Pruning/grafting knife.

[coppice cutter]

I broke the tip off my Opinel last winter (totally my own fault), salvaged the situation somewhat by grinding the blade straight and repurposing it as a sheep's foot trimming knife, but now I need a pruning/grafting replacement.

 

The Opinel always done OK until I broke it, but anything else I should have a look at before ordering another?

 

Thanks.

 

[Stere]

Like my opinel n0.7 pocket knife can't go wrong with it carbon steel sharpens really easily.

 

 

Whats the advantage of the curved design of the grafting version v the standard blade?

 

 

I haven't done much grafting.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Stere

[sandspider]

I recently bought a grafting knife on Amazon, just as it caught my eye. It's OK, but nothing like as sharp as my ancient Opinel.

[Peasgood]

If you are actually grafting with it the Felco Victorinox general grafting knife is a fair bit better than an Opinel.

If you are serious a Tina is about the best you can get. I have both and yest the Felco is better than Opinel and the Tina better still and you can tell. Hurts much less when you slice your thumb with the Tina but goes deeper. Heals quicker though.

 

Saws and Knives | World of Felco

WWW.WORLDOFFELCO.CO.UK

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Saws and Knives - World of Felco

 

Tina Grafting & General Purpose Knife.

WWW.JFHHORTICULTURAL.COM

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Standard pattern. Polished walnut handle perfectly shaped to fit the hand.

 

[coppice cutter]

On 10/10/2023 at 09:14, Stere said:

Like my opinel n0.7 pocket knife can't go wrong with it carbon steel sharpens really easily.

 

 

Whats the advantage of the curved design of the grafting version v the standard blade?

 

 

I haven't done much grafting.

 

 

 

 

To be honest I've no idea as I don't use it for grafting, any grafting I've done i just used my no6 Opinel as I find the carbon steel blade on it much easier to get and keep really sharp. The grafting Opinel has the INOX stainless blade which I never found to be as razor sharp as the carbon steel blades.

 

But I found the hook on the end of the grafting knife really good for clearing grass from around the base of fruit bushes and such like so I used it more like a mini bill-hook. That's why losing the hook rendered it useless for my purpose. Out and out sharpness wasn't just quite so critical either but the shape and profile of the blade was just perfect.

[coppice cutter]

17 hours ago, Peasgood said:

If you are actually grafting with it the Felco Victorinox general grafting knife is a fair bit better than an Opinel.

If you are serious a Tina is about the best you can get. I have both and yest the Felco is better than Opinel and the Tina better still and you can tell. Hurts much less when you slice your thumb with the Tina but goes deeper. Heals quicker though.

 

Saws and Knives | World of Felco

WWW.WORLDOFFELCO.CO.UK

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Saws and Knives - World of Felco

 

Tina Grafting & General Purpose Knife.

WWW.JFHHORTICULTURAL.COM

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Standard pattern. Polished walnut handle perfectly shaped to fit the hand.

 

Thanks, I'll have a look. 

[Stere]

Yeah im a big fan of carbon steel  have some  carbon steel kitchen knives also

 

The Felco is SS so might be harder to get really sharp from my experience i have the swiss army knife think its the same victoronix brand as the felco

 

I like the look of theese japanses ones

 

 

Kiridashi knife, Aogami carbon steel, kurouchi finish - Ikeuchi

WWW.KITCHENPROVISIONS.CO.UK

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SHAPE: Kiridashi - a single bevel Japanese craft knife. A very useful tool for woodworking, grafting or letter opening...

 

Japanese folding grafting knife - Dokan

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Single bevel folding grafting knife. Carbon steel blade, wooden handle Unfolded length - 230mm Blade length - 95mm Edge...

 

Only time ive seen similar design of a curved knife to the grafting opinel model   in use was by someone trimming goats hoofs.

 

 

I have a small serratted sickle thats is very good for clearing grass round trees was only £10

 

 

 

Edited October 11, 2023 by Stere

[sime42]

Opinels are indeed a joy to keep sharp, all they need is a couple of wipes along either side with a stone. My only gripe is that they don't seem to make a straight bladed offering, the normal curve isn't always what you need.

 

Talking of old school penknives, Tailors Eye Witness used to be very good, and reasonably priced. I've not bought one for years, and it looks like they're all SS as well now, so maybe not as good. They used to be carbon steel.