You wrote this " However, when you disenchat much higher level items you often end up with a dust, shard, or the like that you can't use until your enchanting ability is higher."
Do you mean that a level 60 skinner / leatherworker that drops skinning and takes enchanting that then disenchants redundant epic items will just get something like illusion dust and not a nexus crystal?
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I think what he was saying is that a level 1 enchanter can disenchant any item, no matter what level it is. However, to be able to use the item you get from the disenchant, you will have be a higher level enchanter.
i picked up enchanting at lvl 60 (dropped herbalism, which even at 300 was making me next to no cash), and the very first item i DE'd was a redundant Helm of Wrath. Bingo, Nexus Crystal.
The enchanting level requirement has nothing to do with the expansion, and everything to do with the patch 2.1. Thus, if you are still playing WoW now, you must meet the level requirement to disenchant items.