Mahdi Gilbert By John Lovick
The first thing they notice about him is that he is very short, about four-feet-six inches, and yet very imposing. He has dark, curly, hair, a beard, strong features, and an elegant bespoke tailored suit. And as they assessed the diminutive performer, a realization explodes in their brains, when they notice that he has no hands; then they remember the host’s comments, and the introduction start to make sense.
Ricky Jay’s ‘Matthias Buchinger’
Ricky Jay cites a present-day performer who gives us some sense of how Buchinger might have worked as a magician. The 26-year-old Canadian Mahdi Gilbert is limbed much as Buchinger and does exquisite card magic using techniques of his own invention that baffle even other magicians.