FULL GRAFTING SERIES IS HERE - • GRAFTING LESSON #... . It is usually possible to find enough stuff around the average household to graft fruit trees successfully. Tape, misc knives, glue, plastic bags, and paint should suffice. If you must accessorize... My Amazon store: http://skillcult.com/amazon-store I do really like the victorinox floral knife for grafting, but for anyone that doesn't already have a decent pocketknife, a small swiss army knife will do all the grafting you need to do and is very useful otherwise, so that might be a better choice. My Grafting Playlist: • Grafting, SkillCult Support on http://www.patreon.com/skillcult has been critical in keeping me experimenting and making content. If you want to help me help others, this is probably the best way to do it. Thank you Patrons for supporting the mission! Donations can also be sent via PayPal @: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Skill... Buy less, but buy it through my links! Shopping through my affiliate links generates revenue for me, at no extra cost to you, click links here, or go to my Amazon Store page: http://skillcult.com/amazon-store/ But seriously, buy less, do more. Standard gear I recommend. I either use or have used all of it. Council Tool Boys Axe: https://amzn.to/3z0muqI Bahco Farmer's File: https://amzn.to/3Hbdhij King two sided sharpening stone: https://amzn.to/32EX1XC Silky f180 saw: https://amzn.to/3yZzM71 ARS 10 foot long reach pruner: https://amzn.to/3esETmM Victorinox grafting/floral knife: https://amzn.to/3Jki1E9 Wiebe 12” fleshing tool: https://amzn.to/3sB0qSl Atlas Elbow Gloves: https://amzn.to/3FwB5g6 BOOKS: The Axe Book, by Dudley Cook: https://amzn.to/32kx7sN Bushcraft, by Mors Kochanski: https://amzn.to/32q2rpT Subscribe to my channel for more insightful Self Reliance related content: http://www.youtube.com/skillcult/subs... Click the bell icon to be notified of new content. Subscribing doesn’t mean that much on it’s own. Blog and website: www.skillcult.com/blog Instagram and Facebook @SkillCult You can graft fruit trees with stuff that is just laying around most households. For cutting you can use any small sharp knife. Grafting knives are nice, but you don’t need a grafting knife. A pocket knive, utility/razor knife or small kitchen knife can work just fine. Just make sure they are sharp. For wrapping you can use various kinds of tape or strips of plastic bag. In traditional grafting, strips of fiber like raffia or lengths of string were used and then covered with clay or grafting wax. To seal the graft and the scion from drying out, use latex paint or glue such as elmers white glue or the equivalent wood glue. Tags can be made from aluminum food cans like soda cans, cat food can lids and sardine can lids with the tree names scratched in. You can learn how to graft using these simple material and tools and buy fancier stuff later if you think you need it or start grafting a lot. You can spend 17.00 on a victorinox grafting knife with one blade, but you could also buy a full swiss army knife for only a dollar or two more which will do your grafting and a make a good everyday pocket knife.
