cutting gems is definitely the fastest way. Be prepared to lose a lot of money though...
As for flax to bowstring, if you do decide to choose that route, expect to waste like 3 months on 99 lol.
Thought that since theres a media/music section right now, I'd post this thread
Simply just post a youtube link
or
Band - Title of song
that you are listening to right now!
Let me start this.
I believe an imbued adds 4 to every attack bonus and strength. A berserker ring would cost 600k points to imbue, which is like an hour and a half of dhing in nmz