ok i have read some article in our forum in tsc that talks about different
kinds of deck finishes here it is:
Bicycle: Air-Cushion Finish.
And "Air-Cushion" Is a "pocket" of air, used to absorb shock.
An "Air-Cushion" is used in most trucks, and other vehicles.
For example, when a truck is climbing a mountain,
it uses shocks to help absorb the "Shock" of the bouncing.
This is where Air-Cushion comes into play.
The air cusioning helps the shocks to absorb the "Bounce",
and gives the vehicle extra spring. ( For big hills, etc. )
Same goes for Bicycle Cards.
Their Bicycle cards are manufactured with an air-cushion.
If you notice in a new pack when first opened,
you can see groups of 10 cards at a time, divided
with a slightly different colour in the breaks. This is the air-cushion.
All this does is give the Bicycles that extra "spring"
when performing magic, and/or flourishes.
Tally-Ho's and bicycle are pretty equal in quality however.
We will get to that.
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Tally-Ho Playing Cards: Linoid Finish.Basically what a "Linoid" Finish is. Is a life-extender.
It adds an extra coat onto the cards to keep them from
getting sticky. It also holds the quality to where fans can
be executed more easily. This is why in a new pack of Tally-Ho's,
the cards a extremly stiff. This is caused by the Linoid finish.
Tally-Ho's, like Bicycles. Are GREAT for using in card magic.
( Overall opinion from magicians ) They are pretty much equal
in quality. The Tally-Ho's will most likley last longer,
whilst the Bicycles will spring better.
( general statment with slight opinion )
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Bee Playing cards: Cambric Finish.Cambric is a cotton like matirial that can also be found
in very expensive bed-sheets. Cambric is atually a "Woven" cotten.
If you notice the design in Bee playing cards,
it is a Woven design. This is because of the Cambric finish.
I am not saying that Bee's are made of cotten,
I am saying it uses the matirial, and is woven the same way.
This is why ( if you notice ) Bee's seem to be soft when shuffling.
Cambric allows cards to be bent more, without giving to much-
damage to the cards. The Cambric in my opinion seems
to absorb alot pressure on the cards,
to make for a better shuffle.
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special decks like black tiger: UV500 finish its a coating which makes it smoother and will make the cards glow in black light. like on a stage etc.
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ok with this information i thought that this different kind of decks is best for different kinds of card users like
card magician: the best card to use is the ordinary red and blue bicycle playing cards because laymen wont be suspicious that the deck is gaffed not like the special decks like ghost, black, guardian etc. also bicycle decks is really known deck of cards that you can see everyday
card manipulators: i think the best card for xcm artist is the tally ho decks simply because of its linoid finish when practicing xcm it is likely that you will drop the cards every now and then with its finish the cards life will be extended, also it makes the card fan more easily and it is thinner than bicycle cards that makes card manipulation easier
gamblers: to me the bee deck is the best card for gamblers because in gambling the deck is shuffled a lot and what the finish of the bee deck do if to make the shuffling easier and also extends its life because of its cotton component
well for the special decks for me i think its only best for collecting because of its beautiful design also some decks like black ghost and jerrys nugget are very rare and expensive
thats my thought about the different kinds of decks,
i wish you get some good info my article ^_^
