1 00:00:04,750 --> 00:00:08,375 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:10,167 - Here in The Forge, we put hundreds 3 00:00:10,292 --> 00:00:12,125 of smiths to the test. 4 00:00:12,250 --> 00:00:14,000 - It's hot in here. 5 00:00:14,042 --> 00:00:15,500 - But only a select few have proven themselves 6 00:00:15,583 --> 00:00:18,917 time and time again, remaining undefeated. 7 00:00:18,917 --> 00:00:21,042 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:21,125 --> 00:00:23,167 Now, three of our most decorated champions 9 00:00:23,250 --> 00:00:25,083 will put their perfect records on the line 10 00:00:25,208 --> 00:00:27,125 and go head-to-head against previous 11 00:00:27,292 --> 00:00:29,000 "Forged in Fire" winners in some 12 00:00:29,083 --> 00:00:30,708 of the most heated battles yet. 13 00:00:30,833 --> 00:00:32,958 - This is a living nightmare. 14 00:00:33,042 --> 00:00:34,833 - Everything's [bleep] [bleep] right now, 15 00:00:34,917 --> 00:00:36,208 if you know what I'm saying. 16 00:00:36,375 --> 00:00:39,500 - Will anyone have what it takes to finally... 17 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,500 Oh! 18 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,208 Beat the unbeaten? 19 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:44,958 ♪ ♪ 20 00:00:45,042 --> 00:00:47,875 [dramatic rock music] 21 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,958 ♪ ♪ 22 00:00:51,042 --> 00:00:53,000 - My name is Jay Replogle. 23 00:00:53,167 --> 00:00:55,250 I first competed on season three 24 00:00:55,375 --> 00:00:59,083 and became a champion when I made the German Zweihander. 25 00:00:59,208 --> 00:01:02,042 Being a champion has allowed me to grow my craft 26 00:01:02,208 --> 00:01:05,125 and become better over the past six years. 27 00:01:05,208 --> 00:01:06,917 I'm coming back to test my skills 28 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:08,875 against another champion, 29 00:01:09,042 --> 00:01:10,208 and then possibly 30 00:01:10,333 --> 00:01:11,750 face another champion. 31 00:01:11,833 --> 00:01:14,667 Hopefully, I'm ready. 32 00:01:14,792 --> 00:01:15,958 - I'm Trevor Jenkinson. 33 00:01:16,083 --> 00:01:18,333 I'm a returning champion from season seven. 34 00:01:18,375 --> 00:01:21,167 I made the war scythe on the Halloween edition. 35 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:23,292 Since I've been on the show, I'm in nursing school 36 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:25,000 right now, and that's taken up the majority 37 00:01:25,083 --> 00:01:26,625 of my time the last two years, 38 00:01:26,708 --> 00:01:28,000 But I definitely know more 39 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:29,083 than when I first competed, 40 00:01:29,167 --> 00:01:30,500 and I'm really excited 41 00:01:30,625 --> 00:01:32,500 to defend my title. 42 00:01:32,583 --> 00:01:35,750 - Champions, welcome back to The Forge, gentlemen. 43 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:38,292 You guys are about to take part in an intense bladesmithing 44 00:01:38,375 --> 00:01:40,792 competition that's going to test all of your skills. 45 00:01:40,875 --> 00:01:43,292 Now, to start things off, it's just gonna be the two 46 00:01:43,375 --> 00:01:45,208 of you in the first round going head-to-head 47 00:01:45,292 --> 00:01:47,833 in a five straight hour bladesmithing round. 48 00:01:47,958 --> 00:01:50,125 Now, when that five-hour round is over, 49 00:01:50,208 --> 00:01:52,417 the judges will step in and test your blades 50 00:01:52,542 --> 00:01:54,625 and ultimately decide which one of you has impressed them 51 00:01:54,708 --> 00:01:56,750 the most and will be moving into the second round 52 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:58,167 of competition. 53 00:01:58,250 --> 00:01:59,500 Now this is where things get interesting. 54 00:01:59,625 --> 00:02:01,958 In the second round, you'll be going toe to toe 55 00:02:02,083 --> 00:02:04,375 with one of our titans of The Forge 56 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:06,667 because this is "Beat the Unbeaten." 57 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:10,000 Now, if you have what it takes to beat your first round 58 00:02:10,167 --> 00:02:12,375 competitor and one of our unbeaten champs, 59 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:14,375 you will go home with your second "Forged in Fire" 60 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:18,333 champion title, but also a check for $10,000. 61 00:02:18,375 --> 00:02:21,917 - I love the challenge of facing an undefeated opponent, 62 00:02:22,042 --> 00:02:24,167 but it's going to be super tough. 63 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:26,042 - Now in this round, you're going to be building 64 00:02:26,167 --> 00:02:28,125 a signature blade in your signature style. 65 00:02:28,208 --> 00:02:29,833 All that we ask is that they measure 66 00:02:29,875 --> 00:02:32,083 between 11 and 13 inches. 67 00:02:32,208 --> 00:02:33,792 In order to do that, gentlemen, you're 68 00:02:33,875 --> 00:02:35,917 going to need what's under that cloth on your anvils. 69 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,667 So do us a favor and take that cloth off. 70 00:02:38,750 --> 00:02:42,500 [dramatic music] 71 00:02:42,625 --> 00:02:44,208 All right, what you guys are looking at there 72 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:46,917 is 80CrV2 high carbon steel. 73 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:48,333 Now, as you look at that steel, guys, 74 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:50,542 you're probably noticing it's not enough to make 75 00:02:50,708 --> 00:02:52,708 an 11- to 13-inch blade. 76 00:02:52,833 --> 00:02:55,000 And that's because we want you to add it to this... 77 00:02:55,125 --> 00:02:58,833 ♪ ♪ 78 00:02:58,917 --> 00:03:00,875 Canister Damascus. 79 00:03:00,958 --> 00:03:02,500 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:02,625 --> 00:03:05,083 Now what we want you to do is choose your materials 81 00:03:05,208 --> 00:03:07,042 and make a canister. 82 00:03:07,042 --> 00:03:08,458 You're then going to use that billet 83 00:03:08,542 --> 00:03:11,000 as the cladding on your 80CrV2 to make 84 00:03:11,125 --> 00:03:13,083 your San Mai signature blade. 85 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:15,458 - I've never made this type of Damascus before. 86 00:03:15,542 --> 00:03:17,583 I've practiced canister and I've practiced San Mai, 87 00:03:17,667 --> 00:03:19,500 but I've never combined the two. 88 00:03:19,625 --> 00:03:21,458 I'm a little bit nervous going into this. 89 00:03:21,542 --> 00:03:22,792 - Now, when the five hours is up, 90 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:24,833 the judges are going to step in and test your weapons, 91 00:03:24,917 --> 00:03:27,500 first for strength and durability in an antler chop. 92 00:03:27,583 --> 00:03:29,333 And then they're going to check your edge retention 93 00:03:29,417 --> 00:03:32,500 and sharpness in a Tatami mat slice. 94 00:03:32,542 --> 00:03:34,292 You've only got five hours on the clock 95 00:03:34,375 --> 00:03:37,000 to complete this challenge, so good luck 96 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:39,167 because that time starts now. 97 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,042 ♪ ♪ 98 00:03:41,208 --> 00:03:42,375 - You know, it's interesting that both 99 00:03:42,542 --> 00:03:44,042 our contestants here-- 100 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:46,333 Jay I remember from season three 101 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:47,917 and Trevor from season seven. 