Antique grafting tool

[disc4tw]

It’s definitely a different shape of cut vs the zenport. Is it a LONGER cut or about the same?

[Borer_the_explorer]

It definitely does the job. You have no idea how happy I am that you are using that thing.

[Barkslip]

It’s much longer, Ryan. It’s supposed to be another 5 or so mm longer but I’ve been messing with it and untwisting everything so it’s perfectly straight now, &, in the process i had to remove 5mm of the piece that fits between the blades as the blades come down to chop. And, I shortened the blades, and I shortened the distance of the anvil on the other side with a corrensponding “V” to the blade(s). I moved a lot of stuff around to where it’s pretty-true.

It’s a son-of-a-gun, Roy. Much appreciated. Dax

[Appleseed]

You’re hurting my feelings…ENVY!

[Barkslip]

I FEEL it!

[Lucky_P]

I’ve never done anything but bark grafts on oaks.
I’ll be interested to hear how this works for you, on them.

[Barkslip]

I’ll write about it when I have good information. I’ll unwrap the bud strips mid-July, Lucky.

[Holleg44]

I would be interested in purchasing one of these grafting tools if anyone has one available. Thanks!

[plumcots]

Here is an image of John Weinberger bench grafting grape in 1971 with the same machine I used from 1990 - 2022. It was still going strong. And mounted on a small block of wood as seen above in some images, it worked well for dormant whip grafts of Prunus in the field.