What is a "GIRL GUIDE" knife?

[jeknife25]

This knife is in Near Mint condition. It is stamped H. Dorwal, Solingen. The shield is stamped, GIRL GUIDE. Can anyone give me any information about the knife? I know that H. Dorwal is a stamping that Boker used for the Canadian market. Thanks.

[deanmm56]

Found this info on Wikipedia :

"Girl Guides or Girl Scouts is a parallel movement to Scouting. It evolved from the Scouting movement in the early years of the 20th century[1]. Girls were attracted to Scouting from its inception in 1907. In different places around the world, the movement developed in diverse ways. In some places, girls attempted to join Scouting organisations and it was decided that single-gender organisations were a better solution[2]. In other places, girls groups were started, some of them later to open up to boys or merge with boys' organisations. In other instances, mixed groups were formed, sometimes to later split. In the same way, the name Girl Guide or Girl Scout has been used by groups at different times and in different places, with some groups changing from one to another. In the past, boys had to join the Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts but in recent years Guides has been open for both boys and girls to join in some countries.
In 1909, Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, decided that girls should not be in the same organisation as the boys, and the Girl Guides were founded in the UK in 1910[3]. Many, though by no means all, Girl Guide and Girl Scout groups across the globe trace their roots to this point. Agnes Baden-Powell was in charge of Girl Guiding in UK in its early years[4]. Other influential people were Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska in Poland and Antoinette Butte in France.[5]
The name Guide was taken from a famous frontier regiment in the British Indian army, the Corps of Guides, which was noted for its skills in tracking and survival[6]."

[jeknife25]

Dean, Thanks for the informaton. Should I assume this is a knife made for the Canadian Girl Guide organizaton since H. Dorwal was Boker's brand name for knives sold in Canada? I wonder how old the knife is.

[deanmm56]

Good question ...... I'm wondering if you can find any contact info on the Canadian Girl Guides ? If so, send a letter or email along with pictures of the knife. There may be a historian there willing to help in the research ??? Just a thought.

[jerryd6818]

A little Google finger magic found this contact information for the Canadian Girl Guides.

http://www.girlguides.ca/contact

Great knife. Good acquisition.