[Tall-Corn] playing card slate anyone?

[Richard Crawford]

I use an old 3 by 5 aluminum slate that is open on the bottom not the side
like the newer plastic slate does.
You might ask around to see if they still make them.
That works just fine for me to braille my own cards. 
Sincerely,
Rich Crawford 


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Subject: [Tall-Corn] playing card slate anyone?


Greetings colleagues,

Back in the old days there was a specialized slate one could get for
brailling playing cards, such as the standard 54 card bicycle deck you can
buy at any general merchandise imporium.

I used to have one but cannot locate it these days.  My mother says she
thinks she still has it, but it is so far not findable.

It's become imperative that I either find that one, or a replacement, and it
seems that Independence market doesn't carry them, nor does anyone else I've
found.

It's become an imperative to find one, because I'm a serious cribbage
player, and i like to start with a new deck every so often, and wintertime
seems to be card playing season for me.

So, recently when making an order from Independence market i asked for two
decks of the Bicycle playing cards.  Instead of Bicycles I get these plastic
playing cards, and although the braille probably holds up very well on them,
they're really unsuitable as playing cards.  In other words, new and
improved ain't improvement in this case.

So, I have to find one of those card slates to be able to braille playing
cards iwthout defacing them or damaging them, and those card slates were
just perfect for doing that.

Anyone know of sources for them?

Regards,

Richard Webb


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