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[sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>]

On 4/13/2011 8:26 AM, Chris Garriss wrote:
> Well, back when I got the tool my success rate with a knife was abysmal.  At
> best.  The first year I used the tool, it went up to about 95%.
>
>
> I can do 10 grafts using the tool in about a quarter of the time (or less)
> as with a knife.  Plus I've had some problems with carpal tunnel, surgery
> for ulnar compression and have some arthritis - the tool is easier for me.
>   The tool I have is not new, not fancy, does not claim to do bud grafts,
> etc.
>
>
>
> Chris
    Thanks for the interesting reply Chris.

    Would you say most of your problems using a knife were because of 
your medical
    condition?  Was the tool able to handle smaller size wood or 
dissimilar size wood?

    I wish I could get 95 per cent takes with my grafts using a knife.  
Logic tells me that
    there should not be any big advantages for success using a tool.  
Heck, grafting is
    just getting that cambium to line up, wraping it tight, and 
protecting it from
    drying out.

                        Sherwin Dubren