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just bought an new stripper deck, may have got the sides mixed up, what is the best way to tell if all your cards are the same direction?

Thanks.

Just rub the side (or top, depending on the type of deck) and fix the order of the cards until it seems right.

Also, you'd be doing yourself good by introducing yourself in the proper forum.

I imagine Tomo is going to be here very soon...

k got it, its amazingly simple, even though it doesn't feel like you're doing anything. Anybody know any good sites to teach you tricks, searching "stripper deck" in this forum doesnt seem to get me newhere.

And there's a good reason for that.

I highly recommend picking up the Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - it has an entire chapter devoted to the stripper deck, as well as many effects that can be adapted to (and, in some cases, made easier to perform with) your deck.

There's also a book by our very own Tomo devoted entirely to the Stripper Deck. If you want to learn how to make magic with your deck, I highly recommend picking that one up.

With a stripper deck you can produce some great effects with just a little bit of imagination. run through the deck and show the four aces are spread within the deck at random locations. Then present some patter to suggest that by a single cut of the deck you can group alike cards together. 'Cut' the aces to the top....

Similar effects relying on the same principle as above can be completely different, as long as you work on your presentation and patter/stories.

Tomo's got a book out on the stripper deck, I've never read it myself but have heard lots of good things about it.

ChairmanMao wrote:k got it, its amazingly simple, even though it doesn't feel like you're doing anything. Anybody know any good sites to teach you tricks, searching "stripper deck" in this forum doesnt seem to get me newhere.

Nei ho ma, Chairman! Click my signature for strippery goodness...

Big Announcement: If you want something visual instead, wait a short while. I've just got a rough cut of "STRIP", a DVD I shot with BigBlindMedia in March. Other than my fat face being on screen, it rocks, though I say so myself!

Tomo wrote:Big Announcement: If you want something visual instead, wait a short while. I've just got a rough cut of "STRIP", a DVD I shot with BigBlindMedia in March. Other than my fat face being on screen, it rocks, though I say so myself!

Nice one! I look forward to that Any approximate release date yet?

Cardza wrote:

Tomo wrote:Big Announcement: If you want something visual instead, wait a short while. I've just got a rough cut of "STRIP", a DVD I shot with BigBlindMedia in March. Other than my fat face being on screen, it rocks, though I say so myself!

Nice one! I look forward to that Any approximate release date yet?

I'm assuming the end of this month or so. There's some stuff on it that Dave Forrest came up with on the fly after he'd seen my techniques that just blew me away. The bleeped out reaction by Rachel the spectator on one of the effects is absolutely genuine. The entire production team said the same thing as soon as the cameras stopped rolling!

Excellent! That's going on my 'To Buy' list

Well that's gonna cost me more money... thanks!

When you try and seperate your cards, hold them very loosely, so that it strips easier.
Also, make sure you keep your cards new for as long as you can, so they keep their glide surface.