Imagine that you bought a book at a local store and accidentally returned it to your local library. All sorts of bells and alarms would go off! No bar code, no purchase order number, no history in the computer. It would make a librarian cuss.
My buddy Tim Brown called me yesterday. He is the KY editor for the Blue Book, which is a collective listing of all OA Lodge's patches and such. Anyone who is serious about collecting, uses this reference as a check list.
It seems that the 2 Tomahaken Chapter patches, from this year and last year, "are not official" and are private issues, since they weren't issued by the Lodge or the Council.
However, they are certainly not restricted, as anyone can order as many as they want from BSA supply.
Our intentions were good, but you know what they say about good intentions.
I am truly sorry Tim for messing with the fine work that you and others do for so many of us collectors.
I'd break a steel ball with a rubber hammer!
