From:
http://outlaw-effects.com/outlaweffects ... &Itemid=83
Price: Around £28 at current exchange rate, BUT! remember these are hand-made, each and every deck will look different to the next. These are not machine printed to look old. They are hand aged!
From the site:
The 1930's and 40's were the golden age of traveling carnivals in the U.S. They went from small town to small town across the mid-west with their side shows and games of chance.
A feature at all carnivals was the fortune tellers tent. For fifty cents you could find out what your future held, was it love? Could it be riches? Was there something ominous?
Some used a crystal ball, some used tea leaves, most used tarot cards.
Throughout the Carnie underworld there was common knowledge that certain fortune tellers attracted more customers than others.
They seemed to have a real 6th sense about their "clients", even before the cards were turned over, they would reveal "things".
They all used what appeared to be similar tarot decks. Decks with spooky clown like polka dot patterns on them.
They were known as the Carnie Tarot. We've re-created the Carnie tarot 22 major arcana cards for you. They are marked just like the originals. One way and coded with the card.
These cards are printed on 100 pound stock, hand sanded and hand aged. They come with a "letter of provenance". You will know which card is up and which card is down. You will know what the card is before you turn it over.
Use them wisely...
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What i say:
Well, to be honest, I'm a little over-awed at the moment. As i'd also ordered the M3 Panther wallet, and some SOMs. So i've got lots to play with before settling down to work with them properly.
I wanted to say that these cards are stunning. They are not "perfect", by that i mean, each set will have tiny differences if you were to buy two sets. To buy and own something genuinely hand-made is an experience in itself.
Clear instructions with photos, a nice old cardboard box to keep them in, and a smart yet odd looking cloth to wrap them in.
The markings are easy to work out once you know what you're looking for. These are fantastic in fact.
Each one of the cards scream "old freaky circus show" tarot. I used to collect tarot, and without sounding too much like a gushing fan-boy, these are superb and sit very, very highly in my collection.
Some tarot are pretty and evocative to use. Some you may just want to admire from a distance. These feel like you're using something that may of been used in a travelling circus in the 1930s...
well done Outlaw Roth...
9.5/10
Other reading:
the booklet will not "teach" you how to read the tarot, and why should it? you want it all dontcha? My personal recommendation is to seek out Enrique Enriquez's material for that. His ebook is only a tenner and is a very clever different methodology to your standard tarot teachings.