58 • Zips, Pipes, In the wild Pakistani frontier, a Pathan fires his Sten copy. Craftsmen produced this quality copy of the British Sten in their own workshops. (Courtesy of Helms Tool & Die, LtdJ and some components are still hand-forged, most of the shops now use electrically powered lathes and other power tools for a faster run at mass production, fed by profits from the Afghan war across the border. Noting this, Italian journalist Ren Savoldi commented.