Quote Originally Posted by TNScotsman View Post
Thank you! I think yours are quite handsome as well. Like you I'm a PhD and a knight, so I chose the azure tincture for its similarity to PhD blue on academic regalia and the Maltese cross as a common sign of knighthood (though I'm not a knight of Malta). The triple stars are a nod to the tristar of the Tennessee state flag, the Saltire for my Scottish heritage, and the wave pattern a note to being in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The bear is an American black bear from the Smoky Mountains and it is holding a hammer for my hobby of woodworking and a heritage of skilled trades in my family.

Probably more of an answer than you wanted, but it's hard to pick some of the explanation without doing it all. We may have some interesting conversations around academia and chivalry given our common experiences there.
This is exactly as much of an answer that I wanted! Thank you. I'm on a few heraldry groups on Facebook and the one on Reddit as well. I absolutely love seeing people's Arms and learning why they chose the things that they did.

I thought the three stars were for Tennessee; it seems you can't go anywhere in the state without them. I know that the National Guard units I was in had them on their unit patches and even in their unit insignia. The rest I was unsure about, but I'm glad to have learned more about you and your Arms.

I am curious as to what chivalrous group you belong to, you may have told me long ago, but I cannot remember.

Also, thank you for your kind words towards my Arms. Despite how simple they appear there was a lot of thought given to what I eventually landed on.