Blade Length at Scout Camp

[numberthree]

Occasionally, I get flak for some of the stuff I bring (tomahawks, larger blades, tarps rather than tents, etc), but then again, my cub scouts (boys and girls) are the only ones at the last scout gathering that built their own shelters and slept in them at -10 celsius. They've almost sworn off tents by now. Fortunately, though we're still seen as a bit 'wierd', the other troops can't argue with demonstrably superior outdoors skills in the cubs and seem to have respect for how we're teaching the kids. Scouting is sadly now a largely urban pursuit, and suffers accordingly in many areas.

Keep it up, Normark. There's more of us around than we think, and Scouting relies on us to stand fast in the face of fear and ignorance....

 

[efahl]

Hey Pritch

""That being said, I do NOT subscribe to the notion that Scouts can carry whatever they want.""

Nor do I...

Our Scouts are lucky to carry a knife at all...They are Closely watched..

Do you "license" them? http://www.scoutingbsa.org/programs/awards/bsa_non_rank_awards/Totin_chip.html

I believe our Scouts are older than US Scouts as well(11-14)..

US BSA has Cub Scouts before Boy Scouts, usually 6-11/12 for Cubs, then 11/12-18 for Boys.

 

[batosai117]

Do you "license" them? http://www.scoutingbsa.org/programs/awards/bsa_non_rank_awards/Totin_chip.html

US BSA has Cub Scouts before Boy Scouts, usually 6-11/12 for Cubs, then 11/12-18 for Boys.

Don't forget our Venture Scouts programs keep things interesting for boys and girls (co-ed hence the higher age) ages 14-21. There's different kinds of Venture scouts - There's a Sea Scout group, a camping/outdoors group (which I did), and I think there is another one too - I was in BSA up 'til Eagle scout and was also in VSA from when I was 14 up to 18 (left for college so didn't stay 'til 21).

 

[Pritch]

Hey Pritch

""That being said, I do NOT subscribe to the notion that Scouts can carry whatever they want.""

Nor do I...

Our Scouts are lucky to carry a knife at all...They are Closely watched.. I believe our Scouts are older than US Scouts as well(11-14)..

As I stated my Vents all carry 780 Moras.. If they want to carry anything bigger they must show they are proficient with a large blade or a Hawk... They generally use mine although my son (17) carries his own hawk as well as a variety of knives, nothing over 5"

The old Scouter has a problem with *Me* carrying and promoting a large blade, and allowing the use of that large blade by Ventures; and Scouts that are Supervised one on one.

ttyle

Eric
O/ST

I was pretty sure that was the case, Eric.

BTW, I'm pretty sure one of our cohorts from across the pond refuted the British scout knife prohibition. IIRC, it was similar to scout troops in the states that meet in schools not being able to bring blades on campus.