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HaHa....Totally planning that! In fact I don't even mention my bottom deal yet because my bottom deal sucks and I don't want to draw attention to it. Thanks for all the insights. Cheers!

Thanks for the response. All very good suggestions and I'll take them to heart. I agree 100% about the potential of "boring" the spectators. I really started this as a personal challenge to string together two of the more difficult routines in Earick's book. I like the skeleton of this routine...

Long Demo. If you are willing to watch I'm interested in any advice. Moves, Patter, the works. http://vimeo.com/16581895

Rider back refers to the back design and 808 is the stock and finish. This a poker 808 is also a bike rider back. I'm sure most of it is just marketing these days. Over the last 120 years or so the United States Playing Card Company has been buying up just about every other card company in North...

I'd have to concur with Theaterhead. Seems to be the type of flourish laymen expect. I perform a crazy cut with a fancy aerial and feel all proud of myself and then my audience says, "Wow! Can you also do that long springy thing?" I hang my head, say "no" and go home and practice that da@n...

I don't practice it as much as I should, a good one for me is about 2ft. I have noticed that I have better success with certain cards. Broken in tally-hos and most of the Bee brand cards seem to work better for me than say a Bike brand card.

Not much to add but they are great for knuckle busting, modern card sleights. The stuff made for stand up/walk around workers. They have some of the best single card glide actions I have come across therefore One handed pop-overs, venus trap, clip shifts, are all secure with 605s. Awsome at...

I'll second the Ortiz material and add By Forces Unseen. Some really cool Riffle Stracking demos in the back of it.

That is a concern. I knew the one handed pop-over, then learned the clipshift, then I often had trouble going back to the pop-over. The moves are so similar, yet different enough that they can mess with your head if you are learning them at the same time. Not to fear. Like any difficult skill...

There is nothing wrong with exploring magic at the same time. If you see an effect you like, get it! sometimes you might learn a principle that can be applied to mentalism. You can always separate the two during performance. Many mentalists were well known, privately, as excellent card...

As long as what you are doing gets the job done. I use the Earick One handed convincing control for subway.

Is it just me or is this stuff totally ADDICTIVE! Seems like all the effects I am learning could be done just as well with some card controls and bottom deals but doing them with shuffle work is somehow more satisfying.

Books Aaron Fisher's Paper Engine....practical sleights. I use over 1/2 the moves taught in that book on a day to day basis. Lee Asher's Booklet series...tons of gems in there! Erdnase....of course! By Forces Unseen....rediculously complex(therefore FUN) moves and routines at the front...

Mine is only 42cm, 9mm :(

Very bold...I like it! Similar in theme, though not in mechanics, to the Losing Control.

I commend you for tackling such a elusive sleight and it is certainly better than what I can do, however, it is still a long way from looking really good. From a spectators perspective I could see lots of movement in the left hand. Could be just the angle of the camera? Possibly try steadying...

It is a lovely book! That said I'll second about every previous post. BFU is a book for advanced intermediats to expert level card guys looking for a challenge. I have been playing around with it for about four months now and I'm having a great time with it. That said, with all that practice, I...

You can use that. 21st century Toppit is by far the most versitile toppit IMO. It also includes some great effects. Black 8 has become one of my reputation makers. Bear in mind that the type of jacket you use with it will effect the performance. Not due to the toppit but due to how a jacket...

Yeah there is some fishy movement with your left hand. One way to cover it is to square the long sides of the deck with the left hand and then immediatly square the short sides of the deck with the right hand. The actual steal is made in a kind of circular motion but it should look like you are...