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Blacksmith and Metal Working Forum => Blacksmith and Metalworking Forum => Topic started by: johnsironsanctuary on May 09, 2012, 11:35:43 AM

Title: The Smith
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on May 09, 2012, 11:35:43 AM

I found this in an old Canedy Forge Catalog on Rose Tools. I thought it was worth sharing.

(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb373/johnsironsanctuary/THESMITH.jpg)

Title: Re: The Smith
Post by: Papaw on May 09, 2012, 04:55:49 PM

Verily, I forthwith will always revere smiths as heroes!

Title: Re: The Smith
Post by: Neals on May 09, 2012, 06:25:40 PM

Sad part is that they say that about truck drivers today. Makes me feel like a dinosaur. At least we aren't extinct yet.

Title: Re: The Smith
Post by: rusty on May 09, 2012, 07:27:15 PM

Yep...

But see how far that truck driver gets without a mechanic...

Using tools..made on a machine...

Built by a machinist.....

Using methods invented by smiths.....

Title: Re: The Smith
Post by: Branson on May 10, 2012, 07:35:56 AM

Hence the modest motto of The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths of London, of whom the earliest documentation is 1421.

"BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND"

Title: Re: The Smith
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on May 10, 2012, 09:20:29 AM

I have always felt that I had 'Grizzled Hands and a Cunning Brain', but I may have been mistaken.