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--- cards:cut-deeper_force [2013/10/26 18:07] – link fixed denisbehr
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 ====== Cut-deeper Force ======
-This force, while inspired by Henry Christ's 203rd force (Annemann's //S-h-h-h-! It's a Secret//, 1934, p. 41), was, according to Ken Krenzel, the idea of Edmund Balducci. Krenzel is a reliable source for this, as he knew Balducci well, and co-authored with him the first published trick to describe the force: "The All-fair Coincidence" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38684/Hugard+s+magic+monthly/70|Hugard's Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 14, No. 6, Nov. 1956, p. 502.
+This force was likely inspired by Henry Christ's 203rd Force from Annemann's //S-h-h-h-! It's a Secret//, 1934, p. 41.
-Nevertheless, Karl Fulves, in //Prolix//, No. 4, August 2008, p. 270, points out a close precursor in Sam Mayer's "Another Do as I Do", in the //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38071/The+Sphinx/7|Sphinx]]//, Vol. 45, No. 5, July 1946, p. 143. Mayer uses a sequence of four increasingly deep cut-and-turn-over actions to force the top card. Not long after this, Fred Braue published "Little Card Rise" in his column in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38699/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/75|Hugard's Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 6, No. 8, January 1949, p. 501. In this trick, Braue married the Mayer force with Sid Lorraine's miniature-card pop-up production that was first explained in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20618/Linking+Ring/35|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 1928, p. 33, "A Novel Card Discovery". Braue's explanation pared the cut-deeper force down to two cuts and turns. Thus it seems Mayer deserves credit for the cut-deeper force, with the two-cut handling following shortly after, its conceiver as yet undetermined. Fulves supplies further history and variants in the //Prolix// article cited above.
+Karl Fulves, in //Prolix//, No. 4, Aug. 2008, p. 270, points out a close precursor to this popular force in Sam Mayer's "Another Do as I Do", in the //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38071/The+Sphinx/7|Sphinx]]//, Vol. 45 No. 5, July 1946, p. 143. Mayer uses a sequence of four increasingly deep cut-and-turn-over actions to force the top card.
+Not long after this, Fred Braue published "Little Card Rise" in his column in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38699/Hugard+s+Magic+Monthly/75|Hugard's Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 6 No. 8, Jan. 1949, p. 501. In this trick, Braue pared the cut-deeper force down to two cuts and turns, the performer making the first cut, and letting the spectator make the second. Thus it seems Mayer deserves credit for the cut-deeper force, with the two-cut handling following shortly after, its condenser as yet undetermined. Fulves supplies further history and variants in the //Prolix// article cited above.
+Ken Krenzel believed the force was invented by Edmund Balducci. Krenzel and Balducci contributed a trick using it, "The All-fair Coincidence", to //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38684/Hugard+s+magic+monthly/70|Hugard's Magic Monthly]]//, Vol. 14 No. 6, Nov. 1956, p. 502. Krenzel was unaware of the Mayer and Braue descriptions that preceded Balducci. This oversight has led to the force being frequently and persistently attributed to Ed Balducci, to the present time.
+There is also a related force, where the spectator cuts off half the deck, turns it over, and drops it back onto the talon. The magician then secretly turns over the entire pack as he spreads the cards on the table. The first face-down card appears to be where the spectator cut, but it is the original top card of the deck. This force is commonly attributed to Bro. John Hamman, probably due to it being described multiple times without credit in his book, //The Secrets of Brother John Hamman//, 1989, p. 65 and 99. The force, however, was the creation of Lynn Searles, who published it as "The 'So Simple' Force" in //The Jinx Summer Extra//, 1936, p. 135.
+  * [[https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/2778|Category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"]]
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