New York OA Trader

I’ve located another source for archival quality pages that can be used for collecting patches, BCW Supplies.
According tio their information, their Polypropylene Pages:
Heavy-Duty Polypropylene Material (115 micron)
Archival Safe (contains no PVC)
Highest clarity available
Material manufactured in USA
Highest weld strength attainable for this material
Straight bar seals
Designed for 3 ring binder (holes punched & cleared)
Foil stamped BCW logo

The pages are generally available in quantities of 25 and 100 in the sizes usable for patch collecting and some unusual sizes for other purposes. They have single pocket(neckerchiefs and jacket patches), 2 pocket (2-piece sets), 4 pocket (3″ rounds or other smaller odd-shapes) and 6 pocket pages (for CSP’s and flaps).

They also have other supplies such as 3 Ring D-clip binders and comic and magazine backing boards. I use the acid free backing boards and cut them to size to fit the various pocket sizes of the pages. this makes for a cleaner appearance and can double the number of patches that can be displayed on each page.

They can be found by clicking on the banner link below.

I’ve added a couple of links via Amazon in the sidebar which links to sellers of Ultra-Pro Pages both 6 pocket and 1 pocket pages. The 6 pocket pages are great for regular size flaps and the 1 pocket pages are good for most neckerchiefs and jacket patches. Whether you get them here or somewhere else, be sure they are archival quality so the patch colors don’t bleed into the plastic.

Western New York Order of the Arrow Patch History
Ganosote Lodge 159 - Tuscarora Lodge 284 - Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee Lodge 159

Mike hulsizer created an excellent website containing information on all of the memorabilia from the current Lodge 159 and its predecessors. Contains information on Flaps, Odd Shapes and Neckerchiefs, Chapter Patches and Neckerchiefs, Lodge Event Patches
and Fakes. As well as WNY Chief and Advisor History, WNY Summer Scout Camp Memorabilia, OA Section Conclave History and Memorabilia.

A great resource for identifying the differences in those a,b,c varieties. Very comprehensive. Every Lodge should have such a dedicated historian (whether official or not).
Check it out!

For those intested in trading via the internet, the following is from Patch-L home page:

“Patch-L is an internet LIST aimed at furthering the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in the hobby of collecting Scouting’s patches, badges and memorabilia. Subscriptions are free and open to members of Scouting programs associated with the World Organization of Scouting movements. Membership is not automatic, however, and potential subscribers must provide background information that will be reviewed by the list owners who will ultimately determine whether an applicant can join Patch-L.”

More information is available from the link here.