The Victorinox Recruit Swiss Army knife is a light and compact pocket knife that still contains all of the basic tools and blades that you might need, in a convenient medium-sized format that is not bulky in your pocket.

The Recruit knife only weighs 50 grams (about 1 3/4 oz), which is the weight of about a dollar's worth of change. Yet it still delivers a full complement of useful tools.

The Recruit is available in red and black.

NOTE-- This model has also been called the Squatter Swiss Army knife. The matte version has also been called the Driver knife.

Recruit Colors-- the same knife in other colors (retired)
Recruit Economy-- no toothpick or tweezers (retired)
Recruit Matte-- the same knife in a durable matte finish (retired)
Recruit Serrated-- large blade is serrated (retired and rare)

Bantam-- no small blade or can opener
Cadet-- replaces small blade with nail file, no tweezers or toothpick
Recruit Serrated-- serrated blade
Spartan-- same features in a slightly larger 3 1/2" (91mm) size
Tinker Small-- adds awl and phillips head screwdriver
Tourist-- adds a corkscrew and awl
Waiter-- no small blade, adds corkscrew

Apprentice-- replaces small blade with nail file, no tweezers or toothpick
Canyon-- adds phillips screwdriver and awl