master workman

He knew himself to be in the scheme of a master-workman, and by-and-by he would blunt the chisel and bend the saw; but not yet.

He was more of a man when he was at least a master-workman and not merely a master.

And then, for the first time, having acquired an insight into the art, was he able to appreciate the skill of the master-workman.

The two men are guided in their disposition of the strokes chiefly by the hammer of the master-workman.