Hands

145 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Hands
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To "Slip" a Card
Variations 1876 Modern Magic 35
Unknown To Slip a Card with transformation effect
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 25
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Hinge Shift actually apparently just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck
 		1920 Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks 8
Jack Merlin Production of Chosen Card by Riffling Pack from One Hand to the Other selection is at place where spectator stops, springing cards from one hand to the other
Also published here 1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 5
Jack Merlin The Tip Up Find spectator cuts to selection
Also published here 1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 6
Unknown Slip Cut in the hands
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 117
Unknown Slip Cut Packet Switch
1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 51
Dr. Jacob Daley Second Card from the Top Slip Pass
Related to 1940 The Jinx (Issue 85) 543
Joseph Cottone The Cottone Spider-Grip False Cut
1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 19
Unknown Back-slip Cut brief
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 37
Unknown Slip Cut
1941 The Stripper Deck 9
Unknown "Top" Card Control Clip Cut hindu style
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 261
Unknown One-Hand Slip Cut to table
Also published here 1942 Let's See the Deck 11
Eddie Joseph The Slip
Inspired by 1942 Greater Card Tricks 11
Unknown Slip Cut
1944 Action with Cards 5
Unknown Slip Cut in the hands
 		1947 Watch This One! 69
Unknown The Backslip slip cut right side
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 109
Unknown Slip Cut The Slip
 		1948 Show Stoppers with Cards 4
Unknown Slip Cut
1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 21
Unknown Slip Cut
1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 219) 874
Edward Marlo Slip Undercut
1952 Control Systems 50
Unknown Slip Cut
1952 Effective Card Magic 140
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
Related toAlso published here 1953 The Cardician 66
Art Lyle Swing Cut - Slip Cut
1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 292) 1169
Peter Warlock "PW" Slip Cut
  • (1) On the Table Top
  • (2) On to the Left Hand
Also published here 1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 214
Cy Endfield The Endfield Slip Cut
1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I 53
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master False-Cut Supreme slip cut in Hindu shuffle position
 		1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 7
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Slip Cut
1958 The Faro Shuffle 24
Unknown Slip Undercut
1961 Card to Wallet 14
Unknown Slip Cut in the hands
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 71
Unknown Reverse Slip Cut
1962 Close-up Card Magic 256
Edward Marlo The Marlo Slip Cuts for some credit information on some of the cuts, see page 19
  • I. The First Slip Cut (in the hands)
  • II. The Variation (block slip cut)
  • III. Strictly on the Table
  • IV. Slip Cut No. 2 (table)
  • V. Slip Cut No. 3 (table, see also Tyler Wilson reference)
  • VI. Shuffler's Slip Cut (tabled)
  • VII. Retaining Slip Cut (top card retained, deck cut underneath)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 Expert Card Conjuring 6
Edward Marlo Slip Cut No. 3 - Variation
1968 Expert Card Conjuring 19
Dai Vernon One-Handed Slip Cut
1968 Expert Card Conjuring 49
Unknown Slip Cut in the hands
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 107
Edward Marlo One-Cut, Double-Control center slip cut, see notes on page 165
VariationsAlso published here 1969 Hierophant (Issue 2) 72
Cy Endfield Endfield Slip Cut
1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 230
Bill Simon Block Slip Cut
Related toVariations 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 130
Larry Jennings Bold Slip Cut top and bottom cards slipped off, rest slapped on top
 		July 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9) 347
Karl Fulves The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 25
Karl Fulves Note 3 application to stripper deck
Inspired by 1971 The Book of Numbers 28
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut
1971 Odd Lifts 14
Tom Batchelor The Clip-Cut Control Pass cover pass or "display pass" with top-card cover
Inspired by 1971 Canadian Card Control 11
Jack Merlin Spring Flourish Production selection is at place where spectator stops, springing cards from one hand to the other
Also published here 1972 The Living End 9
Jack Merlin The Tip-Up Discovery spectator cuts to selection
Also published here 1972 The Living End 52
Unknown The Slip Cut
1972 The Living End 157
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut brief
 		1972 Packet Magic 19
Unknown Slip Cut
May 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 7) 623
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
Inspired by 1973 Further Flight 15
Jerry K. Hartman Swing Slip Cut Slip Cut in the action of a Swing Cut
