“my master told me to
Try if I Could make me a
Spoon, and Gave me a hatchet
and told me he would
assist me in it for he Said there
was nothing more
Necessary for me to be furnished
with in my march, his
orders I quickly obeyed, and
finished my Spoon with So
much Dixterity, yt my
master was Verey well
pleased with me, and told
me he hoped I Should make
as Good a heron, as
one John Honewell an
English man that had Lived
with ym Near thirty
years, and was maried amongst
them and had Severel
Children, this Night they
placed me between two
Indians, with a String Round
my middle, and Each End
made fast to my Companions,”.
The Pote Journal 1745
I have made horn spoons, but never made a wooden spoon before, but thought this quote might be an interesting project. So I decided to make a wooden spoon using just a hatchet. Below is the result.
This is of course only my interpretation, I have no way of knowing what the Pote spoon looked like. The cup of the spoon was the hardest part to shape with just a hatchet, though I dare say that I could make a better job of it given time.
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