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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
I just received probably the most perfect Fanning Deck I have ever seen and handled. All you Poker card size committed manipulators will be happy to hear this news.
These cards are Poker Size and very thin cards with a beautiful back design in 4 colors with added design effects on the back. They are 4 index and they come with 2 flesh color Joker cards. So this is a Fanning Deck and a Production Deck all in one. They glide beautifully, and when cards are fanned with the backs showing is very striking. The advantage of these cards are that you can put 2 decks together and produce more cards with less steals, and include beautiful fan designs into your program as well. I ordered from an Ebay China dealer called magic_Ken Ken. Click here to view attached image. |
Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
Look nice especially for those of us that do exhibition fans. Good find Bill.
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
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yin_howe Special user Malaysia 981 Posts |
I've seen those alot, quite common here.
"Talent without passion is talent wasted.."
https://www.youtube.com/user/yinhowe80/ |
JamesRaymond New user Elkhart, IN (USA) 49 Posts |
I too think these look very nice. Very bright colors. The colors not being solid, really makes them stand out. Thanks for sharing.
Are you watching closely?
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Pressure Fans have always been difficult for me with poker size cards. This deck works beautifully for pressure fans and powder fans. These cards are 4 cards thicker then the UGM diamond back poker manipulation cards I recently purchased from Stevens Magic. That little extra thickness gives the cards some 'body' and 'snap' to make pressure fans a little easier, along with the smooth plastic finish. They fan better and easier then the UGM decks.
I will be ordering more of these decks, as it has become my favorite. |
Brad Jeffers Veteran user 377 Posts |
These are available from Viking Magic
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2012-03-23 03:01, Brad Jeffers wrote: You are correct, Thanks. http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=1972 |
AbsoluteZero New user 88 Posts |
I have this fanning deck as well, it's quite nice to handle.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2012-03-23 15:01, AbsoluteZero wrote: I know, they just feel good, don't they? Really nice and smooth feeling. |
AbsoluteZero New user 88 Posts |
This deck is good in general and the price is unbeatable.
However this deck might be a bit flimsy for some types of productions. |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2012-03-23 16:36, AbsoluteZero wrote: You would have to be more specific, as I find the cards excellent, except of course when you need a thicker card to separate only one card with a fingernail. I don't think that move is published in any book. The only drawback I find is the width of the card for say the Interlocked Card Production. I find them kind of stiff and perfect for Card Fanning and "some" productions. |
AbsoluteZero New user 88 Posts |
Some production such as:
Mahka Tendo's roll down, twirling production with the 4-card display, and the quad by Anson Lee. Personally I prefer more stiffness in the cards for these moves. |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2012-03-24 00:51, AbsoluteZero wrote: Yes, I agree with you, I use my Abbott's new Zinab deck for moves like these, in other words regular playing cards. |
Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
The deck shown at
http://www.vikingmagic.com/?nd=full&key=1972 shows good color contrast at the four corners. I feel, however, a really good fanning deck would also have contrasting visual patterns, like the Zinab deck. However, what Abbott currently calls the Zinab deck in the video at http://www.abbottmagic.com/Abbotts-Fanni......oryId=-1 is not the Zinab deck that was sold in the 60's. The original Zinab deck actually had the words "Zinab" written in the center of the back design, not the Abbott "AB" rabbit logo shown in the video. The Zinab Deck was a deck that could be fanned blank on both sides and then "magically" turned into a colorful fanning deck with contrasting patterns and colors and a full deck of 52 cards. The blank cards to regular cards effect made the deck magical as well as "flourishy." In the routine I performed at the IBM convention contest in 1977, I used a special "palette" and a magic wand to paint both the back design and the faces of the deck, which I then used for the card trick that won me third place in the contest. (The palette I used was actually a real wooden artist's palette with splotches of colors on one side that matched the colors of the Zinab back design so I could paint the backs, and a spread of miniature cards on the other side that I used to magically paint the faces.) Harry Stanley's Unique Studios also had a nice fanning deck designed, I believe, by Lewis Ganson and used by Johnny Hart and many others. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Anatole, you are absolutely correct, but I decided not to explain all that, as others may get confused. The new design is closer to the Harry Stanley/Supreme Magic fanning decks, but Zinab Deck was bridge size cards. They should have called the new deck, the Gordon "Mike" Miller deck as he was the one to redesign the Zinab Deck.
I like the new design more then the Zinab original. The last time Abbott's had them printed, they went cheap and the cards are not the great. At least they had the new design printed on the linen finish card stock. The main factor of this posting, was that the China/Viking deck is Poker size cards. They fan beautifully and handle great. They come with 2 flesh color back cards, so this is a great choice for combining fans and card productions. For those that believe Poker size cards are the only size to use for card manipulation, I thought I would find out if these were suitable, and they are very suitable for stage card work. |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Just received my second deck from China. Why China and not Viking, because of postage. I can purchase the deck with postage for about the same price Viking charges for the deck.
These are so superior to anything else on the market, even the Lance Buton Deck. They are much like the paper, texture, and plastic coating as the Buton deck, but these snap more and recover from bends and flexing better then any Manipulation and Fanning Deck I have owned. When I use more then one deck, I usually mark the back of the card in some way with a Marker. This allows me to assemble the mixed up cards into the original decks. It also helps to not have duplicates in on deck. It really does not matter to the audience as they only see them for a second, but it is my personal way to keeps decks complete and together. If I am using 3 or more decks in a routine, I actually start numbering them in a inconspicuous place on the back that will not interfere with the displayed fans. For these cards, the center area is the best place, on one of the yellow areas. Happy Fanning! |
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