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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / prefaced aviators: is it common?
« on: August 02, 2016, 01:33:55 AM »
http://imgur.com/XveFB4x

so ive been on a lookout for an ohio made aviator deck since i love the handling of the current aviators vs the new aladdins(ohio aladdins are perfect, the new ones feel cheap and the pips arent nearly as close to the edge) and i have some nostalgia growing up on naval bases where we couldnt buy bikes, we bought aviators.

 the problem is, ive bought decks from almost all eras going from now to the 40s and it seems like most of them are prefaced congress decks. the pictured one is from 1991 and im even surprised it has a uspc code since they normally dont, but this looks like the congress style faces. im surprised how bad the quality is, even for aviators, there were even scraps of card stock that were still attached to the cards!

is this common? or is there a timeframe where i can guarantee an ohio made aviator deck that has the real aviator feel and look? surprisingly aviators seem to be a lot harder to find from the early 2000s, its either brand new, or super old....it doesnt help that most aviator decks still say ohio on the side so people think theyre ohio made

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / 2 decks from the 80s: is it normal for them to suck?
« on: June 21, 2016, 12:26:48 AM »
so i won a few auctions on some vintage cards, 2 bees(deck dates back to 1983) that came sealed with a card game rulebook, and 1 bicycle(that dates to 1980 exactly) that came in one of those blister packs, kinda like what you normally see old stud decks in. i opened them up and both fan terribly! the bees arent nearly as bad but the bicycle almost has a cheapo chinese feel to them, the edges feel like they have burrs like they were cut with dull tools, and they fan worst than when uspc first went from ohio to kentucky.

ive bought used decks from around this time and they were great, most of the sealed decks ive bought until now only dated to the mid 90s. is this normal? do they need a lot of break in time? both of them do have bad warps in them, maybe the moisture has been sucked out of them because the seals didnt break like they normally did, theyre completely pristine but it feels like the adhesive has dried up.

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / Vintage airline decks: suitable for cardistry?
« on: June 18, 2016, 06:49:54 PM »
Ive been getting into flourishing with vintage decks and one thing i always come across are airline decks. They look amazing with the solid color bordered and basic logo on each side...but are they good for cardistry? I cant tell by the pics in ebay listings but i think they might be bridge sized, its hard to tell

Also i found this and i wish this was a whole deck because its the coolest back design ive seen! https://www.etsy.com/listing/287011321/vintage-airline-advertising-single

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A Cellar of Fine Vintages / is it just me or do ohio decks "pop" more?
« on: June 10, 2016, 07:48:36 PM »
i was spoiled when i got into cardistry since i was practically born into royalty, ive been flourishing since 2012 but my brothers been doing it since he was a kid so when i got into it, i got whatever deck i wanted. uv500s,wynns,watermelons,stingers,arrcos,etc... the one thing he taught me was to learn to deal with the cards popping (maybe warping is a better term?), basically after a while of doing say a fan a certain way, eventually the deck will start to take that place and pop like one of those little rubber toys you put on the floor and flies up.

but ever since i started buying my own decks from kentucky, ive noticed they almost never pop, why is that? is that a good or bad thing? maybe it comes from the abundance of recycled paper in newer decks? i never understood the science behind it

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Playing Card Plethora / decks that take casino grade bee stock?
« on: May 26, 2016, 02:16:55 AM »
i wasnt exactly sure where this topic would fit into, so i took a guess and thought maybe here lol

does anyone know of any production or readily available decks i can get that have casino bee stock? some of my favorite decks have been the wynns, stingers, watermelons,white lions, etc...most of them have in common that theyre casino bee stock, the problem is, they end up being so rare or expensive i dont want to use and abuse them much so i never do!

the main thing im looking for is if theres any decks out there that are casino bee stock with borders and standard pips, i have a ton of modern decks but they all play the same, bike stock magic finish and that doesnt feel right as a flourisher, at least to me

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