Im going for that engineer/tinker look for my gnome mage. It would be nice if I could transmog something simple like a screwdriver as a dagger and a wrench as an offhand. Best I’ve been able to come up with is the the tongs from Maruukai faction renown and the “gnomish” bucket from the trading post this month.
RP wise, I guess I do have to melt the ore down to make screws, cogwheels, and other parts. I use the forge to refine the ore I get from mining as well. The tongs and bucket kinda work, but it would be so much better to have the screwdriver and wrench.