Splungeman
Umbrae mentioned in one of his wonderful forum articles how he prepares his new decks by rubbing each card down the edge of a table in various directions. Apparently this gives the deck a more rugged and aged look by dulling the gloss, loosening up the cards, etc. Since I agree with him that used looking cards are more comfortabe to the sitter than brand-spankin new cards, I would like to do this with my deck.
My problem is that it is my first and only deck at this point, I love it dearly, and don't want to screw it up by doing it wrong. I practiced on some regular playing cards I had and it really messed them up, and not in a good way. If I did to my Tarot cards what I did to those playing cards, the sitter would NOT be made comfortable. Though I think I learned something from that experiment, I'm still not comfortable trying to do it to my Tarot deck without more advice.
So...I was hoping someone (hopefully Umbrae himself will chime in as well since he started me on this road) could go into more detail about exactly how you make your deck look nice and rugged without making it look trashy. Perhaps some pictures of the process itself? Perhaps alternative techniques to Umbrae's?
My problem is that it is my first and only deck at this point, I love it dearly, and don't want to screw it up by doing it wrong. I practiced on some regular playing cards I had and it really messed them up, and not in a good way. If I did to my Tarot cards what I did to those playing cards, the sitter would NOT be made comfortable. Though I think I learned something from that experiment, I'm still not comfortable trying to do it to my Tarot deck without more advice.
So...I was hoping someone (hopefully Umbrae himself will chime in as well since he started me on this road) could go into more detail about exactly how you make your deck look nice and rugged without making it look trashy. Perhaps some pictures of the process itself? Perhaps alternative techniques to Umbrae's?