Dave wrote: (clip) BTW, did you look at the mortar and pestle?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I just got around to it. It looks like you must have very good hatchet
technique. I guess I assumed that you used the hatched to chop out a mortar
and pestle, much the way canoes are made. Seeing the result, I assume you
used the hatchet like a skew. Right?

Sounds like an interesting challenge for our woodturning club.