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Burnsie:
Well - I learned a new lesson - don't use a Sharpie to lay out your bow on the back of you bow. The lines laying out the profile of the limbs are OK because they end up getting scraped/rasped away.  Lines drawn perpendicular across the limb/ bow, and left for any length of of time will leave a stain that won't come out.  The black color will scrape off, but it will leave a line.  I've worked on the lines, but I was afraid to be too aggressive for fear of violating the back ring. I'm hoping it will all turn the same amber color over  time?

Badger:
  It looks like you drew the lines 10 years ago. Put it in a room with some light and it will even out a little bit.

WhistlingBadger:
Try wiping it with rubbing alcohol.  Sharpie ink is soluble in alcohol.

Pat B:
I do all my layout with a carpenters pencil and never had problems removing them with a light scraping or light sanding or indenting the wood.

bentstick54:
Yep, only pencil for me.

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