Richard Chen Custom Sword?

[jbravo]

Out of my lane here, but trying to get a sense of value on a Richard Chen sword. I do not own it, but have it being offered to me.

Search was not my friend...

Here a few pics of the piece in question:



Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[horseclover]

Rich Chen was quite a buzzword a few years ago. He does great work and gathered something of a following. Here is a thread about his swordmaking. He was quite active fo about a year at SFI.
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?91862-HandMade-Real-HandMade-Katana-Sword

Whether times have changed and it is more of a production thing these days, I do not know. Pricing, I do not know.

Cheers

GC