Curious as to why Piatnik ranks so low before you?
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I’ve owned a couple of setups of Piatnik. I know I just found them a bit stiff for my tastes. And maybe a bit slippery too? Still good, playable cards, but nothing I’d pay a premium for.
I had a set almost 20 years ago....
Slippery as f....and face card graphics inferior to their paper counterparts, only indexes found my aproval....
The only test I'm using, currently, is placing cardson a hard, flat surface and abutting the ends of each deck to the other. Pressing down on both decks I see how many cards will move freely over top of the other deck. I'm currently in conversation with a Toolmaker to fashion a vice/jig that will hold one deck and allow a clamp to be pressed on top of the deck. There will be a cutout to measure with a caliper, giving an accurate thickness of each deck. That's for starters. Trying to envision another jig that hold one card while a finger attached to a pressure guage measures how much pressure to bend said card to 90°
My current tests have used two cards as a basis, both Cartimundi Belgium (because they're my favorite) and Copag, because so many people use them (not me, unless i have to). In that testing, I've found the CB to be one card thicker than Copag, and Trefl to be 2-3 cards thicker than CB. It's rudimentary, but evolving.
I firmly believe other things come into play when describing "flexibility." Type of stock, how it's made, etc.
My current tests have used two cards as a basis, both Cartimundi Belgium (because they're my favorite) and Copag, because so many people use them (not me, unless i have to). In that testing, I've found the CB to be one card thicker than Copag, and Trefl to be 2-3 cards thicker than CB. It's rudimentary, but evolving.
I firmly believe other things come into play when describing "flexibility." Type of stock, how it's made, etc.
Phyffe
Two Pair
Modiano Platinum Acetate is better than KEMs if only for the fact that it is definitely more durable.
Most people will not recommend these because of previous controversy into their business practices but speaking strictly about the cards, this is the way to go.
davidp12
Sitting Out
very cool post. do most companies export to the UK or Thailand? Any brands in those countries that are worth trying that are not available in the US? Cheers
Yeah I got a brand new pack of black/gold KEMs and they warped almost instantly
If you're in the Asian market Angel is a great top level brand to search out. I don't know if I've ever seen Poker/Jumbo from them, but, their card stock is great.
Phyffe
Two Pair
I live in Asia and outside of the cards sold in Don Quijotes, I've only ever found the good Angels (the green boxed ones) sold in Japan.
alexandersly77
New Member
I really like copag personally, they’re pretty durable and have stayed clean when I’ve used them.
They do make jumbo indexes however my suspition is they do them for casinos exclusively....They do make them for Crown Casinos for sure....
FDLmold
Royal Flush
I don't visit this website quite like I used to. But every time I do, there is another thread about cards where not one person mentions Gemaco Superflex. They're not common cards, but easily obtainable at Kardwell. And they are just super duper.
GeeOhVee
Pair
There was a great sale from Kardwell with these cards, and I was a day late (ordered, but they don't do well with inventory updates, so when I checked later they said they were actually out of stock). I wish I would have gotten ahold of some. I LOVE the other Gemaco cards I have.
A couple months back i found Platinums on the big river site in Germany for €6.50/deck.
This is hard to beat!
And since you can flatten these if warped, it‘s the best offer i‘ve ever seen.
Apart from the €5 for Dal Negros on an italian website…
Shipping costs often kill it - cards are (like chips) quite heavy.
This is hard to beat!
And since you can flatten these if warped, it‘s the best offer i‘ve ever seen.
Apart from the €5 for Dal Negros on an italian website…
Shipping costs often kill it - cards are (like chips) quite heavy.
davidp12
Sitting Out
im looking for something in Asia or even the UK where i can just order off the internet direct from the store, job done. A few of the suggestions above all have great reviews after researching, but, not easily accessible/sold out etc. If any one has any brands that are in stock and highly rated,i'd be grateful if you could post them. Thank you in advance
Just to be clear though, despite their name, they’re not a particularly flexxy card, right? I’ve owned Gemacos which were quite stiff (or had a lot of snap, depending on your perspective,) but I’ve never owned superflex, so all I can go by is what I’ve read.
I would highly advise trying them. I just gave away a setup or else I'd offer to send you one. I dont particularly like Gemacos other than the superflex, and I would say they're flexible with little snap. Shuffle great. They're not super soft like KEMs, insert eye-roll here, but very easy to pitch/peek/shuffle.
Hey @davidp12
Check this thread:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/european-uk-card-buy-recommendations.128196/
One UK site I bought from that has Dal Negro etc:
https://www.mastersofgames.com/cat/indoor/playing-cards-poker.htm
GL!
RocAFella1
Royal Flush
In no particular order:
Dal Negro Grand Slam
Angel Acetate
Gemaco Superflex
Cartamundi Acetate
Dal Negro Grand Slam
Angel Acetate
Gemaco Superflex
Cartamundi Acetate
Tonystark137
Flush
dibs
Nymor
3 of a Kind
Desjgn. a.k.a J Design
Talk to @desjgn ifyou ready to finance such an endevour.....
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