Old Imperial Cub Scout Knife

[RayKnobs]

Good question, believe it's a some sort of marlin spike for rope work but it has a pretty sharp edge (which I just made sharper, LOL)...

It's an awl, you use it to make a hole in leather or a simple drill in wood.
Better question, Why the beer opener?

[usmcveteran]

It's an awl, you use it to make a hole in leather or a simple drill in wood.
Better question, Why the beer opener?

Always be prepared.... So it's future proofing knife for later life or could be used if dad forgot one.

[big flash]

love that standard issue ol' boy scout knife!

I always wished the BSA would accept lock blades. never understood their stance against them, they are so much safer imho. i don't think they ban them (like fixed & switch blades) but the organization certainly frowns upon them for some reason.

[WARFAB]

i don't think they ban them (like fixed & switch blades) but the organization certainly frowns upon them for some reason.

At big sanctioned campouts fixed blades were frowned upon, but at troop campouts everyone wanted to have the biggest coolest survival knife they could find hanging off their belt. The holy grail of survival knives that everyone wanted was the Buckmaster, but nobody could afford one.

[Cgrutt]

love that standard issue ol' boy scout knife!

I always wished the BSA would accept lock blades. never understood their stance against them, they are so much safer imho. i don't think they ban them (like fixed & switch blades) but the organization certainly frowns upon them for some reason.

Good info, didn't know that. My son and I went on a camping trip with this troop last fall and I believe I had a rather large fixed blade strapped to my backpack. Nobody mentioned it.

[Cgrutt]

At big sanctioned campouts fixed blades were frowned upon, but at troop campouts everyone wanted to have the biggest coolest survival knife they could find hanging off their belt. The holy grail of survival knives that everyone wanted was the Buckmaster, but nobody could afford one.

Ah, that explains it, LOL... Yeah overnight was just with the troop wasn't sanctioned or anything. After the cubs left the troop went shooting!

[big flash]

yeah i should have mentioned that. there is definitely a difference between sanctioned vs. not.

[camper4lyfe]

Good question, believe it's a some sort of marlin spike for rope work but it has a pretty sharp edge (which I just made sharper, LOL)...

It's a leather awl.

[camper4lyfe]

Good info, didn't know that. My son and I went on a camping trip with this troop last fall and I believe I had a rather large fixed blade strapped to my backpack. Nobody mentioned it.

It all depends on how anal the troop is, and how stupid the kids are with them.

[usmcveteran]

As far as I know the boy scouts nationally only limit maximum blade length.

http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201.../blade-length/

Who are the parents for this to actually become an issue lol

So grab your tape measures, Scouters, because bladed objects used at the unit level now must be no longer than five feet. If you forget your tape measure, consider identifying a Scout who’s five feet tall, hold the blade vertically, and ask him to stand next to it.

“The hope is that we cut down on the number of Scouts carrying blades that are longer than they are tall. That can get unwieldy,” Bourlon says. “We also heard from some Scout leaders who simply didn’t have space in their compact cars to transport a half-dozen six- or seven-foot blades to the state park every month for troop campouts.”

[masterswimmer]

As far as I know the boy scouts nationally only limit maximum blade length.

http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201.../blade-length/

Who are the parents for this to actually become an issue lol

Woohoo, scouts with battle swords! WTG!

[big flash]

As far as I know the boy scouts nationally only limit maximum blade length.

http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/201.../blade-length/

Who are the parents for this to actually become an issue lol

that is too funny!