I recently got Windshear and have to say it is SICK. The ability to stagger lock up to five mobs at once comes in handy, I won't lie. My only question is do Scimitars, and more importantly Windshear, fall under the Steel Smithing perk? I don't care so much about making one, but I'd certainly like to improve them by double, knocking Windshear into "Legendary" status.

You could always find a grinding stone and see what it needs.

It needs steel ingots, but I wasn't sure if that necessarily meant it could be improved by double with the "Steel Smithing" perk.

I believe it falls under the material it uses, so yes, it should be under Steel Smithing.

If you want to be completely sure, save then put a point into steel. If it doesn't work, just reload your save.

I can improve it to Legendary with 100 smithing, so I guess it falls under Steel Smithing.

Excellent, thank you for all the responses. If you get a chance to pick up Windshear, PLEASE DO SO. A truly amazing piece of kit.

Will do if you give us a clue as to its whereabouts..