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

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.