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** Völund/Vølund/Vaulund Smith on the other hand were a guy who married a Valkyrie. When his wife found her old Feather cloak and returned to Valhall, Völund was moping around a bit, and forged a lot of nice things hoping for his wife to return. A king discovered him and caught and crippled him, just to force him to make amazing tools for the kingdom. Völund returned the favor by killing the kings two sons, making [[Asterix drinking bowls of their skulls]]. Then he raped the kings daughter and flew away on homemade wings.

** Völund/Vølund/Vaulund Smith on the other hand were a guy who married a Valkyrie. When his wife found her old Feather cloak and returned to Valhall, Völund was moping around and forged a lot of nice things. A king discovered him and caught and crippled him to force him to make amazing tools for the kingdom. Völund returned the favor by killing the kings two sons and making drinking bowls of their skulls and raping the kings daughter. Then he flew away on homemade wings.

* In the ''InheritanceCycle'', Rhunön, if she hadn't unfortunately sworn to never make another sword in the Ancient Language, making it impossible to break the oath. [[spoiler:She later gets around this by using magic to control Eragon's body so technically he is making it, satisfying the condition that she didn't make it]].

** There was also Curufinwe/Feanor, who was [[{{Understatement}} pretty good]] with weapons and armor and also crafted [[{{MineralMacguffin}} some trinkets]] that got [[SarcasmMode mentioned in that work once or twice]].

* The dwarf Telchar in TheSilmarillion . It was he who forged Aragorn's sword "in the depths of time".
** There was also Curufinwe/Feanor, who was pretty good with weapons and armor and also crafted some trinkets that got mentioned in that work once or twice.

* ''{{Adventurers}}!'' parodied this one and is the TropeNamer.

** However, he does create the best shield (Cosmos Shield), best clothes (Mythril Clothes, rated higher than just about everything except the only-one-available Valkyrie Mail, which can only be worn by four of the eight characters anyway), etc...The Golden Boots is another only-one-available, and the second-best boots are yet another forgeable item.

Compare {{Sword Of Plot Advancement}}. See also TheBlacksmith. The weapons he forges may be so [[AbsurdlySharpBlade absurdly sharp]] that LikeCantCutLike.

The UltimateBlacksmith is the only person in the world that can turn that ingot of {{Phlebotinum}} into the InfinityPlusOneSword. Usually lives in a cave in a mountain on the edge of the world. The bottom edge. Guarded by a dragon with eight heads and twelve necks. Sometimes he is not guarded, hidden or the likes, but instead he has sworn never again to forge an instrument of bloodshed. In this case he must be persuaded to do so, which often turns out to be more complicated than the little dragon-problem. If persuaded, he will probably feature as the star of a ForgingScene.

Compare {{Sword Of Plot Advancement}}. See also TheBlacksmith.

* Shichizaki Kiki of ''{{Katanagatari}}'', whose twelve legendary "Swords" are all unique in some way (unique like the fact that one is poisoned, one's actually armor and [[spoiler:one's actually a set of handguns and a revolver]]). Even his non-legendary swords are capable of deciding the scale of battle just by how many one possesses. The former are also the {{MacGuffin}}s of the series for the main characters.

* ''FinalFantasyIII'' has one, at least in the DS remake (probably the original too) - she's the one who makes the Ultima Sword. She also makes the ultimate gear for each job class once they reach job level 99.

** Obaba is said to be the only person in the world capable of working the ancient forge to repair the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Trident of Ankohl]]. She can also use it to summon salamanders.

