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It happened again, right here on the web's best forum. Somebody used "smithy" as a nickname/diminutive for "[gun]smith" - and I can't just let it go again!

Folks, a smithy is the place where a smith works, a forge. Today it seems the confusion is so rampant that some recent dictionaries are even listing "smith" as an alternate definition of "smithy" - aaarrrrrrrrghhhh!

Please don't torture me further. When all else fails, remember the first stanza of Longfellow's poem and picture the "smith, a mighty man" working at his forge ("smithy") under a spreading tree -

Under a spreading chestnut-tree
⁠The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands,
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

Here endeth the lesson.
Go and sin no more!

It is mighty hard to find a real Gunsmith or actual Gun Shop these days.

Parashooter,
Hope you did not mind me making up the verb tense of Dremel. Seemed to fit the picture of Bubba destroying Krags. Sixty years ago, my dad had a Dremel that was a more professional looking tool with an electric cord, much different than the battery powered made in China gizmos they sell today.

I'm lucky. There have been a few gun shops open up in my area. There is one 5 miles northeast of me. Another 15 miles south of me complete with indoor shooting range and a gunsmith. And I have an FFL dealer over the hill from me well within walking distance. Just bought a black gun from him this last Winter.

How about "gunsmithy"??

Whig wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:37 pm How about "gunsmithy"??

You are now on my permanent sh*tty-list.

I feel honored! Thought you might like that! Have a great Sunday!

I hope I never get on Parashooter's list!

Village Blacksmiths have had to become much more creative these days to make ends meet.

https://villagesmithy.com

Nothing like a steak tenderized with a hammer/anvil and cooked over an open forge.