Top Stock

35 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Partial / Top Stock
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 27
Unknown III. To Retain the Top Stock running cut with break
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 41
Unknown "Top" Card Control Fan Cut
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 260
Edward Marlo Marlo's Running Cut in-the-hands swing cut running cut, also as top stock control
Related toVariations 1942 Deck Deception 14
Unknown Third Method
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 134
Unknown Palm Cut
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 136
Bill Simon The Basic Cut top and bottom cards are retained
 		1952 Effective Card Magic 176
Edward Marlo The True False Cut top stock
 		1968 Expert Card Conjuring 20
Harry Lorayne Double-Cut Series - Cut 1 top stock, in the hands
 		1975 Afterthoughts 55
Unknown Triple Cut Control from hindu shuffle position with perpendicular packets
  • as top stock control
  • as bottom stock control
  • as full deck control
 		1975 New and Novel Knowledge 15
Doug Edwards A Las Vegas Cut running false cut, top and bottom control
 		1978 Cardmania 35
Unknown Partial False Cut retaining top and bottom stock
 		1980 Exclusive Card Secrets 23
Dr. Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon False Cut top stock, or set-up for red-black shuffle
 		1981 The Chronicles (Issue 30) 1364
Steve Beam Partial Falsie on the table
 		1991 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38) 688
Steve Beam Partial Falsie on the table
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 66
Unknown The Giovanni False Cut top stock, overhand shuffle position
Variations 1993 Profile (Issue 12) 2
Ellis Stanyon False Cut to Retain the Top Stock No. 25, running cut, deck held over the table
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 287
Bob Irons Bottom Running Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
Related to 1999 Tricks of my Trade 66
Juan Villarejo Corte Múltiples en Mesa a dos Manos multiple cut on the table, top stock control
 		2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 27
Juan Villarejo Combinación del Corte Múltiple a un Mano con el Corte para Retener el Paquete Superior de Erdnase first triple cut, then a running cut
Inspired by 2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 29
Johnny Thompson, Dai Vernon False Running Cut "Greek", top and bottom stock
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 165
S. W. Erdnase Top Stock Control
Related to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 285
S. W. Erdnase To Retain the Top Stock
Also published here 2019 The Acorn Notes 21
Shane Cobalt To Retain Top Stock Without Breaking Stride
Inspired by 2019 The Acorn Notes 23
Steve Forte pick-up strip (top slug) single strip action, tabled lift shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 89
Steve Beam Choice Cut II spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 321
Steve Forte Hidden Secrets - False Strip/Cut as used in television show "Hidden Secrets of Magic" (1996), "don't-let-go" principle
Inspired by 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 91
Steve Forte F-strip strip cut with laid jog, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
  • technical observations
    • first stripped packet
    • second stripped packet
    • remaining stripped packets
    • orientation of stripped packets
    • squaring options
    • tight stripping actions
    • split and riffle
    • stripping thin, splitting halves
    • carrying bottom slugs
    • automatic brief
    • f-strip with double cut
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 95
Steve Forte top slugs in-the-hands running cut combinations
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 216
Steve Forte Other Variants
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 327
Steve Forte Multi-pile Cuts several options
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 847
Steve Forte Erdnase False Strips improvements for the Erdnase system and its set-up cut
  • top slug
  • bottom slug
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 86
Steve Forte More Options several slug control cuts
Inspired by 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 848
Steve Forte delaying the strip top slug, riffle shuffle and cut combination, break held near bottom during shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 88
Steve Beam Choice Cut I spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 320