15) Removing Staples and Shaping the Stems

I was half expecting the canoe to fly apart once all of the staples were removed... luckily nothing happened. I enlisted the help of Matt and Erin to help me pull the 2000ish staples out of the hull (they are still talking to me). This was fairly straightforward, next I tackled shaping the stems with the block plane, spokeshave, and finally the sander. Looks good.