Get the Point?
By Arthur Leroy

I've been keeping this effect for my own use and never intended to release it. However, I noticed an advertisement a short time ago offering a like effect for sale at a dollar. As I've been showing it to magicians around New York for the past eight years, I figure it's time to lot it out and get it over with. I just mention the affair to keep from being accused of pirating my own effect.

The effect is simple but cute. A card is selected, returned to the deck and is lost in the shuffle as usual. Then the pack is balanced on the blade of a standard, flat, table knife. The pack is thrown from the blade and, as the cards fall, the knife is wielded in the air among the cards. Wonder of wonders--ta-ran-ta-ran-ta-ran-ta-ra--the selected card is seen impaled on the knife.

Cut a slit through the mid-section of a court card just a bit wider than a table knife blade. That's all the preparation you need.

Force this card by any method that gives the spectator a sight of the card but doesn't necessitate its removal from the pack. After the card has been noted, bring it to the top, false shuffle leaving it on top, and all is in readiness. Hoosah.

Turn the pack face up, and, at the same time, separate the allt card from the rest of the pack just a trifle with your little finger. In placing the knife, run it between the slit card and the deck so that it passes through the slit and out on the far side. The slit card is now impaled and all that remains is to throw the deck in the air, stab, and there, sir, is your card. Keep your index finger on the card while stabbing, so that the momentum doesn't dislodge it from the blade. After a couple of tries you'll find it quite easy to insert the blade properly without any trouble. Try it out. As you can see, its effect upon a layman is tremendous, since you can use a borrowed knife and a borrowed deck, preparing the slit in an instant while you are performing some out-of-the-room stunt prior to this one. Carry a sharp razor blade and you will attain a far greater effect than you possibly could with an expensive Card Dagger or Card Sword.