Totin' Chip
The card that gives a Scout the right to carry and use woods tools. Six responsibilities shown to your Scout leader: learn the handbook's rules, handle knife, ax and saw properly, treat them as tools, keep others safe, cut only with permission, and live by the Outdoor Code. It can be taken away.
The plan behind this
A right you earn, and can lose
The Totin' Chip is not a merit badge and not a rank requirement. It is a certification: the right to carry and use woods tools. You earn it by showing your Scout leader, or someone your leader names, that you understand six responsibilities. If you fail in those responsibilities, the right can be taken away.
Who it is for
Scouts BSA youth members. The troop buys the card and the patch from a Scout shop; there is no council application.
Fire is separate
Carrying matches or a lighter is a different permission, the Firem'n Chit. Most Scouts earn the two together. The Paul Bunyan Award builds on the Totin' Chip.
What this page is
The Totin' Chip, drawn so the six responsibilities are in the order the official list gives them, each one something to show your leader. It is not a copy of the requirements: each step is a short label with a link to the official requirements, which are what actually governs.
Sources for this page
- Totin' Chip Requirements, Awards Central page · The requirements themselves, and how the card is obtained.
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