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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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December 7th, 2011
Of Thee We Sing... About Our Lodge
Last weekend I rode with Greg Grimes and Roger Ward and paid a visit to our mutual friend, Larry Banks. On the way there I was shown a book, published in 1938, given to members of Chappegat Lodge.
The book included the lodge by laws and rules. It included instructions on how to wear the "bands", as the OA Sash was called then, and lodge pin. Specifically, Brotherhood members were instructed that the bands and arrow on the lodge pin were to be worn pointed toward the left shoulder. It was also stated that the lodge pin could not be given to a non-member of either sex. This refers to the custom, still practiced today, of fraternity brothers giving their pins to their girl friends as a token of affection. The centerfold was the brother's membership certificate.
The music and lyrics of the OA song and the lodge song were also printed in the book.
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December 5th, 2011
From China... Again
There has been some discussion recently on patch-l about an eBay seller currently using the id, "discountbar". He is operating out of Huhhot, China and selling fake Boy Scout patches.
Several members of that list have pointed out that he is stealing images of real patches from this site and using them to illustrate his auctions. Winning bidders report they do not receive the items pictured, but instead get computer designed fakes of those patches.
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Archive for February, 2009
Face Book has become a very popular social networking site. It originally started with college students and has since opened itself up to just about anyone with an email address. Recently two major collecting groups, ISCA and Patch-l, have established pressences here.
- The patch-l Face Book group has 65 members as I write this. That’s a pretty good start since the group was only formed within the past few days and its only publicity has been a single post about it on patch-l. This is a closed group, restricted to members of patch-l. You must either be invited by an administrator, or click the link to request an invite. Kevin Doyle runs this group and will add those who request invites after first verifying they are subscribers to patch-l
- The International Scouting Collectors Association (ISCA) also has a Face Book group. Membership is restricted to members of ISCA and you must request an invite to join. Requests to join are granted after ISCA membership has been verified. It is run by Michael DeLeo.
If you know of other patch collecting related Face Book groups, please feel free to publicize them in the comments to this post.
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When the proofs, the figure, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Walt Whitman
Occoneechee 104 J21?+R21?
Greg Grimes has sent me images of several issues about to come from Occoneechee lodge. Two of these are a new jacket patch and round, designed to be worn together. The jacket patch (J21?) features totems from the thirteen chapters of Occoneechee lodge, arrayed in a circular fashion as if on a roulette wheel. The center piece (R21?) features the lodge’s totem in a modernized version of the totem used on earlier issues such as the R5 through R7.
The jacket patch is specifically designed so that there is no “top” or “bottom” to it. Each brother could wear it so his own chapter’s totem is at the top with the thunderbird pointing towards it. Some in the lodge have already dubbed this set the “Wheel of Fortune”. This is not meant to be a slight, as it’s been pointed out that locally patches with nicknames tend to be in higher demand and trade better.
Occoneechee is not the first lodge to issue a jacket patch using this idea. O-Shot-Caw 265 did something similar with their J10.
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Occoneechee 104 1992-93 Events Patches
“Occoneechee Week” continues here.
In my previous post about the unlisted 1994 events issues for this lodge, I mentioned that the 1992 and 1993 events patches had not been listed either, even though they were a “puzzle patch” with the center piece listed as this lodge’s A1. Greg Grimes had also commented on that post that there was a variety of one of the patches in this 1992-3 set that was not yet picture on this site. I can now correct both these problems.
There were two varieties of the 1992 Spring Inductions patch. The patch was initially issued with a wide cut edge border (picture below at right) , much thicker than the Spring Pow Wow patch from the same year. This did not fit well with the earlier piece, so the lodge produced another run of this patch with a thin border which matches the other issues in this set.
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Occoneechee 104: Unlisted R5 Variety?
(Editor: Oops… I had this set to publish on 2/25 or so I thought. Since it didn’t go through as originally planned, I have back dated this post. )
Greg Grimes recently sent me an image of an unusual copy of Occoneechee’s R5. He had acquired a R10 and R5b for his collection so was examining what he already had in his collection. He saw what he had thought was an R5a. He writes:
I thought I had an R-5a that was my dad’s patch….as it had separation between the red & black chest bars. Well in looking at it, I quickly determined it was not an R-5a due to the antenna, but it has a separation between the red and black bars, unlike the R-5c which has no separation. Could this be yet another variation of the R-5?? R-5d maybe??
The patch in question is shown at the top of this post.
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1992 Three Rivers District Aquaree
I think there will be a short run of posts about patches from Occoneechee lodge and council here.
Recently, I posted here two new issues from Yamni Wakpa chapter of Occoneechee lodge. They were produced and issued by the chapter (not the district) for a district camporee that this chapter runs and staffs. The event has gone by various names in recent years, generally tied to the program theme, as was called the “Fishoree” in 2009. After seeing this post Darrell Wessinger sent me images of two patches he thought could be earlier issues from this chapter.
I sent these images to Greg Grimes who has ordered the patches for this chapter and Occoneechee lodge for the last several years now. He believes they are district, not chapter, issues. The 1992 patch is pictured here.
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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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February 9th, 2011
Gone Home: Matt Kirkland
It is with shock and sadness that I pass along this message Tim Brown forwarded to me this morning:
With deep regret I must announce that my son, Matthew Thomas Kirkland, 31, passed from this world at 9:30 this evening. Matt suffered a massive stroke last night. We are having Matthew cremated and will hold a private ceremony in Memphis at a later date. For those who knew Matt, if you desire, to make a donation to the Transatlantic Council, Boy Scouts of America in his name. http://www.tac-bsa.org/Home.html
Matt was a significant contributor to this site, especially for Black Eagle lodge 482. He will be missed.
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Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on February 28th, 2009 at 7:00 pm 
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