Blacksmithing Ladeca Items

I'm quite confused x.x...it takes 3 Ladeca shadows and the mats needed to make a single item?

You need a Ladeca Shadow and a copper plates/ingots/whatever to make the item (unrepairable version). Then, you need to buy the blacksmith manual, and finish the item to 99% with blacksmithing. Then you need another one to complete it, I think.

So basically...Gather mats, handicraft, get a manual, get the mats again, then smith it and finish it.

In all, I need to gather double the mats and fish out the ladeca shadows...nice...=-=

scratch that last part...turns out is just make the item and smith them with laedca's