New Mora Mushroom Knife

philllll

philllll

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This looks like it could be a handy little carving knife. What does everyone else think?

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tip appears too blunted to excel at carving.

anyone care to explain to me the purpose behind the little quirks on this knife.
 
Boy, that knife sure is ugly. I love mora knives, but I think they tried a little too hard with this one.:thumbdn:
 
I thought the same thing about the blunt tip but it seems like you could easily grind it to be pointier. The little brush seems handy for cleaning out wood chips and such, I'm just not sure if it would get in the way too much.
 
That is actually a fairly traditional European pattern. Mushrooms, let's face it, grow in soil, often composted manure. So they're a little dirty. Most types however are very pourous and don't take well to washing. Thus the brush. With this pattern you cut the woody parts or the bug bites off, trim the stem, and brush off the dirt all with a single tool. Looks like a dandy tool for an archeologist you know...carefully picking away the soil or rock and then brushing off the artifact! I'd want a pointy tip though, that's for sure.
 
philllll said:
I thought the same thing about the blunt tip but it seems like you could easily grind it to be pointier. The little brush seems handy for cleaning out wood chips and such, I'm just not sure if it would get in the way too much.
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or you could buy one of the dozen other Mora knives which already have a tip, and don't have a big brush right where your hand needs to be... including their purpose made carving knives... I feel fairly confident, even without holding this, that it would make a horrible carving knife.

HoosierQ said:
That is actually a fairly traditional European pattern. Mushrooms, let's face it, grow in soil, often composted manure. So they're a little dirty. Most types however are very pourous and don't take well to washing. Thus the brush. With this pattern you cut the woody parts or the bug bites off, trim the stem, and brush off the dirt all with a single tool. Looks like a dandy tool for an archeologist you know...carefully picking away the soil or rock and then brushing off the artifact! I'd want a pointy tip though, that's for sure.
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interesting insight.
 
HoosierQ said:
That is actually a fairly traditional European pattern. Mushrooms, let's face it, grow in soil, often composted manure. So they're a little dirty. Most types however are very pourous and don't take well to washing. Thus the brush. With this pattern you cut the woody parts or the bug bites off, trim the stem, and brush off the dirt all with a single tool. Looks like a dandy tool for an archeologist you know...carefully picking away the soil or rock and then brushing off the artifact! I'd want a pointy tip though, that's for sure.
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I thought they just called it a mushroom knife because it sort of resembles a mushroom. This makes much more sense. Thanks.
 
Interesting how the blade shape is very different from the more common(?) reverse-curved quasi-hawkbill shape found on many mushroom knives. Also, since 'shrooms are pretty soft, I wouldn't expect the performance of the steel on anything hard to be spectacular.
 
You can always put a fine tip on it by just grinding away at the spine to drop the point. :)
 
I have met commercial mushroom pickers in the north, so they might find a use for it. The blunt tip and shorter blade makes sense. I have picked Shaggy Manes, different Bolletes and Chanterelles. They benefit from gentle processing. But in the real world I wouldn't bother as a casual picker. A small SAK does the same job.
 
philllll said:
I thought they just called it a mushroom knife because it sort of resembles a mushroom. This makes much more sense. Thanks.
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You made my day with that one. :D HoosierQ is correct, jsut as a steak knife is not called that because it looks like steak, it is called a Mushroom Knife because it is made for cutting/harvesting mushrooms.
 
upnorth said:
I have met commercial mushroom pickers in the north, so they might find a use for it. The blunt tip and shorter blade makes sense. I have picked Shaggy Manes, different Bolletes and Chanterelles. They benefit from gentle processing. But in the real world I wouldn't bother as a casual picker. A small SAK does the same job.
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Yes, but as a casual mushroomer and a not-casual knife junky, I think you have to have a dedicated mushroom knife.

"Any old knife can cut a mushroom." Pish posh! I never heard such a thing.
 
I doubt it would be all that great for carving. Along with fixing the tip the brush would get in the way. When I carve I have both thumbs on the blade so it would most likely be a hindrance.
 
This is what a good carving knife looks like

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You want a good handle and a good little blade. The mushroom knife has neither of those things without doing a bit of modifying, which isn't cost or time effective.

I guess if you were stranded in the woods with the mushroom knife and could only survive by whittling figurines you could make it work. But it wouldn't be fun :p
 
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