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its forging. This was the origin of the clan of smiths, the Pande. You cannot become a Pande by learning how to be a smith.
Of course, you can't become a Pasek either - you have to be born into the clan. Nor if you are a Pande are you compelled, or even expected, to be a smith. Obviously the need for producing objects of metal on a local scale has diminished considerably in the past decades. But, that does not prevent the Pandes from having a feeling of being special people.

from Chap. 5 on "Holy Water" ((pp. 51-62):
"The uses and potency of holy water very according to how it is made, its source, and who makes it. the more powerful the mantras used to make it, the more mystic energy it contains. The more sacred the place from which it is obtained, the greater the sanctity of the holy water. The more exalted the status of the person who makes it, the greater its magical power. Holy water is used in many different ways, and need not always be of the most powerful variety...
Hindu priests, [[underlined]] pedandas, [/underlined]] make holy water early every morning... Before he can do this, he must cleanse his own body and mind, virtually hypnotizing himself into a state of communion with the gods...
A lay priest, pemangku, always makes holy water for his own temple...Pemangkus, however, do not have the spiritual power of pedandas and do not know the most powerful mantas. Since a penangku is associated with a particular temple, the holy water he makes contains the power of the specific god or gods that make their homes in the temple...
Pedandas and pemangkus are not the only ones who can prepare holy water. The dealing, the puppet master of the wayang kulitshadow performance, is regularly called upon to make holy water. This often takes place during a special daytime performance of the puppet theater."

9. notes from Geertz, [[underlined]] Peddlers and Princes [/underlined]]

p. 93: Geertz lived for 6 months in the hamlet of Tihingan, Klungkung, where musical instruments made musical instrument making in Bali is a smithing craft, because the instruments consist of bronze met allophones, cymbals and gongs of various shapes and sizes which, mounted on wooden stands and supplemented by drums, make up the gamelan
when Geertz did this study in 1963, Tihingan was the only hamlet when Geertz did this study in 1963, Tihingan was the only hamlet in Bali which still specialized in the manufacture and repair of these instruments, and although it is possible that the craft was in ancient times a monopoly of the Pande caste, today members of all lower caste groups in Tihingan engage in it
altogether a total of some 53% of the 171 adult males living in the hamlet draw a significant part of their income from this work, and among these there are 5 master craftsmen, 35 ordinary craftsmen and 48 common laborers
4 large forges where the huge gongs are made and 21 small forges where the ordinary pieces are turned out
are two basic types of activities: the first is the molding, shaping and finishing of small pieces such as metallophone keys,