Selling an easy-care black handle to first-time grafters
This is the knife a shop can recommend to beginners without hesitation. The glossy black ABS handle needs no oiling and will not dry out or split the way wood can, so it suits school gardens, allotment holders and first-time grafters who want one dependable grafting knife rather than a collector's piece.
- Present it as the entry point of the grafting range, with the wood and horn models a step up beside it.
- Hang a few near the till in spring: folded to 8 cm, it is an easy add-on to a bag of rootstocks or a roll of grafting tape.
- The polished brass bolster catches the light against the black, so one open knife on a small stand draws the eye.
- Restock before summer budding as well as in late winter.
