False Cuts

[RazorAce]

Everybody uses false cuts. What are your must knows in the false cut world? For me the Double Undercut is a must learn.

 

[fercloseupartist]

Kryptonite from "The System" ( that's a one handed false cut ) and "Molecule" also from "The System", the molecule I'm talking about is the one that's also tought on "Pasteboard Devices" on "The System".

and the up-the-latter cut for a table cut.

 

[al3x:h]

my "must-learns" are the double undercut, heapsnatch, the pass false cut thing, and (if you do a LOT of table work) the zarrow shuffle, which I don't know

 

[Jack]

these aren't must learns but i like them
Double Undercut
Molecule 4 false (db2)
A variation of the Pivotal Cut (richard)

I mostly use blind shuffles to retain stock rather than keep the whole deck in order. I just started using the Hindu Shuffle a lot more. Most people haven't seen it but it still looks like a fair shuffle.

Cheers!

 

[Black Jack]

Up The Ladder

For tabled work, the running cut called "Up The Ladder" is fantastic. It's a full deck control but it's very hard to believe it as a spectator.

 

[Johnlawl]

Rotation, Kryptonyite, Molecule 1&2, Corkscrew Closer.

 

[RazorAce]

Yea up the ladder is a good one.

 

[Medifro]

I personally don't like to use too flourishy cuts as false cut after a selection, because I feel that the spectator thinks that you're doing something clever. Why not just cut the damn cards instead in a fair looking way?

Myself I use the pass false cut or the false cuts in Card College vol.1

 

[RazorAce]

Well obviously your not going to make it look like somethings up (I hope most people know that). But like yea, make it look natural, thats why i like the pass and double undercuts.

 

[Dom Kabala]

I use a form of "Marlo's Running Cut" that I developed. There are some excellent false cuts in the C.C. series.
Dom Kabala

 

[Jack The Magician]

One false cut that has not been mentioned is False Sybil, which, for me, is an effective and efficient.

Moreover, the Double Undercut is also one of my favorite false cuts.

Cheers,
JTM

 

[Dom Kabala]

One false cut that has not been mentioned is False Sybil, which, for me, is an effective and efficient.

Moreover, the Double Undercut is also one of my favorite false cuts.

Cheers,
JTM

FYI a double undercut is considered a Transfer Cut not a false cut. The concept of transferring cards via a table cut with a bottom break saw print in "Expert at The Card Table". The in the hands Double Cut was popularized by Dai Vernon and saw publication for the first time in '46 in the 2nd volume of "Stars Of Magic". It was used in a routine called "Cutting The Aces". The reverse double under cut is a transfer cut that transfers one or several bottom cards to the top without changing the order of the deck. It first saw print in "Expert Card Conjuring" by Alton Sharpe in '68. The technique was first shown to Marlo in '46 by Bert Fenn who in turn learned it from Bob Haskell.
Dom Kabala.

 

[Medifro]

FYI a double undercut is considered a Transfer Cut not a false cut. The concept of transferring cards via a table cut with a bottom break saw print in "Expert at The Card Table". The in the hands Double Cut was popularized by Dai Vernon and saw publication for the first time in '46 in the 2nd volume of "Stars Of Magic". It was used in a routine called "Cutting The Aces". The reverse double under cut is a transfer cut that transfers one or several bottom cards to the top without changing the order of the deck. It first saw print in "Expert Card Conjuring" by Alton Sharpe in '68. The technique was first shown to Marlo in '46 by Bert Fenn who in turn learned it from Bob Haskell.
Dom Kabala.

Wow, great post.

I've always know that the concept is Vernon's ( in the hands double undercut) though I never thought the first publication was in Stars of Magic.

Thanks indeed for the wonderful info.

 

[Jack The Magician]

FYI a double undercut is considered a Transfer Cut not a false cut.

Touché -- nice catch.

I guess I shouldn't be posting at about 4:00am in the morning.

Cheers,
JTM

 

[Shodan]

Bill Malone's false running cut is a thing of beauty. The in the hands version is also very nice.

The standard three packet cut to the table is very quick and convincing. I'm partial to 3 packet false cuts in general; John G does a nice one in Brainstorm vol 1 (no explaination though - you have to go stop motion to break it down). Greg Wilson teaches a nice three packet cut on one of his DVDs.

False cuts are a matter of taste. I will use the three packet cut to the table with a blind overhand shuffle (top stock, bottom stock or full deck retention) as a quick "look the deck is mixed" action. Bill Malone's running cut goes with a false riffle shuffle very nicely. I mostly use them just to keep my hands busy, or as part of a card revelelation. NEVER after a card is returned to the deck - it looks too "movey" no matter what you do.