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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: loldudex2 on November 11, 2011, 08:20:24 PM
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I was just at a flea-market-esque place and I bought Two Streamline's, and Two Aristocrat casino decks for about $7. All of the decks were from the USPCC Ohio factory. First off, did I pay too much, but my real question is "What is Casino finish, and why is it so crappy?" Is there even any finish on it? Thank you.
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I was just at a flea-market-esque place and I bought Two Streamline's, and Two Aristocrat casino decks for about $7. All of the decks were from the USPCC Ohio factory. First off, did I pay too much, but my real question is "What is Casino finish, and why is it so crappy?" Is there even any finish on it? Thank you.
4 decks for only $7. It's cheap. :)
I don't know much about casino finish. Isn't it casino stock?
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First off, the price tag on the Streamlines covered up the word Pinochle, so they are useless. Secondly it does say casino finish.
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I was just at a flea-market-esque place and I bought Two Streamline's, and Two Aristocrat casino decks for about $7. All of the decks were from the USPCC Ohio factory. First off, did I pay too much, but my real question is "What is Casino finish, and why is it so crappy?" Is there even any finish on it? Thank you.
I'm i'm actually going to hold off on answering this because i know a little bit but not a whole lot, and i'm sure 6insider9 or alex could provide much more info then i could.
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I am always impressed when I see people find decent playing cards at a flea market. I always look when I go, never happens.
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If you're talking casino-USED decks, that right there is the answer. Casino grade cards (finish, stock, etc.) are supposed to hold up well and have a good glide, but once the deck's been through the table a few times and handled by grubby hands handling dirty currency and chips, the finish and the edges take a beating. Any casino deck I ever bought was simply OK - fine enough for a game of rummy but nothing I'd consider using for magic or cardistry. (Not that I'm much of a cardist yet... :)
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And one more thing - Streamlines weren't generally made with any kind of "casino finish" - they were smooth like Aviators. Aristocrats, on the other hand, are usually in some kind of Linen Finish, something that someone may have called "casino finish" way back when. Last casino deck I bought was Aristos from the Luxor and they were marked "linen finish".
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And one more thing - Streamlines weren't generally made with any kind of "casino finish" - they were smooth like Aviators. Aristocrats, on the other hand, are usually in some kind of Linen Finish, something that someone may have called "casino finish" way back when. Last casino deck I bought was Aristos from the Luxor and they were marked "linen finish".
My Streamlines were Air-Cushion finish but my casino decks weren't. And thank you. It doesn't feel like my casino decks have any finish at all.
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My Streamlines were Air-Cushion finish but my casino decks weren't. And thank you. It doesn't feel like my casino decks have any finish at all.
I think they stopped that over the years, with the Air Cushion on Streamlines. I have on me right now a red/blue pair of recently-made Streamlines (Erlanger) and they're smooth just like Aviators. They handle OK, actually, and the back is old-timey and interesting to look at. They're more common in the South than where I'm from (the Northeast) - I got mine on a visit to North Carolina, as well as some Mavericks (also regional). No major retailer of any kind sells either brand this far north of the Mason-Dixon line.
I reckon that smooth finishes are cheaper to produce than air cushion, linen, magic, etc., because you generally tend to see them on less expensive (and less popular) playing cards. A major exception would be Aladdins, and I think that's because they were specifically made to withstand the heat and humidity of Singapore. Another way of saying "air cushion finish" down there would be "filled with pockmarks that hold sweat, dirt and finger grease very nicely, making your deck handle like mud". A smooth finish combined with less water-absorbent stock make a good tropical-use deck. That's also why a non-smooth casino deck that's been used a few hours gets tossed into the sorter for canceling and repacking - they're useless at the tables after that abuse.