FDL Leather Woggle - 3 Hole
A high quality Scouts FDL 3 hole leather woggle that can be used with any adult scarf or necker. This leather woggle is debossed with the Scouts fleur de lis and can be worn by everyone and is especially good for...
A high quality Scouts FDL 3 hole leather woggle that can be used with any adult scarf or necker. This leather woggle is debossed with the Scouts fleur de lis and can be worn by everyone and is especially good for identifying leaders and volunteers within a Group.
A woggle is a key element of Scouts' uniform.
Origins of the Scouts Woggle (from OSM, Scouts Resources and Wiki)
The word “woggle” was used by Baden-Powell in the 14th edition of Scouting for boys, in 1929…..”it (the scarf) may be fastened at the throat by a knot or woggle, which is some form of ring made of cord, metal or bone, or anything you like.” Previous editions refer only to a ring.
Early Scouts tied a knot in their neckerchief (scarf) to fasten it around the neck. In the United States, experiments were made with rings made from bone, rope or wood.
A young British Scout, Bill Shankley, who was responsible for running a workshop and developing ideas for camping equipment at Gilwell Park, became aware of the American rings, and set out to create something similar. The result was the Gilwell Woggle.
On the origin of the Woggle, Shankley said:
They (Scouts) used to knot their scarves, which used to get creased and stick out at the ends. But in America the early Scouts used to plait up various stuffs to make a ring for theirs — they called it a boon-doggle. I got some thin sewing machine leather belting, plaited it into a neat ring, submitted it, and had it accepted. I called it a Woggle and that's the name it's known by throughout the world.
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- Material: Leather Woggle
- Size: 80mm x 90mm
- Debossed Fleur de Lis
- Logo Size: 36.2mm x 33mm
- Brand: Scouts Fleur de Lis
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