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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 May, 2009
Atta Kulla Kulla 185 X21?
Atta Kulla Kulla lodge was one of three lodges in SR-5 to issue only an odd-shape for this year’s Dixie Fellowship, along with Tomo Chi-Chi 119 and Muscogee 221.
Their issue is a rather simple design featuring the lodge’s whippoorwill totem. This is a part of a four patch set, with the lodge’s events issues for this year. When pieced together, all four patches will form a large circular design with a whippoorwill in the center.
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"The quickest way to reach the point of success is to follow a straight line that carves through failure."
Josh Traeger
I just received word from Craig Leighty that at 2:11am this morning, Doug Krutilek passed away peacefully after a long struggle with cancer.
He was the long time treasurer for ISCA and an active member of the NOAC museum staff. He was the one that managed to keep all the chaos and paperwork of the museum under control. His hard work, wit and good cheer will be sorely missed.
Funeral and memorial arrangements are not yet finalized. I am told the OA Broken Arrow ceremony will be performed. All Scouts and Scouters in the area that wish to attend are encouraged to wear their Scout uniforms.
Further details will be found on his Caring Bridge blog. It will be updated with the latest news as it is available.
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Catawba 459 S99?+X18?
As a general rule, I don’t usually advertise a lodge’s patch. I have made several exception for personal friends, patches from my area, and items I find particularly interesting or well done.
I recently wrote about Catawba’s 2009 NOAC set. This was intended by the lodge to be a fundraiser set. It is a visually appealing set with a patriotic theme. I expect it will trade readily at NOAC. Larry Banks has passed along an order form for this set and asked that I share it here. Click the link below to view and save the order form for this set.
Catawba Lodge 2009 NOAC Set Order Form
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Michael Crichton
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William Wordsworth
Are there too many posts to handle? Maybe you missed out on a great post. Here’s a quick digest of the top posts from last week that you may want to check out:
- A Ship Called “North Carolina”
Posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 in Klahican 331 – Views: (68)
Klahican lodge will soon be issuing eight patches honoring ships called North Carolina. The eight pieces are four flaps and two two-part sets. The sew outs and ordering information for these were on display at the SR-7B Conclave.
- Lodge 188: 2009 Dixie Fellowship Delegate Set
Back in March I wrote about a set of patches issued by Itibapishe Iti Hollo lodge for the then upcoming Dixie Fellowship (SR-5 Conclave). A second set, using the same basic design appeared at Dixie and served as a “delegate” set.
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- Lodge 331: Cook Crew Patch
Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009 in Klahican 331 – Views: (54)
There are still more items that were spotted at the recent SR-7B conclave yet to be covered in this blog. I return to the theme of cook crew patches for the first such patch issued by Klahican lodge. I have not seen this item until conclave, so I presume it was first issued within the last year or two.
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Tomo Chi-Chi 119 X4?
Tomo Chi-Chi lodge took us to the movies with their patch for the 2009 Dixie Fellowship. They were one of three lodges — along with Atta Kulla Kulla 185 and Muscogee 221 — that only issued an odd-shaped patch for this year’s conclave. All the other lodges issued at least one flap.
I guess “Heronwood” is supposed to be the South’s version of Hollywood. Don’t let the movie and TV companies in Wilmington, NC get wind of that! 
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Bob White 87 S39?
Bob White lodge issued a single flap for the recent Dixie Fellowship. “Sixties Dixie” was their theme, taking us back to those years when tie-dyed clothes were popular for the first time. I’m sure the youth of the lodge had fun with this theme. As far as I know the lodge did not follow 2008′s precedent and only issued a single flap.
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Tsali 134 S64?
Tsali 134 issued three patches in conjunction with last month’s Dixie Fellowship. Thanks to both Hank Birdsong and Greg Grimes for sending me scans of these pieces.
The first two Dixie issues were flaps. Tsali joins the short, but growing, list of lodges who have patterned patches after US currency. The “S64?”, pictured, with a dark green inner border was a trader issue. A second flap, “S65?”, had a gold mylar inner border and was their “delegate flap”.
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Eswau Huppeday 560 S49?
Eswau Huppeday hosted the 2009 Dixie Fellowship at Cap Bud Schiele. Several new flaps from that lodge appeared there. This included a service lodge flap for the Dixie Fellowship, a set of three flaps for the lodge’s 45th anniversary, and their first 2009 NOAC flap.
The first of these was the service lodge flap, “S49?”. The design is a modernized version of the lodge’s first flap design. A brother could get one flap, or earn the right to purchase a flap, based upon his participation of various events in preparation for the conclave. The lodge published a list of these events on their website.
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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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Lodge 185: 2009 Dixie Fellowship Patch
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