But he said "almost solely" and I think a lot of the 'imagination' used by them was for the beautiful appearances of the rings and the powers that were chosen for each. The fact remains that without Sauron's initial help and knowledge, Celebrimbor would not of been able to craft the rings as he did. Sauron and Celebrimbor's early partnership was a sharing of many abilities and information that each would not of had without their contact and their work together.
They both forged the lesser rings together, improving their combined skills as time passed until they both felt they had learned all that was necessary of the other. Celebrimbor now had enough knowledge and skill to forge rings of power by himself, free without Sauron because he had been taunt all he needed to know to do so. The point here is that Sauron did not reveal all and was still much more powerful then Celebrimbor could ever hope to be and he had skills and knowledge that Celebrimbor would have no notion of.
Celebrimbor went and made the Three on his own and they were the greatest made thus far, until Sauron had completed the One. The Three though were made through Sauron's influence and without it, their forging was not possible. Not just anybody can make a great ring of power like this.
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