User blog comment:The Milkman/Skyrim Titbits/@comment-5280592-20120823044428/@comment-5280592-20120823054251

Also these with sheaths either based on the armor instead of the weapon or a free sheathe. No matter how much you hate the Thalmor you can't say you've never worn their loot. You also can't say you've never wanted that imperial sword sheathe for a Skyforge sword. Why is it that I can make armor out of a mysterious ancient metal, forge an axe made from demonic cardiac muscles, and carve a dragon leg into a hammer, but I can't take a few leather strips and make a better holster for my iron shortsword than a strap which magically appears on my hip? Also why can I not make a shortsword out of anything but iron? Did the Nords think taking a light metal (steel) and shaping it into a form designed to be light and sturdy would be a bad idea?