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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Design & Development => Topic started by: G_K on October 27, 2013, 06:37:20 AM
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Dear All.
Being at the very early stages of creating a new deck I am looking for Deck clips-guards suppliers/manufactures besides the amazing ''Joe Porper, deck clips'' ( is this correct http://www.porperoriginals.com) in order to get a cost idea and finalize the add-ons list for the deck.
Your advises on that issue are more than welcome
Thanks in advance
George
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http://aethercards.com/discourse/design-development/acrylic-card-clip-design/msg68491/#msg68491
Maybe this will inspire you. Get in contact with rob wright from loop cuts, maybe he will be willing to advise you a little further
EDIT: rob butler, not rob wright
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Dear All.
Being at the very early stages of creating a new deck I am looking for Deck clips-guards suppliers/manufactures besides the amazing ''Joe Porper, deck clips'' ( is this correct http://www.porperoriginals.com) in order to get a cost idea and finalize the add-ons list for the deck.
Your advises on that issue are more than welcome
Thanks in advance
George
That is indeed the Joseph Porper of whom we all speak. He's renown for not just his card clips but for precision equipment related to magic, billiards and gambling. His first custom card cutting die is the stuff of legends I'm told - you'll never find one in the low four figures anymore...and I think there's only ten in existence.
http://aethercards.com/discourse/design-development/acrylic-card-clip-design/msg68491/#msg68491
Maybe this will inspire you. Get in contact with rob wright from loop cuts, maybe he will be willing to advise you a little further
This wasn't the best link to give him - that's an R&D concept that never made it to production.
Loop Cuts has a deck clip they made that's 100% plastic. I haven't heard from anyone who actually owns one how well they perform.
Robert Butler of Loop Cuts had a previous company, Conjuring Creations, through which he created the Eco Clip. Same principle, but the product was made of bamboo glued under pressure and the side walls were slightly larger. While it was considerably bulkier than a Porper and didn't apply the same degree of pressure to the cards to keep them flat, it was also much lighter than a Porper and whereas a Porper clip can ruin a tuck box with its flattening power, the Eco Clip actually protected tuckboxes better.
Unfortunately, Conjuring Creations overcommitted itself and couldn't produce quickly enough to meet the demand his clip created. The company sort of collapsed under the weight of this issue, with shipments being delayed in many cases by months. I believe he did finally honor all of his commitments, but the damage was done, and he ran into issues with his wood shop that, combined with the former, will likely keep that product off the market indefinitely if not for good.
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Ah I did not know that, thanks for clearing that up Don.
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http://aethercards.com/discourse/design-development/acrylic-card-clip-design/msg68491/#msg68491
Maybe this will inspire you. Get in contact with rob wright from loop cuts, maybe he will be willing to advise you a little further
While we both have a great first names, as Don pointed out, Robert Butler is with Loop Cuts. I am just some asshole from VA.
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Haha my bad, I'll edit my post :)