About this objectFolding knife with a timber handle used by Charles Packham as a pruning knife.
Charles Henry Packham (b 1842-1909 ) developed the Packham Pear at his orchard at Gara, near Molong. Charles used the knife to prune orchard trees. Packham Triumph Pear won the best Triumph pear in 1891 at the Royal Agricultural Society. The branch had 32 pears on it.