bassomatic

I know this will sound a little crazy but as of late I've been wondering how one could, on a small scale, make hooks. I would think given the correct SS stock you could bend, sharpen, temper and then hone the point. I can think of a couple of intuitive ways to add a basic barb prior to tempering. Anyone know if that's how it was done in ye "olden" days b4 teh availablility of affordable mass production? aside from sticks a bits of bone hooks Maybe I'm just a romantic but it would be pretty interesting to have handmade all parts of a lure from the raw materials. I'm thinking of hooks for spinners by the way, not fancy trebles. Please go easy on me, this is my first post and forum searches only turned up manufactured hook info.