102 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,958 So what have they done since then to get to this point? 103 00:03:52,042 --> 00:03:54,667 Now Jay here, if you didn't know, he's been in a cave 104 00:03:54,750 --> 00:03:56,333 and he just came out, I'm ready. 105 00:03:56,375 --> 00:03:59,458 I've been doing nothing but making blades. 106 00:03:59,542 --> 00:04:00,625 ♪ ♪ 107 00:04:00,625 --> 00:04:02,333 - It feels good coming back as a champion. 108 00:04:02,417 --> 00:04:04,792 The first time I competed, it was fairly difficult. 109 00:04:04,875 --> 00:04:07,375 I was up against some really good guys. 110 00:04:07,458 --> 00:04:09,542 Nerves and all that kind of take its toll. 111 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:12,333 But now I think I could come back and do a little better. 112 00:04:12,417 --> 00:04:15,333 - Now Jay made the Zweihander, which, 113 00:04:15,458 --> 00:04:17,833 at the time in season three, was the largest weapon 114 00:04:17,875 --> 00:04:19,542 I think we'd ever done. 115 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:21,875 - Yeah, he comes in here and hears 11 to 13, he's like, 116 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,500 pfft, got it. 117 00:04:23,583 --> 00:04:27,000 - My biggest concern is having to make a canister. 118 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:29,500 When I found out I was coming on "Forged in Fire," 119 00:04:29,625 --> 00:04:31,667 my buddy was like, you've made canister, right? 120 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:33,958 And I'm like, no, I actually haven't because I 121 00:04:34,042 --> 00:04:35,500 hate the way it looks. 122 00:04:35,583 --> 00:04:38,375 And of course, "Forged in Fire," they know. 123 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:41,500 They read your mind somehow, and your greatest fear 124 00:04:41,667 --> 00:04:43,500 comes true on The Forge floor. 125 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:45,500 But I should be able to pull it off. 126 00:04:45,583 --> 00:04:47,208 - All right, first things first. 127 00:04:47,292 --> 00:04:48,625 These guys have to get a canister going. 128 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:51,083 We've got fishhook, we've got bike chain, 129 00:04:51,167 --> 00:04:52,208 and we've got chainsaw blade. 130 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,708 What would you be going for? 131 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:55,208 - I think fishhooks. 132 00:04:55,292 --> 00:04:56,667 It makes a really cool pattern, and it's 133 00:04:56,792 --> 00:05:00,417 a finer thing so the welds are easier to get going on. 134 00:05:00,542 --> 00:05:02,833 - The material I choose to put in my can is fishhooks, 135 00:05:02,917 --> 00:05:05,000 and the reason is there's no cleaning. 136 00:05:05,125 --> 00:05:07,500 All the saw blades and the chain 137 00:05:07,625 --> 00:05:09,333 both have oil and grease on it. 138 00:05:09,458 --> 00:05:11,917 Fishhooks, brand new, clean, perfect-- 139 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,750 just dump them in. 140 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:15,208 ♪ ♪ 141 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:17,208 - Now we've seen canister done and stripped 142 00:05:17,375 --> 00:05:18,792 in 20 minutes, right? 143 00:05:18,917 --> 00:05:21,000 This is a little bit more difficult than that. 144 00:05:21,125 --> 00:05:23,292 They've got two forge welds to do. 145 00:05:23,375 --> 00:05:24,542 They've got to forge weld that canister, 146 00:05:24,625 --> 00:05:25,792 they've got to prep the canister, 147 00:05:25,875 --> 00:05:27,167 draw it out, cut it, and then do another 148 00:05:27,292 --> 00:05:28,750 forge weld on that 80CrV2. 149 00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:30,667 So it really ups the ante and the difficulty 150 00:05:30,792 --> 00:05:32,167 of this challenge. 151 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:33,667 ♪ ♪ 152 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:35,667 Well, right off the bat, it looks like one of our smiths-- 153 00:05:35,833 --> 00:05:38,167 Trevor's decided to grab the White Out. 154 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:40,000 So he's planning on removing the can. 155 00:05:40,083 --> 00:05:41,833 Now it wasn't a requirement. 156 00:05:41,917 --> 00:05:43,125 Unnecessary step. 157 00:05:43,208 --> 00:05:45,125 - I mean, the option of taking the can off is one thing, 158 00:05:45,208 --> 00:05:46,917 but you could draw that steel out 159 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,542 and just grind the can off one side and then do your restack. 160 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:52,042 - I think the White Out is going 161 00:05:52,125 --> 00:05:53,792 to help me in the long run. 162 00:05:53,875 --> 00:05:55,583 I'll be able to peel this can off, I'll have a clean billet, 163 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:56,917 and I'll be able to see any problems 164 00:05:57,042 --> 00:05:58,500 that my billet has with it. 165 00:05:58,583 --> 00:05:59,917 So I won't have any cracks if we get to testing, 166 00:06:00,042 --> 00:06:02,750 and I've got a big old gap in between something. 167 00:06:02,875 --> 00:06:04,833 I'm going to let this White Out dry with just 168 00:06:04,917 --> 00:06:06,458 the air because the last time I competed, 169 00:06:06,542 --> 00:06:07,667 we had to make a pretty big knife 170 00:06:07,750 --> 00:06:09,458 out of a bunch of Damascus plates 171 00:06:09,542 --> 00:06:11,000 that had been abandoned. 172 00:06:11,083 --> 00:06:14,208 I put the White Out into my can, I set it on fire. 173 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:15,708 It was not supposed to do that. 174 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,167 I should have just let it dry, but it 175 00:06:17,292 --> 00:06:18,875 ended up making my cans stick. 176 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,167 And I spent the majority of my time peeling that off. 177 00:06:22,250 --> 00:06:24,500 - Trevor cooked his White Out before he put his can 178 00:06:24,625 --> 00:06:26,000 together, so you notice that can's 179 00:06:26,083 --> 00:06:27,792 not peeling off real easy. 180 00:06:27,875 --> 00:06:30,292 - So I'm kind of happy that we have to do canister. 181 00:06:30,375 --> 00:06:33,167 And that sounds stupid to say, but I want to redeem myself 182 00:06:33,250 --> 00:06:36,333 and see if I can do it a little bit better this time. 183 00:06:36,458 --> 00:06:37,833 - You know, my concern with Trevor 184 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,708 is he's dumping powder and everything in there, 185 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:41,125 but I don't think he's giving it 186 00:06:41,208 --> 00:06:43,250 enough time to really dry out. 187 00:06:43,417 --> 00:06:45,292 - Now, he's making this paste on the walls 188 00:06:45,375 --> 00:06:47,667 that won't weld well. 189 00:06:47,792 --> 00:06:51,667 It's the main cause of a difficult can to peel. 190 00:06:51,792 --> 00:06:53,167 ♪ ♪ 191 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:56,667 - I'm going to start working on some handle scales. 