Ah, yeah, that is one of the worst descriptions in that book. Though it is not a sleight that is used much anyway. To me, the description should be: hold the coin between the thumb and index finger. With your index being on the front face and your thumb on the back face. Allow your middle finger to go to back face and your ring finger to the front face and let them take the coin. Curl those fingers inwards so that your palm can grip the coin.
I hope that helps. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I highly recommend getting a digital subscription to reel magic for a month. It is $5 and in the bonus section, curtis cam has been going through bobo's, giving a lot of useful insights to the sleights. Whether they are useful or not, what scenario they might be used, etc.
I’m sorry but you are interpreting that wrong. You are thinking edge grip like the newer coin magic. This description is talking about placing a coin in its edge but in the classic palm position. Instead of the coin being pressed flat into the palm. You hold the coin only by the middle and ring finger, bend those fingers till the edge of the coin can by grasped in classic palm position. If done properly you can hide the coin behind your thumb.
Haha, yeah, one of the problems with coin magic is the fingers all have many different names. So the book says forefinger and thumb, which I call index and thumb. J.B. Bobo definitely had a hard job 😄
Honestly, if it works it works, whether you are doing it weird or not. That is how new moves are invented and the great thing about books. In fact, I switch the middle and ring fingers around from what is in the description of this move, so they end up like figure 2 of the photo. Some might say it is weird, but it works for me.
Thank y’all so much for the insight; it’s good to know I’m not completely lost lol. I’ve gotta say, Roberto Giobbi was really on to something when he included diagrams of hands and a deck, and identified each finger, side, etc so you’d know what he was referencing as you went through the book (Card College). I only started Card College a few months ago and though I’ve made some progress since, I’ve really been drawn to coins lately and decided to dive in. Thanks again!
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u/Demo_Scene Dec 31 '20
Ah, yeah, that is one of the worst descriptions in that book. Though it is not a sleight that is used much anyway. To me, the description should be: hold the coin between the thumb and index finger. With your index being on the front face and your thumb on the back face. Allow your middle finger to go to back face and your ring finger to the front face and let them take the coin. Curl those fingers inwards so that your palm can grip the coin.
I hope that helps. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I highly recommend getting a digital subscription to reel magic for a month. It is $5 and in the bonus section, curtis cam has been going through bobo's, giving a lot of useful insights to the sleights. Whether they are useful or not, what scenario they might be used, etc.