I’ve sharpened quite a few of these florist knives for local flower shops. They seem to stay pretty tight even with daily professional use. Felco makes excellent tools. I’ve serviced plenty of those as well. I didn’t know that Vic had ever been associated with them! You always seem to have some real gems of knowledge in your videos. Thanks 🙏
I'm pretty impressed with these little gems. I'm not a professional gardener, just a 'week-end" weed puller. But I feel they get the job done. I could go an entire season or two with no worries of sharpening these little gems.
Garden knives used in the garden are knives made for ladies flower gardens traditionally. Grafting knives pretty much are the same thing called a different name that fruit tree growers might use. Grafting is tough to do with much success even for experts; if there is any such thing. In the house I grew up in; my grandfather planted a young peach tree just off the porch. He loved peaches and his favorite was a clingstone peach. My grandmother liked free stone peaches. So after she complained enough my grandfather grafted one of the limbs of his tree with a freestone branch. It then became the most looked after tree on the farm. The graft took and pretty much made half the peaches one kind and the other half the other kind. He used a Case medium stockman. Long blades may look more useful to many; but if you like whittling and do it much. You will find out a 2-inch bade and comfortable handle becomes the one you will use most. The Wharncliffe is my favorite of all others. The long handle and short blade is made for that very reason. The Mora model 122 is the best bargain you will ever find. Laminated steel blades will make you a believer real quick. They are for carving wood and nothing more. If you dig in the dirt or scratch off paint with one; expect God to strike you in the head with a lightning bolt.
Hello Tobias. I first heard of these last friday on instagram and decided that the floral sheepsfoot would be my next Victorinox. I always find a sheepsfoot more useful than a clip but that is personal choice. I don't mind a short blade if it has a longer handle for my ogre hands. After your nearly live i decided to wait until today before ordering. 15 Euros on Amazon here all colours. Thanks. All the best..
I have the Felco regular sheep’s foot and the rose budding one, which both are extremely sharp out of box. My wife has three regular sheep’s foot, hers are purple, baby blue and a yellow one. Great light weight knives that’s for sure. I had them for about a year now and their still pretty sharp! You got me eyeballing the day packer now haha. The rose budding one is nice because you can get a good pinch on the blade to deploy blade. These are best for basketball shorts, or really anything you’re not wearing a belt with, my Old Timer 120T is probably heavier than these.
i wanna grab one of those hawkbill and clip point versions of the 100mm knives, i think the clip point just looks cool and the hawkbill would make a great little box opener
The bulge on the budding knife is used to slip the bark for grafting and budding. Italian's and German's made carbon steel blades before 1980 or so. I have an old Freunde carbon steel budding knife from the late 70's I use when budding. The brass bark lifter wobbles, I think that was when production was getting funky. I also picked up a ss florists knife: Elinox Switzerland 2475 when I worked in greenhouses back in the early 1970's. It's apparently the economy line of the
Note: From my experience, true grafting knives are usually sharpened with a chisel bevel. one side flat and the other beveled. You have left hand and right hand grafting knives. They can be folding knives but more often fixed blades. Some prefer smaller blades and other prefer heavier thick blades when grafting. Usually Sheepsfoot and Wharnecille blades
I have a $4 Clauss that looks like the floral knife. Ordered and waiting...RR black widow medium toothpick, RR high plains toothpick, Queen Wharncliff and a Frost large stockman!
I think you came up with really nice concepts on the 100 mm knives, there where quite a few which I would buy. The floral knives are available here but the day packer i've never seen before, which is a shame because the clip point blade is very attractive. If Victorinox would expand the 100 mm floral line, you've given them a pretty good idea how to do it, but I guess the would double the price then. Thank you for the video Tobias and have a nice day.
@@timupright3776 Thanks. Glad i saw this before ordering. I don't like chisel grinds at all. They always lead the cut off to one side instead of cutting straight.
The day packer would be perfect if they included a saw blade. I have a feeling that the blade lengths MIGHT have been something that they were experimenting with after 9-11, when the FAA was considering allowing small knives back on aircraft. The Spyderco ‘Roadie’ has similar dimensions. Maybe they decided that if it couldn’t fly, it could garden. I like the gardener because as light as it is, it’s SHARP. Amazing slicer, and easy to resharpen with the chisel grind.
Have you seen the new folding serrated knife? It’s basically a folding version of their “tomato knife.” There’s lots to like about it... very big blade (over 4’), extreme light weight (barely over an ounce) and the use of a liner lock. It got me thinking, it would be the perfect vehicle for a folding saw. You could get one of their longest saws, at a weight that disappears in the pocket and even have the saw lock in place.
