Today i’m working on a bottles.I got to weigh it in front of them so they trust me.Then i melt the silver.It is pure state,silver so soft. Next i combine it with another metal. It is most of the time silver some copper. I pure melted silver into a mold called ingot. IT was a pretty good state for storage and stuff like that. When i was ready to make a peice i melted the ingot and pounded it into into sheets. Next i shaped into a bottle using hammers and tongs. My tools had to be in top shape. Otherwise  they could scratch and chip costly silver.