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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
I can easily see a lot of artisans and craftsman (assuming they survive) rising up to fill the void created by the collapse of the current system by whatever means the disaster takes.
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Plenty of artisans and craftsmen will survive. Maybe not "enough," by any objective standards, but at least in the same percentage as any other profession or lifestyle.
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The only one who might not show up right away would be cobblers and shoe makers as I don't know of anyone who does this anymore either as a hobby or otherwise.
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I hang out with a number of renaissance faire & SCA people... shoemaking is not a dead art.
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Oddly enough, another thing that'd come into full time use would be antiques. Seriously. If there's no outside source for dishes, plates, etc, all those old antiques, including oil lamps, darning balls, and so on would suddenly be in high demand as daily use items.
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Those are "antiques?" I know people who use all those things. (I don't use a darning ball because I can't knit.) More crucial than odds-and-ends with obvious uses is ability to cook on an open fire; while my family & friends know how to do real cooking in a dutch oven on coals, we're aware that most of the public is very, very lost if they're away from a stove with LOW-MEDIUM-HIGH knobs. (I don't think I can bake bread in a dutch oven. But then, I'm terrible at making bread in the oven now; baking bread is my husband's area. I do sewing.)
Refrigeration gets difficult quickly. Those who know how to preserve food by pickling have an advantage.