Filed under: Peculiarities | Tags: ambitious, brush, bryan, control, improvement, topper
First off, let me apologise for a long absence. Going to Uni has jiggled my priorities rather and thus, I haven’t had as much time for pasteboard literature. Cards are very much still a part of my life though, and what a wonderful thing they are as well.
Anyway, on to the content of this wonderful post.
Full credit for this idea to goes a Mr Bryan M Brush. He commented on the first ambitious topper post with a fantastically simple method for improving the sleight. It makes it easier to execute, and also a lot cleaner as it eradicates the depth discrepancy.
So without further procrastination (something University has made me very good at), I’ll pass you over by simply quoting the comment he left us on this very site….
First, my apologies for commenting on something that was posted over a month ago. Second, kudos for the idea.
However, I have a suggestions, which you may or may not agree with. Why have the injog in the cards before hand? Here’s my suggestion, and after I present the idea I will explain to you several reasons I feel it is worth recommendation.
1. Pick up the deck and riffle for a selection.
2. After you’ve outjogged the selection, plant (in your and my case) you right thumb onto the card underneath the outjogged card.
3. Injog this lower card as you square the rest of the deck.
Hopefully you’re able to follow what I’m saying. It’s rather simple, but becomes a muddled mess in textual format.
Reasons for why I suggest this are as follows:
1) Guaranteed that your injog is underneath the outjog, in fact directly underneath.
2) Since the injog is directly underneath the original outjog, there will be no possible depth discrepancy.
3) Without requiring the injog before hand you’re allowed free motion and can pick the deck up and immediately utilize the move without worrying about jogging and then having a selection made.
These are all minor, but as you yourself have said elsewhere details are everything.
Take Care and God bless.
-Bryan
Isn’t that fantastic? So simple, and yet such a helpful improvement. THAT, my friends, is precisely the reason I started this blog. Growth and what not.
–Arthur–
