FELCO 511 - Professional Pruning & Grafting Knife - Hardened High-Carbon Steel Blade - Slimline Horticultural Pocket Knife

FELCO 511 - Professional Pruning & Grafting Knife - Hardened High-Carbon Steel Blade - Slimline Horticultural Pocket Knife

Executing clean, surgical bark cuts and precise wood incisions is the foundational key to successful grafting and tissue union. The FELCO 511 is a professional-grade pruning and grafting knife engineered specifically for precision nursery work, budding, and light structural trimming. Featuring a razor-sharp, taper-ground hardened steel blade built to slice through fibrous plant tissue without crushing cell walls, this lightweight folding pocket knife provides the absolute control and edge retention required by viticulturists, orchardists, and plant propagators.

Best For
Commercial viticulturists, nursery stock propagators, orchard managers, and dedicated fruit-tree grafters who require an ultra-sharp, specialized pocket blade for clean bark lifting, budding, and precision plant tissue preparation.

Key Features

• Premium Hardened Steel Blade: Features a high-carbon steel cutting blade engineered for exceptional edge retention and absolute structural toughness, allowing for repetitive slicing cuts through hard wood without dulling the bevel.
• Surgical Bevel Design: Precision-ground to an ultra-sharp edge that delivers perfectly flat, straight cuts, ensuring maximum flush contact between scion and rootstock wood surfaces for higher grafting success rates.
• Slimline High-Agility Profile: Built with a highly compact, 105 mm folding frame that slips comfortably into utility pockets, canvas tool rolls, or tool bags for immediate field deployment.
• Lightweight Mechanical Balance: Weighing only 66 grams, this knife is meticulously balanced to provide maximum tactile feedback and precision control, reducing slips and hand exhaustion during long propagation shifts.
• Multi-Use Horticultural Tooling: Perfectly versatile for an array of tasks beyond grafting, including cleanly slicing binding twine, scoring propagation plugs, trimming delicate green shoots, and harvesting field vegetables.

Sizes Available

• Available in Compact 105 mm Precision Folding Pocket Knife Profile.

Specifications

• Brand: FELCO
• Model: 511
• Product Type: Professional Horticultural Pruning & Grafting Folding Knife
• Blade Style: Precision Straight-Edge Grafting / Budding Blade
• Blade Composition: Premium Hardened High-Carbon Steel
• Handle Chassis: Durable High-Traction Ergonomic Scales
• Length (Net): 105 mm
• Blade Length (Net): 60 mm
• Depth (Net): 16 mm
• Weight (Net): 0.066 kg (66 g)
• Depth (Gross): 20 mm
• Weight (Gross): 0.071 kg (71 g packaged)

Ideal For (Uses)

• Executing immaculate whip-and-tongue, T-budding, and cleft grafting incisions across vineyard blocks, commercial nurseries, and fruit orchards
• Trimming and preparing delicate scion wood cuttings and clearing small rogue suckers from rootstock crowns without tearing living bark
• Serving as an essential, high-durability utility knife for everyday landscape maintenance, string cutting, and greenhouse crop harvesting