Dastkaan — old city metal bazaar

Hand-hammered, priced by the tol — since 2003

Dastkaan is the last of the hammer shops still ringing in the old city's metal bazaar. Ustad Ghulam Nabi has hammered deghs at the same takht since before the shop had a name; in 2003 his son Waqar started selling them out front while the old man worked in back. Everything is priced by the tol — the brass weighed in front of you, the rate written on the shutter. When brass tripled and the tourists stopped coming, they stopped exporting and started feeding Lahore's kitchens instead.

Ustad Ghulam Nabi — Founder — still at the takht behind the counter

Dastkaan — old city metal bazaar

Metal bazaar, Walled City (Masti Gate side), Lahore

Lahore, Punjab 54000