13 November 2008
Eagle Honor Ring Gets National OK
Posted by admin under: Equipment .
Bridget De Stefano says there’s a new ring in Texas. It’s not from the Mission bells. It’s from Chris Root and his father who have created the Eagle Honor Company in order to sell a new ring, signet style, for Eagle Scouts.
His father, Kirk Root, a jewelry designer and owner of two Kirk Root Designs jewelry stores in Austin, said he and his son have created an Eagle Honor Ring that will commemorate the highest rank: Eagle Scout.
With artistic skills in the family, Kirk Root said, he and his son combined their design ideas to create a signet-style ring with an engraved eagle head on top with a pine bark finish – both Chris’ ideas, Kirk Root said.
The word honor is engraved on top of the rings, so when an Eagle Scout wears it, he said, they see it.
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The current Eagle Honor Rings look like “high school rings,” Kirk Root said. Therefore, they wanted to design a unique and contemporary ring that would appeal to all Eagle Scouts, regardless of their age.
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As the CEO of the Eagle Honor Company and with his son as the president, Kirk Root said Chris is getting a taste of the business world.
He said Chris wrote a 26-page business document to get approval from the Boy Scouts of America for the creation of the Eagle Honor Ring.
No word on when it will go on sale or how you can buy it. Yes, you know I’ve already written to Kirk Root for further information. Good hunting. Here’s a teeny-tiny picture of what it looks like as taken by Ken Muir.
Click herefor a history of Eagle Scout rings from EagleScoutBadge.com.
Update: Bah! I should have figured out how to look for this. Why didn’t Google help me? Here’s the web site for the ring: www.eaglehonor.com. Holy cow! The price starts at $290 and goes up to $1,300.
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5 Comments so far...
Dan M. Says:
15 November 2008 at 3:29 am.
Sure did not know there was an organization for Boy and Girl Scouts…..here’s to ya!
Dan - Scouting News Says:
15 November 2008 at 10:37 pm.
I really like the design/concept of these rings. Unfortunately I would never pay that much for a ring. Not saying that it is too much, just saying that I don’t spend money on jewelery at that level.
» Jostens Enters Eagle Ring Battle Says:
17 December 2008 at 3:08 pm.
[...] I recently discussed the new Eagle Honor ringdesigned by an Eagle Scout and his dad. It looks like the venerable high school class ring company Jostens isn’t taking this new competition lightly as they’ve issued a press release regarding their own Eagle Scout ring. They then double down with the news about Woodbadge rings. [...]
» BSA Subscriptions and New Stuff Says:
6 January 2009 at 5:03 pm.
[...] new medals that will soon be produced by crownawards.com, the Eagle Honor ring which we’ve discussed previously, and a couple of new licensees that basically embroider BSA emblems on hats and [...]
Derrick Says:
29 October 2010 at 10:33 pm.
As an Eagle Scout, I would like a ring to look like the Woodbadge ring with the Eagle Award on top. It would look more professional at work, instead of a big class ring. This one is nice, but I would enjoy seeing my award when I look at me ring.
