Girl Scout Knives - Folding Blad

Girl Scout Knives - Folding Blades

Girl 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) also known as Pocket Knives and Pen Knives. Dating these knives can be a challenge as manufacturing companies came and went. Valuable dating information came from an article on the History of Girl Scout Knives by James F. Rines, in Knife World Magazine.

1919 Girl Scout Catalog

Although the manufacture of these knives is not identified here, the Ulster Company has been identified as the earliest maker of official Girl Scout knives with the Girl Scout emblem.

1921 Girl Scout Catalog

1926 - no "small size" has been identified,
likely it means the two-blade version.

1927

1930

Curiously, the price of the Girl Scout knives dropped over these few years.

Ulster Knife Company

1919 - 1941, likely sold earlier

3 3/8" bone handles

4 blade Ulster Girl Scout Knife
Early Ulster/GS emblem on left, later Ulster/GS emblem on right.	1934 Ad
	This unidentified knife may be the two blade Ulster
Ulster Girl Scout Knife Box

Remington Arms Company

1930 - 1944

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.

1933 Ad

Utica Cutlery
1933-1956

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.


	1946-1947
1948-1972	Side by side comparison of the common 3 3/8" and the rarer 3 5/8" versions.

1948-1956	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. 1953-1973
Plastic Handle 1956-1971	Plastic Handle 1973-1979
1973	Likely a color variation of the 1973-1979 knife