I think he got his own property or something, so he went dark for a while. He's been pumping out new content fairly regularly considering the work that goes into them. It really filled a hole in my life that I didn't know existed.
This is one of the only channels on Youtube I set notifications for. I wanna see his collected iron get smelted into a new, larger, sleeker blade...but of course whatever he ends up doing with it, I know I'll enjoy the video.