192 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:58,500 - So Jay went shopping in the pantry, 193 00:06:58,583 --> 00:06:59,917 and it looks like he grabbed a bunch of very 194 00:07:00,042 --> 00:07:01,250 colorful handle material. 195 00:07:01,375 --> 00:07:02,833 - I remember the first time I competed, 196 00:07:02,958 --> 00:07:05,583 the testing, it was fairly difficult. 197 00:07:05,667 --> 00:07:08,750 So I grabbed three layers of the G10 198 00:07:08,875 --> 00:07:11,833 because I think it offers a lot more strength in the toughness 199 00:07:11,917 --> 00:07:14,375 and durability tests, and it'll add 200 00:07:14,542 --> 00:07:15,958 a little bit of cool factor to the knob, 201 00:07:16,042 --> 00:07:18,333 having the triple colors. 202 00:07:18,542 --> 00:07:21,542 - The nice thing about Jay making his own scales 203 00:07:21,625 --> 00:07:23,542 is that it pulled him away from his forge. 204 00:07:23,667 --> 00:07:25,417 He was busy working on that, and he's 205 00:07:25,542 --> 00:07:28,292 allowing that canister to really heat up. 206 00:07:28,375 --> 00:07:29,875 - Ah. 207 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,500 ♪ ♪ 208 00:07:32,583 --> 00:07:34,167 - My can took the heat. 209 00:07:34,208 --> 00:07:35,500 I'm going to run to the squaring dice on the press 210 00:07:35,625 --> 00:07:37,417 and just compress it on all sides. 211 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:39,667 - Trevor's going for his first press. 212 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:42,083 - Is he actually getting it up to a high enough 213 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:43,333 weld temperature? 214 00:07:43,542 --> 00:07:45,500 Or did he get the core even to the weld temperature? 215 00:07:45,583 --> 00:07:48,250 - He's glowing pretty good, but it's not at that, 216 00:07:48,375 --> 00:07:50,958 you know, 1,800-plus welding temperature 217 00:07:51,083 --> 00:07:52,250 that we want to see. 218 00:07:52,375 --> 00:07:53,375 - I'm worried about being too aggressive 219 00:07:53,542 --> 00:07:54,833 with this can right now. 220 00:07:54,958 --> 00:07:56,458 If this powder isn't at welding temperature 221 00:07:56,625 --> 00:07:58,000 and I start pushing and pressing, 222 00:07:58,042 --> 00:08:00,208 it's almost like trying to make sand castles 223 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:01,542 without any water. 224 00:08:01,667 --> 00:08:03,167 It's not going to stick to itself at all. 225 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,375 It's just going to crumble. 226 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:06,250 And if I push it up too far, 227 00:08:06,417 --> 00:08:08,375 it'll squish out a little line of metal 228 00:08:08,542 --> 00:08:09,792 going all the way down my can. 229 00:08:09,875 --> 00:08:11,917 So that could cause inclusions, 230 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,458 cracks, fissures. 231 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:15,417 Anything like that, it could really mess up my knife. 232 00:08:15,542 --> 00:08:17,000 - So I wonder how long he's going 233 00:08:17,125 --> 00:08:18,333 to wait to peel that thing. 234 00:08:18,417 --> 00:08:20,000 - I'd like to see him do at least one 235 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:22,500 more pass until the large dies are touching. 236 00:08:22,667 --> 00:08:24,667 You're reducing the entire canister, 237 00:08:24,708 --> 00:08:27,542 and it should be consolidated by then. 238 00:08:27,667 --> 00:08:29,500 - I've gone over my can a few times now. 239 00:08:29,583 --> 00:08:31,125 I think my billet's is solid. 240 00:08:31,250 --> 00:08:33,333 I'm hoping that I'll be able to tap my billet out. 241 00:08:33,417 --> 00:08:35,708 We're going to see how that goes. 242 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:38,292 - I've got my weld set. 243 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:40,250 And I can start drawing out the canister. 244 00:08:40,333 --> 00:08:42,333 - I think that Jay's at a spot now he can run over 245 00:08:42,417 --> 00:08:43,250 to Big Blu on the next pass. 246 00:08:43,375 --> 00:08:44,500 - Yep, that's the plan. 247 00:08:44,583 --> 00:08:45,750 - Because he's not trying to peel this can. 248 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:48,625 - I mean, that's a 20-minute advantage. 249 00:08:48,708 --> 00:08:51,542 - My plan is to forge a canister, 250 00:08:51,667 --> 00:08:55,542 then three-stack it, then build a tall, narrow billet 251 00:08:55,667 --> 00:08:58,042 to compress and draw out to a blade. 252 00:08:58,125 --> 00:09:00,750 It's quite important that everything's the same size. 253 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:03,333 If one side is fatter than the other, 254 00:09:03,458 --> 00:09:05,083 what it actually will do is push 255 00:09:05,208 --> 00:09:07,042 the 80CrV2 out of the center. 256 00:09:07,125 --> 00:09:09,917 I may not have hardened steel on the edge 257 00:09:10,042 --> 00:09:13,667 because the core has shifted over, which would be terrible. 258 00:09:13,833 --> 00:09:17,250 ♪ ♪ 259 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:18,833 - My can is solid now. 260 00:09:18,917 --> 00:09:20,750 I'm going to cut the top completely off, 261 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:22,500 and then I'm going to cut the bottom completely off. 262 00:09:22,583 --> 00:09:23,792 And I have one more cut I'm going 263 00:09:23,875 --> 00:09:24,875 to make along the billet. 264 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,542 I'm hoping that this will make it 265 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:27,958 so I can just tap in the middle, 266 00:09:28,042 --> 00:09:30,875 and my can fall off either side. 267 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,667 - So cutting a slot is kind of like trying to peel 268 00:09:33,792 --> 00:09:35,083 a banana from the middle. 269 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,542 - Yeah. 270 00:09:36,625 --> 00:09:37,667 - And your banana's all chewed up at the end. 271 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:38,958 - Like eating a burrito sideways. 272 00:09:39,083 --> 00:09:40,667 - Yeah. 273 00:09:40,792 --> 00:09:42,792 - I can see that it's loose, but it's just not budging. 274 00:09:42,917 --> 00:09:45,292 To boot with that, I've got little fissures 275 00:09:45,375 --> 00:09:46,708 on one of these corners. 276 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:48,292 I think from working on this can so long, 277 00:09:48,417 --> 00:09:50,417 I've introduced cracks. 278 00:09:50,542 --> 00:09:53,208 That's worrying me right now. 279 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:56,500 I'm hoping one of these strikes, it'll just fall off, 280 00:09:56,583 --> 00:09:58,667 but I'm just going to have to keep on going 281 00:09:58,750 --> 00:10:00,667 and see how far we have to go. 282 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:02,958 This has taken me a lot longer than I thought it would, 283 00:10:03,083 --> 00:10:06,167 and I'm really wishing for it to fall off at some point. 284 00:10:06,208 --> 00:10:07,833 And I'm hoping there's just a little weld 285 00:10:07,958 --> 00:10:09,958 somewhere I'll have to break. 286 00:10:10,083 --> 00:10:12,000 - There we go. Good to see Trevor switching-- 287 00:10:12,125 --> 00:10:13,167 - Perfect. 288 00:10:13,292 --> 00:10:14,750 - Realizing what he was doing wasn't working. 289 00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:17,000 Now he's using the floor vise. 290 00:10:17,125 --> 00:10:18,500 - All right. 