HYPERBATON!

[420]

Talon is using a figure of speech - actually, if we're being accurate, it's hyperbaton - changing word order to emphasize meaning. Talon's using one of the most common instances. Its construction is:
An <obvious indicator> does not a <noun> make.

So, "A carving knife does not a butcher make" means "Just having a knife doesn't mean you know how to cut meat properly."

-Throbblefoot

PS - The Wikipedia article might explain the general idea:
Wikipedia on Hyperbaton

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Sounds like a fun game to me.

A blue suit and red tie does not a politician make.

-420

[Throbblefoot]

A thesaurus does not a poet make.

-Throbblefoot

[Mercy]

A booger does not a good meal make.

[Soul Sojourner]

A coldmaster does not a master of cold make.

[cuchulann]

A popular vote does not a president make.

[Throbblefoot]

Nice one, Cuchulann!

Anastrophe does not a logical point make.

[Soul Sojourner]

Instability does not unstable make.

[Meclar]

Understand does not remove confusion make.

Did I do it right?

[420]

A poop scooper does not a Poop Smith make.

-420

[Throbblefoot]

I can't say I'd classify "remove confusion" as a noun. Maybe "does not comprehension make"?

-Throbblefoot

[Soul Sojourner]

I think you need to add an ing to understand as well.