"You see Rockm, the plant I am taliking about doesn't need much of a chop (it maight need some pruning but is "bonsai ready"-> if there is such a thing)"
You will find that "not much of a chop" to somone not familiar with trunk chops can make them woozy
I had to convinvce my sister in law that digging up 1" diameter, 15" tall cedar elm seedlings and chopping them in half to sedn along to me for bonsai wasn't cruel and wouldn't kill them. I managed to do that, but it took years.
funny thing though, now she sends me a few of them every spring.