We know that Gil-Galad gave Narya to Cirdan when he marched ioff to the Last Alliance, presumably since there was no point in bringing it along, he couldn't wear it. I think it highly likely that Elrond similarly stashed Vilya at Rivendell.
The Third Age was different, since the One was lost.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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