Ernest Hooker, a carpenter of Forest Dale, works at his hobby of carving wooden bear traps.
From Holiday Magazine, November 1957, via Scott.
Mr. Hooker has found something to do that keeps him out of trouble. Since he has apparently carved a chain of links from one solid piece of wood, I wonder if he made the trap the same way, or if he carved the pieces of the trap separately and then assembled it. Somehow I think he carved the it all out of one piece of wood. There is a Forest Dale in Vermont. Whether that's the right one or not is debatable.
Went to the last trap he set with him around 1960, he was in his 80`s at that time and I had trouble keeping up going up the mountain with him. Carpenter and Builder, all his life. Made wooden Beartraps to sell as he got older. I have one and it actually springs. A good conversation piece over my fireplace. Used to watch him make the chain links, carved them out with a jacknife. Anyway would be nice to relive those times.
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