Dark wood handle mushroom-blade keychain knife with built-in cleaning brush, folded closed

Keychains Ref. 1001

Dark Wood Handle Mushroom Folding Knife Keychain – 6 cm Handle, Cleaning Brush

A hooked blade and built-in cleaning brush make this dark wood mushroom knife keychain a compact forager's tool, handcrafted in Pakistan.

$1.48

Unit price. Rates are degressive by quantity, size and material.

Wholesale $1.04 from 50 pcs

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Since 1982 44 years making knives in Sialkot, Pakistan Registered company NTN 3706417-7 (FBR) · Sialkot Chamber of Commerce member A-42738 A real factory 148 C Fatima Jinnah Road, Small Industrial Estate, Sialkot Pay the factory directly Bank transfer to our own company account at Meezan Bank, no middleman Satisfaction commitment Any problem on arrival is put right with you: replacement, credit or another solution No minimum order From a single piece to a full shipment, shipped worldwide

About this knife

This mushroom-shaped keychain knife pairs a curved stainless steel blade with a 6 cm dark wood handle and a hard-bristle brush for cleaning foraged mushrooms on the spot. Hand-finished in Pakistan, it's a distinctive, functional accessory for foragers and nature lovers — and a popular novelty wholesale item for gift shops and outdoor retailers.

Specifications

Weight: 0.034 kg
Blade size (cm): 4
Handle size (cm): 6
Blade: Stainless steel
Handle: Dark wood
Brush: Hard bristles, for cleaning mushrooms

Knife Notes

Know-how from our Sialkot workshop

Questions & answers

Foragers ask: quality, price and the brush

What is the price of this mushroom keychain knife in Pakistan?

US$1.48 per piece (PKR 914 for buyers in Pakistan). From 50 pieces the price drops to US$1.04 per piece. For a larger order, send us the quantity on WhatsApp or by email and we will quote a lower rate.

Is the brush stiff enough for real foraging?

Yes. The bristles are hard, chosen to flick soil, pine needles and grit off caps and stems rather than to polish them. Use short strokes, go gently around the gills, which bruise easily, and tap the handle against your palm afterwards to clear the bristles.

Pro tip

Trim and brush before anything reaches the basket

Clean each mushroom where you pick it. Cut the stem just above the soil with the curved 4 cm blade, then turn this little Pakistan stainless steel knife around and sweep earth and needles away with the bristles at the end of the 6 cm dark wood handle. Lay the mushroom cap-down in a ventilated basket. Grit left on one specimen soon ends up on all of them, and a clean harvest needs far less work in the kitchen.

The story

A forager's knife shrunk to fit a key ring

Mushroom knives grew out of the foraging traditions of central and southern Europe, where gathering ceps, chanterelles and morels is an annual family ritual. The pattern settled long ago: a short, curved blade to sever the stem cleanly, and a brush at the butt so each find could be cleaned before it joined the others. Folding versions became popular because they rode safely in a coat pocket between finds.

This version keeps both tools and scales them down to a 4 cm blade and a 6 cm dark wood handle, light enough at 34 g to stay on a key ring all year. Among the keychains made in Pakistan in our range, it is one of the few built for a specific outdoor job rather than general cutting, which is why it moves so easily from the gift counter to the woods.

Did you know?

Cutting or pulling hardly matters to the fungus

Foragers have argued for generations over whether a mushroom should be cut or twisted out of the ground. A Swiss field study that ran for close to thirty years found that neither method reduced later harvests, while regular trampling of the forest floor did lower the number of mushrooms that appeared. So a Pakistan knife like this one matters less for the fungus than for bringing home clean, intact stems.