A complete guide to the crimp in card magic.
Tired of spectators catching your pinky break? The Bent Truth: A Complete Guide to the Crimp is your essential guide to mastering one of the most reliable tools in card magic.
Why the crimp is your new best friend:
- It's Set-and-Forget: Unlike a pinky break, a crimp requires zero muscular effort to maintain. Once it's set, you can do anything with your hands-or even hand the deck to a spectator.
- It Survives the Shuffle: Whether it's a riffle, overhand, or Hindu shuffle, a properly applied crimp stays intact. Your spectator can genuinely shuffle the cards, and can easily find the crimp card.
- Total Deceptiveness: Spectators aren't looking for a bent card; they expect palming or trick decks. Even if they handle the card directly, they almost never notice the crimp.
- Tactile Power: Locate cards by touch alone-perfect for "behind-the-back" miracles or performing under any conditions.
Learning is easier than you think. You don't need "raw talent" to master the crimp; you just need a little repetition. In fact, you can habituate the technique in just one week while watching television. If you can bend the corner of a card, you can use a crimp.
What's Inside:
- The 5 Essential Crimps: Master the Corner, Center, Bridge, Edge Bend, and the Step (or "Brief").
- Invisible Application: Learn the "Safe Moments" to put in the work right under their noses-during shuffles, cuts, or the peek.
- The Ultimate Backup: Learn how the crimp can save you if a force fails or if a shuffle separates your key cards.
Stop fighting the deck and start using a system that works for you. The Bent Truth will show you how to turn a simple bend into a lifetime of miracles. Get your copy of The Bent Truth today and make your card controls truly invisible!
1st edition 2026, PDF 30 pages.
word count: 7887 which is equivalent to 31 standard pages of text
