy Hollingsworth isn't convinced, i'm not convinced.
its almost impossible to do it as smooth as kenner does it
S.W Erdnase was a man named E.S Andrews. There is his life story in front of The Expert at the Card Table.
Never say impossible, you don't know until you try.
Also you should see Steve Freeman do it.... wow...
Or yours... If your S.W.E Shift didn't inspire me so much, I'd probably have quit magic after seeing it... -.-'
It'd be good to see some videos of it in performance situations, for the people saying it's now easy...
And yeah James, I totally agree with you about the creation of sleights like this... This and some routines you see, you gotta wonder how on earth someone actually thought of the principle...