Throwing cards

[Shorinryu Sensei]

II would gladly take a photo of one of the pieces of furniture or my styrofoam target with my digital camera and post it if you would like.

 

Taking a picture of a piece of furniture with pieces taken out of it proves nothing. I have a desk and chair with pieces missing also, but that's due to frequent moves and normal day to day living. Sticking cards in styrofoam is totally believable and I'm sure just about anybody can do that with cards.

 

I think what we're asking for here is perhaps a website from one of these experts in this technique that might have a video on it showing them sticking cards in hardwood. Years ago I saw on Ripley's where a man threw cards a long distance and stuck them in cardboard or styrofoam or such in a drawn circular target. Yes, that takes skill and practice to get the accuracy...but the actual sticking part isn't difficult in that sort of material.

[isshinryu5toforever]

unless those are the bladed throwing cards they sell, I don't think you're sticking those things into white oak or mahogany. Besides getting killed by whoever you live with, I don't think a regular playing card will stick into any real solid wood. It might give someone a papercut, but you aren't going to be maiming anyone with a card.

[ovine king]

can't believe i'm replying in this thread.....

 

anyway.

 

i can throw normal playing cards and am accurate up to about 20-25 feet (12"groupings, to use the correct terminology...).

 

beyond that, the spin makes the card's path curve too much to be reliable.

 

by the way, i am a some-time card trickster, not some ninja wannabe.....

 

ahem.

 

i have thrown a card at a person (sorry mr graves...) and it did cause a cut on his brow.

 

BUT, you have to remember that skin cuts quite easily when you throw brand new cards (with lovely crisp 'perfect' edges) and that said card is spinning at quite a pace.

 

against plaster board, these throws at about 20 feet can leave a slight dent but this is more due to the materialistic properties of the plaster board and not the qualities of the thrown card.

 

as for regular playing card into hard wood (we are talking hard wood like teak right?), i don't buy it.

 

physics dictates what can cut what and the circumstances under which it can happen.

 

i don't see anything happening except the card hitting the hard wood, bouncing off with a tear in it (this happens a lot....), or denting it's corner.

 

now if you change the card thrown into a credit card, you still won't cut furniture because of the aforementioned physics required to 'cut'.

 

you'd maybe put a dent into wood (depending on the wood of course) but that's about it.

 

the extra weight of the card makes it harder to keep accurate over anything over that 15 feet.

 

on the plus side, it is less affected by wind (which really knocks a normal playing card off line).

 

against a person, a credit card hurts lots.

 

i can imagine a well placed shot really dazing a person but then you're talking about hitting a small target (head) with an unreliable thrown object.

 

of course, sharpening the edges of the playing card will change the possiblities of cutting but range and accuracy still come into play.

 

in this case, a stone would get the same effect and retain the accuracy.

 

as for normal cards against pine.

 

i have to say that if you're really lucky and hit right in line with the grain, a normal playing card can dent weak pine......

 

for the record, fresh trading cards (i.e mtg) are better throwing cards than playing cards due to their smoother surface and cleaner edges.

 

the best throwing playing card i've tried are the gold coloured edged cards you see the chinese guys use (tiger?)

 

the plastic ones don't works so well because it flexes too much in the hand.

 

you can't get a good enough grip to throw with any strength.

 

but

 

they are better for doing single finger flip/reveals to finish magic tricks....

 

damn.

 

how'd this get so long?

 

christ almighty i really am a spod.....

[isshinryuwarrior]

You need to take a pack of cards in the box. Hold it about a half an inch above the back of someones head. Make parrure that the edge is running paralell the head. Then tap the pack pretty hard, thus making your still hand hit some one. this hurts. My Grandfather did it to me when I turned 16.

[1kickKO]

same here...why not use a gun? Much more effective and they can get up to many many more feet than throwing cards.

[bluebadger]

Actually Yu-gi-oh cards can do quite a bit of damage, I once saw an episode of Yu-gi-oh where kaiba thew one and made the guy it hit drop what he was holding, good thing that blue-eyes white dragon had 3000 attack.

[willow]

[GONK] I hate people like that. "I can do such and such with no proof, and you have to believe me." I think I speak for the rational human race when I say "Give us proof!" Proof that YOU, not someone who is better than you, can do your cards tricks.