Lodewyk van Berken

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Lodewyk van Berken was a mid- to late-15th century Flemish jeweller and diamond cutter, renowned in the industry for inventing the scaif. The device revolutionized the diamond cutting industry and contributed to increased popularity of diamonds. Van Berken was born into a Jewish family in Bruges. His place of work was in Antwerp, where in 1456 he invented the scaif, a polishing wheel infused with a mixture of olive oil and diamond dust. Wikipedia
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    The situation suddenly changed at the end of the fifteenth century when a Jewish diamond cutter in Antwerp named Lodewyk van Berken invented the scaif.
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