Dale Hanson

They must hold 5, 10 gallons.

It was full of ivory scraps.

And he dumped it all on my table.

And he says, pick out what you can use.

Pick out what you want.

And I had no idea how much this was going to cost me.

So I picked out as much as I dared that was labor conscious rather than material conscious.

Does that make sense, what I'm saying?

So I picked out a whole bunch of pieces.

And he says, well, you're going to need some accents and basses.

And he started pushing a whole bunch more stuff to me.

And I said, well, how much is this going to cost?

And he takes his arm, and what I didn't pick, he slid it all back into that big metal can.

And I said, well, how much is this?

And he says, nothing.

God told me to bring it over here.

And I told my wife, as dumb as I am, after four things happening in one week, I said, Kath, there's something to this.

But I said, if I'm going to do this, I'm going to do an honest show of it.

This guy is the best carver in the state.

And people call him all the time.