This is a maker whom I've only become recently aware of:

http://www.seelenschmiede.de/

I'm particularly fond of the two 15th c. styled longswords here with rain chapes and tooled leather:
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http://www.seelenschmiede.de/frameset.htm

I figured Sean will appreciate those in particular, what with his recent work on his A&A Durer. :)

I also very much like this hunting hanger. It looks like a 17th century style (and the description says its in the baroque style, so that would make sense) :

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http://www.seelenschmiede.de/frameset.htm

The maker seems to have a very nice eye for historical pieces. I only discovered the site because of these pictures from Torsten Schneyer of the group Zornhau:

http://www.historische-portraits.de/Bild1.jpg

http://www.historische-portraits.de/temp/zorn...chwert.jpg

Nice find Bill. These are indeed attractive pieces.

I had the opportunity to handle ( and cut with :) ) some of Stephan's pieces at the international open championship last week.
They are excellent work, handle great and go through tatami like a hot knife through butter.
Unfortunately they are more than a little bit above what I can afford, but Every collector needs things to dream about... :)

If you ever go to Germany, try attending one of Stephan's cutting seminars. He always brings some of his work along for the participants to use.

Interesting construction of the chappe. I wonder if that's a documented historical technique.

Steffan's work is calling me lol! I love his longswords. The leather work I have seen of his is astounding. Does anyone else have experience with his swords?

Roth is not just a blacksmith. He's also a swordsman.
After visiting his website, I found that Roth also created a knife for a museum in Liechtenstein.

Oh, and he makes his own steel.

I recently messaged Mr. Roth about a longsword. I can't wait to see how it turns out.