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Offline johnsironsanctuary

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« 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.

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Re: The Smith
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 04:55:49 PM »
Verily, I forthwith will always revere smiths as heroes!
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Re: The Smith
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: The Smith
« Reply #3 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.....
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Re: The Smith
« Reply #4 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"

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Re: The Smith
« Reply #5 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.
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