291 00:10:18,625 --> 00:10:20,500 - A nice smile going on in there. 292 00:10:20,542 --> 00:10:21,500 - There you go. 293 00:10:21,625 --> 00:10:23,625 - It's a boy. - It worked. 294 00:10:23,708 --> 00:10:26,542 - We questioned the time he allotted for that White Out 295 00:10:26,708 --> 00:10:28,792 to dry, but clearly, the recipe was right. 296 00:10:28,875 --> 00:10:30,667 That can peeled just fine. 297 00:10:30,792 --> 00:10:32,500 - I knew he would do it all along. 298 00:10:32,667 --> 00:10:34,208 - That's got to be a good feeling. 299 00:10:34,208 --> 00:10:36,125 - I'm happy with how the can just peels off, 300 00:10:36,208 --> 00:10:39,583 but I'm seeing smaller cracks along some of these corners. 301 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,625 I don't think I'm going to be able to grind those out, 302 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:45,000 so I'm just going to cut my losses and cut them off. 303 00:10:45,083 --> 00:10:48,500 - Trevor's billet had some cracking, but now what's left 304 00:10:48,583 --> 00:10:50,292 is kind of like the dimension of a hot dog. 305 00:10:50,375 --> 00:10:53,333 And he needs to get that to be 2 inches wide in order 306 00:10:53,458 --> 00:10:55,667 not to lose any of the 80CrV2 307 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:57,000 - My initial idea for this knife 308 00:10:57,125 --> 00:10:59,750 is going to be a big Bowie style chopper. 309 00:10:59,875 --> 00:11:02,500 That is one that sticks out to me as just a good style 310 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:05,833 for this type of competition. 311 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:07,708 - You know, we've been talking about Trevor a whole bunch 312 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:09,333 because it's so much going on with him. 313 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:13,542 Meanwhile, Jay's over here just making a beautiful billet. 314 00:11:13,667 --> 00:11:16,042 - I got my San Mai billet welded together. 315 00:11:16,125 --> 00:11:17,333 I know I've got to start working 316 00:11:17,458 --> 00:11:18,667 on drawing my blade out. 317 00:11:18,792 --> 00:11:21,083 I intend to make a traditional Bowie knife 318 00:11:21,167 --> 00:11:22,833 for this first round, but if things 319 00:11:22,958 --> 00:11:24,500 don't go exactly right, it's going 320 00:11:24,625 --> 00:11:26,167 to be close to a Bowie knife. 321 00:11:26,292 --> 00:11:28,500 - Jay is in a really good spot with that second billet 322 00:11:28,583 --> 00:11:29,833 all welded up. 323 00:11:29,875 --> 00:11:31,542 He's already cleaned the edges up. 324 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:34,958 - The Bowie knife I'm making, it's a knife I make a lot, 325 00:11:35,042 --> 00:11:37,500 and so I can almost make it in my sleep. 326 00:11:37,625 --> 00:11:40,667 And I'm trying to shape that steel to the size 327 00:11:40,792 --> 00:11:43,667 that I need it to make the knife that I want to make. 328 00:11:43,792 --> 00:11:47,500 - All right, guys, two hours down, three hours left. 329 00:11:47,625 --> 00:11:49,833 - I've got the length and the width on my billet sorted out. 330 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:51,250 I've got it cleaned up. 331 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:52,667 I've got it cut in the middle, and I'm 332 00:11:52,875 --> 00:11:55,500 going to stick these two pieces onto that 80CrV2. 333 00:11:55,583 --> 00:11:59,208 - I think the big problem now is that Trevor's platen 334 00:11:59,292 --> 00:12:00,958 steel is looking so thin. 335 00:12:01,042 --> 00:12:03,000 And if you try to bring up the forge weld, 336 00:12:03,083 --> 00:12:05,708 some, like, foil on top of a big chunk in the middle, 337 00:12:05,833 --> 00:12:07,500 it goes all over the place, and it's 338 00:12:07,583 --> 00:12:09,833 just not enough meat there to get a good forge going. 339 00:12:09,917 --> 00:12:12,333 - Where Trevor is right now, what might be a good idea 340 00:12:12,458 --> 00:12:13,875 is to take what he's got, 341 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,792 cut it, clean it, double it over, and fuller that out. 342 00:12:16,917 --> 00:12:18,833 - You know, I'm really hoping for Trevor's sake 343 00:12:18,917 --> 00:12:20,167 that this forge weld goes well. 344 00:12:20,292 --> 00:12:22,083 - Oh, this is where things can go really bad. 345 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,958 This weld doesn't take, or it falls apart 346 00:12:24,083 --> 00:12:25,708 when he's shaping the tip or anything like that, 347 00:12:25,833 --> 00:12:27,292 that'll be catastrophic. 348 00:12:27,375 --> 00:12:29,333 - I can't restart now, so I really need to be 349 00:12:29,417 --> 00:12:30,708 careful with this billet. 350 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,500 - Holy smokes. 351 00:12:32,625 --> 00:12:33,375 ♪ ♪ 352 00:12:37,417 --> 00:12:39,083 - We're about two hours into the competition right now. 353 00:12:39,083 --> 00:12:41,292 It looks like Jay has a blade starting to take shape. 354 00:12:41,292 --> 00:12:42,708 And on the other side of The Forge, 355 00:12:42,708 --> 00:12:44,125 Trevor seems like he's a bit behind running 356 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:45,292 into some issues. 357 00:12:45,375 --> 00:12:47,500 - I'm really nervous about that billet, 358 00:12:47,625 --> 00:12:49,542 so I'm going to take my time on this. 359 00:12:49,625 --> 00:12:50,750 - Oh, Lord. 360 00:12:50,875 --> 00:12:53,667 [dramatic music] 361 00:12:53,833 --> 00:12:56,167 ♪ ♪ 362 00:12:56,292 --> 00:12:57,500 All righty. 363 00:12:57,542 --> 00:12:59,500 It seems like these sides are stuck on good. 364 00:12:59,583 --> 00:13:00,958 I don't see any cracks. 365 00:13:01,083 --> 00:13:02,833 I don't see any inclusions, anything like that. 366 00:13:02,958 --> 00:13:04,417 It's a big relief. 367 00:13:04,542 --> 00:13:06,292 - Oh, it looks like Trevor's a little bit happier. 368 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:09,625 His smile is starting to come back, his lips are curling. 369 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:12,333 - I've really got to get going. 370 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:13,792 ♪ ♪ 371 00:13:13,917 --> 00:13:15,792 It looks real nice. - Thanks, bro. 372 00:13:15,958 --> 00:13:17,542 - Jay's getting really close to a quench here. 373 00:13:17,625 --> 00:13:19,292 ♪ ♪ 374 00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:21,833 - As I'm heating the blade, getting ready to quench, 375 00:13:21,917 --> 00:13:25,250 I keep thinking it's too thick, it's too thick because 376 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:28,042 the one thing that can go wrong with a super thick blade 377 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:29,500 is it won't harden correctly. 378 00:13:29,583 --> 00:13:31,667 But the clock is ticking. 379 00:13:31,792 --> 00:13:34,292 I need to quench my blade. 380 00:13:34,417 --> 00:13:35,750 - Oh! 381 00:13:35,833 --> 00:13:37,083 - Jay's in the oil. 382 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:39,000 - Nice. 383 00:13:39,125 --> 00:13:41,000 - There's still a lot of meat left on it, 384 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:44,833 and so my main priority is hitting the grinder, 385 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:46,958 shedding the weight, and getting 386 00:13:47,083 --> 00:13:50,042 it down to a usable size. 387 00:13:50,208 --> 00:13:52,833 - So these guys have five hours to work on the entire blade, 388 00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:54,833 but Trevor has to get this thing quenched 389 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,167 if he has any hope of getting to testing. 