Is anyone familiar with this smith or his work? I stumbled on him and am pretty intrigued.
http://www.bigrockforge.com/swords.html

On that site's About page is listed the name Scott Roush. Look on our site for his membership profile and his posts and topics.

That's fantastic! Thank you!

The sword showing in the picture on the Big Rock Forge site is "Verteidiger" - a commission Scott did for me.

You can find info about it the in Makers/Manufacturers forum. I've also since received a rondel dagger that is complementary to the sword. I am extremely pleased with both - you can see my thoughts in the Verteidiger thread.

Scott is great to work with: good communication, takes the time to listen and undertand what you're trying to get at, and makes really good choices (in my opinion) when you give him a "concept" of an idea, but can't really articulate specifics.

His site also links to his "Cold Iron Blog" that goes through the "in-progress" on much of his work.

I very much recommend Scott and his work.