[Radio Wrangler]

The original meaning of the word 'Amateur' is one who does something for the love of it. It comes from amo, amas, amat and all that oft-chanted latin.

Someone making something for the love of it might just do a better job than someone who was just doing it for a job. Not that many of us have th luxury of a job we're passionate about.

'Amateurish' is really a compliment, if the speaker was aware of what he was saying.

For a $485 wooden knob, individual pieces of hardwood would have to be auditioned. There might only be one bit good enough in an entire tree. Those microvibrations can be little devils.

There looks to be a lot more work in David's knobs than in the $485 job. Perhaps a lot of the money goes in hiring people who can write the advertising copy without dying laughing? (Shades of Monty Python's 'funniest joke in the world' sketch)

David