seattlejohn01

All I can say is, be careful when buying an Eagle Scout ring. I'm an Eagle Scout myself, and will always support the BSA, but I've also got to look out for the health & safety of my son. Unfortunately, one of the manufacturers of Eagle Scout rings the BSA was marketing & selling may not have been so cautious; apparently, some BSA Eagle Scout rings in the past were made with Beryllium, which is a deadly metal. BSA may or may not have been involved in a lawsuit regarding this; they were asked by an Ohio Citizens group to recall the Beryllium Eagle Scout rings for safety reasons (which may be why scoutstuff has no Eagle Scout rings for sale on the website): http://www.ohiocitizen.org/campaigns/brush/boy-scout-letter.html So, as consumers, maybe we should also look at other things besides automatically saying "buy only BSA trademarks". It's very important, but I'd much rather know the Eagle Scout ring my son is wearing won't make him sick or worse; family comes first.

By the way, there's a great webpage that shows the history of Eagle Scout rings: www.eaglescoutbadge.com/Rings.html. The standard "Traditional" Eagle Scout ring made by Jostens (which I've mentioned above) is a type 4 ring, while the "Academy" style of Eagle Scout ring is a type 6 ring. The Silver Signet ring I alluded to in the above message is the type 7 ring (pics to be posted on the website soon).

For those of you interested in Eagle Scout Rings, there's a couple of ways you can go about it: 1) Call BSA National (or ring manufacturer; I didn't call this number yet) at 800-323-0732. They offer 2 different styles of Eagle Scout Rings (Traditional & Academy), but they're not shown on the Scoutstuff website. They'll e-mail you a pdf order form with pictures if you ask. 2) I spoke with Jostens (they manufacture High School & College Graduation rings), and according to them, they will soon be offering Eagle Scout rings. Here's how to get a look at their Eagle Scout ring offerings on their website: * Go to http://shop.jostens.com/default.asp * Select "Groups and Organizations" as your school or group type * Enter the state of North Carolina and press the 'Tab' key on your keyboard * Enter the group name of Boy Scouts of America and click on Find * Click on 'Boy Scouts of America' * Click on the ring to bring up the available designs 3) If you want something like a Silver Signet Ring, there's a company in Germany that manufactures their own Eagle Scout Signet Rings & sells them on E-Bay. The web address of this company's E-Bay store is http://stores.ebay.com/secret-of-art. Enter "Eagle Scout" in the store search, and if they have some available, they'll pop up. Other than that, I didn't see any decent rings. Most of the stuff I saw in a google search was absolute garbage, and I wouldn't want me or my son wearing it. Hope you find what you're looking for!