I have the "rose bud" knife, not marked with Felco. It's a great general use knife despite the weird looking blade. Very snappy closing mechanism on these, mine is the only knife in 15+ years that has cut me, I closed it with a tiny part of my finger in the wrong place and it sliced right through the side of it. Nothing serious. Like you said they should use the Day packer frame and add to it just like the Alox line, it would be a great alternative to the locking blade of the 111 mm knives in places where that might be illegal and/or frowned upon.
These odd knives have intrigued me since my mother gave me one she found ina drawer of my grandmother's things. The chisel ground sheepfoot blade combined with the exposed rivets gives a very inexpensive/utilitarian vibe. Given this, it seems to me that this was a meant to be a budget frame that was marketed by an outside vendor, like Felco, and was never meant to be a new line to see considerable future expansion.
This is great. I had no idea there were that many.I should work on mine with paste, as one side of the blade has odd scratches, Also a bit of ungelding as the cross is fading away. As a PS I will soon have that Warncliffe Queen William has. Wharncliff and Sheepfoot have befome my thing.
Cool video dude :) I was wondering, can you put alox scales onto a huntsman knife? Huntsman is my favourite knife but I’d love it to have some crisp alox scales to let me lever more and to have it just be more robust in general Thanks
I got the Floral in Lilac mainly to add that colour to my vic collection,it occurs to me that something that you could use to dig the dirt out from under your fingernails at the opposite end of the main blade would be useful on a gardening knife!? 🌻⚘
You know what? I never even noticed and I've used this knife quite a bit for cutting flowers. All of the blades, including the one on the day packer is a full chisel grind, like a Right Triangle. (90/15/75)
@@KnifeChatswithTobias Thank you. I know for flowers and garden work this is not a problem but for cutting card stock and plasticard i prefer a normal grind. All the best.
I have one of these knives it was listed as a Budding and Pruning knife (didn’t find it listed on SAKWIKI) it has a modified clip-point blade (like a daypacker) and the Pruner curved blade both with a chisel grind it also has a brass tool for grafting.The one thing you didn’t mention is most of these knives are chisel ground. In my estimation this is why you will not see this knife with other tool combinations. The daypacker may have been a result of a need to use up excess parts.
Felco is the number one pruner worldwide and they are part of Victorinox. What you showed today are all modern grafting knifes. If you look closely, they have a single bevel and the length is perfect.........also, grafting people dont use nail files or scissors
This is true. However, the Day Packer was marketed as a small knife to take with you for short walk about town and such and many people do carry these types of knives for things other than grafting and pruning. Thanks for the info on Felco. I was unaware they were tops in the world for pruners!
Seriously $40? ( I didn't go check that) I'll stick with the Walker I bought new for $16 delivered for a "lite" day hike.. (Farmer for more serious hikes) I modded my combi tool (not fully sharp but a bit thinner edge and a little more pointy) as I more often open cans with it then bottles.. still opens a beer bottle just fine.. 😁
This is what happens when items become discontinued. If you look around you can find them at respectable price but idiots post them with $40 buy it now prices. The Walker makes a lot more sense. A great minimalist knife to drop in a pocket!
@@KnifeChatswithTobias yeah its a great little knife.. and yeah at $16 if my daughter asks to use it and forgets to give it back (has happened a few times) it doesn't require a "I know where you live" phone call!!! 🤣
There great for picking your toes........ they get in the corners super good cleans your toes better then when you go and the Asians do it!!!!!! Tobias try cleaning your toes with it you’ll love it!!!!!!! You’ll always be wearing your wife’s heels 👠
I’ve sharpened quite a few of these florist knives for local flower shops. They seem to stay pretty tight even with daily professional use.
Felco makes excellent tools. I’ve serviced plenty of those as well. I didn’t know that Vic had ever been associated with them! You always seem to have some real gems of knowledge in your videos. Thanks 🙏
I'm pretty impressed with these little gems. I'm not a professional gardener, just a 'week-end" weed puller. But I feel they get the job done. I could go an entire season or two with no worries of sharpening these little gems.
I love the sheep’s foot blade on those knives. I don’t really know why I haven’t gotten any yet.
