Flourish Cuts

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Die Renommier-Volte one-handed flourish pass
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 5
Unknown Jump Cut self-cutting deck
 		1946 Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries) 56
Bob Taylor A Truly Fan-cy Cut
Related to 1946 At the Table Tricks 6
Unknown Self-Cutting Deck
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 169
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 277) 1106
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 125
Neal Elias Self Cutting Pack top portion jumps off to table
 		1962 Estimation 53
Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
Related to 1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 170
Hubert Lambert Swivelleroo
VariationsAlso published here 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 229
Tom Batchelor The Perpetual Cut three packets
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 83
Tom Batchelor The Backhand Cut cards placed on back of the hands
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 86
Derek Dingle Throw Cut
1971 Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins 12
Harry Lorayne The Chopstick One-Hand Cut three packets
 		1973 Rim Shots 30
Jack Avis Spin Cut Aces cut and production, originally published in "Pentagram"
 		Sep. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1) 307
Jerry Andrus Banded Cut cutting the deck with rubber band around
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 58
Karrell Fox Butterfly Shuffle flourish shuffle/cut with both hands
 		1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 64
T. G. Murphy The Triple Cut three sections of the deck spin and flip through the air and a selection flies out
  • The Flying Card
  • Experimental Notes for the Expert (The Double Flying Card, The Multiple Flying Card, The Flying Card Variations, Experimental Variations)
  • Author's Own Use for the Triple Cut
Variations 1976 The Triple Cut 6
Unknown Shoot-Back Cut
1977 Any Second Now 243
Ken Krenzel The Floating Cut
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 250
Harvey Rosenthal HR Cut four packets, flourish cut or set-up for red-black shuffle
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 3) 1093
Unknown Swivel Cut
1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 85
Harry Lorayne Partial Chopstick One-Hand Cut
Inspired by 1979 Quantum Leaps 49
Richard Kaufman, Jon Racherbaumer Swivelleroo Plus flourish cut around swivel action, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979 CardMagic 28
Richard Kaufman Modified Swivelleroo Plus
Related to 1979 CardMagic 118
Herb Zarrow Swivel Round-A-Bout
June 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 6) 352
Harry Lorayne Butterfly Cut Variation
1980 Lecture Notes 21
Unknown Jump Cuts part of the deck jumps into the other hand, self-cutting deck
 		1981 Jim Ryan Close-Up: Entertaining Card Quickies 3
Derek Dingle Throw Cut
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 69
Felix Greenfield Seven-Layer One-Hand Cut
June 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 784
Pat Hazell The Flying Flourish Cut three handlings
 		1985 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4 41
Gianni Mattiolo Illogical Shuffle two-handed flourish cut, in-the-hands
Related toVariations Nov. 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 11) 1135
Earl Wheeler A Fancy Cut "It's hard to describe."
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 11
Unknown Self-Cutting Deck
1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 29
Karrell Fox The Meat-Slicer Cut
1986 For My Next Trick... 65
Doug Edwards Flourish Control flourish Z-cut as control
 		Feb. 1987 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 10 No. 2) 1316
Karl Fulves Pivot Cuts
1987 Secret Session — Part One 23
Gianni Mattiolo The Repeat Illogical Shuffle two-handed flourish cut with four packets, in-the-hands
Inspired by Sep. 1987 Opus (Vol. 1 No. 1) 5
Unknown Selfcutting Deck half the deck shoots in other hand, cuts at selection
 		1988 52 Lovers 139
Karl Fulves Wind-Up Cut cutting sequence to secretly reverse half the deck
 		1989 Quick Card Tricks 44
Richard Kaufman, Michael Powers Swivelleroo Plus Variation flourish cut to produce a card, preparing a double turnover ("Long Distance Double")
Also published here 1990 Top Secret Stuff 41
Unknown Self-Cutting Deck
1991 28 Card Tricks 55
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. False Cut four packets are kind of "faro shuffled", flourishy, false version preserves top and bottom stocks
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 92
T. Page Wright Fancy Cuts one-handed cut as gag when offering the deck to spectator for a cut
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 136
T. Page Wright A Three-Way Cut
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 137
T. Page Wright A Six-Way Cut
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 139
T. Page Wright An Eight-Way Cut
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 140
Chris Kenner Sybil flourish cut in 4 packets
Variations 1992 Totally Out Of Control 122
Chris Kenner The Five Faces of Sybil flourish cut in 5 packets, retains top and bottom, similar to Hooser's "The Ultimate Illogical Cut"
Related to 1992 Totally Out Of Control 125
Unknown The Kick-Back Card Discovery flourish shoot-back cut
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 87
Alex Elmsley The Tower Bridge Cut Charlier cut in both hands
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 7
Hubert Lambert, Dan Block Swivelleroo Variation
Inspired by 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56) 1054
Hubert Lambert, Nate Leipzig The Swivelleroo Cut
