That's pretty cool! I think this is a rare step in the right direction. 
 
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				This is a custom maker I saw one of his swords on ebay last year priced at ten times what a good quality original would cost    
			
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 Question is, would you actively use a "good quality original" (antique?).. ?
I think his efforts are commendable... and I also think that the world of ethnographic weaponry/tools needs passioned makers like him (along with everyday users, martial artists, and today's descendants of these traditions) as much as it needs scholars, collectors, and historians.