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Re:Britain’s vellum industry is booming, quietly by OJFord on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:53AM (#30058289)
The mentioned 'red list' of endangered crafts:

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist/categories-of-risk/

Re:Britain’s vellum industry is booming, quietly by SquibblesRedux on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:31AM (#30058843)
Does anyone know if lists like this are maintained fro other countries? It would be fascinating to see the states of various crafts for all countries.
Re:Britain’s vellum industry is booming, quietly by sandworm101 on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:52AM (#30059131)
Clog making? We should probably add witchfinding to the list of happily-dead professions. Times change. Some jobs disappear.

>> "Compass making NEW FOR 2021"

Really? There isn't a single company making a compass? All those people building specialized electronics for satellites and military aircraft and none of them include a compass in their products? Or does "compass making" only mean the old-fashioned floating needle compasses that were long ago replaced by electronics?

Re:Britain’s vellum industry is booming, quietly by laputan_machine on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:00AM (#30059254)
1) It will be for the UK, not the world

2) It clearly states it's for magnetic compasses, it does not include solid state compasses.

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/compass-making/

3) I do not understand why your writing tone has such indignation.

Re:Britain’s vellum industry is booming, quietly by sandworm101 on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:08AM (#30059410)
Because I see far too much time/effort/money being spent on the "protection" of certain crafts while more practical things are being left to rot. Tax dollars should only be spent on heritage crafts once the economically-relevant trades are protected. At the moment places like Britain are hemorrhaging tech skills and knowledge.