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The mentioned 'red list' of endangered crafts:

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist/categories-of-risk/

Does anyone know if lists like this are maintained fro other countries? It would be fascinating to see the states of various crafts for all countries.

Clog making? We should probably add witchfinding to the list of happily-dead professions. Times change. Some jobs disappear.

>> "Compass making NEW FOR 2021"

Really? There isn't a single company making a compass? All those people building specialized electronics for satellites and military aircraft and none of them include a compass in their products? Or does "compass making" only mean the old-fashioned floating needle compasses that were long ago replaced by electronics?

1) It will be for the UK, not the world

2) It clearly states it's for magnetic compasses, it does not include solid state compasses.

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/compass-making/

3) I do not understand why your writing tone has such indignation.

Because I see far too much time/effort/money being spent on the "protection" of certain crafts while more practical things are being left to rot. Tax dollars should only be spent on heritage crafts once the economically-relevant trades are protected. At the moment places like Britain are hemorrhaging tech skills and knowledge.

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