417. “To the Victor Goes the Pipe”: A Deep Dive into System Engineering
The banner shows a Patent era 5 x 8 strutcard, printed by McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd. Printers, Dublin (from the collection of Scott Forrest, CPG) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW ERA 39THIRTY CAPS. Look’s like the game is going into extra innings as we're still a ways from the MOR (minimum order requirement) of 18 for each color. The deadline is being extended until September 6th, in case anyone has a change of heart and give me time to raise some extra funding. Google Form here: 39 THIRTY ORDER or at bottom of post. I'm tellin' ya, these are gonna be awesome. Play ball! (Important: Marie says if you filled out a request for the old 59FIFTY several weeks ago, this is NOT the same hat. This is a whole new ball game & you gotta fill out a new scorecard. “TO THE VICTOR GOES THE PIPE.” Larry Gosser agreed last spring to create a special 10th Anniversary T Shirt, and he came up with one featuring Sherlock Holmes inspired by the Great Detective’s fisticuffs in Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.” As with last year’s event, I’ll send Larry the Google Form and he will invoice you immediately after receiving your info. Google Form with photos of the shirts and prices at the end of the post. SYSTEM DAY IS TUESDAY. This will be the 126th anniversary of the final System Patent, registered in the US on September 3rd, 1898. Our theme this year is Zen Mind (more info last post). You can participate with Pete Geeks from all over the world by sending in a few sentences, paragraphs, a drawing or poem relating how the System pipe has been a vehicle for your own enlightenment, peace, or freedom. Send photo and text to petegeek1896@gmail.com no later than Monday, September 2nd, 12pm noon CDT to receive your Certified Pete Geek certificate or the new merit badge for your old one. Get your 2024 System Day Pete Geek Tobacco Mat PDF at the end of this post. A DEEP DIVE INTO SYSTEM ENGINEERING Peterson System Engineering (plain vanilla PDF for your personal enjoyment) With System Day almost here, let’s take a deep dive into Peterson System Engineering. It’s a complicated, fascinating subject that richly rewards our attention. The Kapp & Peterson Patent System has remained an outlier in the pipe world since its debut in 1891. The Patent was pirated by several companies until around 1910, after which litigation was no longer necessary due to high sales and brand popularity. From that point on, it’s been and is still copied by nearly everyone, superficially if rarely with any accuracy. The System has been misunderstood, sometimes maligned, and has been increasingly misunderstood from the 1980s until around 2019. Yet somehow it’s survived, making it the longest-lived patent-design pipe in the world, as recognizable as Dunhill’s white spot, if not always as appreciated. With no briar during wartime, K&P turned to the possibility of using cherrywood. The Irish…