Hatchet
Hatchet
Hatchet

Hatchet

Object number2017.12.4 a-c
Manufacturer
OriginUnited States
MediumMetal; Wood; Varnish; Paint; Leather
Credit LineGift of Virginia A. Schick
DescriptionHatchet, knife, and leather holster.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth (a-c together): 14 × 6 × 2 in. (35.6 × 15.2 × 5.1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (a): 13.75 × 5.125 × 0.875 in. (34.9 × 13 × 2.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (b): 8.375 × 0.875 × 1.25 in. (21.3 × 2.2 × 3.2 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (c): 11.125 × 6 × 2 in. (28.3 × 15.2 × 5.1 cm)
Inscriptions(c)
Handwritten text in ink inside hatchet flap and on reverse of knife pocket "SCHICK".
Marks(a)
Proper left side of blade has Boy Scouts of America logo with text around perimeter "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA" and at bottom center "BE PREPARED".

Proper left side of blade has imprinted text "GENUINE / PLUMB".

Proper left side of handle has engraved text "OFFICIAL / SCOUT AXE".

(b)
Engraved text on proper left side of blade "OFFICIAL KNIFE / [fleur-de-lis] / BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA".

Engraved text on proper right side of heel of blade "OFFICIAL / BOY SCOUTS / OF AMERICA" and on proper right side of heel of blade "MADE IN USE / PATENTED".
Historical NotesHatchet used by William Schick., Jr. at Camp Philmont (now Philmont Scout Ranch). Dr. William Christian Schick, Jr., was born to William C. and Florence Heinen Schick in Ross Township, Pennsylvania. Schick joined Boy Scout Troop 175 at an early age. The troop gained notoriety in 1953, when twelve of its members gained Eagle status simultaneously (pin, ring, sash). The group was honored at a dinner at the William Penn Hotel, which each scout attended with an individual sponsor from a community related to their career interests. Due to Schick’s active passion for music, troop leaders assigned Schick to be sponsored by Fred Rogers. Later that year, Schick attended Camp Philmont (now Philmont Scout Ranch) with the troop. In late adolescence, Schick spent time in Norway as an American Field Service exchange student. Schick studied physics at MIT on a scholarship provided to the children of employees of Jones & Laughlin, where his father was employed. He completed a PhD in physics there in 1965, and took a position as Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, where he also worked at Ames Laboratory. He later worked as a nuclear physicist for Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, a nuclear power research facility in West Mifflin initially operated by Westinghouse. During his time at Bettis Lab, Schick assisted the response to the Three Mile Island incident and researched the safe storage of spent fuel. He married Virginia Sleigh Schick in 1976, at Aspinwall Presbyterian Church. Schick passed away on January 15, 2007.
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