Serpette pruning knife with glossy black horn handle and brass bolster

Pruning Knives Ref. 3608

Black Horn Handle Pruning Knife with Round Brass Bolster – 8.5 cm Blade, 10 cm Handle

This serpette pruning knife has a hawksbill blade and glossy black horn handle, brass bolster, made in Pakistan.

$4.60

Unit price. The price per piece falls with quantity and varies by size and material.

Wholesale $3.22 from 50 pcs

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Since 1982 Pakistan Knives Factory: 44 years making knives in Sialkot Registered company NTN 3706417-7 (FBR) · Sialkot Chamber of Commerce member A-42738 A real factory 148 C Fatima Jinnah Road, Small Industrial Estate, Sialkot Pay the factory directly Bank transfer to our own company account at Meezan Bank, no middleman Satisfaction commitment Any problem on arrival is put right with you: replacement, credit or another solution No minimum order From a single piece to a full shipment, shipped worldwide

About this knife

This serpette pruning knife features an 8.5 cm curved hawksbill blade and a 10 cm glossy black horn handle with a polished brass bolster. Manufactured in Pakistan, its dark, polished finish offers a classic material option in the pruning knife range. A wholesale item for retailers targeting vineyard and gardening customers wanting a horn-handle option.

Specifications

Manufacturer: Pakistan Knives Factory, Sialkot, Pakistan
Weight: 0.098 kg
Blade size (cm): 8.5
Handle size (cm): 10
Blade: Stainless steel
Handle: Horn
Bolster: Brass

Knife Notes

Know-how from our Sialkot workshop

Made in Sialkot

From raw horn to a glossy black handle

Horn for knife handles is a by-product of the livestock trade. The raw horn is cleaned, warmed until it softens, then pressed flat or shaped and cut into handle blanks. Once fitted, it is sanded through progressively finer grits and buffed on a polishing wheel until it takes the deep gloss seen on this 10 cm handle.

The round brass bolster is brought up in the same polishing stage, and horn and brass have long been paired on Sialkot knives because both respond so well to the buffing wheel. On a hooked blade knife gripped hard for every pulling cut, the result is a smooth, warm handle, and since horn varies in shade and texture, no two are quite alike.

The story

Before secateurs, the knife did all the pruning

For most of history, vines, roses and fruit trees were pruned with a knife. Secateurs, the scissor-like shears now found in every garden shed, only appeared in the early nineteenth century; their invention is usually credited to Bertrand de Molleville, a former French minister, around 1815. They spread quickly, but they did not win everyone over.

Many professional growers kept their curved knives for decades afterwards, arguing that a sharp blade drawn through the wood leaves a cleaner wound than two jaws pinching it. That debate still runs among gardeners today, and it is why a working tool like this 8.5 cm horn-handled pruner is still made and sold alongside the shears.

Did you know?

Horn is closer to a fingernail than to bone

Cattle and buffalo horn is made of keratin, the same tough protein found in hair, hooves and fingernails, wrapped around a bony core that is removed before the horn is worked. That is why horn can be softened with heat and pressed into shape, something impossible with bone or antler. It also explains the warm, slightly flexible feel of the black handle on this stainless steel Pakistan knife, and why it should never be left on a hot radiator.

Questions & answers

Weight, finish and price of the horn pruner

What is the folding knife price in Pakistan for this horn model?

US$4.60 per piece (PKR 1,788 for buyers in Pakistan). From 50 pieces the price drops to US$3.22 per piece. For a larger order, send us the quantity on WhatsApp or by email and we will quote a lower rate.

How heavy is it?

About 98 g in total, so it does not drag a pocket down, yet the horn and the round brass bolster give it a solid, reassuring feel in the hand.