This spring we have had the privilege of having an intern from a school in the Netherlands with us.
When she joined us for a weekend, she mentioned that she thought it was a bit special with our kosas (wooden mugs) that we always bring with us.
It's something everyone has here and it's practical, everyone has their own kosa, they don't break and they're not made of plastic ;) Ours come along winter and summer, for berry picking, ice fishing, swimming and so on.
I have a kosa that is a bit special to me, it is an inheritance from one of my mother's uncles. I was seven years old when he left us and he had had the kosa since 1955 when it became mine in the 1980s. It is indeed just a piece of wood and a leather strap but I knew that it had been with him on countless fishing trips, calf marking, separations, moose hunting and parties so it became a dear memory and has now been with me on school trips, work, fishing trips, moose hunting and berry picking.
Just a piece of wood but for me it is valuable and at this time of year when the ice fishing season is over I wash the family's collection of kosas, old and new, a little extra carefully.
I wash them with kitchen soap, the one of our soaps that is completely without added fragrance. I use an ecofiber cloth to give them an extra scrub so they are really nice for the swimming and fishing season this summer.
You can find our kitchen soap here.
Do you use wooden kosas when you are out?