For the two national Order of the Arrow events in the summer of 2011, O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 issued several items, in some very limited quantities.  Slipping under the radar were two flaps made for the contingent to the 2011 Summit Corps event: GMY border (S-137), and SMY border (S-138).  Reportedly, only 50 were made of each flap.

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In late October, O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 joined the small number of lodges to issue a patch to raise funds for breast cancer research.  Not just one, but two two-piece sets were created.  Each of the sets features an image of a Seminole woman with early 20th century clothing, with the patchwork details rendered in a photoprinted process.  The flaps each have a PNK felt background.

Only 150 of the ”easy” sets were made (F-32, with a WHT border; X-53a, with WHT button loop).  And then there are fifty of the other set (F-33, with a PNK mylar border; X-53b, with a PNK button loop.)

 

 

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When I was at the Winston-Salem Trade-O-Ree recently I saw a very interesting piece on display there from the Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum.   This was donated to the museum courtesy of William E. “Ned” Vaughan-Lloyd, Jr.   It is a proposed emblem for a lodge neckerchief from circa 1945.   A neckerchief was not produced until many years later and then with a entirely different design.

As far as I know this patch is unique. This proposed design was obviously based upon the Unami lodge rounds that were in use at this time.  The color scheme was changed but the basic design is the same.   There were not very many OA patches in existence in the mid-40s, so it is not unreasonable that a lodge would seek to adapt a patch from the “mother lodge” for their own use.  It probably belongs on my list of “inspired” patch designs.

This was neither listed in the Blue Book nor pictured on this site until now. As a prototype it should probably be labeled as “YR1″, even though collectors should not expect an opportunity to acquire this piece.  This patch is not for sale or trade by the museum.  It is a very interesting part in Wahissa lodge’s history that ought to be preserved and appreciated by future generations of collector.

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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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“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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Bill Chin found this squash with a rather interesting label and shared it on Facebook.   He has granted permission for me to share this with you all.   Many will find the logo on the label rather interesting.   I find the similarity to a former OA logo too great to have happened by chance.    I wonder if executives in the company, or whoever designed the logo, were ever members of the Order of the Arrow.

If we follow the recipe on the label, must we use official BSA cider, nutmeg and eggs?   Would it have been more appropriate for this logo to have been used on a brand of bowling balls, or for a tomato farm?

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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.

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