Colonial Market Museum: Silversmith
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Hello my name is Robert. I am a Silversmith. I am making a knife. First I have to ask the customer what kind of knife they want. Would it be used for butter or cutting meat? Then I will melt the silver. Sometimes I melt coins. Then I pour it into the mold. Then I use a hammer to shape it. I make sure that it is the right length. Then I polish it and give it to the customer. That is my job. The hardest part for me is to melt the hot silver and not burn myself and not drop it. Hello my name is Noah. I am a silversmith. I am working on a spoon. First I have to talk and see what the customer wants. Then I have to get the silver. Next I have to get the mould. After that I have to melt the sliver. Then I have to poor the melted silver into the mould. Next, I have to freeze the silver. Then I have to give the molded silver to the customer. The tools I use are a big hammer, a small hammer, and a mould. I have to be an artist. I use bronze gold and silver. I carve markings in the things I make. I melt my materials. That is what silversmiths do.
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