Re:British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace...
by ryanmercer on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:39PM
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Personal electronics perhaps. I'd argue there are more specialty hand and power tools than ever before though.
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Re:British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace...
by masklinn on Friday January 11, 2019 @05:55AM
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That's probable, but at the same time e.g. woodworkers would tend to build their own tools on the fly to fit their specific or personal needs, these tools were not standardised or widely available but I'm guessing the average wood carver in the 15th or 16th century had dozens of very specialised tools, it would just be tools they made themselves or asked a friend to make for them rather than tools they bought from a big box store.