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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', the expert Blacksmith who makes Guts' weapons lives in the middle of nowhere. Guts appears to be his only customer.
** It should be noted that the blacksmith (Godot) had a small mine nearby, and his protege and adoptive daughter were forced to move away after the mine was collapsed during a fight between Guts and Zodd.
*** While Guts' sword is well crafted and the blacksmith is a master, there isn't really anything special, magical, or Infinity Plus One about it. The swords real lethality comes simply from the fact that its a {{BFS}} and, as stated numerous times throughout the series, only Guts can effectively swing around something that huge.
*** Actually, it's been revealed that while it started out as a regular (if freakin' huge) sword, it's been slowly becoming something more, although it's been suggested in the book this has more to do with the thousands of demons it's killed.
* Likewise, the Rockbells of ''FullmetalAlchemist'' are said to be the best auto-mail engineers around, but they live in rural isolation and only seem to make automail for the protagonist.
** They're only said to be the best by that selfsame protagonist.
** They ''do'' have other customers. However, it's implied that there are precious few people in Resembool who are both in need of a prosthetic, and brave enough to undergo the long, painful operation and rehab needed for auto-mail. Most of their customers have "normal" prosthetics.
* Totosai from ''{{Inuyasha}}'' is the creator of the most powerful swords in the story: Inuyasha's Tessaiga, accurately reputed to be capable of killing a hundred {{youkai}} with a single swing, and Sesshoumaru's Tenseiga, just as accurately reputed to be capable of saving a hundred lives with a single swing.
** Also of note is Totosai's apprentice-turned-rival, the evil Kaijinbo. Though not as skilled as Totosai, he forges two of the series' other most powerful weapons: Hoshiyomi's Halberd of Heaven and Earth, and Sesshoumaru's ''other'' sword Tokijin, which he forged from the teeth of Goshinki. Tokijin turns out to have such an immense evil power that it takes control of Kaijinbo, leading to his death.
** Don't forget Toshu, the swordsmith who forges the formidable Dakki. It's very noteworthy, since he's [[BadassNormal just a human, yet able to forge a demonic weapon]] strong enough to (temporarily) steal Tessaiga's power.
* After RurouniKenshin breaks his sword, he tries to seek out the original swordsmith for a repair job. Unfortunately, the guy has been dead for years and his son is a regular blacksmith who's more interested in making cookware, but the daughter-in-law lets slip that the swordsmith's last work, considered to be his masterpiece, has been dedicated to the local shrine. [[spoiler: Luckily, it turns out to be a reverse blade sword]].
* ''{{Seiken no Blacksmith}}'' of course has the blacksmith himself, Luke Ainsworth. Thus the title, 'The Sacred Sword Blacksmith'. Apparently he's the only one who can do it, since blacksmiths also seem to be rare to find...
* Are we forgetting [[{{Magic Knight Rayearth}} Presea]] for some reason? True, she seems to be using magic, rather than the hammer and anvil, but she is labeled as a blacksmith and she is the one who gives the knights their weapons, after their retrieval of the {{Phlebotinum}}.
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* A later addition to the cast of ''{{Thundercats}}'' was super-blacksmith Ben-Gali. Of course, the moment he turned up was also the moment the [[CoolSword Sword of Omens]] got snapped in two.
** To be fair, that wasn't the first time the sword broke. The first time that happened, it was reforged by a fire elemental who lived in a volcano - and promptly challenged the Thundercats to take it back. Late in the series, the sword was broken ''again'' and was taken by someone claiming to be the best smith in the ''universe''. He wasn't bluffing either. He reforged the Sword of Omens into the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus Two Sword]].

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* In the WhateleyUniverse, Caitlin Bardue is The Artificer, a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Golem construct]] magically designed to be The UltimateBlacksmith. Things that a high-end mage would need months to make, she can make overnight with the right stuff. As for accessibility, she lives in one of the dorms at Whateley Academy, so she's easy to get to.
** Well, not ''quite'' that accessible: Artificers are usually [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds young girls that are in so much pain due to uncontrolled magic]] that they pratically ''beg'' to be [[MarkedChange tattooed]] and [[HappinessInSlavery bonded to someone]], destroying all [[EmotionlessGirl personality and sense of self]]. ''Caitlin'', on the other hand, is a perpetually [[UnstoppableRage pissed off]] [[SuperSoldier former Black Ops]] [[TheGunslinger marksman]] [[{{Badass}} who will beat the crap out of anyone who tries to force her to do anything against her will]]. Oh, and she also used to be a [[GenderBender male Marine/range instructor]].

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* Subverted in ''OrderOfTheStick'', where Roy's sword can be repaired by anyone, although someone impersonating him sent them to retrieve some ThunderboltIron that wasn't actually needed, in the hope of getting them killed. Of course, since they now have it, it can be used to improve his sword so it actually becomes an InfinityPlusOneSword.
** It's a +5 sword with a chance to deal extra damage to undead, very powerful for his level but there are much more powerful swords possible in 3.5 ed. D&D, namely making 4 of the +5 various bonuses and using the hour/level spell "Greater Magic Weapon" to get a +5 bonus on it on top of them.

*[[spoiler:Biggoron]], who made the [[spoiler:Biggoron]] Sword from ''TheLegendOfZelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''Oracle of Seasons.'' In ''The Minish Cap,'' [[spoiler: you get the Mirror Shield from him]], instead.

**And Sauron, who forged another trinket that didn't get mentioned in TheSilmarillion so much but did come up a few times in TheLordOfTheRings.