Originally Posted by
box
elven weapons are better than orcish, why do you have orcish
Probably also because he stuck to the Heavy branch of Smithing and as such, cannot improve Elven stuff to maximum strength.
Well, he could just dump a level perk point on Elven, but what's the point when he could use it on something else? He already has his Orcish stuff after all.
I also used a Skyforge Steel Waraxe up until I got Ebony smithing. It was better once improved than what I could improve an Orcish waraxe to at the time.