Watch “How does someone beat gold, every day, with a 17-pound hammer?”
By Craftsmanship Magazine
This video is a supplement to The World’s Greatest Goldbeater
The real secret to gold-beating the old way is in controlling the hammer’s rebound. One report from the 19th century stated that “a workmen can do it for days on end without complaint.”
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