Making Amadou from a horse hoof fungus! (Fomes fomentarius)
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2020
- In this video I will be show you how to make Amadou from horse hoof fungus! (Fomes fomentarius)
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Ron T. Sawyer
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Amadou from Hexagonia hydnoides
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I had no idea what that stuff was. But I learned something! Great video!
It’s awesome stuff! Fire it up today using it! Thanks for watching brother, I appreciate it!
Very cool video my friend big like buddy 👍
Thanks my friend, I appreciate it!
very interesting process. very good instruction. I'll have to keep this in mind.
Thanks brother! You should definitely make some! I appreciate you watching!
I appreciate the education as did not know this could be done so thanks....Good stuff....
You’re welcome brother and thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
it was interesting for sure
Thanks brother! You must have big ones up there! You should make some! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
If you need to dry a quantity you can easily make a light bulb kiln. Just a plywood box lined with reflective insulation - a circuit of 2 - 4 light bulbs - my biggest box is about 6' X 2' wide x 20" high. Rack is plywood with hardware wire stretched across. Lid on top insulated. Turn it on and be amazed at how hot it will get in there. I used this method for 25 years to dry green wood hand carved woodenware. Carved soaking wet from the tree - put in overnight and they are bone dry in the morning. If it is too hot just unscrew one light bulb or raise the lid a little. One catch is that you do need the old fashioned light bulbs. I also use the box to dry fresh deer antlers.
That’s a great tip! Thanks brother, I appreciate it! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Great Demo there, Dom ! Thanks For Sharing This ! Have A Safe & Swell Day ! ATB T God Bless
You’re welcome brother and thanks for watching, I appreciate it! God bless!
Very nice
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lol I spent most of the evening yesterday watching vids on this to refresh my memory. Your right they are all over the place on ways to do it. Going to start on the ones Ron sent me today. Probably won't film it but I will take some pictures of it along the way. Great job my friend!
Lol! Thanks my friend! If you try the way I did it should work fine! I have done it a few times this way and it worked every time! You should film it! Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!!
it sure was interesting to watch. take care
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Very cool information thanks
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@@Dominic.Minischetti ya im glad to see this process in English :) i seen some videos latley that made sense... when i did it a few years back i was more reading how to ... tried to look into mushroom materials and methods to clean up oil spills remediation and this stuff is really neat...absorbs water big time thats why they like it to dry out flies for fishing...but i believe it absorbs oil... maybe making it a better fire helper?
I heard you need white but fresh stuff too but now i hear you can soak the whiter fresh but dried stuff in water to get same results...i never boiled mine just soaked it for 5 days and it worked
Wild Edibles Wow that’s awesome! I didn’t know that! So cool!
I found some fungus growing on some elm trees while I was morel mushroom hunting. I thought they were horse hoof but I'm not sure now after seeing this video. LOL
Lol! There are so many types out there! Amazing stuff! Thanks for watching brother, I appreciate it!
Fascinating process my friend! Thanks for sharing brother!!!
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Very interesting to watch this whole process with the lye water and obviously a wonderful result with the flint and steel. ❤
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Very interesting and informative Dominic, nice share!
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Woah learned something new once again!!!! Love it :-)
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Wow, I didn't realize it took such a process to make it , now I know why chaga is so sought after , it's ready to go right off the tree. Thanks for sharing the process, stay safe , God bless !
You’re welcome brother! Yes chaga is the best! But once processed, amadou is awesome! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! God bless!
Remembering my lab days while watching this vid. Thanks for sharing this information.
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excellent tutorial Dom
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wow never seen before so amazing!
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Cool and thanks. I brought home a couple of horseshoe fungus on Monday, so thanks for showing how to prepare it! Great video as always!
You’re welcome! That’s so cool! Making it is fun and burning it is even more fun! Lol! Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!
Nice! That stuff lit well after processing. I don't know my mushrooms, but I found two large woody mushrooms growing on a beech tree today. I'm going to let them dry out and see if they take a spark.
Awesome brother! That’s going to be cool! I hope you film it! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
great info bud. going to be the next bear gryllis here lol
Lol! Thanks brother, I appreciate it!
That's cool brother they might not have the one type in your area but they make up for with something else in the same family that's pretty cool
Yes! I was happy it worked! Thanks for watching brother, I appreciate it!
great info thanks for the help, lately i have been using the pith from a pomelo fruit, like a grapefruit
Oh wow so cool! You’re welcome and thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
The whiter the ash the higher sodium hydroxide (loosely). It's mostly going to be more potassium hydroxide unless you sluece through grass in a wooden bucket a few times.
Wow!! So Good,
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Very cool! When you first got these I had no idea what the horse hooves were for! Thanks for doing this video Dom! Now I know! It is possible to teach an old dog like me something new!😆
Enjoy your weekend my Friend!
You’re welcome Ed! I’m happy you enjoyed it! I love learning new things! Keeps my mind busy! Lol! Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!!
Awesome
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AWESOME!!!!!!! I'd like to see how many fires a fella could make from one piece... I mean, I wonder if you could get a tinder pile or bird nest to ignite, then pull the piece out and reuse it???? Might be a dumb idea 🤔
It’s not a dumb question! It would definitely work with a bigger piece. These smaller one are pretty much a one fire deal! Do you have horse growing by you? Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!
