You never quite know how tables are going to fit in a room until you actually set them up.  Lucky for us instead of everything not fitting we discovered that at the corners we had a little extra space that allowed some adjustments to be made to the floor plan.  Check out the video I made with time-lapse setting on my phone that shows the entire set up in a matter of seconds.

• 28 Rare Order of the Arrow Lodge Flaps
• Lot of Scout Merit Badges Camp Patches 300+
• Embroidered BSA Patches Hat Registration Lot
• 1958 Area 12-B Conference Patch Classic Cut Edged
• 11th World Jamboree Slide, Boy Scouts of Japan 1963

 

My mother came up to watch the kids so I could be at the TOR all weekend.  This was a big help since my wife is in Europe this week for work.  While some might think that would have been tough on me getting ready for the show and being a single parent - at least she didn't have to witness and get aggravated by my week long patch freak out.  I tried to organize so much Scout crap this week to prep for the show that the patch cave was (and still is) a disaster.  But it will all be clean when she gets home Monday like none of this ever happened.

• Lodge 189 Undated Weasel in Bucket Pocket Flap
• Lodge 432 Mint Woven Flap Red Rolled Edge
• Lodge 189 A Sag I Wa Dancers 1960 Patch
• Boy Scout Lodge 189 2-1957 Pocket Flap
• Boy Scout Lodge 189 1956 Pocket Flap

 

As for selling this weekend my goal is simple - bring home less stuff!  I almost emptied out my storage building and made three loads (soon to be loads 4 and 5) to the TOR site.  My goal is to unload as much of the bulky items like uniforms, t-shirts, hats, books etc as I possibly can.  I'll have pictures of my layout in the Sunday issue of the Hot Finds along with more TOR coverage.

• Lodge 565 Commemorative Bullion Mint Patch
• Akela Wahinapay Lodge 232 50 Year Anniv
• Boy Scout Lodge 189 R Mis-spelled Aposa
• Lodge 189 R Variety A Twill WWW
• Lodge 189 R Variety B No Twill

 

Thursday Night Set Up For The Charlotte Trade-O-Ree Ya'll Come!

Thanks to Matt Delk, Brian Sweeny and some pack volunteers we got everything set up for the TOR - It's something like 110 tables give or take!.

In getting ready for the Charlotte TOR I decided to finally order some nice shirts with my logo embroidered on it. Pictured here is a stitch out of one that I went with.  Some of you will recognize this is the design element from the logo I use for my eBay store Patchblanket.com.  The company I used did a really good job and were super cheap.  If you want to check out Queensboro this link will get you $20 off your first order.  They were really easy to work with and very professional.  They are located in Wilmington, NC but do a big business on the Internet.  I see their Facebook ad all the time.

• Centennial Witauchsoman 44 Red BDR Two-Piece Flap Set
• 2015 NOAC Mowogo Lodge 243 Flap Jack of Diamonds
• California Inland Empire 045 Redlands, CA SA-137
• Lodge 555 Gamenowinink S8 Flap; FDL; JAM97
• Egwa Tawa Dee 129 Red BDR Arrowtour Flap
• Camp Gorton 1966 Segment Steuben Area
• Central North Carolina Albemarle, NC