Hey everyone, just thought I might as well introduce myself on these forums since I'll probably be hanging round here for a while... I've come to like the sales, trades and iso forum, it's much better than ebay I reckon
So anyway, my name's Ben, I'm from Melbourne, Australia. I've been into cards just about as long as I can remember... I started off playing with cards when I was really young, learnt some old self-working type tricks from some old magic books of my dad's, including a very very old book of Houdini's card tricks. It's pretty cool
I kind of stopped playing with cards after a while, though I was still really into poker and blackjack and things like that, I've always been a bit obsessed with casino stuff. But in the last 8 months or so I got back into card magic, but more recently, in the last few months, I've gotten much more into cardistry. I still enjoy tricks, but I find that cardistry is really where it's at right now for me. I guess my favourite current day magic and cardistry guys would be Dan and Dave, just because I like their style of little tricks and flourishes and things like that.
Other than that, I've always had a real respect for gambling sleights and gambling demonstrations, so I think some time I will try and learn those kinds of things, but right now I'm enjoying cardistry way too much.
As for card collecting, I'm really into some out of print decks that aren't TOO out of print. For example I like the style and feel of Arrco US Regs and things along those lines. I guess you could say my taste in playing cards is very classic and casino orientated
Thanks for reading!
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