Rules Update - Core Smithing Rules

If it is possible, after the Con, and before the next event, can we update the smithing graph to reflect the changes?

I plan on updating all the paperwork - Rulebook and Sheets - before the March event.

Gaeth wrote: Small thing, but you might want to check that last sentence for Knowledge: Arcane Materials

Fixed, thank you.

Nice reason for an edit.

Just want to be sure, any artificer can put sockets into an item, correct? You just need to have the correct skills to put more than three in, yes?

You need the skill "Runic Improvements," which is a part of the Tier 1 skill "Improvements." Since you can choose 2 out of the 3 skills, you'd have to specifically choose NOT to take Improvements to not be able to make sockets (i.e. - you'd have to take Armaments, which makes the runes themselves, and Battle Smithing, instead).

Regarding Exalted and honing and soak.

Okay, say I have exalted axes that are superior and have been bound to me. Can I get them honed as smiths can enhance exalted weapons that are bound? Or is that other kinds of enhancements like adding sockets?

Regarding Exalted armor, if I have exalted gauntlets, exalted helmet, exalted shoulders, and exalted breastplate, and I getting +1 soak from each item of armor that is exalted, or just the initial breastplate that is exalted? I didn't want to cheese out, but I've acquired various exalted bitz as I've gone along so I wanted to know how much extra soak they'd netted me.