Visiting Hornvarefabrikken

Horn spoons had through history been the preferred eating utensil in the country. After the meal the spoon was wiped off on the trouser leg and hung up on the rafter ready for the next meal. During the war with England 1807-14 a Danish seaman, Knud Høj, from Nees was taken prisoner, and in England he learned the handicraft of horn spoken making. After the war he began a minor production in his home area, and it increased rapidly and it was a good extra income for the poor farming of the moorland.