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 This trick was written about circa early 18th century. It was described in the unpublished //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38803/Gibeci+re/78|Asti Manuscript]]//, c. 1700, p. 77 of the Pieper translation. This manuscript was translated in //Gibecière//, Vol. 8 No. 1, Winter 2013, p. 29-234. The idea didn't hit the published page until Diego Zamorano's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/42846/Gibeci+re/119|Thesoro Atractivo de Curiosos]]//, 1740, p. 118 of the Pieper translation. The English translation was included in //Gibecière//, Vol. 6 No. 2, Summer 2011, p. 97-176. Zamorano describes it using a small, short sword (which sounds like a large knife depending on your perspective). Zamorano gives two methods and in both cases he suggests spreading the cards on the table. This trick was written about circa early 18th century. It was described in the unpublished //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38803/Gibeci+re/78|Asti Manuscript]]//, c. 1700, p. 77 of the Pieper translation. This manuscript was translated in //Gibecière//, Vol. 8 No. 1, Winter 2013, p. 29-234. The idea didn't hit the published page until Diego Zamorano's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/42846/Gibeci+re/119|Thesoro Atractivo de Curiosos]]//, 1740, p. 118 of the Pieper translation. The English translation was included in //Gibecière//, Vol. 6 No. 2, Summer 2011, p. 97-176. Zamorano describes it using a small, short sword (which sounds like a large knife depending on your perspective). Zamorano gives two methods and in both cases he suggests spreading the cards on the table.
  
-This effect can later be found in Edmé-Gilles Guyot's //Nouvelles Récréations, Physiques et Mathématiques//, 1769, p. 7 of the Hugard translation (unpublished). The cards were strewn on the floor and the selection or selections stabbed with a sword. In //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/172|Testament de Jérome Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 172 of the Hugard translation (unpublished), Henri Decremps described the same effect, but in a final note mentioned that, if you found yourself without a sword, a knife could be used, with the cards spread on a table to avoid your assuming an awkward position.+This effect can later be found in Edmé-Gilles Guyot's //Nouvelles récréations, physiques et mathématiques//, Vol. 2, 1769, p. 248; p. 7 of the Hugard translation (unpublished). The cards were strewn on the floor and the selection or selections stabbed with a sword. In //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/172|Testament de Jérome Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 172 of the Hugard translation (unpublished), Henri Decremps described the same effect, but in a final note mentioned that, if you found yourself without a sword, a knife could be used, with the cards spread on a table to avoid your assuming an awkward position.
  
-German performer (Italian by birth) Dario Païni (1867-1935) was thought to be the first or among the first to adopt it in professional performances; see Reinhard Müller's //Païni Potassy Pasteboards//, 1999, p. 5. Around the same time Max Malini was performing his own version. August Roterberg included a version for a penknife and table, "the Pierced Card" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20169/New+Era+Card+Tricks/146|New Era Card Tricks]]//, 1897, p. 136.+Austrian performer (Italian by birth) Dario Païni (1867-1935) was thought to be the first or among the first to adopt it in professional performances; see Reinhard Müller's //Païni Potassy Pasteboards//, 1999, p. 5. Around the same time Max Malini was performing his own version. August Roterberg included a version for a penknife and table, "the Pierced Card" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20169/New+Era+Card+Tricks/146|New Era Card Tricks]]//, 1897, p. 136.
  
 In the early 20th century, several performers started doing the blindfold stab at a table, using multiple utensils. The first may have been Fred Moore; his trick is obliquely mentioned in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15484/Conjurers+Monthly+Magazine/8|Conjurer's Monthly]]//, Vol. 2 No. 9, May 1908, p. 64, and an illustration of him performing the effect using three darts appears that same month in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15635/The+wizard/10|The Wizard]]//, Vol. 33 No. 3, May 1908, p. 526. Moore's method is apparently unrecorded. From the brief descriptions that exist, it was probably similar to the one devised by Douglas Dexter for his celebrated version using three white-handled knives. His method wasn't published until several decades after his death in 1937. However, there are published accounts of his performing and teaching the routine at least as early as 1915 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13050/Magic+Circular+Vol+09/52|The Magic Circular]]//, Vol. 9 No. 99, Jan. 1915, p. 42). It became one of Dexter's best known routines, to the point that in the early 1930s a similar routine done by Rupert Howard led to a court case, with Dexter suing Howard for theft and Howard suing Dexter for slander. Accounts make it clear that it was an unpleasant episode, and the results were not satisfactory to either party; see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38825/The+Magic+Wand/208|The Magic Wand]]//, Vol. 31 No. 196, Dec. 1942, p. 166.  In the early 20th century, several performers started doing the blindfold stab at a table, using multiple utensils. The first may have been Fred Moore; his trick is obliquely mentioned in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15484/Conjurers+Monthly+Magazine/8|Conjurer's Monthly]]//, Vol. 2 No. 9, May 1908, p. 64, and an illustration of him performing the effect using three darts appears that same month in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15635/The+wizard/10|The Wizard]]//, Vol. 33 No. 3, May 1908, p. 526. Moore's method is apparently unrecorded. From the brief descriptions that exist, it was probably similar to the one devised by Douglas Dexter for his celebrated version using three white-handled knives. His method wasn't published until several decades after his death in 1937. However, there are published accounts of his performing and teaching the routine at least as early as 1915 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13050/Magic+Circular+Vol+09/52|The Magic Circular]]//, Vol. 9 No. 99, Jan. 1915, p. 42). It became one of Dexter's best known routines, to the point that in the early 1930s a similar routine done by Rupert Howard led to a court case, with Dexter suing Howard for theft and Howard suing Dexter for slander. Accounts make it clear that it was an unpleasant episode, and the results were not satisfactory to either party; see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38825/The+Magic+Wand/208|The Magic Wand]]//, Vol. 31 No. 196, Dec. 1942, p. 166. 

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