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February 8th, 2012
What's Up With Blue Book?
Many of us have been wondering for years what will happen with Blue Book. A new version has not been published since 2006. At 1pm today Jason Spangler will broadcast part one of an interview with Roy More where they discuss the future of Blue Book.
Scouting Hot Finds Radio: Blue Book 2.0 Update with Roy More.
You can listen live at that link. You can also find the podcast there afterwards, or listen through iTunes.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 6th, 2012
A Guide to Identifying Chinese Fakes on eBay
My friend Jason Spangler, also known as the Santee Swapper and host of the Scouting Hot Finds newsletters and podcast has assembled a free guide to spotting the fake Chinese made OA patches currently appearing on eBay.
A Guide to Identifying Recent Chinese Fakes on eBay
This is an extensive 24 page treatise on these patches, with many illustrations. It documents the fakes produced by various sellers over the past several years. It also discusses the marketing strategies of those who produced these fakes including the stealing of images from this website.
This is a must read for almost any collector who wants to avoid being taken by these fakes.
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December 23rd, 2011
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (III)
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I have written several posts on this blog about patch designs that appear to have been copied or "inspired" by other designs, quite often from different lodges. For example see the first and second posts using this same title. Another example is this post on more "inspired" patches.
The patch pictured at the top of this post was a recent chapter event issue from Piankatank chapter of Wahunsenakah lodge. (Editor's note: Please see correction in comments). The lodge is chartered to the Colonial Virginia Council which could easily explain the American Revolution theme of the design. However, the lodge totem is a duck so the hawk's head might appear to be an unusual choice.
A friend gave this to me. He acquired it a Trade-O-Ree and thought of me once he saw the design. It's obviously taken from Tsoiotsi Tsogalii's 2010 SR-7B conclave flaps, listed on this site as S34? and S35?.
Perhaps someone in Wahunsenakah can fill us in on the story behind Piankatank chapter's choice of patch design. The artist of the lodge 70 flaps should be flattered that someone in another lodge was so impressed by his design that he chose to adapt it for his chapter's event patch.
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December 22nd, 2011
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other...
"One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song?"
How many of you remember this song from "Sesame Street"? I saw a friend of mine at the Winston-Salem Trade-O-Ree last weekend. He usually has a great assortment of patches, many classic material and items from our area. However he wants it to be known that he isn't just interested in old patches, so he puts the frame pictured here on his table. I'll let him remain anonymous unless he chooses to step forward here.
One of those patches seems oddly out of place (really two but one sticks out more!). Do you see it? It's not quite as obvious as recognizing letters and numbers, but still very easy to see! Every time I see this frame I chuckle a bit. It's a good way to start a conversation. Now you all can join me in a good natured chuckle.
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Archive for September, 2007
In early August I had posted about several older lodge names being added to this site. Once again, the number of lodges represented on this site has jumped and for the same reason.
A seller on eBay has been creating “replica” patches. Lately he has been manufacturing placeholder issues for old lodges that never issued any patches of their own. In my opinion he has been clear about what these are, but I can imagine unknowledgeable collectors in the future being fooled by these.
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"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes."
John F. Kennedy
Nentico Lodge held the 2007 Fall Fellowship at Broad Creek the weekend of September 7-9. The event theme was “Pirates of Broad Creek”, and the patch features a skull with an eyepatch in front of crossed Ordeal and Brotherhood arrows.
The patch design also includes Nentico’s totem eagle design rendered twice as a black on black ghost.
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"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do."
Benjamin Disraeli
Well it is 24 hours since I left the 2007 W1C Conclave. I enjoyed the conclave as I feel that the program was well put together this year. Walamootkin 336 was the host lodge this year. Other lodges in that section are 266 Tukarica, 311 Es-Kaielgu, 363 Ma-I-Su, and 614 Tataliya. This section includes Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and a majority of Idaho.
The Section issued 5 patches for the 2007 conclave. 3 Pocket Patches and a couple of Jacket Patches. The section ran out of Participant Patches and Staff Patches and had very few Auction Patches left over. The regular jacket patch was still available and all of the $300 donation/Auction jacket patches were claimed. The attandance was above normal which was a pleasant surprise.
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"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good."
