Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 26, 2015

I got word this week of a new resource book in the hobby and I want to take today's newsletter to mention it. I can't say "review" because I have not yet purchased a copy but I think as you hear about it you can be rest assured of its quality. Mike Gosling has been collecting since 1961 and he...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 24, 2015

About two weeks ago I shared a preorder form to get the new lodge jacket patches being ordered by my home lodge. The deadline is coming this week so I figured everyone (including me!) who has not placed an order could use a reminder. The big Centennial jacket patch is going to be something like 15" across so it's a...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 22, 2015

Next year will bring some changes for the Swapper so I'm going to start the process of prioritizing things within my online business. My son is going to Kindergarten which means it's time for the "work from home dad" to get back into his career as an educator. Patrick was born in September of 2009 and when my school year...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 19, 2015

eBay instituted the changes outlined in their Spring Seller Update on May 1. Now that we are 2/3 of the way through the month it might be interesting to think about how eBay's changes have shifted anything in the category. For those of you who don't remember the switch is that auctions that end in a sale are now free...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 17, 2015

My 5 Junior Girl Scouts completed their Bronze Award project yesterday and as you can see they had some help. One of the points of the project is to make it into a community effort and we were able to get local Boy Scouts to help out. In the end there were over 40 youth and adults taking part. Troop...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 15, 2015

I have a treat for you in today's issue. Over the last few years Russell Smart has put up a Scout history display at the annual council Exporee for the Blue Ridge Council (Greenville, SC). This year he outdid himself with 90+ tables, stand-up displays, posters, docents, and several rounds of Scouting Heritage merit badge. Over 2,000 Scouts attended the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 12, 2015

This week I've got my calendar set to devote one day to each of my antique mall booths. The last two months have been crazy with Scouts and other commitments so I need to "work my booths" before Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season. The nice thing about having a space in an antique mall booth is it...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 10, 2015

I am getting the newsletter out a little bit late since I am just getting home from a two-night Scout camping trip. This was our first time at Camp Mary Atkinson which is a really nice GSA camp east of Raleigh, NC. Our girls tackled the 60' alpine tower and their fearless leader also made it to the top as...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 8, 2015

In a video today I spend a little time sharing the story of my new antique mall booth that opened in January. During the course of visiting and setting everything up I took lots of pictures. This video spins that into a chronological story gives you a close up look at what I've got at the store located in Florence,...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 5, 2015

In the Friday issue I will have an updated TOR calendar along with a new video that I put together on my antique mall booth in Florence, SC. I want to thank the show organizers that continue to send me flyers and I take it as a healthy sign for the hobby that there are TORs just about every weekend...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 3, 2015

For a long time now I've had intentions of filming some short beginner videos to help coach up some of the new collectors in the hobby. Not surprisingly this has remained on my to-do list for more than a year now. So I finally got the idea that Brad England and I can include that as a segment in our...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 1, 2015

I have a new episode of Thread Heads loaded up in this issue. This one is an interview with Doug Chambers who is known as the "pin guy" around these parts. In the interview Doug shares how he got turned onto hat pins and how he has discovered it to be an inexpensive and fun hobby. My Girl Scouts are...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #8: Collecting Boy Scout Hat Pins with Doug Chambers

Doug Chambers is famous locally as the "Pin Guy" among Boy Scout memorabilia collectors. While we have covered vintage OA pins in another episode of Thread Heads - what Doug focuses on is colorful Boy Scout hat pins.   In the hobby hat pins really broke onto the scene in the mid-1980s and it was at the 1985 National Scout...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #7: Delegate Patch Debate

Thread Heads is back with a bit of a debate. How do delegate patches affect the hobby of Boy Scout memorabilia collecting. Brad and Jason dive right in starting with the Swapper's recent trip to the SR7B Cardinal Conclave. After showing off some of the interesting patches the conversation turns to how does having ultra low production patches affect the...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #6: Boy Scout Patrol Medallions With Todd Kelly

When Todd Kelly was working as a professional Scout in Georgia he ran into an opportunity he could not pass up. The BSA had switched the style of it's patrol medallions from the old red & black designs to full color. Todd was able to go in and get bags of the discontinued designs from distributor stores such as Belks....Read More

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