Original way of controling the card

[moooozzz]

Hey guys!
Haven't been to the forums for a while...
Recently I have come with the nice way of keeping the cards bent in or out (and instantly switching between these two) what may result in natural marking/controlling of the needed card(s) in the deck ( for example: one card is bent in and over 51 are bent out, so you can easily find that one card).
I came up with it accidentally: I've forgotten to take the deck from the table and have been using my laptop for a long time. It appears that the card deck was next to the cooler all the time and was kinda warm or even hot. This resulted in having the cards bent in pretty strongly but with the push I could bend them out. So I could bend the top 4 aces loose them into the deck and then find them easily as the bend was strong, then with the pressure applied I could make all the cards bend into the same direction. This lasted for about 30 minutes. So I guess it's enough for many performances.
Hope you find it interesting.

P.S. I know that it is possible with the normal deck, but in this way the bend is much stronger, more stable and much easier to get rid of.

 

[ChrisWiens]

The idea of bending cards (concave or convex)isn`t new or original.
Something similar has been published by Howard Albright (Albright`s Advanced Card Magic) in 1948 and you can also find it in EATCT (crimping part of the deck) and in Arthur Buckley`s Card Control (1946).
In Harry Lorayne`s Close-Up Card Magic (1962) you`ll find the concept utilized in a "follow the leader" effect with the four aces.
It`s a nice way of controling a card or several cards and you can use it in different ways. For example Woody Aragon uses it in a card through table effect and for controlling cards while pushing several packets of cards together, as described in "A book in English".

 

[moooozzz]

Yeah, I understand it's not original . I mean the way of applying heat to make the cards bend is new (maybe )