The enemy soldiers were scared by his fervent manner, and ran away, and the tea scoop, named 'Teki Gakure' which means enemy runaway, is said to be the one he made at the time.
あまりに無心に削っているため敵兵がかえって怪しんで逃げたという逸話があり、「敵がくれ」はこの時の茶杓と伝えられている。