Victorinox Budding Knives are a series of 100mm horticultural Swiss Army Knives, a part of Victorinox's Gardening Tools line. Many of these knives feature a specialized Combination Budding Blade, which has a flat edge, pointed tip, and integrated bark lifter on the spine.
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Models
The current (c. 2026) line-up of Victorinox budding/grafting knives include:
- Budding Knife Combi - Large combination budding blade
- Budding Knife Combi S - Small combination budding blade
- Budding Knife Combi 2 - Small combination budding blade, and brass bark lifter
- Budding Knife 2 - Clip point blade and brass bark lifter
- Budding and Pruning Knife 3 - Clip point blade, hawkbill blade, and brass bark lifter
Discontinued models include:
- 1.9010 - Clip-point blade - later rebranded Day Packer and marketed to the general US outdoors market
- 1.9030 - Wharncliffe blade
- Grafter - Small combination budding blade, and sheepsfoot blade (pictured)
- 1.9113 - Three layers: brass budding blade, modified clip-point blade, Wharncliffe blade
- 1940s Grafting models:
- 462 - Large combination budding blade
- 463 - Wharncliffe blade
- 464 - Small combination budding blade
- 471 - Clip-point blade and bark lifter
- 472 (472/10) - Clip-point blade and bark lifter
- 473 (473/10) - Wharncliffe blade and bark lifter
- 474 (474/10) - Medium combination budding blade and bark lifter
Handles
Nylon/Polyamide handles with exposed brass rivets.
- Black
- Red
Identifiers
- 1.9010 - Clip-point grafting blade - later rebranded Day Packer
- 1.9020 - Large budding blade
- 3.9020 - Budding Knife Combi
- 1.9030 - Wharncliffe blade
- 1.9040 - Small budding knife blade
- 3.9040 - Budding Knife Combi S
- 3.9045 (53561) - Grafter, Sheepsfoot blade and small grafting blade (pictured)
- 3.9110 - Budding Knife 2
- 1.9113 - Three layers; brass budding blade; modified clip-point blade; Wharncliffe blade
- 3.9116 - Budding and Pruning Knife 3
- 3.9140 - Budding Knife Combi 2
Similar grafting/budding models appear in Victorinox catalogs as early as 1942 (see 1942 catalog, 1946 Catalog). At that time, the model numbers were as follows:
- Grafting Knives, with black celluloid handles:
- 462 - Large combination budding blade
- 463 - Wharncliffe blade
- 464 - Small combination budding blade
- 471 - Clip-point blade and bark lifter
- 472 (472/10) - Clip-point blade and bark lifter
- 473 (473/10) - Wharencliff blade and bark lifter
- 474 (474/10) - Medium combination budding blade and bark lifter
The Nylon-handled models by the 1980s (see 1984 US catalog and 1989 catalog). In 1984, the US model numbers were:
- #5811 - Large combination grafting blade, similar to 1.9020
- #5813 - Sheepsfoot blade and small combination grafting blade, similar to 3.9045
- #5815 - Clip-point blade and bark lifter, similar to 3.9110
- #5817 - Wharrencliff blade, similar to 1.9030
Related Models
- Day Packer - Clip point 100mm nylon-scaled model
- Victorinox Gardening Tools:
- Wenger Graft - 100mm models similarly aimed at the horticultural market