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Originally Posted by Kuruharan
Why not? Tolkien always pictured things as declining over time and he said that the Petty-Dwarves' smithcraft declined over time.
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But he also pictured them building up over time... and I see no reason to think that the Petty-Dwarves' "Golden Age" was as early as the days when they were being hunted for dinner. Far more likely to have occurred AFTER the Sindar stopped hunting them, and before Morgoth and the Noldor returned to start gobbling up the real estate.