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IrelandBensei puts a railroad-spike mushroom to the concrete test
The Jesters Journey's forged Meteorsmith Challenge entry survives the impacts, but its cotton rope tells a different story.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 197,704 views a day, 6.4 times a normal first day on this channel (30,659).
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A mushroom forged from railroad spike metal sounds like a hefty thing to swing. Lily's Fungi turns out to be light and easy to handle, Bensei finds, before moving on to the less forgiving business of hitting tires, ice and concrete.
The Jesters Journey made the custom meteor hammer for his Meteorsmith Challenge. It is a weighted head attached to a rope, and its curved mushroom shape gives Bensei something specific to investigate: how will it rebound when it hits a stack of heavy tires?
That first impact has become a talking point in the comments, with viewers singling out the sharp thunk. Others have questions about his patchwork cap. The Short has reached roughly 114,000 views in ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full first-day audience. Its comment section is also nearly seven times as busy as a typical first day.
The testing gets tougher outside. During the full-power strikes against concrete, the mushroom bounces high into the air. The forged head ultimately survives intact, earning a place in the community vote, but the cotton line begins severing at its attachment point.
Bensei's verdict separates the metalwork from the connection: the head has passed, while the rope is beyond saving. He recommends a quick link to protect the line from fraying, a small hardware change for an otherwise surviving mushroom.
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What viewers say
Are we not mentioning the awesome hat
@jointhecouncil-z3vSee it on YouTubeThat first thunk on the tire was amazing. It shook my whole brain lol
Also, I need this for my Renaissance fit. I'm already a woodland fairy. A mushroom would be perfect!@theduskbringerSee it on YouTubeThat first tire shot probably made the best sound out of any contestant this year or last. It wins the audio award.
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- Channel
- instructor_bensei
- Subscribers
- 649,000 ▲ 5,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,688,671
- Channel views, pace per day
- 293,338 (on a normal day: 897,174)
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 114,176 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 197,704
The numbers
This mushroom test has already passed the usual first-day views for Bensei's Shorts, with comments arriving at an even stronger pace.
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What was Lily's Fungi forged from?
Bensei identifies railroad spike metal as the material used for The Jesters Journey's mushroom-shaped hammer.