Official Neckerchief

[SSScout 1615]

Required or not, the neckerchief is the one iconic symbol of Scouting that is "uniform" around the world.  A Troop in Kenya might not be able to afford or use a full uniform as we know it, but they will wear a necker.  It will have badges and pins attached.  They may only have a colored Tshirt , but they will have a necker.  

Kids coming to the World Jamboree in 2019 , you can be sure, will bring extra neckers for trading. Not badges so much , but neckers.  Look at the videos from Japan and Kanderstag, you will see Scouts with their necks enwrapped.  And not so much a slide or woggle, but the ends will be tied in a "Friendship Knot", so the necker can be slipped off over the head to trade or pass on.  

 

Not required?    Style is as style does.   Hats?   Shirts?   Green trousers?    Red Jacshirt?    We may not need a necker to help tether a run away horse  (once on the list of neckerchief uses!), but it is still a neat thing to consider, a tradition to reject at our peril. 

[desertrat77 1144]

Folks will wear the neckerchief if it looks good and is useful.   The official BSA neckerchiefs are neither.   Strictly decoration.

 

Find an old one, full square, from yesteryear.   Cotton, cool, and large enough to use for all kinds of stuff.   Make your own version.

 

And let's not get hung up on the rolled tight/pig tail/parade ground effect.   Just put it around your neck, slide the slide, and let's hit the trail.

Edited May 6, 2016 by desertrat77

[Tampa Turtle 1011]

Only if it has a practical value as well.