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

Verily, I forthwith will always revere smiths as heroes!

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

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.....

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"

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