Well he would be crimped on the level of purity in the materials he would use. I have no problem him being able to forge and maintain high quality items. Just bare in mind most Orders would have their own Black smiths and be limited on the quality of ore they get. A lot of factors to take in and such.

You would be best off making out he's collecting Elvin knowledge on forging, since they were the ones who made the majority of enchanted items.