Effect
The X-ray Knife
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 5 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
This is another knife card stab which is very interesting.
Performer requests that a spectator select a card from deck and remember it. Spectator then replaces card in deck and it is shuffled thoroughly into the deck. The cards are then wrapped securely in a piece of paper. A spectator is given a knife and told to thrust it through the paper and into the cards. Magician then removes paper and shows that knife has located the selected card.
How it is done
The method, 9 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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