Dominic Minischetti - that’s cool....We don’t have that around here.... waaay too hot I think.
@@CarolinaChrisOutdoors I wonder if you have the other type I mentioned? It works just as well and you can't tell the difference once processed!
Logan is a bot. Good video, Dominic.
Oh thanks Uncle Al! He keeps popping up! lol! Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!
Also yeah I'm Australia. Have never seen the horse hoof one but anything that grows on birch or silver birch sucks the good burny stuff out of the tree.
I think it grows there in the north if I remember correctly!
Awesome video. I’ll be trying to get amadou from the horse hoof fungus I have, not sure how much I’ll get. But I’ll also be trying to process the artist conk for the velvet part in them and process it like amadou to see if it will work. Stay safe and be well. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome my friend! It’s amazing what nature provides! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
I heard this is what fuses were made of. For cannons and muskets.
Oh wow! I didn’t know that! That’s pretty cool!
Great video man I enjoyed it always wanted to forge some strikers but can't find any sort of Flint to test them really enjoying your videos man
Thanks my friend! You don’t need flint, there is all kind of rocks you can use. One of the most common is quartz! And lots of chert! You can even use a sharpening stone! Go for it!
@@Dominic.Minischetti thanks brother I appreciate it never heard of the sharpening stone for it
Another great video. the Amadou is a mystery to many people but it is a fantastic resource. I lit some today in the woodland with the ferro rod after using the knife to fluff it up, having seen you prep and dry it I'm curious if I can get a fire going using a flint and steel by fluffing it up again, or maybe I'll have to try your process if it doesn't work. Caught very well with your flint and steel so well worth the effort, nice one, cheers.
Thanks my friend! I have seen it done with a ferro rod without processing, but never with a flint and steel! Should be an interesting test! I appreciate you watching my friend!
@@Dominic.Minischetti I think your 100% right about the prep. I reckon if I took a tea towel and put a ferro rod to it I could get a fire going, but with a flint and steel no, it would need to be turned into charcloth first, so the same principal must apply with amadou. My great curiosity is pre metal, so iron pyrites and flint using amadou, I wonder how our ancestors prepped it. A great topic that I wish to explore and your video was a great insight, many thanks my friend.
Northern Embers Camping and Cooking You’re welcome my friend! I have a tiny piece of a rock that is mostly iron, it’s only about the size of my thumbnail and I can get a tiny spark from using quartz hitting it. But have yet to get the spark to light char cloth. The sparks are to small and go out fast. I need to get a hold of a large piece. lol! It really makes me wonder how our ancestors figured out who to do the things they did! I guess necessity is the mother of invention!
Brother I should have sent you some birch twigs they burn them and use the ashes . They say some of the oil stays in .and now I am going to have to try and make some .
No problem! The oak works fine! I sure hope you make some! Thanks again for everything my friend, I really appreciate it!
Thanks for showing how to process the horses hoof! I guess if you want to feel like a caveman 💪you could use amadou to spark your campfire 😊You’ll be making fire the way our stone age forebears did🔥
Yes! The old ways! Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate it!
Nice video brother. Anyone who can make amadou and flint and steel it. YOU HAVE MY DEEP RESPECT! awesome brother. Thanks for showing the comparison with the hairy ..... whatever it was called. The dremel was a ingenious idea. You always come up with ideas outside the box. Thanks for sharing your knowledge dom. YOU ROCK BROTHER! the florida fire king strikes again that florida chert looks awesome aswell. I could watch you flint and steel all day. Thanks again brother. Jas frm nz.🌏🙂👍👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳💥♨️♨️
Thanks brother, I appreciate your kind words! It was fun experimenting with it! I have some horse hoof amadou I made and you can’t tell the difference between the two! Works great! I appreciate you watching brother!
I never boiled mine i just soaked it for a few days it wasn't quite ready so i put it back forgot it for a week and then tried pounding it worked better...i dried and pounded the rest ya i rinsed mine too to get ash water off out of it
I dried mine outside but now i can't remember if i pounded wet or dry?? I think both cuz i was playing
I know i pounded some wet when it dries its more rubber but i believe you can wet it again
Wow so cool! Did you make fire with it?
@@Dominic.Minischetti no but i did use them with tinder all the time in the fire they work well
I carried a coal with the full hoof
When i made Amadu i just experimented with water absorbing abilities and with oils too
Wild Edibles That’s cool! Thanks for letting me know!
@@Dominic.Minischetti ya i love helping to pool information together...i want to try some stuff with it...im finding my polypore collections i put away last summer...im happy some pieces will be still usable after soaking
Why does nobody scoop out the inner rather than cut off the outside? Seems like the hard skin is kinda a natural case for the good stuff. Just scoop or crack the inners out first. If they're not good burners they're probably good insulators anyway.
I have no clue! 😂
@@Dominic.Minischetti I did it last night by the scooping inners method. The stuff I used is Aussie (South), and grows on silver birch. It was "dry", but not dead dry or yet succumbed to rot itself. Still yellow, they're yellow the type I used. But they're that polypore thing. No treatment. Just ground out the inner and threw a spark down. Kept it lit with minimal attention for about five hours. Could have kept going but had to go to bed so snuffed it out rather than leave a glow going unattended.
@@benjaminzedrine Now that’s cool! Thanks for sharing brother!
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