Calvin Coolidge
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’ll jump on my soapbox again about special awards and fake patches. If you want to give a special award to one or some of your lodge brothers, please take my advice and don’t make it a patch!
I was recently writing to a friend of mine in another lodge about an ongoing problem they have had with a certain award’s patch. The lodge leadership created an award scheme for brothers who made a very significant service commitment to one aspect of the lodge’s program. They were to be awarded a special jacket patch upon completion of the requirements. After a couple of years, very few brothers had earned the award but the patches started to show up on eBay in quantity. This is a very familiar story. The manufacturer had used an overseas subcontractor and additional supplies made their way into the collectorate. This shouldn’t surprise anyone anymore.
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"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
Abraham Lincoln
In May 2007 this site turned 10 years old, quite the accomplishment for an website. Today this blog celebrates its first anniversary.
During this past year blog visitors have read my opinions on patches and patch collecting, been kept up to date on new issues in the Carolinas, and had glimpsesi at other things in life that interest me. Also, through this blog, this site has been opened up to contributing writers for the first time. It’s been fun for me and I hope it has been for the reader, too.
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"Here's something to think about how come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
Jay Leno
Lodges aren’t the only entities that can celebrate anniversaries, as Tipisa Lodge 326′s Tomoka Chapter has shown. The chapter took orders for their anniversary sets, and has released their first three pocket patches and a jacket patch.
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"In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry."
Sir Christopoher Wren
Well last weekend witnessed the annual edition of the W1A Conclave, held at Hoodoo Ski Resort near Sisters, Oregon. Nearly 500 were in attendance which marks the umpteenth year in a row that the W1A conclave has had the highest attendance in Area 1 of the Western Region.
Again the section held an auction to fill the confers of the section. Over $12,000.00 was made which marks the 5th time in a row that the section has made over 10 grand in its auction. It is with pride that we boast the biggest section auction in the nation.
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"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
Winston Churchill
Timuquan Lodge 340 began their current 2007-2008 activity patch set in June, with their Summer Conclave. Their Fall Conclave was held earlier this month. The theme for their set is “Classic Muscle Cars”. The Summer Conclave patch is a representation of a 1969 Camaro SS, while the Fall piece is a 1967 Corvette 427.
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"Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long."
Leonard Bernstein
This is the final patch issued by Occoneechee lodge at this weekend’s Fall Fellowship, the Fall Fellowship activity patch. It is the third piece of the the totem pole made by this year’s event patches.
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"Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."
Groucho Marx
Occoneechee lodge was busy issuing patches this past weekend. In addition to the two 70th anniversary patches posted about yesterday and a fellowship patch to be detailed later, Occoneechee lodge became the second North Carolina lodge to issue a metal flap.
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"There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war; it's to be prepared for peace."
Ronald Reagan
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
Read the Full Post
January 14th, 2012
An OAImages iPad App?
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
To view these items, go to OA Images: National and Special Events Patches page and select either of these events from the "Other Specialties" drop down box.
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August 27th, 2011
Coming out of Hiding About April 1st
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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March 31st, 2011
Comment Spam
This is strictly an "FYI" post for those familiar with the issues facing those who maintain blogs and message boards where readers can post comments.
Recently I had been having issues here with comment spam getting past this blog's filters. I deleted the inappropriate posts as quickly as I could but this was still unacceptable to me, as well as additional work. I since have required that readers register before they're allowed to post comments here. That seems to have stopped the spammers.
I still see a number of probable spammers, mainly from Russian domains, registering on this blog but so far none have had their comments posted successfully.
I may test my luck for a short period of time in the near future. At some unannounced time, I will turn off the registration requirement for posting comments for a day or two. I want to see if the spammers have been chased away, or if they're just awaiting an easy opportunity to push their garbage
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February 11th, 2011
Change in Comments Policy
This blog is being hit with a large number spam comments lately. There have been over 12,000 attempts to spam the blog with comments just within the past 60 days. Recently a few dozen comments, hawking service and goods I deem inappropriate for this blog, made it past the filters. Since I don't desire to spend more time deleting the spam as I find it and don't want inappropriate information to sit on my blog, I am tightening up the policy on commenting here.
Those who wish to comment must now register and be logged in before being to post comments. Registration is free and is not the same as membership to this site. This is a common practice on many blogs especially among sites run by more "traditional media" type companies.
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