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Some things come to my mind:

- wooden barrels / casks for wine beer

- coppersmith (not sure about the exact term. i mean people who create pans and pots by hand)

- basketmaker

- coachbuilder

Wooden barrels for wine are still very much in use, and still largely made by hand. Source: I've been to a lot of wineries and talked with a lot of people who make barrels.

A lot of old professions are still reflected in surnames. A barrel-maker is a Cooper. Coachbuilder would have been Wainwright.

Butner, a button maker

I feel so sorry for William Shatner.

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