here's abit of help for you,don't bother getting boyd,yeah he has 95 smithing skill,but he takes too long to make things the best smithery person you can recruit is infact gusto (in peterny for 60,000fol.
yeah he costs quite abit but he's better than boyd by miles. the best smithery team is fayt/albel, cliff and boyd.

with a team like that you don't need boyd cause as soon as you get him you can make weapons such as veinslay,mithril gauntlets,claw of judgment,etc.