Horse hoof fungus

[listenclear]

That's very cool - brilliant

 

[QDanT]

Having just received a great striker from Sam (slammer187) I thought I'd try it out lighting tonights fire, via Amadou and a Sulphur match, with it.

made from 01 high carbon tool steel first click sent a shower of extremely long lasting hot sparks out, which with a couple landing on the tinder had the fire lit with a flash Thanks Sam, just thought I'd share cheers all Danny

 

[slammer187]

Thanks Danny I'm glad to see it put to good use!

 

[QDanT]

The Postwoman arrived this morning holding a parcel at arms length, it was rustling and growling :yikes: on opening it was the prize winners from the Kinloss Fungus Show I think they'd rosettes to start with but southey kept them for his trophy cabinet cheers Dave S It was the usual sketch :- like trying to cut/scrape the enamel coating off a cast iron pan and about as thick, the best tool this time was a locking (shock horror :yikes: ban them) folding Stanley blade knife, if only because of the wide blade back to push your thumb against

hand held, flash turned off, so not quite focus sharp. Believe it or not there's a couple of hours work above, but if you just hack at it your straight through to the underside layer. The top layer is glass hard but 'nothing' thick, less than 1/16", on top of something like felt. This time cutting up underneath the weight was too much for the Amadou layer to support, so I came up with :- imagine you've 1/2 an Orange cut that in half then half again you've got 1/8's it's then easier to cut the (peel) Amadou layer off each segment, like an elongated triangle. That's as far as I got, they're now in a pot of water + Potassium nitrate waiting for a boiling session, thanks again to southey
cheers all Danny

 

[Retired Member southey]

I wonder if trying to remove the layer while there still on the tree, as it's v soft when collected but hardens quick, it took me about half an hour to walk back to my car and they had gone from adull thud to a sharp ding. i'm going for some more at the end of the month but from a different location, i'll give it a go.also do you think there could be a better way to store them to keep the moisture in?

Really glad you liked them, shame about the thin layer though.

 

[Cyclingrelf]

Good thread - thanks for sharing your experiences

 

[leealanr]

Really interesting and good effort on your part for persistence.

Now, first find a tree in Jordan, check to see if it is of the right type..... whats that only olives?

Oh well, back to the drawing board!

(We do have oaks as well in some places! as well as Cedar of Lebanon).

Alan L.

 

[Toddy]

Cedar of Lebanon buds are glorious when burned
Very resin/oil rich with a beautiful scent. They're used in incense mixtures.
Lucky man.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hi Dan, Just out of interest wondering if you still had the pics of processing the horseshoe fungus

 

[QDanT]

Hi Southey, after I was Banned on here by Grahem_s I couldn't access or edid my posts nor use pm's So after a week of not being told how long the Ban was going to last, or if it was permanent I deleted my Photobucket account and started my Blog. I've pm'd you some of the photo's but will make a Blog post in the next few days
cheers Danny