hey thanks everyone for the positive feedback!
I'm glad people are interested in grafting!!
We have plans to make more short videos...so once we start filming, I will let the forum know. We've decided to document some of the amazing people, and tropical fruit collections in the state of FL. So far I've got about 5 individual tropical fruit collectors lined up for an interview and tour of their collection. It will be nice to have these extraordinary plants and people documented for posterity!
to answer a few questions:
Huertas....i think the victorinox knife is a good choice, but there are also cheaper options.
DurianLover....i was using a knife similar to the one you provided a link for....the one I was using only has 3 rivets, and I got it from AM Leonard....the knife you recommended is a bit different...it has 5 rivets, and I've actually bought one of these as well..I did like the knife except the bevel of the blade was not good...it needed to be adjusted, resharpened to make the bevel a bit flatter..the angle was much to sharp, and I had trouble getting the knife to cut properly. After resharpening to my liking the knife was much better....and it cost about half as much as the one from AM leonard.
edzone9...yes we will hopefully make a few more videos on grafting ..but I need to pace myself...it could take me a while to get all those videos completed.
scottR....yes i think I know what you're talking about with the cutting technique...when the scions are too thick to cut using my usual method, i do something like what you described.