Loki Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Well sort of. Just got tapped to serve as SPL in 08 and want to get started on the most challenging and daunting of tasks anyone on staff can face...playing the kudo. Anyone know of any sweet deals out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epalmer84 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 There are actually a number on eBay at the moment. You might also search for "shofar", as the kudu horn is used for this purpose as well. Remember- one of the recent changes to the program is that only one person may use the kudu- I suspect this is a health and hygiene issue. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nldscout Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Never heard of any such rule relating to useing a kudo horn, neither has anyone at our coucil. Where is that wrote down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 I should have clarified...I'm not looking for a used Kudo and would have edited the topic title if I could figure out how. My understanding is a shofar is drilled on the end/tip of the horn whereas a proper Kudo has the mouthpiece drilled along the length a few inches up from the tip. BTW...the rule regarding not sharing Kudos came from National and was communicated at last year's Area Conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nldscout Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Got that rule in writing by chance or is this another Scouting legand? Our WB guys know nothing of such a rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orennoah Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I purchased four of them on eBay. They're great. Nice size. Drilled on the sides. Good tones. (In fact, my Scout buglers were able to get four different notes out of them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinfox Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 In answer to your question of where it is printed: Administrative Guide, 2005 printing, page 19. One Designated Kudu Horn Blower In an effort to minimize the possible transmission of respiratory invections, only one person may blow the kudu horn at a Wood Badge course. Also, in answer to the question about Venturing Tabs for Troop Guides the Staff Guide (The Syllabus) on page 296 and 297 states that the person who will play the Venturing Advisor should be wearing Venturing tabs and after the TG's recite the Venturing Code, the advisor should present them with their Venturing tabs. Hope this helps. Dancin Fox David Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epalmer84 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 To expand on dancinfox's answer; The reference is the Wood Badge Administrative Guide (2005) #18-591A. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb021 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 FWIW- Lastest version of the Wood Badge Administrative Guide is #18-591C (2006). Good luck trying to get a copy. Have been tried to get a copy of the latest version to 'keep up' with the changes with little luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epalmer84 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 The A version is what we used in April-May of 2006. The online version is still the A rev: http://www.scouting.org/pubs/av/18-591/ If you can find it, you can copy it as it is a bin item (identified by the dash in the catalog number). Our CC is on staff this fall- I will ask him what version he is using. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb021 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 "The A version is what we used in April-May of 2006. If you can find it, you can copy it as it is a bin item. Our CC is on staff this fall- I will ask him what version he is using." I'd prefer getting printed copies vs photocopies. But National seems to only send a limited number of Admin & Staff guides to CD, and you can't seem to be able to order more, so most of the staff gets only photocopies from those sent. When I was at my council's WB breakfast earlier this year, which was also the same weekend as this year's staff development, I checked some of the staff course binders to check the bin numbers to see if there were new version out. Thus I know they were using the C revision of the Admin guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epalmer84 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 >Thus I know they were using the C revision of the Admin guide. I'm not surprised it has been updated, but I don't understand why they would not update the online version. Frankly, I like having the PDF on hand as it is searchable. When I was scribe last year, I could find material in the guides and readily print up whatever was needed. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 Bumping this up. Still looking for a source for pre-drilled kudu horns. Spiritsigns appears to have gone offline and the quartermaster store only sells blank horns. The shofars I have seen are drilled on the tip and not along the length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGrayOwl Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Here is a site that have "Vegan" ones (One that is made out of plastic, not natural one) http://tinyurl.com/32xdye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local1400 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 My interpretation of the 1Horn/1Blower rule is to eliminate any possible unwanted lip-touching among Scouters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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