Salt

24 entries in Cards / Principles / Salt
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Al Baker Pass the Salt using salt, one card of three
Also published here 1935
Al Baker's Second Book
29
Milton Sleight of Foot deck is kicked with foot and splits at selection, salt
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
39
The Salt Trick deck divides at selected card
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
237
38 - The "Gimmicked Cut". Use salt to mark the cut (credits it as "Sleight of Foot")
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
54
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Salted Card deck cuts itself at selection when thrown on table
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
29
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Second Presentation deck cut at selection with foot
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
30
Eddie Joseph The Cardiana Roll selection lost, deck hit and it splits at selection, using lead piece
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
44
Robert A. Nelson Radar Pencil Mental Routine one of four cards is picked up secretly, card is detected, radar pencil
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
22
James Auer, Edward Marlo Card Telepathy de Luxe card divination, impromptu version by Ed Marlo
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
23
Joseph L. Barnett Hands-Off Miracle No. 35, Spectator cuts to, remembers bottom card, and replaces packet. Magician is able to cut to selection. (Salt location)
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
63
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Pocket Card Trick No. 121, performer finds spectator's selection and divines number of cards in spectator's pocket
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
235
Audley Walsh, Jerry Lukins The Spirit Card Trick No. 124, haunted pack using salt
Inspired by 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
239
Steve Shimm Remote Recovery see also p. 864 for comment by Karl Fulves
Related to
  • glass powder suggestion by Art Lyle on page 31
 Jan. 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 3)
16
The Salt Trick deck divides at selected card
Also published here 1972
The Living End
96
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley - Anneman Salt Trick Wrinkle No. 266, sounds like golf stick used to cut deck at selection, then picking it up with sticky end of stick
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
66
Salt Location Trick No. 433, note without content
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
125
Emil Jarrow Salted Deck way to pour salt on deck
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
133
Sleight of Foot deck split at selection with shoe, salt
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
67
Salt Punch pressing card on salt grain on table
 		1983
After Jordan
3
Jon Racherbaumer Dirty Pool shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 8)
75
Jon Racherbaumer The Salty Dog Location shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
108
Jack Avis True Grit way of dropping grains of salt on selection, as a control
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
12
Al Baker Pass the Salt! using salt, one card of three
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
116
Barrie Richardson A Glimpse of Milton fairly "thought-of" card divined, slippery powder/glass microbeads instead of salt
Inspired by 2011
Curtain Call
100