On the window that shows your spec points and you realm abilities, there will be icons for different crafts. For weaponcrafting there will be a sword icon. If you drag it to your quick bar and click it a window will come up. That window shows you what you can make. If you expand an item (like a dagger) it will show you different levels of daggers made with different levels of materials. Right click on bronze dagger and the material list will come up. Find a merchant that sells those materials (Jord, Aegir, Hagall for example). When you have the materials drag the bronze dagger icon to your bar and click it. You will make a bronze dagger.
When making items you have a chance to gain skill in your craft. You will not always get a skill point even if you successfully make an item. Try to make things that con yellow to you. Also, if you /say task to the weaponsmith master (Jord or Aegir) he will give you a task to make and deliver something. Since crafting is expensive, this can be helpful because NPCs will pay you. It is not fast though since there is running around involved.
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