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To "twocubdad"; I think the idea for the tongue depressor came from a Scout Show I attended. Wish I could remember the presenter for certain. To Wallace; YES! Safety/Band Aids first. To Bob White; I regret I forgot to thank you for your safety and soap tips. I apologize. Have FUN, Roy

A very large and profound "round" of applause to all! Your posts are sound, very thoughtful and greatly appreciated. I think I will start with "fotoscout"'s approach. However, for the first week we will use "twocubdad"'s idea involving wooden knives. One primary change will be the use of pre-profiled wooden tongue depressors. Soft wood is soo much easier for me to work with than oak. The depressors are cheap, I can get them at the local First Aid Squad for nothing, they are easy to profile into a knife shape, they need NO ripping, are about the right length/width and should prove ea

YOO! hops scout, 2 bucks for a lock back? You are thrifty! Is it a good knife? Who made the knife? Is the knife still available? Have FUN! Roy

Bob, Is the Victorinox Recruit a "lock back" pocket knife? Have FUN, Roy

To the Forum, I am about to introduce pocket knives to my Bears. Aside from the info in the Bear Book, does anyone have ideas about how to introduce knives? My Parents are fine with the topic, however, I do not want to miss an opportunity to include ideas from others who have "been there, done that". BTW, Does anyone know of a, inexpensive, source for lock-back pocket knives besides the Cub Scout pocket knife? Have FUN, Roy

hops, Absolutely, my favorite show on History! Mabye I should send GySgt Ermy an email about ykw! And I'm not kidding! Have FUN, Roy

to ykw, If this were "Mail Call" you'ld be doing push-ups by now! And...you'ld be doing them forever! Oorah! Have FUN! Roy

Yes, you reference yourself as an Eagle Scout Dad! Very well done! Did I misunderstand? Have FUN, Roy

I really wish the BSA would revisit and review contemporary use and display of our Flag as worn on the uniform of the very noble members of our Armed Forces. I'm certain they might be convinced to change our uniforms. Ooorahh, Semper Fi! Roy

Holy smokes!!!!! Congratulations evmori! An Eagle. God Bless him and God Bless you!

I am much less concerned with origin of a flag than I am about how it is displayed and/or worn. My Scouts have made flags at our meetings. Do they "meet specs"? Not even close. Does it bother me? Nope. Its all about learning what a flag means. All flags! Even one a Scout might make at home. I do, however, have very special concerns about our Flag. Home of the FREE! Because of the BRAVE! God Bless America! Have FUN out there, Roy Kaufmann

Interesting post, very precisely directed, minutae detail, realistically (economically) irrelevant. You have also expressed your problems with the one of the most basic of flag etiquites on this site. Which direction the field of the Flag should be in when worn on opposite sleeves of a Uniform! The Armed Forces (Yes, the Army too) seem to have resolved the issue. The blue field leads! Otherwise, have a nice day! Roy

FO Guy, You quote from an Institue of Heraldry. The stuff they compile is of a historical nature. It is not intended nor implied to reflect contempory views a couple of hundred years later. Things change. We now, for 200 odd years, have a standard USA Flag! It is also extremely unlikely that the wearing/position/orientation of the Flag on any units uniform would be left to the organizations commander. That could be a Squad Leader. A decision of this nature had to take place on a DOD level. The Marines developed camos. On a side note; The Marines also developed the newer "bit map" camos.

hops_scout....You, for all of 14, are one very well spoken Scout. You may want to consider that the Military also has versions of uniforms for operations in the artic, mountain, sand, at night, underwater and (probably) many others. Nice posts. You'll do very well in the future! And to Ron, I hope you can help me find those archives. Roy

To Scout Master Ron, Thanks for the welcome. The fire appears to be well stoked! I would appreciate looking thru the archieves. Are you able to point me in a general direction? Again, thanks. To F.O.Guy, ALL Branches of the Military (DOD) appear to have the field of the Flag leading on Uniforms. The rest of your reply does not address the topic, however; From very personal experience - ALL Branches of the Military have forwrd, deployed, aviation units in the field. Having some capability to camoflage one-self in the field, to blend into or confuse the background, just in case a lone nit-w