Budding knife

1736. The budding-knife (fig. 365.) differs from the grafting-knife, in having the point of the sharp edge of the blade rounded off in the same manner as is the back or blunt edge of the grafting and pruning knives. It has also a thin wedge-shaped ivory or bone handle for raising up the bark, in the operation of inoculation. Godsall's budding-knife (fig. 363.) is distinguished by its cordiform end, which is said to be better adapted for opening the incision in the bark than the square end.