Inspired by
  • "Marlo Slip Cut" (The Gen)
Also published here 		1973 Means & Ends 12
Larry Jennings Twin Peeks Control two breaks, center slip cut
Also published here 1975 Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1)) 266
Unknown Slip Cut
Apr. 1975 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8) 97
Karl Fulves Covered Slip Cut for riffle force, possible with stranger card
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 4
Unknown The Slip Cut
1975 Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One 11
Edward Marlo The Grab Swing Cut as a false Cut
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 175
Cy Endfield Endfield Slip Cut
1977 Matching the Cards 30
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut standard slip cut
 		1978 7 Secrets 39
Unknown Slip Cut
Feb. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6) 529
Karl Fulves Covered Slip Cut brief
Related to 1978 Fr. Cyprian On The Hofzinser Card Problem 19
Karl Fulves Seem Familiar? credit information on the in-the-hands slip cut, left thumb holding back card
 		1979 Interlocutor (Issue 31) 121
Frank Lane A Good False Cut from a 1931 book, slip cut in the hands with left thumb
 		1979 Interlocutor (Issue 31) 121
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Removal in foreword, card changes place with card sandwiched in centre of deck, slip cut under side-jog
Variations 1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4
Edward Marlo Dissertation on a Slip Cut historic information, reply to Karl Fulves sections
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 230
Edward Marlo Move #3 - Top Card Slip Cut
1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 232
Edward Marlo The Secret Slip Cut
1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 233
Frank Garcia Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1980 Exclusive Card Secrets 38
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut
1981 Cardworks 21
T. Nelson Downs Slip Cut
1981 Milennium Aces 26
MacMillan MacMillan Slip Cut top card is sidejoged
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 31
Derek Dingle Slip Cut Handlings (Standard)
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 67
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne Slip Cut as Cover Pass Substitute two methods
 		1982 Best of Friends 53
Edward Marlo Delayed Slip Cut
1983 Marlo without Tears 43
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut in the hands
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 178
Unknown Slip Cut
1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 2
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 2
Bob Farmer Swivel Slip Cut several cards from top to center
Related to
  • Doug Edwards' "Cardmania", same idea
 1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 84
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1985 Lake Tahoe Card Magic 43
Unknown Slip Cut from hindu shuffle position
 		1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7) 109
Unknown Slip Pass riffle force handling in which both hands turn over during slip of top card to center for cover
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 3
Frederick Braue Braue Backslip top half removed towards front (1944 & 1959)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 17
Unknown Schleif-Abheben
July 1985 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3&4) 145
Unknown Slip Cut
1987 New Wave Close-Up 70
Unknown Slip Cut
1987 CardPerfect 48
Darwin Ortiz Slip Cut in the Hands
1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 99
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
 		1988 The Cardwright 30
Unknown Swing Slip Cut
1988 Off the Wall 55
Justin Higham Palm Pivot Slip Cut straight cut from hand to table, bottom half taken
 		1988 Utility Card Sleights 5
Dai Vernon, Cy Endfield Vernon on the "Endfield" Slip Cut
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 41
T. Nelson Downs Downs Slip Cut left thumb holds back top card
Related to
  • "The Downs-McGuire Letters" (p. 22)
 1989 Quick Card Tricks 31
Edward Marlo Slip Unloading Action kind of secret slip cut
 		1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 77
Bill Simon Block Slip Cup
1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 114
John Bannon One-Handed Buckle Slip Cut
1990 Impossibilia 121
Unknown Slip Cut
1990 Focus 20
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut as sandwich catch
Related to 1990 Cardfixes 12
Alex Elmsley Two Novel Slip Cuts
  • The Swivel Slip Cut
  • The Undercut Slip
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 109
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Slip Cut
Inspired by 1991 Smoke and Mirrors 95
Ernest Earick Endfield Slip-Cut Variant
1993 By Forces Unseen 48
David Avadon The Giovanni-Avadon Slip Cut
Inspired by Feb. 1993 Profile (Issue 12) 2
Eddie Fechter You Would Lose performer cuts to four Aces, slip cuts
 		1993 Fechter 49
Unknown Slip Cut
1994 Steel and Silver 96
Edward Marlo Top Card Slip Cut
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 72
Unknown The Slip Cut from Dealing Position
1995 Card College — Volume 1 61