390 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:59,375 - Looking at that clock, it's really bugging me. 391 00:13:59,458 --> 00:14:02,208 I've got to get going if I want this quenched. 392 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,375 I'm trying my best to get this knife up to temperature. 393 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,250 And I'm seeing some places at the tip that are too hot, 394 00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:08,708 and I don't have time to really cool it down. 395 00:14:08,875 --> 00:14:10,083 I've got to quench now. 396 00:14:10,167 --> 00:14:11,958 - What on Earth are you waiting for? 397 00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:15,000 - If this quench doesn't go good, I'm pretty well done. 398 00:14:15,042 --> 00:14:16,542 I'm going to cross my fingers and my toes 399 00:14:16,708 --> 00:14:18,500 and hope everything goes well. 400 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:20,000 ♪ ♪ 401 00:14:20,083 --> 00:14:22,500 - I guarantee you that blade is hot right now. 402 00:14:22,625 --> 00:14:24,750 - That's hotter than his steel was when he was welding. 403 00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:26,167 - Probably. 404 00:14:26,250 --> 00:14:27,500 - Hoping there's no warp because he's got 405 00:14:27,625 --> 00:14:29,042 no time to deal with it. 406 00:14:29,125 --> 00:14:31,625 - It doesn't seem to have any extra cracks 407 00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:33,500 or pieces hanging off of it, so I'm 408 00:14:33,667 --> 00:14:35,333 feeling all right about it. 409 00:14:35,417 --> 00:14:38,333 I just have a lot of grinding to do. 410 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:41,500 - All right, bladesmiths, you guys have an hour left. 411 00:14:41,625 --> 00:14:44,083 - So my handle fit up is really important 412 00:14:44,208 --> 00:14:46,625 because I know how David and those guys 413 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:49,250 hate a huge, overly big handle. 414 00:14:49,333 --> 00:14:52,208 And if it doesn't feel good, if it's not comfortable, 415 00:14:52,292 --> 00:14:53,958 it's not going to perform well. 416 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:55,958 - Jay's got a finger weld on his handle, 417 00:14:56,042 --> 00:14:58,375 and he's got the giant swell at the base of the tang. 418 00:14:58,542 --> 00:14:59,917 Is that not good enough? 419 00:15:00,042 --> 00:15:02,167 - It's an aesthetic choice, but it is important 420 00:15:02,208 --> 00:15:04,000 that it's not 1/4 inch off. 421 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:06,542 You can put it in the wrong spot. 422 00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:09,000 - [bleep] 423 00:15:09,083 --> 00:15:10,000 I'm looking at this blade, 424 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:12,583 and I see horrible delaminations. 425 00:15:12,583 --> 00:15:14,833 I thought I've gotten rid of all the delaminations, 426 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,833 but they've really spread. 427 00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:20,000 At my home forge, I'm kind of a perfectionist with my knives. 428 00:15:20,125 --> 00:15:21,333 I want them to look really nice. 429 00:15:21,375 --> 00:15:22,958 I want them to look how I envision them. 430 00:15:23,083 --> 00:15:24,375 That's going to really mess with me 431 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:26,125 here because I'm not going to get the chance 432 00:15:26,208 --> 00:15:27,667 to make it look how I want. 433 00:15:27,792 --> 00:15:31,000 So I got to put that behind me and just focus on getting 434 00:15:31,125 --> 00:15:32,667 something that works. 435 00:15:32,792 --> 00:15:34,250 - This is what he's stuck with. 436 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:37,083 So delaminations or not, he's stuck with his blade. 437 00:15:37,167 --> 00:15:38,875 - It's looking a little mangled, but-- 438 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,667 - Yeah, it's got a little bit of thickness to it. 439 00:15:40,833 --> 00:15:43,333 It's about 3/16, it can deal with a little bit of grinding 440 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,417 and still come out OK. 441 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:47,167 - I want to chase these delaminations more, 442 00:15:47,292 --> 00:15:49,125 but I've really got to get a handle on. 443 00:15:49,292 --> 00:15:50,875 The judges aren't going to accept it without something 444 00:15:51,042 --> 00:15:52,917 to grab onto. 445 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,292 - We're under ten minutes left 446 00:15:54,375 --> 00:15:55,792 in this "Beat the Unbeaten" competition. 447 00:15:55,875 --> 00:15:57,542 Jay's moving along. 448 00:15:57,625 --> 00:16:00,042 - My stacked handle scale is fitting nice. 449 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:02,333 So I've got pommel swell on the back, 450 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:04,292 but it's still overly big handle. 451 00:16:04,417 --> 00:16:07,667 I need to speed up the process, or I'm not going 452 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:09,625 to be able to be done in time. 453 00:16:09,792 --> 00:16:12,250 ♪ ♪ 454 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:17,125 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 455 00:16:17,250 --> 00:16:18,500 Gentlemen, turn off your machines. 456 00:16:18,583 --> 00:16:19,708 Put down your tools. 457 00:16:19,792 --> 00:16:21,667 This first round is now over. 458 00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,000 ♪ ♪ 459 00:16:23,042 --> 00:16:24,833 - I feel really good about my blade, 460 00:16:24,833 --> 00:16:26,667 and I think the judges are going to be really surprised 461 00:16:26,792 --> 00:16:28,042 that I even got one to them. 462 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:30,500 So I'm proud of that. 463 00:16:30,667 --> 00:16:32,667 ♪ ♪ 464 00:16:32,833 --> 00:16:35,500 - All right, bladesmiths, welcome to the strength test, 465 00:16:35,583 --> 00:16:38,167 the antler chop. 466 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:39,667 Jay, you're up first. Are you ready? 467 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:40,667 - Yeah. Let's do it. 468 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,375 - All right. 469 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:43,833 ♪ ♪ 470 00:16:43,917 --> 00:16:46,042 - Testing is always nerve-racking. 471 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:47,583 You know, I'm confident in my build. 472 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:50,833 I think everything went OK, but you never 473 00:16:50,958 --> 00:16:52,833 know until it's tested. 474 00:16:52,917 --> 00:16:59,958 ♪ ♪ 475 00:17:13,292 --> 00:17:15,667 - All right, Jay, well, start up here at the edge, 476 00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:17,167 I don't see any issue. 477 00:17:17,333 --> 00:17:19,667 It's still got a nice fine edge to it. 478 00:17:19,750 --> 00:17:21,167 The handle is comfortable. 