I know a guy that will make a bow for someone every so often. he makes them to hunt with but uses pretty wood.  he told me he made one for a guy that stood there and looked at it.

'what's wrong?'

too pretty to take hunting. I might scratch it.

'i made that bow to hunt with, not to put in a picture frame'

i dont care, too pretty to hunt with.

'hand me that bow' the guy handed the bow to the bowyer, the bowyer walked over to the fence and rubbed the bow on the fence post, walked back and said 'there, ain't pretty no more, go hunting' :grin: