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cards:mechanical_reverse [2014/06/04 17:36] denisbehrcards:mechanical_reverse [2017/04/03 21:33] stephenminch
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-The Mechanical Reverse evolved in clearly defined steps. The actual movement of the hand secretly flipping cards over from the fingertips to the palm was published in Henri Decremps' book, //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/161|Le Testament de Jérôme Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 161 of the Hugard translation, in the context of a [[cards:card_at_any_number|Card at Any Number]] effect. This move used no cards as cover; it was just a secret deck flop. 166 years later, Stewart James published the move with cover — the first modern-day mechanical reverseHe called it the Top Cover Movewhich was part of his marketed trick, //The Nullifactor//, 1951+The evolution of the Mechanical Reverse can be broken into the following components. The movement of secretly flipping cards over from the fingertips to the palm was published by Henri Decremps in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5129/Decremps+from+Kaufman/161|Le Testament de Jérôme Sharp]]//, 1785, p. 161 of the Hugard translation, in the context of a [[cards:card_at_any_number|Card at Any Number]] effect. This move used no cards as cover. It was just a secret deck flop. 134 years later, Louis F. Christianer published the same turnover mechanics with a single card, but under cover of the deck; see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38020/Magical+Bulletin/7|The Magical Bulletin]]//, Vol. 7 No. 6, June 1919, p. 55. 
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-Dr. Ronald Wohl later included the now-common pinky wedge break and included it in //​[[http://​askalexander.org/​display/​11088/Ibidem+2/363|Ibidem]]//, No. 28, Apr. 1963, p. 36 (Wohl's ms. was written between ​April 1957 and March 1958). It wasn’t until //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20049/Epilogue/261|Epilogue Special #2]]//, 1975, p. 251, that Ken Krenzel jumped on board and gave it the name we now all use+Tony Kardyro described the sleight as it is used todaywith the initial turnover of the deck and the wedge breakas "'K's' Half Pass" in his column "For Experts Only" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/37527/Linking+Ring/57|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol19 No. 9, Nov. 1939, p. 719. (This reference was spotted by Jerry Sadowitz.) 
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 +In the following decades, both Dr. Ronald Wohl (//​[[http://​askalexander.org/​display/​11088/Ibidem+2/363|Ibidem]]//, No. 28, Apr. 1963, p. 36Wohl's ms. was written between ​April 1957 and March 1958) and Ken Krenzel (//[[http://askalexander.org/display/20049/Epilogue/261|Epilogue Special #2]]//, 1975, p. 251) reinvented the sleight. Krenzel gave it the name Mechanical Reverse
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