The plastic cladding is usually opaque but may be transparent; metal- and wood-clad models are available.5in wide. The flagship model of Victorinox, the Swiss Champ, is in the New York Museum of Modern Art's Permanent Design Collection. The handle is usually red in color with a white cross (the emblem of Switzerland). The most popular models typically include a combination of the tools included in the official army model, a second blade, tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, Phillips screwdriver, nail file and scissors.
Victorinox knives have also been taken to Mt. They are useful multifunctional instruments for everyday life and are available in a wide variety of sizes and functional combinations. They are known for having screwdrivers, can openers, scissors and more each stored away inside their own compartment within the handle of the knife. Victorinox intends to keep both brands intact.

There are various types and styles of Swiss Army knives each with its own tool combination for a specific task/s. Whew!
A brass spacer on the official Army model allows the knife with the screwdriver and the reamer to be extended at the same time, to be used to assemble the Swiss Army assault rifles (the SIG 550 and the SIG 510). Thickness varies depending on the number of tools included. The Swiss Army's knife has a corrugated metal surface with a red emblem and adorns a blade, a reamer, a bottle-opener/screwdriver/wire stripper, and a can-opener/screwdriver.

This knife is synonymous with the pocketknife.

In 2005 Victorinox acquired Wenger, the other official supplier of the Swiss Army knife.5in long and .

A standard full-size SAK is approximately 3. Everest and the Arctic. A flat version with somewhat fewer tools (but still retaining a knife) the size and shape of a credit card known as a Swiss Card, can be stored in a typical wallet. This knife sports an array of various tools as well as a blade. Even NASA Astronauts have a Victorinox knife as standard equipment. It is often descriptive with a sort of tool, such as a software tool, that is a family of special-purpose tools.
Swiss Army knives are widely used outside the army. They are exposed through a pivot point action. The more recent features include USB flash storage, digital clock, digital altimeter, LED light, laser pointer and MP3 player.The Swiss Army Knife is a hand tool with a multitude of functions.

The simplest model sold includes a single blade. That year, the mother of founder Karl Elsener died the name of the company changed to "Victoria" in her honor.
Founded in 1884, since 1891 the company has delivered knives to the Swiss Army.75in wide; smaller models are typically about 2.. In 1921, with the introduction of "inox" (the French term for Stainless Steel) into their products, the brand and name of the company became the present Victorinox.
Although red SAKs are most common, black, blue, white, phosphorescent yellow, camouflage patterns, and other colors are available.25in long and . Others include a saw, hook, magnifying glass, and ballpoint pen, fish scaler that doubles as a ruler, pliers/wire cutters and a key chain. The famous emblem, a cross in a shield, has been used by Victorinox since 1909. The model used by the actual Swiss Army has an aluminum-plated handle.