About this knife

This serpette pruning knife pairs a 7.2 cm curved hawksbill blade with a second straight grafting blade, both folding into an 8.8 cm reddish wood handle with a polished inox bolster. Manufactured in Pakistan, the second blade adds a dedicated grafting edge alongside the pruning hook. A wholesale item for retailers targeting vineyard and orchard customers wanting a two-in-one tool.

Specifications

Manufacturer
Pakistan Knives Factory, Sialkot, Pakistan
Weight
0.079 kg
Blade size (cm)
7.2
Handle size (cm)
8.8
Blade
Stainless steel
Handle
Dark wood
Bolster
Inox
Knife Notes

Know-how from our Sialkot workshop

Did you know?

Europe's vineyards stand on American roots

In the late nineteenth century a tiny root-feeding insect, phylloxera, destroyed a large share of Europe's vineyards. The lasting solution was grafting: European grape varieties were joined onto resistant American rootstocks, and most of the world's wine grapes are still grown that way today. It is a good reason why this hooked blade knife carries a straight second blade: the 7.2 cm hook prunes, while the straight edge makes the grafting cuts.

Questions & answers

Dual-blade questions from nurseries

What is the Pakistan knife price for the dual-blade model?

US$4.00 per piece (PKR 1,620 for buyers in Pakistan). From 50 pieces the price drops to US$2.80 per piece. For a larger order, send us the quantity on WhatsApp or by email and we will quote a lower rate.

What is the straight blade for?

Grafting. Joining a scion to a rootstock needs long, flat, perfectly clean cuts, which a hooked edge cannot make. The straight blade handles those cuts, while the 7.2 cm hawksbill does the pruning and trimming.

Gift ideas

Gifts for grafters and fruit-tree enthusiasts

Two blades in one compact 8.8 cm handle make this an obvious choice for anyone who both prunes and grafts:

  • A member of a community orchard or heritage fruit group.
  • Someone booked onto a winter grafting workshop.
  • A home gardener raising their own apple or pear trees from rootstock.
  • An agriculture student, as a first proper field tool.

Among Pakistan knives for the garden, a two-in-one model like this is the one most likely to stay in the recipient's pocket all year.

Made in Sialkot

Building a folding knife with two blades

A two-blade pocket knife asks more of its maker than a single-blade one. Each blade needs room in the handle and the right spring tension, so that opening one never drags the other along, and both must fold away without their edges touching. The blades are ground separately, the hawksbill with its inward curve and the grafting blade with a long, straight edge, before being fitted and adjusted together.

Sialkot has a long history of multi-blade folders, from farm knives to pocket tools. On knives of this kind the handle is usually sanded and polished as a unit once everything is fitted, so the reddish wood and the inox bolster meet in one smooth line along the 8.8 cm handle.