[Ramius]

well, take a red oak or hickory board, chop or rasp away all extraneous wood, Why am I reminded of Michelangelo's comment that "the sculpture is already there inside the stone... all I do is chip the stone out from around it."

Yeah, right... :-)

[osagebowman]

Ramius, good evening, well, I suppose it was a bit over the top. :-) There was a bowyer who had the tag line: "carve a little wood, pull a few strings, sometimes magic happens". I always got a kick out of that one.