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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts 
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Somehow, Morrissey has managed to keep up with the Asian imports. They have done some of this by using slightly thinner copper. However, I think they have come to a stopping point.
There are interesting things in the works, though. BTW, the cup market is such now that good cups are maintaining their value if not increasing in value. If you have any of the Sherwood silver cups, including their engraved series, you can sell those for basically what you paid for them. Some have actually increased in value, such as the smooth silver cups. There are only 10 sets of those. But they are also good workers. Some of Jake's cups are already worth more than they were when they were made.
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walid ahumada Special user sinaloa, mexico 892 Posts
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On 2006-12-06 00:47, Mad Jake wrote: thanks for the lesson again, I thought the copper was softer than alloy scrap, but you are the expert so I belive you
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Mr Muggle, working on it, working on it
 we've backed off of cups with the exception of some client projects and a beginners line of cups in several styles and metal.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts
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On 2006-12-06 13:12, walid ahumada wrote: The hardness of a copper alloy depends on a couple of factors. One of them is whether it has been work hardened. This happens during the spinning process. It can also happen to some degree during the part of the process where it is made into sheet copper. The other factor has to do with the exact components of the additional metals. Some bronzes are very hard and stiff, but these are done by intent, not accident. The worst part of the accidental alloys is that sometimes they are very brittle. Then you have real problems. Brass, which is also a copper alloy, has a tendency to become even harder when worked. So it must be annealed much more carefully. This is why a lot of the brass PF candy dishes have split rims.
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Mr. Muggle Special user 999 Posts
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On 2006-12-06 09:31, MagiUlysses wrote: I agree with your comments but really don't care for the Morrissey cups even though they are a good starter cup. I'm still searching for a better starter cup and don't want to purchase any MM Paul Faux cups. (The young magician's I'm buying for like my PF cups)
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On 2006-12-06 13:50, Mad Jake wrote: I'm following your posts Jake...just thought I'd throw out a comment or two in support of a potential project.
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bkp007 New user Longview, Texas 63 Posts
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I am fairly new to the C & B scene but I've read many of the posts and learned alot. In my opinion I would rather have a set that a) looks good to me and b) functions well.
To me chop cup is very important, almost essential, since you can still use a combo set as normal cups Covering part a first: The paul fox, johnsons, and penguin/magic makers look the "coolest to me" as far as design. Now I know that MM is terrible and Penguin magic is evil but for a cheaper price to get a cup that looks like what I want is enticing. Now, dealing with part b: I would have already bought a set of copper Bazar de Magia for way less than the previously mentioned cups (excluding MM) but the design of the chop cup doesn't allow me to do a specific move that I think looks very convincing for penetrations (either the rib is too high or the gimmick is not strong enough) when the chop cup is placed on top of a cup with the "hot" ball on it, making the "hot" ball disappear. (wow, that sounds kinda stupid, but maybe you all understand what I mean) With that being said bazar is out for me, I bought uday until I can afford johnson's. |
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