The Back Hand Palm The sleight, or rather flourish, of this title has become quite popular with the conjurers of this country lately. Some have attained a wonderful proficiency in performing it, and have elaborated the original idea considerably. I shall give a full description of the sleight proper, but can only treat the elaborations in brief for the simple reason that, on account of their great difficulty, they would be appreciated by a select few only. Fig 24 As the name of the sleight indicates, one or more cards are palmed, or rather, kept concealed on the back of the hand, being transferred there from the front of the hand. The card is first seized between the thumb and first finger of the right (or left) hand, the inside of which is turned towards the audience. From this place it is transferred to the position shown in Fig. 24, being held between the first and fourth fingers, its lower end being bent into a convex form as indicated in the illustration. Fig 25 The second and third fingers, which have remained passive up to this moment, now curl under the lower edge of the card (Fig. 25) and twirl it over to the back of the hand, where it is held as shown in Fig. 26. By reversing the process, the card is made to appear at the fingertips. Fig 26 As the execution of the sleight takes but a moment, the four different stages, or moves are practically made to form one compound movement. The improvements of this sleight consist of being able to show the hand empty from both sides and still have the card palmed anyway. In the act of turning over the hand, in order to show that the card is not concealed on its back, it is removed from there, and by a very adroit process which is almost impossible to describe, is brought back to the inside of the hand where it is palmed by clipping its upper corners between the first and second, and the third and fourth fingers respectively. From this position it is instantly transferred once more to the back of the hand. After considerable practice, some performers are able to palm a number of cards in this fashion, then produce one card after another at the fingertips (still showing both sides of the hands empty at any stage of the trick). Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.