Blacksmiths are completely different from Alchemists.
The difference honestly is very simple when looking at it from the surface, but the more Ezra observed Rogers' work, the more he realized how deep that difference actually was.
Blacksmiths couldn't use Cognis since they were just ordinary humans.
No use of glowing Alchemy circles, no instant creation and no actual terrifying physical strength.
Yet despite that…
They still held an important place within the development of Britannia because of the amount of metal products they mass produced every single day.
The ordinary weapons used by common soldiers and guards throughout Britannia were all created by Blacksmiths.
Because unlike Alchemists…
Ordinary people can use Alchemy based weapons and as already explained before in chapter 51.
Most normal weapons can't even handle Cognis properly.
The moment an Alchemist forcefully pushed Cognis into an ordinary poorly-made weapon…
