Grafting knife

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Grafting knives also find use in general maintenance of bonsai, here used to clean up a wound edge after a saw was used to remove a branch
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Grafting knives also find use in general maintenance of bonsai, here used to clean up a wound edge after a saw was used to remove a branch
Grafting knives are bonsai tools used in grafting. The knives are hollow ground on one side and typically made from a laminated steel that will take a very keen cutting edge.

In addition to being very sharp, the edge of a grafting knife is very thin and presents little resistance. Where an X-acto type knife might tear tissues due to its wedge shape, the grafting knife will slice cleanly and with little tearing that could result in necrosis.


Index to Bonsai Tools
Concave cutters | Knob cutters | Wire cutters | Wire pliers | Branch splitters | Branch jack | Tweezers | Sieve | Root hook | Root cutters | Soil scoop | Chopsticks | Tamping trowel| Grafting knife | Whetstone | Graving set | Rotary grinder | Pull saw | Turntable
Shears and Scissors
Thinning shears | Decandling shears | Root shears | Leaf shears



Propagation Terms
Types: Sowing | Cuttings | Layer | Division | Cell culture | Grafting
Tools: Grafting knife
Terms: Bottom heat | Striking Roots | Germination | Stratification | Mist house | Hybrid | Clone | Fertilization | Pricking out
Supplies: Rooting hormone | Peat moss | Cutting mix | Liner



Grafting Terms
Types: Thread graft | Approach graft
Tools & Supplies: Grafting knife | Grafting wax | Poly bag | Syringe | Peat moss
Terms: Root stock | Scion | Understock | Graft union | Necrosis


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