Well I'll tell ya...
The most famous smith in UO needs to be broke down like this...
Since I've been around every smith imaginable since the assasination of Lord British himself I can tell every one of you a thing or two on this subject.
If the blacksmith that is nominated for this title doesnt know metal then he dont need to be calling himself a smith and I dont care if he's legendary or not.
Ever since the beginning of this game, there has always been a art to being a smith, and if you didn't have that art mastered, the title "Blacksmith", was never really attained.
Anybody can make a suit of armor. Anybody can make random pieces and place them individually on a vendor. Anybody can fill a BOD. Anybody can smash ingots till their skill gauge says 120. Anybody can arm a ancient hammer and swell with pride when that gauge jumps to 180, but brothers and sisters, if you cant take a tunic fresh off a baldron with fair resists and 4 MOD's on it, and "KNOW" which metal to pump into that thing to turn it into a better resistant piece with 6-7 MOD's, and then take other random pieces out of your inventory or off other kills and match those pieces with that tunic using the same method of enhancement with the metals you need to complete a full set, then you aint crap. Your a wannabe.
If you dont know the combinations of runic properites that best fit a scribe, or a pure mage, or a dexxer, or a tank mage, or a crafter, or even a begger, then dont go calling yourself a "Blacksmith" just yet. Your a NOOB.
I'm not trying to say I'm a famous smith in UO, but I know one when I see one, and I haven't seen one for almost a decade.
The last "great" smith that I personally met was named " The Hand of God", but if Zym knows his metals, I would have to say that a veteran player with an active account would be my choice before a BOD junky ever was.