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I'm probably practising around two, to three hours a day seven days a week.
That's not including sat half watching Emerdale Farm, & practising my pinky count/shuffles/etc.
After this my cards seem to be getting a little tricky to use for certain moves, especially the moves which require subtle sliding of the cards.

I can still use the cards for self workers, & easy to do d---le l--ts, but anything trickier is a no,no.

I was wondering if this sounds about right, & do you guys keep a deck aside just for the more extreme moves.

Thanks.

CArl...

What kind of extreme moves are you talking about? I would say that if it's the same deck that you use for the three hours seven days a week it's probably a case of your cards are getting sweaty and sticky. I always use a new deck for when I go out to work, but for just practicing, I'll use already worn in decks. Sometimes these will get a little clumpy, but I find that if you just put them down for a little while they'll get a little better. But they are just little bits of card after all so they're not going to last forever.

You could also try the Bicycle Masters Deck from ellusionist. They seem to last many times longer than standard Bikes and are great for practising.

http://www.ellusionist.com/bicycle-mast ... -deck.html

You can get them from some dealers in the UK - if you can afford to buy a dozen it might be cheaper to import them from the US.

I would say to buy tally-ho's instead of the bicycle masters. I've not ever owned masters, but from what I hear they're similar. Slightly thicker and longer lasting. I would say that your average tally-ho deck is quite a lot cheaper though than your average ellusionist deck. Plus personally I prefer the look of a fan back tally over a rider back regardless of how much better tally-ho's feel.

seeing as when I perform I don't use extreme moves that is not a problem. If you use an easy to do DL and it works, then why in the world would you want to perform a more difficult DL? What the spectator doesn't know, they don't know.

And of course it all comes down to what do you call an extreme move? I use a deck until it is unslightly in the eyes of the spectator. After all you are inviting them into your house, it should be as clean as possible. After that they go into the practice pile, and once done with that, mercury fold and torn and restored and contortionist practice.

This above post is kind of true. Although thinking about it, I don't think I ever use a DL in my working magic, although I do have a couple of points where I have a double card in my hand. But the point I was going to say is that all of my working repitoire contains very simple moves, nothing that I would consider difficult, although difficulty is relative. I wouldn't however call any of the slights I use extreme. That is why I asked first what moves you were refering to.