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happyfunguy
teonanacatl acolyte



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Loc: Clark County, WA
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Hashfinger]
#19128103 - 11/12/13 06:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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OK... whateva... it's way off topic anywho.
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maynardjameskeenan
The white stipes



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: happyfunguy]
#19128248 - 11/12/13 07:27 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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happyfunguy said: what makes you say that?
Seems like a really good guess based on the location and time of year. Did they look like these?
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fry day


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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
#19128330 - 11/12/13 07:47 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use a badge retractor thingie from the dollar store, remove the badge/cheep attachment and replace with a keyring, hang a biner off of that. Then hang a cheep light thin serrated kitchen blade and a .5" round nylon bristle paintbrush from it, drill a hole in the ends and put keyrings on them. Easily removable. Clip that to your belt - and you've got your tools at hand without having to deal with a sheath or pocket or unfold/fold... One handed operation. And if you lose or break something, no big loss.
I have some beautiful knives but I'm not willing to take them in the woods where I'm distracted and might lose 'em.
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Moorning Due
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: fry day]
#19128346 - 11/12/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use my robot and program him to go pick the mushrooms for me.
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suchen
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: canid]
#19128488 - 11/12/13 08:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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canid said: No pictures of the mushroom knifes. Here's one of my previous aikuchi shobu tantos though, in 1084 with african mahogany:

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Chuck H
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: suchen]
#19128564 - 11/12/13 08:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use my pocket knife!!! An Old Timer 125OT!!! L6 tool steel biache, liner lock, flat ground blade and ergonomic grip. 1/2" longer than the Buck 110 and not "hollow ground". And this design is about a hundred years old!!! The Schrade company sold to Taylor (China) in 2004. Accept no cheap imported imitations. Real USA made Old Timer knives can still be found at auction sites for a premium. I have a couple in reserve for use as mine wear out since I carry them as tools. Best real world tools on the planet. Good steel, not too spendy or fancy that your afraid to hurt 'em in use, and they get sharp and hold an edge. I'm 45 and I've had a USA Schrade Old Timer in my pocket since I was 12!!!
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Edited by Chuck H (11/12/13 08:43 PM)
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Hashfinger
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Chuck H]
#19128622 - 11/12/13 08:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Chuck H said: I use my pocket knife!!! An Old Timer 125OT!!! L6 tool steel biache, liner lock, flat ground blade and ergonomic grip. 1/2" longer than the Buck 110 and not "hollow ground". And this design is about a hundred years old!!! The Schrade company sold to Taylor (China) in 2004. Accept no cheap imported imitations. Real USA made Old Timer knives can still be found at auction sites for a premium. I have a couple in reserve for use as mine wear out since I carry them as tools. Best real world tools on the planet. Good steel, not too spendy or fancy that your afraid to hurt 'em in use, and they get sharp and hold an edge. I'm 45 and I've had a USA Schrade Old Timer in my pocket since I was 12!!!
I still have all my old knives from when I was a kid-O! Old Timers are awesome. I have a tri-blade version, dunno what its called. Also, a nice single blade antler grip Uncle Henry pen. Simple and efficient.
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happyfunguy
teonanacatl acolyte



Registered: 09/03/13
Posts: 278
Loc: Clark County, WA
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: maynardjameskeenan]
#19128655 - 11/12/13 09:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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maynardjameskeenan said:
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happyfunguy said: what makes you say that?
Seems like a really good guess based on the location and time of year. Did they look like these?
I don't think so, but I'd love to see some pics of mescaleroensis in order to be sure since those don't look quite right... the annulus it had and the description of the habitat, "in grasslands and savanna near ponderosa pine woodlands" ('pedia) for mescaleroensis seems more fitting than the San Francisco peaks, which I've climbed around often enough to be able to differentiate from where I found these. They really seem more like the drawings here: http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0099/0224.htm
OK... I'm done being off topic now.
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Chuck H
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Hashfinger]
#19128669 - 11/12/13 09:10 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yupper! The first pocket knife I carried was the Old Ttimer model 8OT. A three blade "stockman". I have two. It's my usual carry rather than the 125OT but I haven't gotten around to cleaning the rust from my regular (left it out in a drizzle ) I like plain carbon steel better than stainless most of the time, but rust abatement sucks.
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fry day


