Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.50.115.121-20130731034811/@comment-82.42.199.126-20140717173553

He sqid he didn't have daedric smithing perk. The wiki clearly says the daedric smithing perk is required to upgrade the soulrender/bloodscythe beyond flawless without raiseing the smithing over 100. AND you need 96 smithing to do legendary and above.