Oddity #1- I was crafting axes with my GM smith for my lumberjack and noticed the axes did not carry a maker's mark even though I have my tools set to mark the items and I receive the message: "You create an exceptional quality item and affix your maker's mark." I tested this by crafting other types of weapons and achieved the same result. Oddity #2- In the above scenario I was using dull copper ingots but when I smelted the test weapons (the non-axes) it yielded iron ingots. These oddities only occurred during weapon-crafting - armor crafting/smelting is working normally.
For starters, you cannot craft dull copper weapons without a dull copper runic hammer. They will all come out like iron type and will smelt to iron if smelted. I just tested and when you craft a runic weapon, with the appropriate ingots, it will smelt back the same. However, the maker's mark is definitely a bug. Most likely from the latest patch that tweaked the weapon naming conventions around.
Thanks! I knew that runic weapons were the only type to show their special ore colors but I had no idea weapons crafted with special ore alone (w/o runic) would convert to iron ingots when smelted. That's very strange if you ask me.
