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GILWELL
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Leather
Braiding |
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Both
Gilwell Woggle and Wood Badge leather thong are related to
knot braiding, hence, we are dicussing how a Gilwellian braids
the thongs.
The Gilwell Woggle is a three-part
four-bight turk's head. One should received an already made
Gilwell Woggle upon successful completion of Part I program.
It is no means to destruct a Gilwell Woggle and rebraid it
unless you want to made another unofficial one, and, or to
made a troop/unit woggle with some other material.
The Wood Badge thong, usally,
is tied up with a simple overhand knot when present in the
ceremony. The Gilwellian then braids the leather thong with
fancy knots and stoppers. In 18th World Jamboree 1995 at Holland,
I met a Scouter who worn his Wood Badge braided with three
diamond turk's heads on a same thong around his neck. This
is only an example of all the decorative thongs. |
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WOGGLE
MAKING |
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The simple Turk's Head Woggle
I was told a Scout should know how to make himself a woggle
when I was a Patrol Leader, especially a patrol woggle if
wanted. The following picture is a clearly guide contains
detailed illustrations and sequence of techiques that leds
to braid a three-part four-bight turk's head woggle by using
your fingers as the basic tool:
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WOOD
BADGE THONG BRAIDING |
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The
2 Thongs Turk's Head
A pair of Wooden beads tied with a leather thong awarded
to Scouters on completion of Part II Wood Badge program.
Usally, the thong braid is
a simple overhand knot when one received. The following
pictures are the knots commonly used by Gilwellian in tying
the ends of their Wood Badge thong together, ways to secure
the beads.
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(1) A common overhand knot |
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(2) Simple two-bight turk's
head braid |
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(3) Diamond four-bight turk's
head braid, begin with a
carrick bend |
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