Brass making

• How to roll it
• Whereabouts was it made
• Zinc infusing pre or post sheet rolling
• Separate trade?

Aglets as a business

• Standalone business?
• Contract worker? (Someone brings you the materials, you make stuff?)
• How many per hour/day do you have to make
  • Compare to other trades (buttons, needles, etc)
  • Look in the Medici books
• Was the leatherworking (dying, currying etc) part of the nestler's trade?
• What was the common unit of sale (a dozen?)

Leather

• How to make the various colours
• What the tools used were (e.g. the moon knives)
• What animal?
• Do different thicknesses, animals, etc make a difference to the aglets and how easy they are to make

Cords

• Investigate and experiment with different materials and patterns
• Silk
• Linen

Decorated aglets

• Tools required
• Other decorative features beyond the spirals

Rivets

• How to make these work
• Does the cord get riveted in place before rolling the aglet?
• Iron, copper, other?

Annealing brass

• Is it needed
• Annealing techniques
• Cleaning the brass afterwards
• Who would have done this?