Potentially a very dumb question

[Circlemage]

Ding 250 tradeskill, woot my combine worked, voila I have a Grandmaster's item. I have summonned my first no rent bag and visited Jolum in the bazaar and exchanged my satchel for a carry-all. (Doesn't it all sound easy? /sob).

Now because I'm easily distracted by bright and shiney things I started chatting to Jolum who in addition to telling me about the weight reducing bags and chatting about the recipe for a grandmasters medicine bag said...

Yes you have a blacksmith's arms. If you'd like to upgrade your Grandmaster Smith's Hammer simply bang on it in a forge with a mundane smithy hammer

NOOOOoooooooo!!!!!!!! I'm not hitting her she's my precious I wants her I do.

Have any of my elders and betters been brave enough to abuse their new toys in such a way or is this gnome just jealous?

[Sylphan]

It used to be that when you made a trophy it was not lore and had no +5% to tradeskill. Some people made three.

If you have one of those old ones you can upgrade it to the current version by that recipe.

If you have one of the new ones, you don't need to do the extra combine.

[Circlemage]

Thankyou that's much clearer now.