windlass ulfbehrt, windlass sticklestadt, tinker pierce 9th century aremy top 3
in that order...know what i want
Not to name-drop, but I actually have met Tinker Pierce on a few occasions. Really nice guy. He used to bring some of his prototypes to our ARMA practices to have us test them and give some feedback. He also joined us a few years ago at our tent at the Armed Forces Day thing at Ft Lewis. As I recall he was working on an interesting blunt longsword that was going to be mass produced by Hanwei. Not bad at all. A little springy but not bad. Not as good as an Albion, but better than most of Hanwei’s prior stuff.
He’s an excellent smith. I keep toying with the idea of asking him to make me a really period-accurate Viking Seax. I’m sure he could do it well. I’ve seen a few of his other ones.