[Philmont]: Replacement Arrowheads

This is the first of two postings I made which do not appear to have
survived the recent List problems. Sorry if you're seeing it for the
second time....

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I believe - but am not at all sure - that a replacement Arrowhead can be
requested from Philmont. The few times I have heard about this, the
sources indicated it was not easy and you got grilled pretty good. The
intent was to replace Arrowheads lost to house fires, floods, that sort
of thing.

With (standard) Arrowheads going for $15 - $20 on ebay, I would guess
that most people who need one just buy it versus jumping through a bunch
of flaming hoops with the Ranch Administration. But if you'd prefer to
get another original from Philmont, obviously the place to start is with
a phone call.

One odd thing is that Philmont gives you Arrowheads based on your
expected (paid) attendance, not actual attendance. I have three times
returned an Arrowhead for Scouts who missed their treks due to last
minute injuries or similar (badly broken arms, etc.). In other words,
we registered 11, but they still gave us 12 in our envelope. This
carelessness is certainly a glaring contrast to the alleged difficulty
in getting a replacement.

- Dr. Bob

Dave Parmly wrote:
Last week as my son was getting ready for his Eagle Scout Board of
Review, for about 72 hours, we thought that he had lost his Philmont
patch. I was willing to loan my patch to him to wear for the BOR, but
he insisted that he had to find HIS and asked, "Dad, what if I've really
lost it? What can I do?" Fortunately, a deeper dig, down to the
Cretaceous layer, of his desk drawer yielded his arrowhead patch so he
wore his own to the board, and I wore mine.

I'm sure there is a way to get a replacement patch that avoids going on
Ebay. It'd be great to share with this community what that procedure is
so we don't panic the next time it's misplaced. Actually, I hope it is
a kind of difficult process because if it was too easy one might be
tempted to be overly-casual with that precious arrowhead.
Dave Parmly
Knoxville, TN
"How 'bout them Gators!"

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Received on Tue Dec 20 05:11:42 2005