Garden knives used in the garden are knives made for ladies flower gardens traditionally. Grafting knives pretty much are the same thing called a different name that fruit tree growers might use. Grafting is tough to do with much success even for experts; if there is any such thing. In the house I grew up in; my grandfather planted a young peach tree just off the porch. He loved peaches and his favorite was a clingstone peach. My grandmother liked free stone peaches. So after she complained enough my grandfather grafted one of the limbs of his tree with a freestone branch. It then became the most looked after tree on the farm. The graft took and pretty much made half the peaches one kind and the other half the other kind. He used a Case medium stockman.
Long blades may look more useful to many; but if you like whittling and do it much. You will find out a 2-inch bade and comfortable handle becomes the one you will use most. The Wharncliffe is my favorite of all others. The long handle and short blade is made for that very reason. The Mora model 122 is the best bargain you will ever find. Laminated steel blades will make you a believer real quick. They are for carving wood and nothing more. If you dig in the dirt or scratch off paint with one; expect God to strike you in the head with a lightning bolt.
All excellent points. The short blade and Lind handle equals controlled cutting.
I have almost purchased this knife several times. Thanks.
Great video Tobias!! Thank you!
Hello Tobias. I first heard of these last friday on instagram and decided that the floral sheepsfoot would be my next Victorinox. I always find a sheepsfoot more useful than a clip but that is personal choice. I don't mind a short blade if it has a longer handle for my ogre hands. After your nearly live i decided to wait until today before ordering. 15 Euros on Amazon here all colours. Thanks. All the best..
Really interested in your thoughts when you get. I think for the price, they are absolutely fantastic!
I have the Felco regular sheep’s foot and the rose budding one, which both are extremely sharp out of box. My wife has three regular sheep’s foot, hers are purple, baby blue and a yellow one. Great light weight knives that’s for sure. I had them for about a year now and their still pretty sharp! You got me eyeballing the day packer now haha. The rose budding one is nice because you can get a good pinch on the blade to deploy blade. These are best for basketball shorts, or really anything you’re not wearing a belt with, my Old Timer 120T is probably heavier than these.
i wanna grab one of those hawkbill and clip point versions of the 100mm knives, i think the clip point just looks cool and the hawkbill would make a great little box opener
I like the Daypacker in red!
Felco is a Swiss company that makes very high quality gardening hand tools like pruners and shears.
Thanks for the info!
The bulge on the budding knife is used to slip the bark for grafting and budding. Italian's and German's made carbon steel blades before 1980 or so. I have an old Freunde carbon steel budding knife from the late 70's I use when budding. The brass bark lifter wobbles, I think that was when production was getting funky. I also picked up a ss florists knife: Elinox Switzerland 2475 when I worked in greenhouses back in the early 1970's. It's apparently the economy line of the
Note: From my experience, true grafting knives are usually sharpened with a chisel bevel. one side flat and the other beveled. You have left hand and right hand grafting knives. They can be folding knives but more often fixed blades. Some prefer smaller blades and other prefer heavier thick blades when grafting. Usually Sheepsfoot and Wharnecille blades
The floral knife makes a great work knife . I have one and use it often .
I have a $4 Clauss that looks like the floral knife. Ordered and waiting...RR black widow medium toothpick, RR high plains toothpick, Queen Wharncliff and a Frost large stockman!
I think you came up with really nice concepts on the 100 mm knives, there where quite a few which I would buy. The floral knives are available here but the day packer i've never seen before, which is a shame because the clip point blade is very attractive. If Victorinox would expand the 100 mm floral line, you've given them a pretty good idea how to do it, but I guess the would double the price then. Thank you for the video Tobias and have a nice day.
A long handle for gardening gloves maybe? I personally love the matt scales too. Not keen on the chisel grind though.
Chisel grind. I missed that. On the sheepsfoot?
@@rhino5419 yup, certainly used to be and still is I believe
@@timupright3776 Thanks. Glad i saw this before ordering. I don't like chisel grinds at all. They always lead the cut off to one side instead of cutting straight.
The day packer would be perfect if they included a saw blade.
I have a feeling that the blade lengths MIGHT have been something that they were experimenting with after 9-11, when the FAA was considering allowing small knives back on aircraft. The Spyderco ‘Roadie’ has similar dimensions. Maybe they decided that if it couldn’t fly, it could garden. I like the gardener because as light as it is, it’s SHARP. Amazing slicer, and easy to resharpen with the chisel grind.
Have you seen the new folding serrated knife? It’s basically a folding version of their “tomato knife.” There’s lots to like about it... very big blade (over 4’), extreme light weight (barely over an ounce) and the use of a liner lock. It got me thinking, it would be the perfect vehicle for a folding saw. You could get one of their longest saws, at a weight that disappears in the pocket and even have the saw lock in place.
