Nailnick

68 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Fifth Method nailnick
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
70
Fifth Method nailnick as selection is replaced underneath fan
 		1890
More Magic
22
Amerikanische Methode nail nick
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
131
Stop Trick
1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
21
Ben Erens Miracle Card Location nail nick while inserting card in fan
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
331
Sid Lorraine Addition to Elliott's Crimp nail nick
 		1938
Greater Magic
52
Ben Erens, Henry Gordien, Louis Zingone Nicking the Edge of a Card three methods by those three people for nicking a selection, one with pencil
 		1938
Greater Magic
61
Theodore Annemann Nail Nick Key Control
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
368
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Related toVariations Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 82)
531
46 - Scrapes and nicks. How to nailnick
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
64
Bob Hummer By Mail (nail) packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1944
Six-Trix for 1944
6
Carmen D'Amico The Domico Location nicking the side edge as card is pushed into deck
Related to 1946
Card Control
51
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • "Mappen"-Karte
  • Nagelmarkierung
  • Markierung mit der Stecknadel
  • "Brücke" am Ende des Spieles
  • Ein Ersatz für die lange Karte
  • Staniol auf der Rückseite der Karte
  • Auffinden der Schlüsselkarte durch den Index
Related to 1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2)
6
Joe Berg Joe Berg's Nail Location
Jan. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)
623
Clayton Rawson Double Thought two card location
 		May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Double Thought #2 two cards
 		May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson The New "Sky Sense" selection moved from pile to pile, divined by performer
Inspired by Sep. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 4)
697
Eddie Joseph Individualism borrowed business cards are divined under table
 		1954
A Magician Goes to Dinner
21
Cy Endfield Method of Edge Marking
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I
13
Max Malini Nail Nicking Method while displaying cards in each hand
Also published here 1962
Malini and His Magic
71
James Steranko Kinetic Energy fingertip peek, method to make the selection move to an in-jogged position, then nail nick
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
31
James Steranko Impact fingertip peek, left third fingernail enters break briefly, nicks card and break is lost
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
32
James Steranko Influence in demo riffle a card is nail nicked and peeked, then it is forced in fingertip peek position
Related to 1962
The Ultimate Move
36
Bob Veeser Acetimation estimation presentation, nail nicked Ace
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
49
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
41
Edward Marlo Marlo's Handling different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Inspired byAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
45
Bascom Jones Add Aces all halves are face down
Inspired by 1970
Magick (Issue 3)
14
Roger Smith Any Number via False Faro Method - Variations two variations
Inspired by Sep. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
8
Harry Lorayne Faro Quickie & Follow-Up two face up cards find selection peeked at, followed by challenge location with nail nick
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
254
Gene Nielsen Psychic Touch signed card is located blindfolded
 		1975
Magick (Issue 129)
643
Rovi Reputation Maker very similar to Eddie Fields "Tripartite"
Related to 1980
Rovi Reveals
14
Bob Hummer By Mail packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
23
Steve Beam The Best I Could Scratch Up
Related to
  • Paul Clive's "On the Side" in "Card Tricks Without Skill"
 1980
Card Tricks from Mount Olympus
46
Nail Nick bottom card
 		1981
The Lost Pages of the Kabbala
10
Bruce Bernstein It Takes Two card is chosen and shuffled back into the deck, cards are eliminated, last card is selection, PATEO
Related toAlso published here 1981
Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers
47
Tom Craven Mental Nick spectator cuts small packet and counts cards, then he remembers card at that position in deck
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
5
Edward Marlo On These Subjects procedure for locating nicked, scratched, edge marked cards while riffle shuffling
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
81
Edward Marlo Scratch Sorcery or Nickromancy nicked or scratched key card and riffle shuffle control
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
227
Joseph Dunninger Publicity Effects card is divined and medium finds chosen card in the other room
 		1984
Publicity Secrets
9
Ace Control nail nick
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
29
Charlie Miller Additional Miller Notes
  • holding break while tapping on table
  • nailnick and estimate distance from key
  • "Vernon's 7 card, 7 piles trick."
(1940)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
1
Eddie Fields Nail Nick Method
1987
Special Effects
65
Dai Vernon Nailnick
1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
8
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Weight While I Find It five methods, ungaffed, locator card, sticky card
Inspired by July 1991
The Olram File (Issue 7)
9
Sam Schwartz Thought Process one of thirteen cards thought of, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card, see also p. 47
Inspired by
  • "Contemplation" (Interim Report)
Related toVariations 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
21
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
32
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tripartite different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
34
Jon Racherbaumer Phantom Autograph card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen", later a card is signed on the back for real and the signature travels to another card, nail nick credit information
Inspired by Oct. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
72
Karl Fulves In This Issue on impromptu markings on card, credit information
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
21
Karl Fulves Repeat After Me two decks, spectator cuts and remembers face card, then replaces, cuts behind back, both decks spread face-up, performer and spectator each push out three cards, one must be selection, performer's cards are added and counted down to in his deck, it matches spectator's selection
Inspired by
  • "He Only Thinks" (Eddie Clever, Magic In The Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Related to 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
21
Nailnick or Scratch as card is inserted, see also p. 26
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
22
Karl Fulves Deck Removal Nail Nick as deck is removed from case
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
81
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
84
Karl Fulves World Series disguised ten-card poker deal for four players with twenty cards
Variations 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
87
Nail Nicking Bottom Card
2003
Off The Books (Issue 6)
109
Karl Fulves The Other Way apparently one-way back locations are done with a borrowed deck
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
175
Karl Fulves K Thru 12 kings and queens removed, challenge location from this packet, see also p. 105 for further notes
Related to 2005
Combo II
57
Nail Nicking a Card
2005
Combo II
58
Marc Gettmann Mindshaker Tripartite nicking, uncredited
Related to 2006
Das Marc Gettmann-Seminar 2006
24
Justin Higham Sense of Touch Location Card selected and lost amongst one of three piles, performer eliminates all, except selection
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
54
Eddie Fields Tabled Nailnick
2011
The Magical Adventures of Jon Armstrong
12
Bruce Bernstein It Takes Two card is chosen and shuffled back into the deck, cards are eliminated, last card is selection, PATEO
Also published here 2012
Unreal
134
Karl Fulves Club Double with Ace through Ten of Clubs in a row, performer writes both cards on billet upside down in reverse order
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
19
Steve Reynolds On Marlo's Gambling Routine with stack, faro
  • Phase One: Poker, Rummy, Pinochle
  • Phase Two: Blackjack
  • Phase Three: Sucker Hand
  • Phase Four: The Bridge Deal
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 6)
1
Max Malini Nail Nicking Method while displaying cards in each hand
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
282
James Mollenkamp A Dedication to Michael Vincent Finale Aces lost in deck, performer is genuinely blindfolded and deals through deck and removes four cards, they are the four Jacks
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1104
James Mollenkamp Nailnick Methods two methods while spreading through the deck
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1104
Asi Wind Timing Force to Edge Mark nailnicked key
 		2024
Repertoire II
71