Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 3, 2017

I had two dealers reach out to me yesterday on Facebook asking what's my secret. Since I tend to share a lot with the Hot Finds audience I'll spill the beans. My store at ScoutPatchHQ.com is built on the Shopify platform. This week Shopify announced an integration with eBay so that I can cross list all my products and have...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 31, 2017

As soon as this issue is published I'll start scanning and working on listing the first batch of items from the collection I brought home last week. This is the last day of the month so I've got some free auctions on eBay to burn. This weekend I'm going to spend several hours Saturday at Camp Barstow touring the camp...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 29, 2017

After taking a hot shower and getting the camping gear it's time for me to unpack the Uhaul that came back from the Midwest. It sat in my driveway all weekend because I haven't had a minute to spare since getting off the road Thursday late. My unpacking job won't be so daunting this afternoon because I labeled each box...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 27, 2017

Folks in the hobby were saddened yesterday to learn that Nick Loesch's battle with cancer has taken a turn. If you've spent much time going to TORs you will surely have met Nick and I'm sure tens of thousands of have bought items from him on eBay under his handle firstcalltx. I interviewed Nick this year about his memories in...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 24, 2017

The warehouse project has gone really well but sadly I will not cross the finish line before my big trip today. The last part is building a thin set of free standing shelves to go down the middle of the unit and we got about 1/2 through with that today before quitting time. Oh well it will be waiting on...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 22, 2017

This year we are adding a silent auction to the schedule. I know this is a favorite activity for many at shows and it's something that can help raise more money for the Pack. The other cool side is we have 75+ years of Scouting history at the church. I'm sure we can get some of the old timers to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 20, 2017

The house we are living in now only has a 1 car garage and this shelving system that is 5x8 pretty much consumed it. So yesterday we disassembled these shelves and moved them to the new space. We are going to reconfigure these shelves to make them fit the space (pictures coming maybe next week). The goal being that the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 17, 2017

  Today my big project is building storage shelves at my new 10x25 storage unit in a climate controlled warehouse. I'm going to document the process and eventually publish a short video sharing the project. I don't know how many of you need to have that much storage space for your Scouting collectibles but it's big project for me. The...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 15, 2017

In the last issue I mentioned that I would have an exciting summer job in 2018. Friday night Doug Stone the IWC Scout Executive announced that I would be serving as the Camp Director of Camp Barstow. Saturday I spent the day at camp talking to the Camping Committee chairman and meeting a lot of the key people. This is...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 13, 2017

I should be riding in the patch bus right about now arriving in Columbus for the Trade-O-Ree. However, the family schedule kinda blew that trip up so instead I'm home doing shipping and getting more stuff listed. This weekend my auction on the rare Tomo Chi-Chi advisor flap ends on eBay. I'm not sure how many of these were made...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 10, 2017

  Don't tell anybody but I just agreed to trade an old pre-fdl flap from my lodge for a bunch of Girl Scout stuff. I'm really not that active with the Girl Scouts these days so I should be pulling back on my collection but I really have a great collection going and I have plenty of holes in my...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 8, 2017

For the last five years I've been coming out of my 25 year phase where I grew up as strictly an OA collector. Now I'm paying attention to other broader areas of collecting and have been toying with this idea of making topical frames. Duane has shown me what that idea looks like fully developed with a decades long collection...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 6, 2017

One thing that got me rolling on this has been a lively discussion on Patch-L this week regarding classic fakes in the hobby and some of the characters that were in the middle of it. It occurred to me that literally this is the oral history of our hobby. If I could find some people willing to type that into...Read More

Boy Scout Memorabilia Antique Mall Booth Video Tour

Come check out my Scouting antique mall booth in Charlotte, NC at the Sleepy Poet Antique Mall. You can find all the details at www.SanteeswapperStore.com. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them here. I appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 3, 2017

As some of you may know the tradition of these campfire blankets goes way back. They are designed to be worn at night as an extra layer to keep you warm at a campfire. They are also a great way to display the badges that you've swapped for and to document your Scouting history. If you live in Canada, Europe,...Read More

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