Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32765490-20180502211730/@comment-34435400-20180503150930

You'd need to add coal to the forge to get steel since coal contains amounts of Carbon it mixes with the iron making steel.

But I agree with Alte on this. I rather like Iron as an item. And it shouldn't be chainmail it should be Maille or mail or maile. I could suggest hundreds of things to make smithing better but I don't because that would flood the forums. I'm fine with the way it is now.