Also published here 1996 Card College — Volume 2 401
Paul Harris Flash Control flashy, using self-cutting deck, one-handed fan, Charlier cut
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic) 153
Joey Burton The Bermuda Cut triangle cut, card appears in side
 		1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64) 1254
Harry Levine Kaleidoscope Cut one-handed triple flourish cut, with variations
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1424
Unknown Hugh's Cut no last name given, three-packet version of Charlier Pass
 		1998 Vis à Vis 46
Unknown Swivel Cut
1999 Abgezockt! 18
H. J. Tattersall The "Pass" by Throwing the Pack from the Left to the Right Hand No. 22, two halves roll into other hand one by one
Related toVariations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 307
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note details of handling and simple location with it involving calculations with card values
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 307
Ellis Stanyon One-Handed Triple "Cut" No. 29
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 310
James G. Thompson Jr. Reine Angabe twirl cut extension
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3) 103
Bert Allerton The Wave Cut
2000 Card College — Volume 4 1016
Al Leech The Toss Cut
Also published here 2000 Card College — Volume 4 1017
John Cornelius The Master Cut
  • The Charlier Cut
  • The Circle and Roll Cut
 		2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 33
John Cornelius The Apprentice Cut
2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 37
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Formality three packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 40
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Air Born top half flies into other hand
Inspired by 2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Zero Gravity top half turns over and then is spun up, one-handed
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Kick Flip three packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck CO2 three packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 43
Dan Buck, Dave Buck 360° cut two packets, one half spins
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 44
Herb Zarrow Z grip starting position for following cuts
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 44
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Variation on Z grip
2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 45
Unknown Variation on Spin City
2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 45
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Leno Cut involving display with many packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 48
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Madonna involving display with many packets
Inspired by
  • "Bad Habit" (Brian Tudor, video Show Off)
 2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 50
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Hurricane involving display with many packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 52
Dan Buck, Dave Buck West Coast Chaos four packets
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 53
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Genesis real or false
Inspired by 2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 54
David Regal The Butterfly Hop variation on butterfly cut
 		2002 Constant Fooling 1 107
Jerry Sadowitz Sybil and Basil Cut flourish multiple packet cut with new kicker ending
 		2004 Cut Controls 27
Steve Beam The Rolly Polly Controlly deck is cut in several pieces and reassembled, oddity
  • The Rollout
  • The Rollup
  • Mat Less Handling
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 18
Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 352
Unknown The Goldin Pass more a flourish cut
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 15) 83
Dave Buck Sybil Replacement Replacement of cards in right hand palm during a fancy Sybil Cut
 		2011 If An Octopus Could Palm 82
Unknown Jump Cut bottom part is thrown into other hand
 		2014 A Fuego Lento — Volumen I 132
Kiko Pastur El Sombrerero Loco half of the deck jumps up to other hand, at point of selection
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 80
Edo Huang Flourish Cut
2015 Card Coffee Collective 84
Edo Huang Flourish Cut
2015 Card Coffee Collective 90
Steve Beam The Möbius Cut (A Tool & A Toy) flourish cut, based on Charlier
 		2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 240
Unknown Selfcutting Deck half the deck shoots in other hand, cuts at selection
 		2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 207
Steve Forte Jump-Cut from Incomplete Riffle Shuffle in the air, caught with other hand
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 830
Steve Forte reverse strip flourish running cut
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 999
Steve Forte screwdriver-cut deck flipped face-up during tabled cut in two stages, real or false
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 999
Steve Forte packet spins, snaps, and twirls flourishy way to place last packet of a strip cut to the top
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1000
Steve Forte one-handed back-somersault cut deck in riffle shuffle position, card from bottom tossed up and it flips back on top
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1000
Steve Forte three-packet flip tabled
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1002
Steve Forte up-down flip tabled
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1003
Simon Black See-Saw Swing flourishy swing cut
 		2020 Magic for BLM 44
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