mushroom knife brush

[Wilderbeast]

what is the brush for on a mushroom knife, it appears so often but I can't figure out why you'd use it?!
cheers
Wilderbeast

 

[Draven]

I think it's just for cleaning the mushrooms... though I may be mistaken

Atb
Pete

 

[John Fenna]

For brushing mud off them but also for brushing loose spores back to where they may start a new growth....

 

[Hoodoo]

I think it's just for cleaning the mushrooms... though I may be mistaken

Atb
Pete

Well, it they didn't design it for that, all I can say is that it seems to work pretty well for that purpose.

 

[lou1661]

Its for an improvised disguise, the handle of the knife taped to the nose gives the appearance of a natty moustache!

Lou

 

[bushwacker bob]

Well, it they didn't design it for that, all I can say is that it seems to work pretty well for that purpose.

The morrel of that story is bushcraft improvisation then?

 

[andywinkk]

I think its so you can paint a picture of the mushroom before yolu pick it maybee ?

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

never seen anything like that before or that their were knifes just for mushrooming...

 

[Toddy]

HWMBLT's edc is a mushroom cutting folder. The blade is more curved than that one.

http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/cutting-tools/opinel-mushroom-knife.htm


cheers,
Toddy

 

[John Fenna]

My Italian, folding shroom knife has a pronounced curve, a ruler on the side and a fold out brush...I wish I knew enough about harvesting the wild shrooms to get a decent amount of use out of it!

 

[Hoodoo]

The morrel of that story is bushcraft improvisation then?

 

[FGYT]

there seem to be as many Mushroom knife designs as there are mushrooms tho most have brush some even have folding brushes etc

atb

Duncan

 

[Bardster]

See I dont get that.. most fungi experts tell you to pick the whole fungi, cos the base often is crucial for ident...
I suppose you can then use the knife to slice a bit for cut surface ident, but any knife will do that.

 

[John Fenna]

If you have positively IDed your shroom then you want to cut rather than pick it - to stop dirt getting into the gills and making your meal gritty!

 

[Hoodoo]

See I dont get that.. most fungi experts tell you to pick the whole fungi, cos the base often is crucial for ident...
I suppose you can then use the knife to slice a bit for cut surface ident, but any knife will do that.

I learned to identify morels 50 years ago so...

 

[Bardster]

If you have positively IDed your shroom then you want to cut rather than pick it - to stop dirt getting into the gills and making your meal gritty!

I learned to identify morels 50 years ago so...

fair points

 

[jimmyuk]

Well, it they didn't design it for that, all I can say is that it seems to work pretty well for that purpose.

Wow,

Great pics.

Jim

 

[jamesraykenney]

I hate to reopen such a old thread, but I thought I should clear up some things about this...

You never want to actually pick the mushroom as that will damage the Mycelium and that will slow down the growth of new mushrooms.
A mushroom knife should be VERY so as to cut without damaging the stem.
You use the brush the dirt(or insects) off.
There should be a serrated unsharpened part of the blade something like a fish scaler somewhere on the blade to help removing the skin.
Why not wash the mushroom rather than brush it? apparently that damages the inside of the mushroom.
I would not know as I hate mushrooms!
I have though, recently started collecting mushroom knives... Yea,I know...:werd:
I came across an Opinel mushroom knife at a gun show, and when I asked to see it, the vendor said that I was the first person to know what it was...
It was only around $30.00 usd so I snatched it up...
It was this model:

Now I 'need' about 5 or 6 more...

 

[Janne]

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