"You'll be working with bronze. Silver and gold are only for if you prove yourself capable with a lesser metal first." Given the other two were more expensive.

"Might be good to go with something relatively simple. Like a bracelet that can be slipped on with no moving parts. Design on it to be up to you, be it geometric, stylized fruit or animal of some type, or something resembling something from your time period," he says with a shrug. "Something relatively unique would make him more likely to take you on because it's something new. People like new things in what they wear."