Fechter

The Magic of Eddie Fechter

Book
1993
Written by Jerry Mentzer
Work of Eddie Fechter
265 pages (Hardcover), published by Magic Methods
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
116 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jerry Mentzer Foreword
vii
Jerry Mentzer Background Information on Eddie Fechter
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 viii
Dai Vernon Introduction
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 1
Chapter 1 - Tales, History, Photos, & Shtick
3
Harrison Carroll Biography of Eddie Fechter
5
Ed Eckl Thoughts of Eddie Fechter and the Forks
16
Rob Allen The Kitchen Table stories on the kitchen in the Forks Hotel and Eddie Fechter
  • Nonsense in the kitchen
  • Mindreading
  • Sandwich
 		18
Rob Allen, Bill Okal, Ray Mertz Breakfast stories of Eddie Fechter
  • Going Out to Breakfast.
  • I'm Here!
  • Coffee's strong!
  • Coffee Refills.
  • When the Food Came.
  • Got to Go Now.
 		20
Michael Skinner Two Tales of Eddie
  • The Carnival Dice Game
  • Paper Balls Over the Head
 		22
Rob Allen, Bill Okal, Ron Fredrick* Sight Bits and other Shtick gags Eddie Fechter used to do
  • Eddie's Imitations
  • Directions
  • Winter Wonder
  • Fuzzy Duck
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Harrison Carroll, Ron Fredrick*, Rob Allen, Bill Okal Fechter Bits lines and bits by Eddie Fechter
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Jerry Mentzer Success and the Forks Hotel ln the Forks hotel
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Chapter 2 - Peek Magic
33
Eddie Fechter Imperfection Peek
35
Eddie Fechter Peek Control with a Corner Short Card
37
Eddie Fechter Natural Break Peek using natural breaks
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Eddie Fechter Two Card Revelation deck cut in half, face cards change into selections, a la "Sleeve Aces"
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Eddie Fechter Fourth Down finding two selection with reversed card
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Chapter 3 - Eddie Fechter Magic
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Eddie Fechter You Would Lose performer cuts to four Aces, slip cuts
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Eddie Fechter Eddie's Stop performer stops spectator while dealing, next card is selection
 		51
Eddie Fechter The Spectator Stops psychological stop trick, cards face down
  • Outs
  • Touches
 		53
Eddie Fechter Eight Coin Trick
Inspired by
Variations
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Changing Aces (Snapover Aces) red Aces on top of deck are replaced and turned over again, transformation to black Aces
Also published here
  • "Precursor" XXXIII, 1991. P. 3.
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Lou Gallo Lou Gallo's Presentation of Snapover Aces same as Fechter's method, just after Multiple Shift
Related to
  • "Precursor" XXXIII, 1991. P. 3.
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Eddie Fechter That's It!
59
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Shake Down Gymnastic Aces with selected cards
Inspired by
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Eddie Fechter Slide Revelation incomplete Faro, part slides forward and back to reveal selection
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Invisible Pass cover pass
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Eddie Fechter, Dan Block Off Beat Tip Change Routine card under finger of spectator is apparently switched with other card
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Eddie Fechter, Dan Block Top Change Handling card held from above
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Eddie Fechter Faro Pairs magician's gag, Faro with alternate pairs
 		71
Eddie Fechter Crazy Cut strange card control, pass mechanics
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Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Multiple Shift
  • The Basic Multiple Shift
  • Four to the Top
  • Three to the Bottom and One to the Top
  • Four to the Bottom
  • Two to the Top and Two to the Bottom
Related to
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Eddie Fechter One Handed Tabled Switch with deck in hand and card on table
 		78
Chapter 4 - Bill Okal Remembers
81
Bill Okal I Meet the "Guy Named Fechter"
83
Bill Okal Outside the Forks on the Forks Hotel
 		87
Bill Okal Eddie As Teacher
89
Bill Okal The New Forks Begins
92
Bill Okal The Forks Enters Twilight
95
Bill Okal The Forks' Finale
97
Bill Okal Fechter - The Bartender
98
Bill Okal Fechter's Magic
107
Chapter 5 - Early Memories of Eddie
117
William P. Miesel My Early Memories of Eddie
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 119
Eddie Fechter A Card Location card pushed inside case
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 119
Eddie Fechter A Card Control same as LePaul's "An Automatic Jog-Control"
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Related to
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Eddie Fechter A Different Disclosure card change, while deck is turned over
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 122
Eddie Fechter Eddie's Dunbury
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 123
Eddie Fechter The Three Devils joke with cards
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 124
Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Homing Card
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 125
Chapter 6 - Magic From the Forks Hotel
127
Eddie Fechter I've Got a Surprise For You wrong card placed on table, same card is removed from pocket and card on table turns out to be selection
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Related to
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Toss Change while card is tossed onto table or into spectator's hand
Related to
 129
Karl Norman Impromptu Torn and Restored Cigarette
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  • Linking Ring, June 1972
Variations
 131
Eddie Fechter Be Honest - What Is It? two cards, one held by spectator and one by performer, change into two totally different cards, other two cards end up in performer's trouser pocket
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Related to
Variations
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Eddie Fechter The Follow Up follow up for "Be Honest What Is It?", card changes face-up, snap-over change
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 136
Eddie Fechter Goblin Tube coin changes into water, with Goblin Tube, gag
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 137
Eddie Fechter, Del Ray Fechter's Aces Aces vanish from four packets and are found again, improvisational manner
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Variations
 138
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Vanish
138
Eddie Fechter Aces Up or Down? Aces are found reversed in the deck, featuring a multiple shift that reverses the cards
