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cablerock Veteran user 362 Posts |
If you haven't seen yet, Todd Lassen has been selling beautiful (read: the most beautiful) clad coin gaffs at his website. The quality is as good as his silver line, and the price is awesome. He's going to have some Ike magnetic gravity flippers available soon, so keep an eye out.
http://toddlassen.com/commercial/?page_id=352 |
Oopsli1 New user 1 Post |
Good for you mate. I was gonna post something and then I realized that my wireless network stopped working. Anyway, I guess I am the second one. You guys out there, if you haven't got a flipper coin or anything, just check out Todd's website. Everything is incredibly amazing. I just got a set of TTGF and it is indeed a collective piece. Hope you guys grow interests in them. Cheers.
Luke |
Daniel Clemente Special user Mount Joy, PA 790 Posts |
Ha *** you guys are quick!!
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GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
6:27 PM
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cablerock Veteran user 362 Posts |
Ha. I was at work and clocked out at 3:30, so that's the best I could do.
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tm613 Regular user Phila, PA 124 Posts |
If you are in his email list you could have bought one last week
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J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
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On 2012-10-17 19:43, tm613 wrote: I did. Jim |
Pzak97 New user 53 Posts |
Do you know if he offers a softened set?
Regards,
Mike Petryszak |
J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
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On 2012-10-23 09:27, Pzak97 wrote: In clad coins? No - you can't soften clad coins. Of course you could call him and ask about getting a custom silver flipper that is soft. Jim |
Pzak97 New user 53 Posts |
I thought you could artificially smooth them. Maybe the cladding is not thick enough to do that but it appears that James was using clad coins in this site.
http://www.jamesriser.com/Magic/Softening/Coins.html
Regards,
Mike Petryszak |
Mb217 Inner circle 9520 Posts |
Those coins sure don't look soft.
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BanzaiMagic Inner circle 1339 Posts |
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On 2012-10-23 14:16, Pzak97 wrote: I have never tried his method, but Riser knows what he is doing. Xavier Belmont also "softens" his coins - I presume in a similar way to Riser's method. Lassen usually likes to pre-select coins for the look he wants and he ends up with coins that are naturally softened (by wear). I have never heard of Lassen "softening" coins, but he has only been producing commercial clad coins for a short while. You could always call him and ask. |
baobow Special user 510 Posts |
The details of the coin are as sharp as they were before he started softening them, if they indeed soft, then that is definitely a revolutionary method as the coins look brand new!!!
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BanzaiMagic Inner circle 1339 Posts |
The idea is to flatten and reduce the ridges (usually, but not always, around the edge) that would otherwise scrape against the ridges of other coins. A rounded surface makes less noise than a sharp edge which is why naturally worn old silver coins work so great. The pads of your fingers will, over time, gradually wear all of the ridges down to a nice rounded surface.
I would imagine that different coins have different ridges or sharp edges that would have to be artificially worn down (at least that's what I get from Jim Riser's site and from talking to Xavier). Some parts of the surface of a coin are already rounded when they are minted (such as the face of the president with a Kennedy half) and some parts of the surface of a coin are lower than other parts that rub against another coin, so you wouldn't need to sand down the entire surface, just the parts that make the noise. I don't know whether I would try it myself with a gaffed coin, particularly a clad coin, because the thickness of the silver surface is so thin. Unfortunately, Jim's website says that he will not sell artificially softened coins on his website (unless they are a part of an effect he is selling). |
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