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JohnChaos13 New user 20 Posts |
I am working on teaching myself a coin knuckle shuffle. But I was wondering what is the best coin to use for getting started? I am using a silver dollar since it give more surface area while learning. But should I use a smaller coin like a quarter or does not really matter?
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jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
Experiment. You may prefer the weight of a larger coin if your hands can handle it.
Jim Gerrish
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WitchDocChris Inner circle York, PA 2614 Posts |
Do you mean a coin roll?
I think something the size of a gold dollar in the US is perfect for most people. They have enough weight to easily tip over the fingers and have a little bit of momentum. They're a good size that will span the width of the finger, without having to stretch a little bit to keep it rolling. If you have wider fingers then a half dollar or silver dollar sized might be better. You will have to experiment a bit to find the size that fits best. I learned with quarters.
Christopher
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Signet Loyal user 257 Posts |
I wear size large medical gloves and I found that the Eisenhower dollar was the best for me to roll. After learning the roll, I could do it with a half and even a quarter. I think your brain and your fingers get aligned. Once this occurs, it becomes easier to do any of the sleights.
I met a guy at my local magic club as I was rolling my coin. He told me how he started to learn coin magic, but gave it up for cards. He said the one thing he could do was the roll. Then he showed me how he can roll it forward and backward. He had it down. I was thinking, he should have stayed with the coins. He would have got the moves sooner rather than later. Now I'm obsessed with trying to learn the backwards roll. It inspired me, seeing someone do it before my eyes. When I was learning the forward roll, a veteran magician told me not to bother with it because it's too hard to learn. I stuck with it and after much practice, it came. |
WitchDocChris Inner circle York, PA 2614 Posts |
Back when I was in high school I think, I saw someone roll a coin forward and backward and thought it was cool so I picked up a quarter and tried until I got it.
Once I was doing it in class and someone made a comment about how, "stoned people trip out when I do that. Specially when I go under my fingers" - which I took to mean he could roll the coin on the underside of his fingers, so I kept working at it until I could do that, too. But I have to use my thumb to assist so I'm not sure how good that actually looks. A gold dollar sized coin is perfect for rolling back and forth, a bigger coin makes going between the ring and pinky finger to go under the fingers easier because you have a bit of coin to grab with the thumb, instead of kind of having to drop the coin and hope you catch it in time. note - For me this is purely a "fidget" thing. I don't consider it to be something I'd use in magic and don't think it's super smooth or anything.
Christopher
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Bridgehouse New user 61 Posts |
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On Jun 1, 2018, WitchDocChris wrote: It's a fidget thing for me too. It's a good distraction/misdirection as well - tho doing it and something else in the other hand is a bit pat-head-rub-stomach. Mostly though, it's good for building up coin dexterity and for getting feel right. I found it helped my sleight skills massively back in the day. |
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