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John Kokot New user 96 Posts 
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Methods for constructing "long" or "wide" cards are described in T. Nelson Downs' "The Art of Magic" (1921), J.N. Hilliard's "Greater Magic" (1938), and Gary Ouellet's "ProControl" (1986). It's also possible, of course, to create a facsimile of a wide card by using a stripper deck or inserting a regular card in a stripper deck.
A cleaner solution might be to fabricate an actual long or wide card out of one piece of playing card stock. Is there anyone making gaffed playing cards who sells this type of card? This sounds like something the late Neil Lester (Cards by Martin) would tackle. Who is working in this tradition today that might be of assistance is this search? Thank you. |
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Phoenix Brand Playing Cards. They make "Texas Cards" in both wide and tall. Since they are printed and cut that way, they work perfectly without the possibility of being "off a little" (which I have from time to time when self gaffing).
http://www.card-shark.de/iphone/showitem......rtID=147
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cheesewrestler Inner circle Chicago 1157 Posts
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Steamroller.
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts
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There is always the "Trabucco Wide Card". You might try getting in touch with Paul Richards (ex Elwood Magic).
FWIW
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ejohn Special user Atlanta 723 Posts
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Gary Plants Magic.
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Eoin OHare New user Ireland 88 Posts
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Buy an uncut sheet.
Designer & Maker of The Stripper Jig Card Trimmer & Pinpoint Pegger
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merlin5150 II Elite user Aurora, IL 414 Posts
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Buy a Stripper Jig Card Trimmer.....; )
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magicdano Regular user Danny Habel 144 Posts
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Can any one give me a reference ( DVD or Book) which has several tricks using a Wide Card? Thanks
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Julie Inner circle 3943 Posts
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As noted some time ago on the Café, standard Bicycle bridge size cards are (were?) a little longer than standard Bicycle poker size cards...adding one to a poker deck opens all kinds of possibilities!
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On May 30, 2018, magicdano wrote: I too would be interested as I have only found references for a "Short Card" https://trickshop.com/deceptions-short-card.html https://trickshop.com/uf-grant-short-card.html Only a guess here, but I wonder if a long or wide card could be used pretty much the same way with just some handling variations.
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