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I.D wrote:The pressure fan is the only one I struggle with and I dont like it anyay, it bends up my cards !!

Once you get the hang of the pressure fan, it's no problem. Minimal pressure is needed to make the fan even and creates only a little bend in the cards.

Steve

Marzoli wrote:Thanks for the idea of half the deck in each hand!

No need to thank me - thank Jeff McBride.

Though, actually, I think it was Dean Dill. Never mind, thank McBride anyway: maybe it'll boost his confidence so he doesn't feel he has to hide behind those masks.

The way to fan cards well is to take the crusty old cards you're using and consine them to the "I'm going to learn to spring with these" pile and get a good quality pack out. It is soooo much easier.

I.D wrote:XB teaches them really well and so does Card College.


The pressure fan is the only one I struggle with and I dont like it anyay, it bends up my cards !!

Same here. Tight arses aren't we!!!!

I have a collection of hundreds of cards in a pile that are left overs from ruined decks and ripped cards that I can't bear to throw away. I know some day, sometime I will certainly need them for some important reason!!:)

Back to the pressure fan..... I prefer to do them with a deck of cards that are slightly worn. Give me a new pack and I find it awkward. I got taught by Jeffrey too. Don't think I know the reverse fan.....

The great rubbish one wrote:Don't think I know the reverse fan.....

The "reverse fan" is Jerry Cestkowski's one handed fan. The one handed fan that many of you know of is called the manipulation fan or smear fan in his opinion. His one handed fan forms a round thumb fan-look but done with one hand. It's very nice. I personally like his methods of naming the flourishes .

Steve

Steve is right. There are Several ways to one handed fan a deck of cards you got "Manipulators fans" as Jerry calls them "one handed circular fans" , "One handed preasure fan" and of course "the flip back fan"

Fanning powder may be of use to get the fans perfect, Jerry dose recomend this as well as Jeff McBride.

to do the manipulators fan hold your left hand like a "c" thumb at the bottom fingers pointing the same way, now turn your hand palm up in same finger position. if viewd from the left hand side it forms an "U" shape. Now take about 20 cards and grip the cards in this "U" shape. now this is the real working of the fan your thumb pulls to the left and your fingers to the ring. you may find your getting more of a "line" or "bar" of cards when you do this. This due to the speed your are fanning the cards at do it a bit faster and you should be able to get a nice old fashioned one handed fan. Same with the right hand except the thumb goses to the right. One last thing the thumb in the left hand starts in the bottom right hand corner of the cards.

Hope this helps

The great rubbish one wrote:

I.D wrote: I have a collection of hundreds of cards in a pile that are left overs from ruined decks and ripped cards that I can't bear to throw away.

I give mine away to charity now.. Ikeep two decks at home for practice, one which I travel with and anythign suprlus gets boxed upand shipped to charity..

However, dont be fooled into thinking this was my idea.. Ido it to prove to my wife that Ilove her more than magic

A few decks of Ghosts and One black tiger deck has gone to charity.. of course with the ellusionist tag scratched off to non-existence!!

Just ordered some fan powder hopefully that will work though I can think of something in myhouse which MAY work just aswell but dont want to try it just yet

I.D wrote:

The great rubbish one wrote:

I.D wrote: Ido it to prove to my wife that Ilove her more than magic

Nah, More important than magic????!!!??? Are you sure about that I.D.? lol

Sexton Blake wrote:
No need to thank me - thank Jeff McBride.

Though, actually, I think it was Dean Dill. Never mind, thank McBride anyway: maybe it'll boost his confidence so he doesn't feel he has to hide behind those masks.

Genius!!!

Hmmm. Somebody on another forum told me that plastic coated cards won't fan. I hadn't heard that one before. I got some other cards, and I can now fan half a deck and sometimes even the whole deck. Of course, it's not very PRETTY, but it's getting there.
I don't know why, but I thought all modern cards were plastic coated. That's what I get for thinking!

Bicycle and Tally-Ho and Bee cards are all really nice at fanning. Fanning powder can help, but is not necessary.

Cheap/plastic cards are BAD for fanning .