You know you’re a blacksmith if…
- There’s no such thing as junk metal.
- “Smoking Coke” means something completely different to you.
- Pain and bleeding are less important than getting the job done.
- You get insulted when someone asks you if you shoe horses.
- You know what an “anvil shoot” is.
- “Stainless steel” is almost a four letter word to you.
- The phrase “I could make that” really means “I’m too cheap to buy it”.
- Your boogers are black.
- Your shirt is full of holes.
- You’re hearing impaired.
- You shave less than twice a week.
- It’s no big deal when you catch on fire.
- You don’t know your shop dog’s real color.
- Your grandfather wasn’t a blacksmith.
- You never charge enough for your work.
- You stand around a fire when it’s 100 degrees in the shade.
- The dog in the scrap yard doesn’t attack you.
- One of your arms is bigger than the other.
- It rains coal dust when you scratch your head.
- “Horseshoeing” means scaring horses away (shoo horse shoo).
- Your idea of a family vacation includes a tool sale.
- “Getting Hammered” means something completely different to you.
- You’re happy to get coal for Christmas.