Signature

The Signature and Signature II are pretty common 58mm Swiss Army Knives made by Victorinox. The Signature series are very similar to the Classic, differing only in the non-blade tools.

Blades
Just like it's cousin, the Classic, the Signature series has three blades: A pen blade and a nailfile with sloted screwdriver head on one side, and a scissors on the opposite.

Non-Blade Tools
This is where the signature splits from the classic. The Signature replaces the toothpick with either a retractable or removable pen.

Along with the pen, the signature retains the tweezers as well as the keyring.

Scales
Like the Classic, the Signature comes in a wide variety of colors. However, the signature is not available in any other scale material than cellidor (plastic).

(A color list will be inserted here later)

Variations
The signature line has only two major variations. The difference, as hinted above, is the removable or retractable pen. In the 'Signature I' (or simply, the 'Signature' as there where no initial plans for a 'II' when it was first introduce), the toothpick is replaced with a small ball point pen that is removed from the scale to write with. However, the pen is extremely thin, and very short, making writing legible very difficult at best.

The 'Signature II' was created to help combat this issue. The Signature II has a small retractable pen which is engaged by pushing down a small grey slide located about half way up the scale by the scissors. Because the pen isn't removed, one writes with the whole knife, making it much thicker and easier to write with. Additionally, Victorinox recommends opening the nail file blade, there by increasing the length of the 'pen' and making it even easier to use.

The 'Signature I' variation is no long made, but still quite common. The 'Signature II' model is often referred to as simply the Signature, given that 'Sig I' are no longer made.

History
(coming later)

Related Knives

 * Classic - Similar to the signature, but has a toothpick instead of pen.
 * Manager II - Has a pen and tweezers like Signature. Blades are slightly different.