Felix Farrell Single-Handed Slip-Cut using "The Erdnase Shift. One Hand"
Inspired by 1995 Aus dem Effeff... 83
Cy Endfield Slip Cut
1996 Aenigmas Rätsel 75
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Handling
Also published here 1997 Jennings '67 40
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tilt Undercut (Plus Ace Effect) slip cut handling with tilted top card, Ace cutting application
Related to Oct. 1997 Onyx (Issue 1) 5
Ellis Stanyon False Cut to Retain the Top and Bottom Stock No. 24, slip cut, losing top card
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 286
Jack McMillen The MacMillan Slip covered slip cut after double lift, top card remains side-jogged
Variations June 2000 Onyx (Issue 11) 10
Wesley James The MacMillen-James Slip slip cut with top card side-jogged, switched for second card
Inspired by June 2000 Onyx (Issue 11) 10
Harry Lorayne Slip-Cut Alternate cover pass false cut as slip cut replacement
 		2001 Personal Collection 523
Unknown Slip Cut left fingers hold back top card
 		Nov. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11) 46
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple Slip Cut
June 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1) 30
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
 		Sep. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4) 3
Unknown Cover Pass False Cut
2004 Cut Controls 3
Unknown Cover Pass False Cut Variation top and bottom cover
 		2004 Cut Controls 9
Jerry Sadowitz, James Steranko Ambitious Steranko top card stays in position despite straight cut
 		2004 Cut Controls 12
Wesley James, Dave Ossip De-Flourished Ossip Slip Cut in the hands
 		2004 Enchantments 145
Unknown Slip Cut
2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 60
Unknown Slip Cut with tapping cover afterwards
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 21
Allan Ackerman Block Slip Cut apparently open single slip cut, erdnase break
 		2005 Ackerman 2004 7
Unknown Throw-Cut Production top section thrown into other hand (or onto table)
Related to 2005 Discoverie (Issue 10) 130
Jack Avis Technique for a Multiple Slip Cut with two applications
 		2006 Rara Avis 172
Edward Marlo One-Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 52
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut
Also published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 11 No. 12, Apr. 1956
 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 59
Edward Marlo One-Cut, Double-Control center slip cut
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 70
Edward Marlo More Slip Cuts
  • First Method
  • A Variation
  • Strictly on the Table
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Shuffler's Slip Cut
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 73
Justin Higham One-handed Slip Pass Secret one handed Slip Cut
 		2008 Dexterity Manual 8
Tyler Wilson Slip Cut Handling
Related to 2010 Reinventing the Real 99
Jerry K. Hartman Slipwitch Secret Slip Cut
 		2010 CAAN Craft 13
Harry Lorayne The Hopless Hop top card shown and side-jogged, cut into center, secret slip cut, incorporating side-jog idea by Jack Carpenter, two methods
Inspired by 2011 Special Effects 61
Msgr. Vincent Foy The Overly One Cuts single cards moved, kind of one-handed slip cuts
A. The Middle to Top Cut
B. Top to Middle Cut
 		2011 A Cut Above 88
Unknown A Modified Slip Cut
2014 Classic Fantastic 45
Jerry K. Hartman Swing Slip Cut
Also published here 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 180
Edward Marlo Slip cut secretly slipping face-up card into middle, bottom of deck turned toward audience to hide action, see "Delicate Marlo Slip Cut" in reference
Also published here 2018 Pure Imagination 118
Steve Forte Off-the-table Slip-cuts
  • heel-peek slip-cut
  • bottom slip-cut
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 221
Steve Forte Positioning Swing-Cuts bluff/slip swing cuts to position top cards into different parts with breaks
Inspired by 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 755
Unknown One-Handed Slip-Cut from dealing position to table
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 811
Unknown Slip Cut
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 24
Harry Lorayne The oLaH Cut normal slip cut with deck held vertically
 		2020 More Jaw Droppers! 4
Jack McMillen Covered Slip Cut slip cut with card under side-jogged top card(s)
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 214
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique One
Also published here 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 431
Larry Jennings Twin Peeks Control two breaks, center slip cut
Also published here 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 432
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique Two bottom half cut to top
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 434
Larry Jennings Open Slip Cut Force bold
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 435
Tom Dobrowolski Covered Slip-Cut a block under the top card is retained with a swing cut, Neal Elias Multiple Shift action
 		Apr. 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1) 11