Subject: Re: Whitesmith?

From: [email-masked] (MR WILLIAM A HOCHELLA)
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 20:26:26, -0500

To All,
Again....
Whitesmith - tin plate or one who files a surface of as forged iron 
"white".
Silversmith - sliver and silver plate
Goldsmith- Gold 
Copper smith - Copper and its alloys
Blacksmith - One who works with the "black" metal: iron
In the days of Guilds and such, what you were was what you were 
called.

Hochewa