Hobbies Blue

Hobbies Scout Badge Blue Woven and Bound 1934 to 1967

The Hobbies was worn on the Right arm in between the shoulder and elbow.

A scout could not gain any more than 6 proficiency badges before gaining a First Class scout badge.

To earn this badge a scout must do the following *

(1) Produce an article of practical use in   basket, cane, rushes or straw work, made entirely by himself   (2) Show a general knowledge of the raw material used, where it is obtained and how it is Prepared for working.

ALTERNATIVE.  Bind a book, including the following operations:  (1) Prepare the parts or sections for sewing and sew sections on tapes.  (2) Fold and paste on end-papers, glue up and line with mull, round the back and add second   (3) Cut boards and cover with cloth or paper, and put book into case.

 ALTERNATIVE.  (1) Drive in screws up to 11: inches without damage to wood or screws. (2) nail on a packing case lid correctly, using Q-inch wood and 1-inch nails.  (3) Divide lengthwise with an ordinary saw a 1-inch board, 2 feet long, the cut not to deviate from the line more than  If 16th of an inch.  (4) Sharpen a chisel and plane iron, make a housing tenon and mortise, and halved joint.  (5) Either dovetail two pieces of wood together with not less  than five dovetails, or make a properly framed stool, chair or  other piece of furniture.  (6) Distinguish woods in local use and know the nature and common uses of each. ' 

ALTERNATIVE.  (1) Set up by himself a handbill or page of type and produce machined prints.  (2) Understand the point system of types and know the names of six common type faces.  (3) Understand the printer’s correction signs and know the names of different paper sizes and their measurements. 

ALTERNATIVE.  (1) Execute some work in beaten brass, copper or sheet-iron.  (2) Exhibit tools used and demonstrate use of each.  H (3) Explain the compositions and properties of solders and fluxes.  (4) Make and solder a tin to measure, with a lid to fit.       

*The Requirements for each badge varied through issues of POR