Dave Wrote:

>Well, I guess it's about time I owned up to my lurking - I've never
>posted a bio, and I've been on the list since Patrick first
>began posting his FS lists on rec.ww   :=|  Do I win a prize?

Hi Dave, well, you have my vote as the biggest procrastinator.

>I was able to make a rocking horse with
>a carved head (ala Anthony Dew's great book) for my daughter.
>Carving turned out to be the most fun and relaxing work I think
>I've ever done.

I agree with Dave except that I found it very difficult to decide when a
carving is finished.  I also built a Dew design - the Little Red Rocker, and I
spent many, many extra hours working on the head because I kept thinking I
could just add a little more detail if I just cut here, etc.  Finally just
stopped cutting so that I could give the horse to my son.  Most people think I
bought the horse as some kind of kit.