Nice sized knives.
Excelentes navajas 👌🏽 excelente video , Míster
I have the "rose bud" knife, not marked with Felco. It's a great general use knife despite the weird looking blade. Very snappy closing mechanism on these, mine is the only knife in 15+ years that has cut me, I closed it with a tiny part of my finger in the wrong place and it sliced right through the side of it. Nothing serious.
Like you said they should use the Day packer frame and add to it just like the Alox line, it would be a great alternative to the locking blade of the 111 mm knives in places where that might be illegal and/or frowned upon.
The garnered is used extensively here where I live people use it to repair fishing nets the sheeps foot blade works good on the nets.🦉
Great idea. Would make a good knife.
These odd knives have intrigued me since my mother gave me one she found ina drawer of my grandmother's things. The chisel ground sheepfoot blade combined with the exposed rivets gives a very inexpensive/utilitarian vibe. Given this, it seems to me that this was a meant to be a budget frame that was marketed by an outside vendor, like Felco, and was never meant to be a new line to see considerable future expansion.
This is great. I had no idea there were that many.I should work on mine with paste, as one side of the blade has odd scratches, Also a bit of ungelding as the cross is fading away. As a PS I will soon have that Warncliffe Queen William has. Wharncliff and Sheepfoot have befome my thing.
Cool video dude :)
I was wondering, can you put alox scales onto a huntsman knife? Huntsman is my favourite knife but I’d love it to have some crisp alox scales to let me lever more and to have it just be more robust in general
Thanks
I believe Swiss Bianco makes after market alox scales for 91mm Swiss Army Knives. They would fit a Huntsman.
@@KnifeChatswithTobias thanks!
I got the Floral in Lilac mainly to add that colour to my vic collection,it occurs to me that something that you could use to dig the dirt out from under your fingernails at the opposite end of the main blade would be useful on a gardening knife!? 🌻⚘
The Day Packer would be good as a 93/91mm the Woodsman or the Farmer without the Reamer would be good.
Hello again. I saw in one of the comments that the sheeps foot has a chisel grind, is that correct? That would be a deal breaker for me.
You know what? I never even noticed and I've used this knife quite a bit for cutting flowers. All of the blades, including the one on the day packer is a full chisel grind, like a Right Triangle. (90/15/75)
@@KnifeChatswithTobias Thank you. I know for flowers and garden work this is not a problem but for cutting card stock and plasticard i prefer a normal grind. All the best.
I have one of these knives it was listed as a Budding and Pruning knife (didn’t find it listed on SAKWIKI) it has a modified clip-point blade (like a daypacker) and the Pruner curved blade
both with a chisel grind it also has a brass tool for grafting.The one thing you didn’t mention is most of these knives are chisel ground. In my estimation this is why you will not see this knife with other tool combinations. The daypacker may have been a result of a need to use up excess parts.
Felco is the number one pruner worldwide and they are part of Victorinox. What you showed today are all modern grafting knifes. If you look closely, they have a single bevel and the length is perfect.........also, grafting people dont use nail files or scissors
This is true. However, the Day Packer was marketed as a small knife to take with you for short walk about town and such and many people do carry these types of knives for things other than grafting and pruning. Thanks for the info on Felco. I was unaware they were tops in the world for pruners!
This is good
Hi Tobias! ✋🏻
Seems I'm always busy at the start of your live chats. I'll catch you later.
Sorry Buddy. Just so you know. Something new coming on Friday! Thanks for your continued support BD H
Seriously $40? ( I didn't go check that) I'll stick with the Walker I bought new for $16 delivered for a "lite" day hike.. (Farmer for more serious hikes) I modded my combi tool (not fully sharp but a bit thinner edge and a little more pointy) as I more often open cans with it then bottles.. still opens a beer bottle just fine.. 😁
This is what happens when items become discontinued. If you look around you can find them at respectable price but idiots post them with $40 buy it now prices. The Walker makes a lot more sense. A great minimalist knife to drop in a pocket!
@@KnifeChatswithTobias yeah its a great little knife.. and yeah at $16 if my daughter asks to use it and forgets to give it back (has happened a few times) it doesn't require a "I know where you live" phone call!!! 🤣
There great for picking your toes........ they get in the corners super good cleans your toes better then when you go and the Asians do it!!!!!! Tobias try cleaning your toes with it you’ll love it!!!!!!! You’ll always be wearing your wife’s heels 👠
They make the blades that short because of European laws against having longer blades..
Day Drinker Lol