I think this thread hits on a very important point. Some people think something should be in the vanilla version of the game while others would disagree. That is EXACTLY what modding is for! Modding allows everyone to have, more or less, the game that they want.
Also, modding with URW is as easy as copying some text files into your game folder. You don't need to know how to create the mods, you just need to download the text files or create a txt file and copy/paste. Then with very little effort your/my game has the features of choice.
I personally love iron working, and so EVERY game i play has "rain's iron mod".
@caethan: Thanks for posting the Birch-bark mod items. That is something that i have been lacking in my current game but was too lazy to look around for a mod, and way too lazy to write my own..... haha, then what i need just appears... like magic. Thank you!
Birch bark bandages are really what i want though, i guess i will have to write them in....I really don't have a lot of clothes or hides for bandages at the moment....