Victorinox 84mm

Two frame and scale shapes were available for the 84mm Victorinoxes

• The 'Small Officer' models - including some Alox models
• The slim blade only models,

The Small Officer models are the 84mm framed models that are the scaled down versions of the now more common 91mm Victorinox Swiss Army Knives - See bottom image below. They were originally identified by a 'k' (= klein = small in German) model code - eg Model 134k a small Tinker.
Originally this family was much more common, and there were several models from which to choose. However from the 1980s Victorinox started to reduce the 84mm options in favour of the 91mm family, and today the choices and variety is much more limited.

The other 84mm models have a narrower, slim frame and are all similar, single-layer, blade only models, never with back-tools, sometimes known as 'gentleman's knives' - See top image below. In 2023/24 Victorinox completely retired this family.

Consequently, currently, (2024) only single and two-layer Small Officer options are available and the biggest limitation (and disappointment to many Victorinox fans) is the unavailability of the scissors tool in any 84mm models since 2008.

However the wider-layered 'k' models are still much sought after and popular with collectors and users. Of the current range the Cadet remains a very popular everyday pocket knife, as do the Bantam and Sportsman models. The image below shows the available 84mm models as of 2020.