Hi, brand new to this forum and to sword collecting. Well I did save up enough money when I was 14 to buy a Paul Chen katana, but other than that have not been collecting since. Recently purchased a hand and half hand forged sword at the Arizona renfest from legacy forge. I know most people recommend against purchasing swords at the Renaissance festivals and I didn't intend to, but as soon as I held this sword there was no walking away from her. Anyway my question is this, has anyone recently purchased from "Forged in Time"? I've been searching his site and love his elite line of swords and daggers. I cannot find any recent discussion post 2014. Thanks in advance for any help

I've seen the Forged in Time website before, was impressed with their work but I've never seen anything of theirs in person.

Kult of Athena is the best for both price and delivery.

I've been collecting for a while. I suppose this is my "long-time listener first-time caller" post, but I'd be very curious to hear about Forged in Time, as well. Their 15th Century Riding Blade looks really appealing, and I'm in the market for a sword of about that size and type, but there's little in the description to give much of an idea about how durable/functional the blade is. Not to mention that there seems to be very little about this gentleman around the internet, at all.

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Digging up everything I can the owner has had 7 complaints to the BBB (I'll take one with a severe grain of salt, since it was over "armor" but the guy doesn't even sell armor, nor has he ever seemed to). On the other hand, all those complaints were related to delays/failures in delivering ordered goods. Now, that said, his own website stated that he will no longer be carrying Windlass or Hanwei blades, and will no longer be offering the pieces with "pre-manufactured parts" because of the exact issues with supply from them, which has caused extreme problems in orders and delays in delivery of goods. Therefore, 7 complaints in a short span that all seem to be connected to this very issue . . . which he appears to have remedied on his page . . . could be taken with a grain of salt.

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Thusly, I'd love to hear more information about this smith, as well. The outlook isn't great, but I'd like to hear from more people who've dealt with this smith, or have some of his pieces.