Pakistan Knives FactoryDecades of Manufacturing, Wholesale Worldwide
This 10 cm hooked pruning knife has a curved blade and white bone handle, made in Pakistan.
This hooked pruning knife features an 8.5 cm curved hawksbill blade and a 10 cm white bone handle, the largest size in the hooked pruning knife range. Manufactured in Pakistan, its light-toned bone suits retailers wanting a full-size natural-material pruning knife. A wholesale item for retailers targeting vineyard and orchard customers.
With a serpette knife, a slip during the pulling cut sends the edge back towards you and the hand steadying the branch. When you face hundreds of cuts in a day, wear a cut-resistant glove on that hand and an ordinary work glove on the knife hand for grip. It costs little, and it lets you work steadily with the 8.5 cm curve without worrying about a slip.
White bone sets this 10 cm pruner apart from the working wood models, and it deserves a place on the gift shelf as well as in the garden section. Display it open on a dark slate or wooden block, which makes the pale handle glow, next to garden journals, seed tins and good twine.
It is built for regular use, not just display. The 8.5 cm hawksbill blade is stainless steel, the 10 cm white bone handle is natural material, and the knife follows a pruning pattern that Sialkot's workshops know well. On arrival, a stainless steel Pakistan knife of this type should open smoothly to a firm stop, close with the point inside the handle, and show no cracks in the bone.
The unit price appears at the top of this page; in Pakistan it is listed in rupees (PKR) and you can buy via WhatsApp. Buyers stocking several pieces, from florists to garden centres, pay less per knife as the quantity rises. Send the number you need by email or WhatsApp for a quote.
Slightly, and gracefully. Bone tends to mellow towards a warm ivory with handling and light, much as old bone-handled cutlery does. Keeping it clean, dry and out of strong sun slows the change.
For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the folding pruning knife was as personal to a professional gardener as a pen to a clerk. Head gardeners on large estates carried one in a waistcoat pocket, used it for pruning, taking cuttings and tying in, and often kept the same knife for decades. Many of those knives had bone or horn handles that mellowed with use.
Collectors still look for such tools, and Sialkot has made pruning and pocket knives for overseas buyers for generations, so vintage Pakistan knives belong to the same story. This white bone pruner, with its 8.5 cm hooked blade and 10 cm handle, follows the old pattern and will age in the same way.
