Dude at the swap meet told me my anvil was 'too clean'

I was at the Ventura flea market last month looking at old tools and this guy walks up, points at my anvil I bought 3 years ago, and says 'you ain't a real smith if your anvil still has paint on it.' Like sorry I don't want rust flakes in my steel? Anyone else deal with gatekeeping over something dumb?

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grant_torres3mo ago

Lol yeah I had some guy tell me my hammer was too pretty to actually use.

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zarak183mo ago

Brought my buddy to a knife show and some dude told him his blade was too clean to be real.

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