Knife - a faithful assistant to man from time immemorial. Therefore, probably, a lot of designs have been developed that are adapted for various operations. The main thing in it is a blade and a pen. The cutting part should not bend, and the handle should lie comfortably in the palm of your hand.
When the Mushroom pick knife was developed, and this is a relatively recent invention, we took into account all the features that would be convenient when a person goes on a silent hunt.
A lover of mushrooms
Of course, you can, without bothering, take any kitchen knife, but it is often not sharp enough. The specially designed mushroom picker quickly cuts off all the mushrooms hats, and you can quickly get poisoned further in search of a new clearing if there are earth mushrooms, or a tree or hemp dotted with a family of these elastic mushrooms that are not always amenable to a kitchen knife.
Mushrooms and butter often also grow so dense that you cannot do without a special knife. And in this case, the mushroom picker will help. He does not remember the legs, he will not crush them, but he will evenly cut them off so that there will be no burrs.
About noble mushrooms and say nothing. Each first admires the grown white or boletus, and then gently and carefully cuts it off.
It’s more convenient for a dense and elastic leg of such a mushroom than the mushroom picker, so far nothing has been invented.
Design
It can be folding or with a fixed blade. This person chooses at his own discretion. In the forest you can stumble and fall on a sharp knife. Anyone who is not confident in himself will choose a folding one. Although opening it every time a mushroom is found, and the second hand is occupied by a basket, it is not very pleasant. But if it is equipped with a button to open the blade, then such a knife is quite suitable.
Knife requirements
- The thickness of the blade at the butt is at least two mm.
- The length of the knife is 7-10 cm.
- The steel of which the blade is made also matters. If it is stainless, then the leg of the mushroom at the cut point does not blacken.
- The handle should not slide in the hand, therefore, for its manufacture, wood is often used, which is wrapped in birch bark. The latter does not slip in a wet palm.
- If you choose a bright handle, then such a knife is easy to find on the ground if it fell. And you can attach a bright lanyard. Knives for mushroom pickers are available with holes for them.
The sharp knife “Mushroom picker-2” made of Damascus steel will also help to cut a long stick, into which it will go as if into oil, to stir up fallen leaves without bending each time. The curved blade cuts the mushroom in one motion.
Knives "Russian Damask"
There is no fundamental difference between Damascus steel and Damascus steel. Any blade with a pattern can be called damask and damask. And according to the technology, damask steel is distinguished as cast or welded. In Russia, damask, as a rule, is understood to mean cast damask, which is formed during the melting of the starting components. After that, a beautiful pattern is obtained on steel.
Welded damask steel is obtained by forging several sheets of steel. Suppose they were taken eight, when they are reforged, they are doubled and sixteen layers are obtained, and so they are repeated many times. As a result, all kinds of patterns are formed on steel. Most often, steel treated with this technology is called Damascus. Thus, Russian Damask knives are made using these two technologies.
Individual types of knives
According to the manufacturer, his knives are perfect. Russian knives have a very masculine appearance, brutal and, unlike European, have simplicity of decoration and shape. For the manufacture of the blade using either Damascus steel or steel 9 XC. Knife "Mushroom 9 XC" is made by hand forging. At the blacksmith it takes at least half a working day to make it.
This, in particular, explains its price and quality. It is impossible to repeat the knife, each of them is unique, and their sizes do not always coincide. But this is the result of handmade work. A separate workpiece is taken, which is compressed by the smiths of the blacksmith and forms the sharpest blade. It will not become dull for a long time and will cut, not cut. So the manufacturer assures. Part of the blade is left without polishing as a proof of manual work. The same evidence is the reduction to the cone of the thickness of the blade from the handle to the nose and its uneven width. He is a favorite knife of fishermen and hunters. The knife, according to the manufacturer, is so versatile that it is suitable for cutting products, for cutting game, even as large as wild boar or elk, and fish, for
planing wood, in order to make notches on the tree. When not even the first beast is sanded, the knife goes without additional sharpening without pressure and effort, very gently. This is all information from the manufacturer.
Hand-forged knife "Mushroom-2" is used for cutting and cutting meat, for chopping vegetables, the slice of which is very smooth. If you cook soup in nature, then it copes with all operations perfectly.
He even copes with boar ribs. He cuts the flesh of chilled meat gently and without tension, does not saw, does not crush, but, emphasizes the blacksmith, cuts. The knife does not feel any resistance. Dulling it is difficult, almost impossible. His sharpening is universal. Stabilized handle from
Karelian birch. This is how the manufacturer characterizes his knife. And I want to believe it! But what really is?
Knife "Mushroom picker": reviews
Unfortunately, the reviews of buyers of knives "Russian Bulat" are mostly negative. There are complaints that the handle is poorly made, the blades themselves are dull and rust, the blades are planted crookedly. As one of the angry buyers put it, this is handicraft. After receiving the knife, many say that it should be returned to the manufacturer and demand money back, but they are considerable. Of course, there are other opinions, but they are an order of magnitude smaller. Obviously, now few people will believe advertising, which beautifully talks about the merits of Russian Bulat products. Indeed, many buyers have an extremely unpleasant aftertaste that they are simply and primitively deceived. Exactly so, it’s not at all flattering, the owners of the “Mushroom 9XC” knife characterize it.