I don't know if I can avoid doing that when I get my CPCs. I may need to get some shuffling chips then.
I want to chime in here. When I got my Key West set from Dennis, one of the first things I mentioned was that I saw faint striations in the chip under direct light. Now, I had never handled a
CPC chip before so I didn't know what to expect and had never spent that much on a chip before (1.40 - although that's super cheap compared to what it cost to make them!)
Here is what I noticed.
After about 2000 shuffles with the sample set, the sides and edges became softer, the texture was polished further and didn't have that new "coarse" feeling, and the striations, although still there, became far less noticable because the chip effectively became broken in.
I actually don't even notice them anymore.
The big huge gigantic difference is that the sides and edges became softer and the feel improved with shuffling.
Like a fine wine guys. Ages nicely. Very nicely. So nicely that I wouldn't mind hopping into bed with these chips (as long as Lauren lets me - she sees these chips as "the other woman").
Oh well that's my opinion. I'm sure lots will tell you the same or better.
