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

Boy Scout Collection Unboxing Video The Campfire Blanket

The Santeeswapper back with another unboxing video. This time I got in a collection of 3 flat rate boxes stuffed with uniforms. This looks to come out of the collection of a Scouter who live around Pittsburgh in the 1970s. There is one item in this collection that I was especially looking forward to receiving. Watch the video and see...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 1, 2017

  This was my first time representing Best Hobby Pages at a TOR. I even wore the bright neon shirts that Joe, Ron and Dan have sported for many years at shows. Good thing for me too as I sold more BHP than patches of my own at this show. Mark Graff and I were discussing this topic on the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 29, 2017

  I've decided to postpone the idea of a table top TOR display that would allow me to put dozens of boxes out for sale. I am bringing a shelving system that I built but I'm going to put it behind my table so I can have all those boxes handy to go. It's an experiment that I'll photograph and...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 26, 2017

Right now my patch basement (and by extension the 1 car garage) is busting at the seams and I have to get it under control. So what I've decided to do for now is expand with a larger storage unit and maximize the utility by building shelving so I can pack it all in but be able to easily pull...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 24, 2017

I guess there should be a word for this in the hobby. Its sorta like recycling. Since so many people hold onto this Scout stuff in the end you have a lot of people that want to pass it on rather than trash it. This is the churn that happens in the hobby that allows some of you to find...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 22, 2017

I have to credit my wife with giving me the idea to use the term "Hot Finds" to describe these auctions. She is a magazine editor and they would run a section where they would feature items being promoted as advertisers. So when crafting this newsletter I borrowed that theory with one important distinction. All of these picks are organic....Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 19, 2017

If one meeting wasn't enough last night I also ran over to my daughter's Girl Scout meeting. I've offered to organize a primitive camping trip for her troop (now 24 girls total in grades 5-8). The Girl Scouts have tweaked their advancement program to offer what they are calling an outdoor journey. None of the girls ears perked up when...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 17, 2017

I need to make room for more stuff so I'm running a 15% off sale on the remaining items from the IL Trunk collection that I featured last week. Use discount code "trunk15off" at checkout. This includes the entire contents of the trunk I got in from a collection. The trunk itself however I'll be keeping although it may end...Read More

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