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3 results for “treasure act” in Craft
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
…marked piece may be perfectly legitimate — or entirely unverified. · What does a hallmark actually guarantee? That an independent assay office tested the article and found its gold content to be at least the marked fineness. It says nothing about weight, gemstones, workmanship, r…
Yusuf Demir · 12 min read
Craft · 3 August 2026
The Wedding-Season Bid: How Jewellery Demand Sets the Floor
…sia. · High-karat jewellery in India and China functions as savings with a wearable form factor, not as fashion. · Physical buyers are contrarian: demand strengthens on price weakness and stalls on rallies, the inverse of investment flows. · Local premiums and discounts to the Lo…
Yusuf Demir · 16 min read
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…is too soft for most wear; alloying trades purity for hardness and colour. · Karat is a fraction out of 24 — 18k is 75 per cent gold by mass. · Ancient techniques such as granulation and repoussé remain hand skills with no full machine equivalent. · CAD and casting have displaced…
Yusuf Demir · 11 min read