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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Chuck H]
#19128725 - 11/12/13 09:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was carrying a schrade 225h for awhile, but it's way too much knife for me on a daily basis. Heavy little bugger. They stopped making 'em in '73-'75 so I didn't want to lose it or screw it up in the dirt. I thought it was just some supercrap in my toolbox and decided to clean it up for shrooming, then realized that it wasn't crap when I noticed the brass liners.
'Bout the same size as your old timer, but 2 blades and "stagged" handle. Not sure if that's real staghorn or bone...
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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happyfunguy
teonanacatl acolyte



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: happyfunguy]
#19128729 - 11/12/13 09:24 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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SOG's a good ol' USAnian company that makes the highest quality mass production knives I've been able to find, plus they have the added benefit of still being in production
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Chuck H
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: happyfunguy]
#19128942 - 11/12/13 10:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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SOG is great stuff. Schrade made working man's knives. Tough and good materials but not long on cosmetics or fineries. As far as not wanting to mess up an Old Timer by using it in the dirt... All I can say is that I'd like to see you try!!! Tough, TOUGH knives. Just wipe it off and oil it at the end of the day and it'll serve you for a long, long time. Wear is of minimal concern because they're made of VERY good steel. I've been using my 125OT daily for about eight years and I keep it sharp, so it see's a stone about twice a month. At the rate it's wearing I expect it will last another fifteen to twenty years!!! I'm not even kidding.
EDIT: Schrade only used real stag horn on select commemorative knives. You'd know if you had one. All the Uncle Henry knives had "Derlin" (a kind of bonded resin plastic) handles fashioned to look like bone or stag antler. Like I said, working man's knives.
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Edited by Chuck H (11/12/13 10:22 PM)
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Ran-D



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: canid]
#19129436 - 11/12/13 11:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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canid said: We need a shroomery rock climbing and canyoneering crew.
We could find/post rare/obscure desert mushrooms and junk.
What are we waiting for?
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ChinChiller



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Ran-D]
#19129449 - 11/12/13 11:58 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ran-D said:
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canid said: We need a shroomery rock climbing and canyoneering crew.
We could find/post rare/obscure desert mushrooms and junk.
What are we waiting for?
I got some gear, im super down for a climb or two.
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Me_Roy
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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: ChinChiller]
#19130476 - 11/13/13 09:33 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do you guys also have special knives you use for eating your yoghurt in the morning?
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fry day


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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Me_Roy]
#19130514 - 11/13/13 09:47 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Me_Roy said: Do you guys also have special knives you use for eating your yoghurt in the morning?
No, I find a spoon is more effective. Do you?
-------------------- "Shrub, 30-90 cm. Leaves 2.5-) 4-9 cm, sessile or amplexicaul, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded to subapiculate or subacute, when crushed not smelling of goats." "The initial quake was a 6.6 but fairly shallow. I felt it as a prolonged up and down vibration followed by a jolt forward and then to the left, like square dancing."
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Ran-D



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: Me_Roy]
#19130585 - 11/13/13 10:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Me_Roy said: Do you guys also have special knives you use for eating your yoghurt in the morning?
I have the updated version of this that includes a spoon 

I actually did find a backpacking knife with a spoon on it while mushroom hunting, I thought it was pretty cool.
Edited by Ran-D (11/13/13 10:10 AM)
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Dazaga



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Re: Just got my new mushrooming knife in the mail, fuckers! [Re: happyfunguy]
#19141558 - 11/15/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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LOL no, I used to use a K-bar for hunting. I was just saying I liked the way it looked better and it probably could but usable depending on what kind/style you buy lol.
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