EXHIBIT 5


                                 FOLEY & LARDNER
                            777 East Wisconsin Avenue
                           Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202



                                  July 24, 1995





   Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.
   1326 Willow Road
   Sturtevant, Wisconsin  53177

   Ladies and Gentlemen:

             We have acted as counsel for Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc.,
   a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the
   preparation of a Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration
   Statement") to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
   Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
   Act"), relating to 10,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock,
   $.05 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and interests in
   the Johnson Worldwide Associates Retirement and Savings Plan (the "Plan")
   which may be issued or acquired pursuant to the Plan.

             In this regard, we have examined:  (a) the Plan; (b) signed
   copies of the Registration Statement; (c) the Company's Articles of
   Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended to date; (d) resolutions of the
   Company's Board of Directors relating to the Plan; and (e) such other
   documents and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render
   this opinion.

             Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

             1.   The Company is a corporation validly existing under the
   laws of the State of Wisconsin.

             2.   It is presently contemplated that the shares of Class A
   Common Stock to be acquired by the Plan will be purchased either in the
   open market or directly from the Company or other private sources.  To the
   extent that the shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the Plan shall
   constitute shares issued by and purchased from the Company, such shares of
   Class A Common Stock, when issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of
   the Plan, and as contemplated in the Registration Statement, will be
   validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, except as otherwise provided
   by Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes.

             We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
   Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we
   are "experts" within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or
   within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of
   said Act.

                                      Very truly yours,



                                      FOLEY & LARDNER