479 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:23,500 I would have liked just the tiniest bit of refinement 480 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:24,833 right here. 481 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:26,250 It's just a little fat on my ring finger, 482 00:17:26,375 --> 00:17:28,375 but the retention on it is really good, 483 00:17:28,542 --> 00:17:31,167 the indexing is great, and the edge held up really well. 484 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,833 Nice job. - Thank you. 485 00:17:32,958 --> 00:17:34,583 - All right, Trevor, you're up next. 486 00:17:34,708 --> 00:17:35,875 Are you ready? - Absolutely. 487 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,833 Give it hell. - All right. 488 00:17:37,958 --> 00:17:39,917 ♪ ♪ 489 00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:42,208 - My number one fear is chipping. 490 00:17:42,375 --> 00:17:45,000 That heat treatment wasn't my best, 491 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:46,708 and I'm really stressed about what the antlers 492 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:48,333 are going to do to my blade. 493 00:17:48,417 --> 00:17:49,375 ♪ ♪ 494 00:17:53,542 --> 00:17:56,333 [dramatic music] 495 00:17:56,458 --> 00:18:03,417 ♪ ♪ 496 00:18:06,833 --> 00:18:08,458 - [whistles] 497 00:18:09,042 --> 00:18:10,333 ♪ ♪ 498 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:12,667 - All right, Trevor, we were watching your heat treat 499 00:18:12,708 --> 00:18:15,292 that you did on this, and it was really rushed, 500 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:17,083 and it was very hot. 501 00:18:17,208 --> 00:18:18,667 And I was nervous that this was going 502 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,000 to be a very brittle blade. 503 00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:22,875 - Me too. - But the edge held up great. 504 00:18:23,042 --> 00:18:24,250 It's amazing. 505 00:18:24,375 --> 00:18:26,500 But I can still see some delaminations. 506 00:18:26,583 --> 00:18:29,083 My big problem is that on this side 507 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:31,125 there's a delamination that is large enough 508 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:32,708 that a piece of antler is actually 509 00:18:32,792 --> 00:18:36,333 wedged up in the delamination. 510 00:18:36,458 --> 00:18:39,625 Moving on to your handle, it's a little on the bigger side. 511 00:18:39,708 --> 00:18:43,458 There's about a 1/4 inch, 3/8 of an inch too much handle. 512 00:18:43,542 --> 00:18:45,542 But all in all, man, nice job. 513 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:46,583 - Thank you. 514 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,000 Appreciate it. 515 00:18:48,167 --> 00:18:50,292 ♪ ♪ 516 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:52,500 - All right, champion bladesmiths, 517 00:18:52,542 --> 00:18:54,708 congratulations for making through that strength test. 518 00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:59,667 This is the sharpness test, the Tatami mat slice. 519 00:18:59,708 --> 00:19:01,333 - Jay, you're up first. You ready for this? 520 00:19:01,417 --> 00:19:02,667 - Yeah, let's do it. 521 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:09,625 ♪ ♪ 522 00:19:17,875 --> 00:19:20,333 - All right, Jay, let's talk about your San Mai knife. 523 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:22,333 First up, I like the profile. 524 00:19:22,375 --> 00:19:25,208 I like the way it just matches and glides 525 00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:26,667 right all the way to the tip. 526 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:28,167 It's a handsome, nice design you have here. 527 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:31,000 Your handle construction, it just happens 528 00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:32,500 to fit my hand perfectly. 529 00:19:32,625 --> 00:19:35,167 Now, the way you have your grinds, 530 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:38,000 it allows to cut cleanly through the Tatami mats. 531 00:19:38,167 --> 00:19:40,792 Overall, your weapon, it will cut. 532 00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:42,208 - Thank you. 533 00:19:42,292 --> 00:19:43,208 - All right, Trevor, your turn. So are you ready? 534 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:44,667 - Yes, sir. - All right. 535 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,375 Let's do this. 536 00:19:46,458 --> 00:19:53,417 ♪ ♪ 537 00:20:02,542 --> 00:20:05,500 All right, Trevor, I'm really impressed that you were 538 00:20:05,542 --> 00:20:07,792 able to pull this off despite all the troubles 539 00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,375 that you were having. 540 00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:12,167 This blade right here performed very well because the edge 541 00:20:12,292 --> 00:20:14,417 is still very razor sharp. 542 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,417 Now, you still have a delamination there that it 543 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:18,833 took during the strength test. 544 00:20:18,958 --> 00:20:20,250 But it cut cleanly. 545 00:20:20,333 --> 00:20:22,917 Overall, your blade, it'll cut. 546 00:20:23,042 --> 00:20:25,000 - Thank you, sir. 547 00:20:25,042 --> 00:20:27,625 ♪ ♪ 548 00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:29,250 - Well, gentlemen, I got to say, 549 00:20:29,333 --> 00:20:31,208 it's been a pleasure watching both of you guys 550 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:32,833 work over the past five hours. 551 00:20:32,875 --> 00:20:35,167 But, unfortunately, we can only bring one of you 552 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:38,042 into the final round to face off against our titan. 553 00:20:38,125 --> 00:20:40,625 The bladesmith leaving The Forge is... 554 00:20:40,708 --> 00:20:43,458 [dramatic music] 555 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:44,792 Trevor. 556 00:20:44,875 --> 00:20:46,375 Unfortunately, your blade did not make the cut, 557 00:20:46,458 --> 00:20:48,083 and Doug's going to tell you why. 558 00:20:48,208 --> 00:20:50,125 - Trevor, I have to commend you. 559 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:51,667 Because despite all the problems you had, 560 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,667 you turned in a blade that performed 561 00:20:53,792 --> 00:20:55,292 very well in our test. 562 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:57,000 But your blade is the only one that took some damage 563 00:20:57,042 --> 00:20:58,875 during our strength test, and that's the reason 564 00:20:59,042 --> 00:21:00,625 why you're not moving forward. 565 00:21:00,708 --> 00:21:01,958 - Yes, sir. 566 00:21:02,083 --> 00:21:03,208 - Well, Trevor, obviously nothing can 567 00:21:03,292 --> 00:21:04,667 get that smile off your face. 568 00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:06,208 It's very evident you love what you do, 569 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:07,208 and it's been a pleasure watching you 570 00:21:07,375 --> 00:21:08,542 work at your craft. 571 00:21:08,708 --> 00:21:10,000 But unfortunately, your time here in this competition 572 00:21:10,083 --> 00:21:11,292 has ended. 573 00:21:11,417 --> 00:21:12,667 But before you step off The Forge floor, 574 00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:14,292 we'd all love to shake your hand, man. 575 00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:15,667 - Yes, sir, it was a privilege. Thank, y'all. 576 00:21:15,750 --> 00:21:17,208 - Thank you. - It was really awesome. 