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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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[caption id="attachment_6836" align="alignleft" width="90" border="0" caption="Wahunsenakah 333 Piankatank Chapter Winter 2011 Service"]
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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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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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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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.
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on April 20th, 2009 at 7:30 pm April 20, 2009
April 20, 2009
April 20, 2009
Popularity: 6% [?]
Lodge 70: 2009 SR-7B Conclave Flaps
Tsoiotsi Tsogalii 70 S32?
Tsoiotsi Tsogalii lodge, except for when it is host lodge, can be counted on to issue a single flap for its section conclave delegation. Usually these are produced in fairly large quantities. Even though they are initially limited on Friday night, by the time the extras are sold on Saturday there has usually been an abundant supply of them. The lodge earns a tidy little profit in the process. This year was different.
The lodge decided to issues two flaps with a “Frat Boys” theme. Both had the same design with only the border color differing. One of these was a “pre-registration” flap. This had a blue border and will probably be designated the lodge’s S31. This was made available, one per person, to those who registered for the conclave before a set cut off date. Approximately 220 (a very low number of patches for this lodge) were distributed. No extras were made available. In my opinion, the existence of this item was not as well publicized as it could have been.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Posted in Uncategorized by John E. Pannell on April 20th, 2009 at 12:00 am Popularity: 5% [?]
Lodge 296: 2009 Conclave Flaps
Nayawin Rar 296 S48?
Nayawin Rar hosted the 2009 SR-7B Conclave this past weekend at Camp Tuscarora. Following the example of six years ago, the lodge issued three flaps. In a welcome change from conclaves in the recent past, two of these were readily available in the trading post and easy to acquire.
The third flap was for conclave staff (pictured), had a significant service requirement, and was distributed one per person with no extras available for sale. This was arguably* the most difficult lodge issue for the conclave to acquire. one of the conclave staff flaps was sold in the conclave’s patch auction on Saturday evening. The flap was issued with an accompanying certificate of authenticity.
These are not yet on the main part of this site. The listing data for these issues are as follows:
Popularity: 13% [?]
Posted in Section Conclave Patches,SR-7B (1998-present) by John E. Pannell on April 18th, 2009 at 6:24 am 
2009 SR-7B Conclave Patch
I decided on the spur of the moment yesterday to visit the SR-7B conclave today. Nayawin Rar 296 is hosting this at Camp Tuscarora. The special VIP guest this weekend was Tico Perez, the BSA National Commissioner.
There were also a large number of section pieces. Some of which I might cover in a later edit to this post, or in separate posts. These include a pocket patch, jacket patch, chenilled, neckerchief, and various other “doo-dads”.
There were several new issues that I will be posting on this blog over the next several days.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on April 18th, 2009 at 4:50 am April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009 – This is worth sharing just for the opening photo. 
April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009
Popularity: 5% [?]
Lodge 118: More Cook Crew Patches
Wahissa 118 X13?
Homer Dearmin and Hank Birdsong sent me a group of scans of Wahissa items that have not yet been listed on this site or Blue Book. Some are section items and will be dealt with separately. Some of the others are three recent cook crew patches.
I have previously written about Wahissa’s cook crew patches, including 2006′s patch. I suspected these existed but as I had not seen them, I could not confirm that. Thanks, to Homer and Hank I can now share these images on the site.
There are two cook crew patches for 2005. One of them, X12, was for the lodge’s cook crew at that year’s SR-7B conclave, the BSA 90th anniversary, and the Raven Knob anniversary. The other, X13? (pictured), uses the lodge’s traditional cook crew patch design and color scheme.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on April 17th, 2009 at 9:25 am April 16, 2009
Popularity: 5% [?]
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on April 16th, 2009 at 11:51 am April 14, 2009
April 16, 2009 – Many of these are politically incorrect, insensitive and more than a bit inflammatory. They’re also very funny. Skip if you’re easily offended.
LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Posted in Shared Items by John E. Pannell on April 14th, 2009 at 1:33 pm April 14, 2009 – Finally… trying this now. I hope it works.
Popularity: 5% [?]
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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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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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.
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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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.
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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