About this knife

This serpette pruning knife combines an 8.4 cm curved hawksbill blade with a second straight grafting blade, both folding into a 9.6 cm brown wood handle with a polished inox bolster. Manufactured in Pakistan, it's sized larger than the reddish wood dual-blade version in the same range. A wholesale item for retailers targeting vineyard and orchard customers wanting a bigger two-in-one tool.

Specifications

Manufacturer
Pakistan Knives Factory, Sialkot, Pakistan
Weight
0.105 kg
Blade size (cm)
8.4
Handle size (cm)
9.6
Blade
Stainless steel
Handle
Dark wood
Bolster
Inox
Knife Notes

Know-how from our Sialkot workshop

Gift ideas

Orchard keepers who graft their own trees

The larger of the two dual-blade pruners, with an 8.4 cm hook and a straight grafting blade in a 9.6 cm brown wood handle, suits people with serious fruit-growing plans:

  • A smallholder planting a new orchard row by row.
  • An apprentice at a nursery or tree farm.
  • A retiring nurseryman, with the name of the business engraved on request.
  • A neighbour who swaps scion wood every winter.

As a serpette knife that also grafts, it replaces two tools in a crowded apron pocket.

How to use

Making a whip-and-tongue graft with both blades

This classic graft joins a scion and a rootstock of similar thickness. Use the hook for rough work and keep the straight blade for the joint:

  1. Cut the top off the rootstock cleanly with the 8.4 cm hook, at a comfortable working height.
  2. With the straight blade, make a long sloping cut, about three to four times the stem's width, across the top of the rootstock; repeat on the base of the scion.
  3. Cut a short tongue down into each sloping face, about a third of the way from its tip.
  4. Slide the two pieces together so the tongues interlock and the green layers under the bark line up on at least one side.
  5. Bind the union firmly with grafting tape.
Questions & answers

Grafting edge, steel and price: questions answered

What is the price of this stainless dual-blade knife in Pakistan?

US$5.00 per piece (PKR 1,900 for buyers in Pakistan). From 50 pieces the price drops to US$3.50 per piece. For a larger order, send us the quantity on WhatsApp or by email and we will quote a lower rate.

Can I use the hook for grafting too?

Only for preparing the stock, such as cutting off its top. The grafting cuts themselves need the flat, straight edge of the second blade, because a curved edge cannot produce the long, even faces that let the two pieces knit together.

Pro tip

Reserve the straight blade for grafting cuts

Every rough job, from cutting twine to scraping moss off a branch, takes a little off a keen edge. Keep the straight blade on this knife for grafting cuts alone and let the 8.4 cm hook handle everything else, including topping the rootstock. If the knife is shared, tell anyone who borrows it which blade is off limits. A grafting edge protected this way stays keen far longer, and clean cuts give the graft a better chance of taking.