Great to hear that your friend was able to make that transition. Metal working skills are certain to be in high demand throughout. Interestingly, tools for working metal, particularly for sharpening and keeping all the tools you listed in good repair, topped my husband's list. He is a tool guy and has all of those skills. Or, almost all, at 72 years old he's talking about how he should learn to sharpen handsaws. He bought some files that were listed on marketplace or somewhere. He said they would be the hardest thing for a blacksmith to make. I know skills are a better investment than goods but we are old and both of us have lots of useful skills. Since there is no sure way to preserve wealth, trying to figure out how to take advantage of the abundance of today and make it available to the future seems to be as useful as anything else we could do.
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Re: Carts survived the fall of Rome
Date: 2024-06-24 02:26 pm (UTC)Interestingly, tools for working metal, particularly for sharpening and keeping all the tools you listed in good repair, topped my husband's list. He is a tool guy and has all of those skills. Or, almost all, at 72 years old he's talking about how he should learn to sharpen handsaws.
He bought some files that were listed on marketplace or somewhere. He said they would be the hardest thing for a blacksmith to make.
I know skills are a better investment than goods but we are old and both of us have lots of useful skills. Since there is no sure way to preserve wealth, trying to figure out how to take advantage of the abundance of today and make it available to the future seems to be as useful as anything else we could do.