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As far as I'm aware, it's the same material. GBC have just reprinted it.

I would add one caveat for those about to take their first faltering steps into the world of Erdnase. Don't buy the DVD sets until you've acquired a working knowledge of the moves, and your own opinions on how they should look and be performed. It's my belief that many of the moves are performed...

LOL. Glad to hear it...if only you liked my Open Shift as much.... ;)

I was right, $25 is all you require to own George Joseph's book. Gamblers' Book Club - Hand Mucking

The Expert at the Card Table by SW Erdnase. That's a pretty good book. ;) In all seriousness though, I reckon Jason England's Foundations DVD, or his 1 on 1's would be a good place to start if you've never played with this kind of stuff before. Seeing the moves performed well is a good way to...

One point to note is that in Dai Vernon's opinion, the two best explanations of the pass were Erdnase's (of course), and Ross Bertram's. Erdnase teaches that the first finger should be at the side of the deck, but Bertram teaches it with the first finger at the front. It's possible to achieve a...

George Joseph's Hand Mucking used to be available from the Gambler's Book Club for about $25. Their site doesn't seem to be working at the moment though, so I can't verify if it still is.

Original Aristocrats are lovely cards, but are out-of-print and only available from eBay and the like. I imagine Jason England could tell you more. As regards Fast Company, I love it. Damien Nieman handles cards really well, and there are a couple of techniques on there that I haven't seen...

Really!? Thanks very much Theory 11. I'm genuinely surprised and delighted after seeing the strength and depth of some of the other guys' Erdnase skills. In a way, it's enough of a prize to know that Bill Kalush, Jason England, and, or course, Mr Bayme, have assessed me worthy (well, almost...

Here's some attempts at the open shift. Constant But Ever Failing Efforts

The Macmillan switch uses a variation of the gamblers' flat palm, not the gamblers cop.

When I used to work tables, I would perform one trick for the group, then say something along the lines of, "Now, that was just a little warm-up, but to be absolutely honest with you, this is what I do for a living, so if I show you something that really freaks you out, would that be worth a...

Jo_Vision, in order to get around the problem of them realising they hadn't actually touched the four aces because they have different colour backs, maybe you should make the difference in the backs more subtle. For example, you could use the normal four aces, but block out some of the back...

Yeah, unfortunately, I have to back up what everyone else has said. There isn't really any secret to, it, it's just practice, and more practice. Whenever you watch TV, have a deck in your hand and be constantly pushing off a double, having a quick look to check whether you hit exactly two, then...

Knowing the usual (lack of) quality of Magic Makers products, I gave James the benefit of the doubt for a while thinking that maybe he'd been let down by editing, being made to rush through performances, or something of that sort, but he defends the DVD set on page 5 of this thread...

Since this thread was posted, I've rewatched some of the DVDs. And, to be honest, it's not all completely useless. Yes, it was way overpriced when it was released, but now that the price has come down, I think it might just about be worth the investment for the Erdnase student. There's some...

I think it does have an application. It allows for an apparently very open grip (more so than the classic or Hermann pass), and can be very disarming if performed as a squaring action after a selection is returned to the top of the lower half. And Randy, I think you're slightly...

LOL. Freud might have something to say about that...

I would say the clear problem with it is that he can't do the moves. I genuinely believe that, while there may be little handling finesses you could add to Erdnase's moves, they all work and could find a place in a modern magician's repertoire. Yes, some of them are very difficult, but, on...

Thanks. :)