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Not a blacksmith in general, but a cutler or whitesmith or well anyone who did that kind of work. Blacksmiths were a very diverse profession with many specialties with in it. So you wouldn't take a...

I would wonder about that. Any kind of organized expedition could well carry a few stones, and I would rather than risk needing a decent sharpening stone and not being able to find one. Individual...

Well I was also a historic interpretor and read about blacksmithing in the american colonies. During the colonial period for example steel production was outlawed in the colonies, they could make...

This is compounded by what percentage of people just went to the barber once or twice a week for a shave. Many people did not own razors themselves. I am sure many people never shaved themselves...

Look up Tulip Mania. Fads and collecting is nothing new. The percentage of people who could afford to collect something and the absolute number of people who could collect something might change,...

Also keep in mind that even back in the neolithic there were trade routes stretching hundreds or over a thousand miles. Remember that Egypt imported all their wood for their boats from Lebanon. So...