Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of them being one or the other? If they're boe but require weaponsmithing, i guess if they are rare drop recipes maybe, but seems a bit off.

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This means a Weaponsmith who has reached skill 415 and learned to make the weapons can make them and then sell them to other Weaponsmiths of lower skill, as low as the 200 minimum skill for Weaponsmith. The item requires Weaponsmith to equip, but does not require any specific skill. Thus a level 78+ character in the process of skilling up Blacksmithing can buy and equip the weapon as soon as he reaches Weaponsmith. Indeed, he can then stop there if the weapon was all he wanted for now.

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It was actually an oversight. However, I'm open to leaving them BoE if people feel it makes for better gameplay. The scenario you describe sounds like a pretty fringe case though.