Skyforge steel IS temperable without the unofficial patch and benefits from the steel smithing perk . It has the same base damage as a elven dagger but with less weight and benefits from an easier smithing perk to obtain . Weapon damage base damage smithing bonus 1 skill level 2001 perk bonusenchantments potion effect . So for example with a skyforge dagger at flawless 7 damage and lvl 40 in one handed with 25 on arms man perk 40 % you get the following 871402001 . 425 . 2 rounded down to 25 . Obviously you can get better damage out of a daedric or glass dagger but this is to illustrate how easily it can be done fairly early on with lower tier weapons . Once you factor in sneak attacks and the 30 x damage bonus this just goes through the roof .