577 00:21:17,292 --> 00:21:18,750 - Good job, brother. Good job. 578 00:21:18,833 --> 00:21:20,500 - I may not have won, but this has 579 00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:22,000 been an awesome experience. 580 00:21:22,167 --> 00:21:24,250 And I'm really happy with how I did. 581 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:26,292 I'm not sad about going home. 582 00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:29,208 I'm really kind of pumped up I get to take a nap. 583 00:21:29,375 --> 00:21:30,708 Jay, you did awesome. 584 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:32,833 And I am just wishing you the best of luck 585 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,583 going into this next round. 586 00:21:34,667 --> 00:21:36,917 Whoever you're up against is going to need it. 587 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 ♪ ♪ 588 00:21:40,083 --> 00:21:42,792 - Well, Jay, you are the epitome of slow is smooth 589 00:21:42,917 --> 00:21:44,333 and smooth is fast. 590 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:45,958 Through the whole first round, you kept your head down 591 00:21:46,083 --> 00:21:47,000 and it paid off. 592 00:21:47,125 --> 00:21:48,667 Welcome to round two. 593 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:52,000 Now, in order to take home the $10,000 check 594 00:21:52,083 --> 00:21:54,667 and your second "Forged in Fire" champion title, 595 00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:57,667 you're going to have to beat an unbeaten competitor. 596 00:21:57,792 --> 00:22:00,125 It'll either be gladiator of The Forge Jesse Hu, 597 00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:02,167 super champ Collin Sage, 598 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:04,625 or our very own judge Ben Abbott. 599 00:22:04,750 --> 00:22:07,417 - I really don't want to see Ben Abbott. 600 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,333 Pretty sure he could be a Superman. 601 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:12,333 I don't think that I can actually beat him. 602 00:22:12,375 --> 00:22:13,667 - You ready to find out who that is? 603 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:14,833 - Oh, yeah. 604 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,208 - All right, man, you are going to have to go 605 00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:18,125 toe to toe with this guy. 606 00:22:18,250 --> 00:22:21,833 ♪ ♪ 607 00:22:24,833 --> 00:22:26,208 You know what, that's my mistake. 608 00:22:26,292 --> 00:22:28,458 Your competitor's not coming out that door. 609 00:22:28,583 --> 00:22:30,417 You're going to have to beat our judge 610 00:22:30,542 --> 00:22:32,917 who has an unbeaten record, the most wins 611 00:22:33,042 --> 00:22:35,583 in this forge, Ben Abbott. 612 00:22:35,667 --> 00:22:36,875 - Oh, boy. 613 00:22:37,042 --> 00:22:38,250 What's going on, man? - Hey. 614 00:22:38,375 --> 00:22:40,125 Good to see you. 615 00:22:40,208 --> 00:22:41,500 - I see you smiling over there. 616 00:22:41,625 --> 00:22:43,083 Was he your first choice? - No! 617 00:22:43,167 --> 00:22:44,333 [laughter] 618 00:22:44,417 --> 00:22:46,500 - Ben, welcome back to the competition, bud. 619 00:22:46,542 --> 00:22:49,333 - I think every time I do one of these competitions, 620 00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:51,250 the stress level goes up. 621 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:52,917 I think Jay is a really good competitor, 622 00:22:53,042 --> 00:22:56,333 so winning is not a guarantee. 623 00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:58,167 - You two are going to be competing against 624 00:22:58,292 --> 00:23:00,375 each other over the next eight-hour 625 00:23:00,458 --> 00:23:01,750 weapons building competition. 626 00:23:01,917 --> 00:23:04,583 Now, the choice of weapons is not up to us. 627 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:06,667 Jay, because you won the first round, 628 00:23:06,750 --> 00:23:08,958 I'm going to open up our "Forged in Fire" vault 629 00:23:09,042 --> 00:23:10,750 and give you access to all the weapons in there 630 00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:12,333 that were built by previous champions. 631 00:23:12,542 --> 00:23:15,000 And you get to select one of them to build against Ben. 632 00:23:15,125 --> 00:23:16,333 Are you ready? - Oh, yeah. 633 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:17,958 - All right, let's do this. 634 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:23,083 ♪ ♪ 635 00:23:23,208 --> 00:23:25,125 - Wow. 636 00:23:25,208 --> 00:23:27,292 All right. 637 00:23:27,458 --> 00:23:30,125 Going up against Ben is going to be super tough. 638 00:23:30,208 --> 00:23:32,000 So I'm going to pick a weapon that 639 00:23:32,167 --> 00:23:35,333 would be a challenge for him hoping that it'll give 640 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:37,750 me a better advantage. 641 00:23:42,542 --> 00:23:44,167 - Great choice. 642 00:23:44,208 --> 00:23:48,000 All right, Jay, you chose the Medieval Sword of Mystery. 643 00:23:48,083 --> 00:23:49,167 [dramatic music] 644 00:23:49,208 --> 00:23:50,458 - Hmm. 645 00:23:50,583 --> 00:23:52,250 - The Medieval Sword of Mystery has 646 00:23:52,375 --> 00:23:54,083 puzzled the world since its discovery 647 00:23:54,208 --> 00:23:55,958 in England back in 1825. 648 00:23:56,042 --> 00:23:57,958 Believed to date back to the 13th century, 649 00:23:58,042 --> 00:24:00,250 it earned its name for the mysterious inscription 650 00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:02,167 on the blade that to this day, no one 651 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:03,500 has been able to decipher. 652 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:05,042 Smiths in the "Forged in Fire" arena 653 00:24:05,208 --> 00:24:07,000 have also attempted to crack this mystery back 654 00:24:07,083 --> 00:24:09,000 in season eight, but a parameter failure 655 00:24:09,125 --> 00:24:11,125 cost one competitor the title. 656 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:14,500 Now this blade comes with its own very specific parameters. 657 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:16,292 Your swords will have to have a blade 658 00:24:16,375 --> 00:24:19,625 that measures between 28 and 30 inches from tip to guard. 659 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:22,333 Now, down to the hilt, you need to have a cruciform guard 660 00:24:22,458 --> 00:24:24,792 and you need to have a disc-shaped pommel. 661 00:24:24,958 --> 00:24:27,500 Now this is called the Medieval Sword of Mystery 662 00:24:27,625 --> 00:24:29,292 because it's got this inscription on it 663 00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:31,500 that nobody can decipher. 664 00:24:31,542 --> 00:24:33,000 In the spirit of this competition, 665 00:24:33,125 --> 00:24:34,667 we don't want that inscription. 666 00:24:34,792 --> 00:24:38,500 We want your blades to say "Forged in Fire." 667 00:24:38,708 --> 00:24:40,750 All right, Jay, you have one more decision to make. 668 00:24:40,875 --> 00:24:42,542 You not only got to choose the weapon, 669 00:24:42,625 --> 00:24:44,167 but you also get to choose the technique 670 00:24:44,333 --> 00:24:46,042 that you and Ben will have to use 671 00:24:46,208 --> 00:24:47,333 in order to make this weapon. 