Girl Scout Knives 1

Scouting has offered official knives from the earliest days.

There are two basic styles;

Fixed Blade (one single blade that doesn't move and uses a sheath to cover it)

and Foldable Blade (one, two or four blades that fold into the handle).

Dating these knives can be a challenge

as manufacturing companies came and went.

Invaluable dating information

came from an article on the

history of Girl Scout knives by James F. Rines.

Ulster - Dwight Devine & Sons, Inc.

pre-1918-1941

Ulster - Dwight Devine & Sons, Inc of Ellenville, NY

crafted the only foldable knives for Girl Scouting

from before 1918 until competition

started from Remington and Utica in the 1930s.

Ulster offered one version of the 4-blade knife

and three versions of the 2 blade knife.

All were 3 3/8" with bone handles.

Remington Arms Company Inc.

1930-1941

Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut offered one version of the 4 blade knife, three versions of the 2 blade knife (3 3/8") and one version of a 2 blade knife that was 3" long over the years between 1930 and 1941. All had bone handles. Remington halted production with the metal restrictions of World War II.

Utica Cutlery

2 Blade version 1933-1940

4 Blade Version

image donated by Lisa Barger 1933-1941

Striped celluloid version - 4 blade 1946-1947

Utica Cutlery produced foldable knives for Girl Scouting from 1933 until 1956. They offered three versions of the 4 blade knife, one version of the 2 blade knife and one version of the 2 blade knife with a bone handle. All others had the mottled green "mother of pearl" or striped green celluloid handles. All were 3 3/8" long.

4 Blade version with a spiral punch was offered from 1942-1945.

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Utica Kutmaster

1947-1980

The are two versions of this common Utica/Kutmaster 4 blade knife with clear acetate handle, the 3 3/8" version and the rare 3 5/8".

Side by side comparison

Utica Cutlery

1948-1956

Bone Handle version of Utica Cutlery 2 blade knife.

Utica/Kutmaster

1956-1979

By the mid 50's sensitivities had changed. Bone and antler handles on knives were changed to plastic meant to look natural. The 2 blade black plastic knife was offered from 1956 to 1971 and the 4 blade dark green plastic handle knife was from 1973-1979.

Utica/Kutmaster

1957-1973

There are 2 versions of the red plastic handled Brownie knife; 1957-1960 has a lock, the 1960-1973 version does not have a lock.

Utica/Kutmaster

The 2 blade, brown plastic handled knife has the Brownie Girl Scout logo on it.

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