Cactus Dahlia
Nowadays I shuffle my decks in a respectful manner. . Also I don't read reversals, unless one accidentally appears, so this has restricted my shuffling method as I want to keep the cards upright.
So how I shuffle is to deal the cards into piles, usually starting with 5-7 piles, and then keep adding cards to the piles randomly, even adding a new pile when the mood takes me. Then I pick up the piles in random order, sometimes only about half the pile is picked up in the first instance, but that doesn't worry me, as it gets picked up a little later and just means an extra shuffle. Hope this makes sense! Then to finish off I hold the pack in my left hand and shuffle them by taking a few cards from the back of the deck into my right hand and putting them to the front of the pack a few cards at a time.
I find this keeps my cards in pristine condition, and yet gives them a thorough shuffle.
I liked the idea of making 7 piles as others in this thread have suggested, but wasn't so keen on piling up the 7 piles one by one in order. I like my random order shuffling better.
So how I shuffle is to deal the cards into piles, usually starting with 5-7 piles, and then keep adding cards to the piles randomly, even adding a new pile when the mood takes me. Then I pick up the piles in random order, sometimes only about half the pile is picked up in the first instance, but that doesn't worry me, as it gets picked up a little later and just means an extra shuffle. Hope this makes sense! Then to finish off I hold the pack in my left hand and shuffle them by taking a few cards from the back of the deck into my right hand and putting them to the front of the pack a few cards at a time.
I find this keeps my cards in pristine condition, and yet gives them a thorough shuffle.
I liked the idea of making 7 piles as others in this thread have suggested, but wasn't so keen on piling up the 7 piles one by one in order. I like my random order shuffling better.