Ship's spoons were given to skippers as a custom that the German shipbrokers started with in the 1780s to make sure to keep the "customer" the skipper, who would not allow himself to be milled by so-called bridge hijackers.
Ship's spoons were given to skippers as a custom that the German shipbrokers started with in the 1780s to make sure to keep the "customer" the skipper, who would not allow himself to be milled by so-called bridge hijackers.