MAKING EVERYTHING YOURSELF. It was not sufficient for a metalworker to know metal. “Before embarking on metalwork one must learn what kind of workshop to build, how to make the work-furnace, the bellows, the anvils, hammers, pincers, files, chisels, rasps, chasing tools, crucibles and so on, and also have some knowledge of how the relevant metal is itself produced.”
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