Over the past 2 months I've been trying Bee's - Phoenix - Bicycle 808(with the gold border on the tuckcase) and Tally-ho decks. I got no clue what the difference is between all these different bicycle decks like 807 and "seconds" or something they are called. And why I would choose one over the other.
There's linoid finish - Cambric finish - Air cushion finish and others I'm not aware of?
There's standard stock and crushed stock I believe? This has to do with the thickness of the cards and how they perform straight from the box right? If there are other things to watch for please let me know. Oh and then there might be a difference in paper quality? that I literally have no knowledge of at all.
Besides most of them having different finishes I find it hard to determine which ones I like more. And I'm almost through my brick of 808 bikes and now I'm considering buying the same or different cards.
For some weird reason I've used my 2 phoenix decks more than any of the other decks because to me it seems they have kept performing the best compared to time used with the others. But in an way I can't explain I would probably not want to buy a brick of these next. I can't quite put my finger on why I like them but still wouldn't want them as my go to deck haha.
Bee deck is just very different but it seems a solid deck that does not bend easy and therefor stays straight for a long time allowing to perform certain tricks much longer than other cards I tried. But the back design is just boring for flourishing and cardistry, it has a very practical back design for vanishes or something like that right.
I've used my 808 bikes the most since that's what I purchased a brick of first and well I mean I can't really say anything bad about these cards besides that when I make a single mistake and bend a card somewhere a little to much it's hard to get back bent back and when you hold the deck as a pack in your hand you can always see they do not connect neatly anymore. And this sometimes happens like 2 minutes after being opened. And then I look at my phoenix's or bee's that saw much more use and they do not have those problems as much.
Tally-ho I've used the least.. only a few decks so far and I have not been able to decide whether or not I like them. They are Linoid vs Air cushion and I've personally not been able to notice a difference. They say are cut differently compared to the bicycles? and that the edges are less rough?
Now I know there's a lot of things to cards.. and what you use them for is also important.
There are so many facets to it that I cannot make this decision alone.
I personally liked the phoenix's the most but I'm still kinda leaning towards get a brick of Tally because I read a lot of good things about them and it makes me think I've not played with them enough to judge them correctly. I mean I haven't used any type of card enough to judge them correctly that's why I hope you guys can help me decide
- One thing to note is that I ONLY practice right now and do not perform so these will be practice cards mainly.
- Also I prefer to do flourishes at the moment and not really any sleight of hand. The idea is that the cards just last as long as possible, Fan as long as possible and stay straight and smooth.
So to sum up a few things I'd like to know, which ones do you prefer and why and for which type of card magic. I mean sleight of hand and flourishing probably have quite different things you look for in a card right?
There's linoid finish - Cambric finish - Air cushion finish and others I'm not aware of?
There's standard stock and crushed stock I believe? This has to do with the thickness of the cards and how they perform straight from the box right? If there are other things to watch for please let me know. Oh and then there might be a difference in paper quality? that I literally have no knowledge of at all.
Besides most of them having different finishes I find it hard to determine which ones I like more. And I'm almost through my brick of 808 bikes and now I'm considering buying the same or different cards.
For some weird reason I've used my 2 phoenix decks more than any of the other decks because to me it seems they have kept performing the best compared to time used with the others. But in an way I can't explain I would probably not want to buy a brick of these next. I can't quite put my finger on why I like them but still wouldn't want them as my go to deck haha.
Bee deck is just very different but it seems a solid deck that does not bend easy and therefor stays straight for a long time allowing to perform certain tricks much longer than other cards I tried. But the back design is just boring for flourishing and cardistry, it has a very practical back design for vanishes or something like that right.
I've used my 808 bikes the most since that's what I purchased a brick of first and well I mean I can't really say anything bad about these cards besides that when I make a single mistake and bend a card somewhere a little to much it's hard to get back bent back and when you hold the deck as a pack in your hand you can always see they do not connect neatly anymore. And this sometimes happens like 2 minutes after being opened. And then I look at my phoenix's or bee's that saw much more use and they do not have those problems as much.
Tally-ho I've used the least.. only a few decks so far and I have not been able to decide whether or not I like them. They are Linoid vs Air cushion and I've personally not been able to notice a difference. They say are cut differently compared to the bicycles? and that the edges are less rough?
Now I know there's a lot of things to cards.. and what you use them for is also important.
There are so many facets to it that I cannot make this decision alone.
I personally liked the phoenix's the most but I'm still kinda leaning towards get a brick of Tally because I read a lot of good things about them and it makes me think I've not played with them enough to judge them correctly. I mean I haven't used any type of card enough to judge them correctly that's why I hope you guys can help me decide
- One thing to note is that I ONLY practice right now and do not perform so these will be practice cards mainly.
- Also I prefer to do flourishes at the moment and not really any sleight of hand. The idea is that the cards just last as long as possible, Fan as long as possible and stay straight and smooth.
So to sum up a few things I'd like to know, which ones do you prefer and why and for which type of card magic. I mean sleight of hand and flourishing probably have quite different things you look for in a card right?