Large serpette pruning knife with curved white bone handle

Pruning Knives Ref. 3627

White Bone Handle Pruning Knife – 10 cm Handle

Name: White Bone Handle Pruning Knife – 10 cm Handle
Brand: Pakistan Knives Factory
SKU: 3627
Price: 4.60 USD
Availability: InStock

This larger pruning knife has a hawksbill blade and curved white bone handle, 10 cm, made in Pakistan.

$4.60

Unit price. Rates are degressive by quantity, size and material.

Wholesale $3.22

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Factory direct Sialkot, since 1982
Worldwide shipping
Private label on request
Wholesale pricing by quantity

About this knife

This serpette pruning knife pairs an 8.5 cm curved hawksbill blade with a 10 cm white bone handle shaped with a curved, hook-like butt, sized larger than the compact version in the range. Manufactured in Pakistan, its light-toned bone suits heavier vine pruning tasks. A wholesale item for retailers wanting a full-size bone-handle pruning knife.

Specifications

Weight: 0.108 kg
Blade size (cm): 8.5
Handle size (cm): 10
Blade: Stainless steel
Handle: Bone

Knife Notes

Know-how from our Sialkot workshop

Questions & answers

Questions from gardeners and nurseries

How good is the quality of a Pakistan knife like this one?

The blade is stainless steel, so it copes with sap, rain and damp grass better than carbon steel, and the natural bone handle slowly takes on a warm ivory tone with use. Sialkot has been the heart of Pakistan's cutting-tool trade for well over a century, and pruning knives are one of its long-standing specialities. Keep the edge honed and the joint clean, and it will last for many seasons.

What is the price of this pruning knife?

The unit price is shown at the top of this page, in rupees for visitors in Pakistan. Nurseries and garden centres ordering by the dozen get a degressive wholesale rate: just ask us.

How to use

Pruning a vine with a hooked blade

Hold the knife with the curved butt of the handle resting against the heel of your palm, so it cannot slip forward.
Place the branch inside the curve of the blade, just above the bud or joint you want to keep.
Pull the blade towards you in one smooth stroke: the hooked shape draws the edge through the wood, so you need far less force than with a straight blade.
Angle the cut slightly away from the bud so that rain runs off the wound.

That pulling cut is the whole point of a hooked blade knife: clean cuts that heal quickly, on vines, roses and young fruit trees.

Pro tip

Keep sap off the edge

Sap and resin build up on the 8.5 cm blade within an hour of pruning and make every cut drag. Carry a cloth dampened with a little rubbing alcohol and wipe the blade between plants: it keeps the edge cutting cleanly and avoids carrying disease from one vine to the next. A drop of oil on the joint before folding, and the knife is ready for tomorrow.

Gift ideas

For the gardener who has every tool

Vine growers and wine lovers: the curved serpette is the emblem of the vineyard.
Rose growers: precise enough for deadheading and shaping.
Hobby gardeners: the hooked butt gives a secure, comfortable grip even with tired hands.

A white bone knife has a warmth that plastic handles never reach, and it ages well. Its look recalls the vintage Pakistan knives still found in old gardeners' sheds, with a 10 cm handle that fits most hands.