The agenda will be 'Exploring the thinnest deck in the USPCC'
In terms of thickness,
There are probably a lot of decks that are thinner than US marine corps.
For example, the Congress brand is mostly a bridge-sized or small-sized memento, but the old Congress I have is very thin.
The playing cards I am looking for are:
For use by magicians, gamblers and cardistry,
*Poker size.
*Playing cards that are not intended for special use and are generally available.
*To be made of paper.
*Made by USPCC
The above is the rule.
The people who handle playing cards are always in a world of delicate fingertip technology.
The industry and the manufacturing industry have been digitizing more and more to improve efficiency, but we humans, who deal with decks, are analog.
So I think it's natural to want a deck that is easy to handle.
It is not only a matter of playing cards manufacturing.
The manufacturing industry is greatly affected by external factors such as the historical background of production, poor forest production, and political issues such as war, taxes and environmental problems.
The USPCC OHIO plant has a long history of producing a wide variety of playing cards.
It is difficult to grasp all of them, but I hope the investigation of the thickness will be an index for the future of playing cards.
You mention the Ohio plant. USPC hasn't printed cards in Ohio since 2009. The new plant is in a suburb of Cincinnati, but it's on the other side of the Ohio River, in Erlanger, Kentucky - it's closer to the local international airport. I've had the pleasure of going through a tour of the factory as part of the 52 Plus Joker Club's annual convention back in 2017.
One thing that is a major factor impacting the thickness and uniformity of card stock is that US regulations now require that the paper be made using a high percentage of post consumer recycled content. This means there's fewer long fibers in the paper, but it also means the overall quality of the paper isn't as high as it once was. Using your rules you stated in your previous post about what specifications you're looking for, you mentioned specifically that you only wish to consider USPC decks. This means any new decks will be of this newer, less-consistent, lower-grade of stock.
BTW: I wasn't sure if you're aware, but USPC will be a subsidiary of Cartamundi, a Belgium-based company, before the year is over. It's in the process of being sold by its current owner, Newell Brands. With the recent sale of GPI (owners of Kardwell and Gemaco) to Angel Playing Cards of Osaka, that means the only truly American company left making cards that I know of would be Liberty Playing Cards, operated by the same company that owns the Gambler's Warehouse store.
I know, of course, that USPC was acquired by Cartamundi.
It also shocked collectors and magicians in Japan.
The majority of Japanese people said, 'I think it's the same as before.' but I'm not.
When I learned about the acquisition, I would maintain the status quo for about 20 years, but in the future I expect the USPC to be different and I feel a sense of crisis.
This is because management studies are a repetition of artificial selection and history repeats itself.
As you may know, managers and employees at the OHIO plant used to value tradition far more than users thought.
I also remember that there was a private A special storage room where the old playing cards were stored.
However, I don't like USPCC very much because it doesn't seem to have a direction to respect history and tradition after it shifted to the KY plant and management put profits first.
KY factory-made playing cards have been improved by prominent magicians and cardistry, but we believe that there are limits to that.
However, we have to accept the trend of the times because we cannot survive without mass production.
Cartamundi has pledged to respect, respect and manage the USPCC to the utmost, but it won't last long.
Business management in the present age is like the dinosaur era.
It's easy to imagine another third party trying to make money and monopolize the market, and even Cartamundi being acquired.
When shareholders change, the direction of the company is very unstable.
That's why I think the history of USPCC should be preserved.
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