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 143
Eddie Fechter You've Been Real Good to Me spectator sits on the card that the performer is thinking of
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Eddie Fechter Waterfall revelation of chosen card after waterfall from hand to hand
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Related to
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Chapter 7 - Request Tricks
151
Eddie Fechter 6-4-5 Coin Trick tabled coins across with three coins on each side, extra coin, several phases
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Variations
 153
Han Ping Chien Han Ping Chien Move
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 158
Eddie Fechter Eight to Twelve two spectators hold amount of cards, number of cards changes several times
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  • The Linking Ring, Feb. 1973
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Karl Norman Card on the Ceiling
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 162
Insertion Crimp Control card corner crimped as it is inserted
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 163
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Brainwave spectator-reversed card in normal deck is predicted in invisible deck
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 166
Eddie Fechter Center Glimpse of reversed card in center of the deck, while squaring up tabled deck
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 168
Chapter 8 - Peeks
171
Jerry Mentzer Introduction to "Peeks"
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 173
Eddie Fechter Peek Force break
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 174
Eddie Fechter Multiple Force peek forcing consecutive cards
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 176
Eddie Fechter Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen verbal convincer for spectator's peek
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 177
Eddie Fechter Peek and Key Combination slip cut of top card next to selection
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 178
Eddie Fechter Glimpse during rotation of the wrist
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 180
Eddie Fechter Peek Subtlety using a step after the peek
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 181
Eddie Fechter Turn Around Peek Control deck is turned 180° between the hands, inner ends to front and vice versa, with step
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 183
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Fan Glimpse one-handed fan after peek
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Variations
 185
Eddie Fechter Cover For Peek Control deck is flexed while holding a break, after peek
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 186
Eddie Fechter Two Card Control From Peek
  • Pseudo Three Peek Control (with peek force)
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 188
Eddie Fechter Eight Selections using eight cards, peeked selections and various revelations
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 190
Chapter 9 - Miscellaneous
197
Eddie Fechter Flying Locator improved version of Fechter's Fooler
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
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Lou Gallo Gallo's Addition flourish reveal, tabled deck with perpendicular card, it is squeezed to pop top half face-up
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 200
Eddie Fechter Small Stock False Shuffle
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 203
Gambler's Slip Cut
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 204
Eddie Fechter Auto Jog Control side-jog ad top half is replaced, followed by swivel cut
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 206
Eddie Fechter Spring Card Revelation card jumps from deck to hand
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Variations
 208
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Bluff Pass
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 210
Eddie Fechter Bar Towel Force
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 212
Eddie Fechter Tips, Hints, and Bits of Business various gags, on the classic force and Ambitious Card bit
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 213
Chapter 10 - Previous Offerings
217
Eddie Fechter Top Card Reversal for one or more cards, top or bottom
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 219
Eddie Fechter A Magical Prediction spectator finds his own card from ribbon spread deck, risky method, with outs
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, June 1972
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Eddie Fechter Knockout Prediction spectator and performer cut to the same card in their decks, three crimped cards
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, June 1972
Related to
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Chapter 11 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade
229
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
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 231
Eddie Fechter Fan Positioning placing a card at certain position from top, using fan shuffle
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 233
Eddie Fechter Double Lift from Tabled Pack
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Eddie Fechter A Fechter Force packet cutting timing force with out
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Variations
 237
Eddie Fechter Peek Reverse
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Variations
 238
Eddie Fechter Quick Reverse using palm, with variation
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 241
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
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 244
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
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 245
Eddie Fechter Control cuts and a faro shuffle
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Variations
 247
Chapter 12 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade II
251
Eddie Fechter How Do You Want Me To Find Your Card? selection is found again and again in quick fashion, as an out
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 253
Eddie Fechter Estimation Peek
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Related to
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Eddie Fechter Speller Positioning
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 256
Chapter 13 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade Finale
259
Eddie Fechter No Pile four of five cards vanish
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Related to
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Eddie Fechter Packet to Packet with Alternate Ending
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Variations
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, September 2020.