672 00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:49,000 You got anything in mind? 673 00:24:49,125 --> 00:24:51,500 - Yeah, I think we should do a raindrop Damascus. 674 00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:53,042 - Mm, all right. 675 00:24:53,167 --> 00:24:55,750 Now, gentlemen, we have put eight hours on the clock. 676 00:24:55,833 --> 00:24:56,708 Good luck. 677 00:24:56,833 --> 00:24:59,000 Your eight hours starts now. 678 00:24:59,167 --> 00:25:01,333 ♪ ♪ 679 00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:03,167 All right, we've got Ben going against Jay. 680 00:25:03,208 --> 00:25:06,125 They've got to make the Medieval Sword of Mystery. 681 00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:07,750 It's a very large blade. 682 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:10,708 They've got to do it in raindrop pattern Damascus. 683 00:25:10,833 --> 00:25:12,000 - Welding! 684 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:14,583 - So Jay picks the Medieval Sword of Mystery. 685 00:25:14,708 --> 00:25:17,625 He also picks raindrop Damascus. 686 00:25:17,708 --> 00:25:22,750 So I decide I'm going to get 23 layers of 1095 and 15N20, 687 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:24,667 forge all those together. 688 00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:26,125 Then I can cut my billet into six pieces, 689 00:25:26,208 --> 00:25:29,208 and stack three on top, 80CrV2 in the middle, 690 00:25:29,333 --> 00:25:31,292 and then three on the bottom. 691 00:25:31,458 --> 00:25:32,833 I feel like that's going to give a really 692 00:25:32,917 --> 00:25:34,042 nice raindrop pattern, something that 693 00:25:34,125 --> 00:25:35,917 stands out and is visible. 694 00:25:36,042 --> 00:25:38,417 - This is why he has the most wins. 695 00:25:38,542 --> 00:25:40,500 Look at his face. We're eight minutes into it. 696 00:25:40,583 --> 00:25:42,167 He's running. 697 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:44,292 ♪ ♪ 698 00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:47,500 - Facing off against Ben, with that kind of record, 699 00:25:47,583 --> 00:25:49,000 it's a tall order. 700 00:25:49,083 --> 00:25:50,167 Welding! 701 00:25:50,292 --> 00:25:53,000 My biggest concern right now is, of course, the clock, 702 00:25:53,125 --> 00:25:54,375 but I'm just trying to get this thing 703 00:25:54,458 --> 00:25:56,000 together as fast as I can. 704 00:25:56,125 --> 00:25:59,000 ♪ ♪ 705 00:25:59,083 --> 00:26:01,667 - I think every time I do one of these competitions, 706 00:26:01,792 --> 00:26:03,208 the stress level goes up. 707 00:26:03,333 --> 00:26:05,833 And this sword makes this even worse. 708 00:26:05,958 --> 00:26:09,500 It's just so much to do, and I'm just nervous that I'm 709 00:26:09,625 --> 00:26:10,750 not going to have enough time. 710 00:26:10,875 --> 00:26:12,500 - Ooh, that's a biggun'. 711 00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:14,500 - For me to get a good raindrop pattern, 712 00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:17,167 I'm going to cut and restack my billet to end 713 00:26:17,292 --> 00:26:19,292 up with 139 layers total. 714 00:26:19,375 --> 00:26:21,167 OK, welding! 715 00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:23,917 - One thing I've noticed is, when you guys are competing, 716 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:26,417 you do a lot of what you say at the table 717 00:26:26,542 --> 00:26:28,208 while you're out working on the floor. 718 00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:29,458 Ben's no different. 719 00:26:29,542 --> 00:26:31,500 He talks about pace. He talks about speed. 720 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,000 He talks about multitasking. 721 00:26:33,083 --> 00:26:34,667 And he's sprinting. 722 00:26:34,792 --> 00:26:37,292 - I'm right on track for where I want to be. 723 00:26:37,375 --> 00:26:38,958 Here we go. 724 00:26:39,042 --> 00:26:40,167 Looking good. 725 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:43,333 - Jay, Ben, gentlemen, you guys have six hours left. 726 00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:45,333 All right, here we go. Jay on the press. 727 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,417 He's going nice and slow. Easy task. 728 00:26:48,583 --> 00:26:51,458 - Jay's stacked so tall, and that's where 729 00:26:51,542 --> 00:26:52,833 you've got to be careful. 730 00:26:52,958 --> 00:26:54,750 But, man, it's taking forever. 731 00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:56,458 - Yeah, it really is. 732 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:58,542 - In a competition, usually I have 733 00:26:58,625 --> 00:27:00,042 a plan that I'm sticking to. 734 00:27:00,208 --> 00:27:02,500 That's why I go really slow, really easy. 735 00:27:02,542 --> 00:27:04,125 Draw it out. 736 00:27:04,208 --> 00:27:07,250 Make sure everything's really even and nice. 737 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,417 Beautiful. 738 00:27:09,542 --> 00:27:12,250 - So Ben's got his final billet drawn out. 739 00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:14,667 This is going to be a really long process. 740 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:16,958 It seems like a pretty straightforward blade, 741 00:27:17,042 --> 00:27:19,167 just double-edged straight blade cross guard. 742 00:27:19,250 --> 00:27:22,625 But raindrop is going to add a ton of time. 743 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:24,292 - Oh, my gosh. 744 00:27:24,375 --> 00:27:25,833 This is the fun stuff right here. 745 00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:28,500 - It's important to not draw your billet 746 00:27:28,625 --> 00:27:31,375 to its final length before putting the raindrop pattern. 747 00:27:31,542 --> 00:27:33,875 Because in order to expose the pattern, 748 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,500 I need to drill in some divots all along the blade 749 00:27:37,625 --> 00:27:40,167 and then hammer those divots flat. 750 00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:43,292 - Holy cow, Ben put so many raindrops in that. 751 00:27:43,375 --> 00:27:44,667 - Raindrops? 752 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:46,833 More like a torrential downpour. 753 00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:48,583 - I'm hoping it's going to turn out well. 754 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:49,792 There's a lot of other steps in this, 755 00:27:49,917 --> 00:27:53,333 but I think I'm on track. 756 00:27:53,458 --> 00:27:56,042 - Now, we're almost halfway into the competition already, 757 00:27:56,167 --> 00:27:59,208 and both Ben and Jay have a ton of process left 758 00:27:59,208 --> 00:28:00,833 to do if they're going to have any hope 759 00:28:00,917 --> 00:28:03,208 of getting this blade done. 760 00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:06,833 - Instead of cutting my billet into little bitty short pieces 761 00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:10,375 and then restacking my billet, I decided I'm going 762 00:28:10,542 --> 00:28:12,042 to do the hot fold method. 763 00:28:12,208 --> 00:28:13,333 Whoa, Nelly. 764 00:28:13,500 --> 00:28:15,000 It saves a lot of time. 765 00:28:15,042 --> 00:28:18,417 You can produce a high layer helm super fast. 766 00:28:18,542 --> 00:28:20,000 Whoo! 767 00:28:20,083 --> 00:28:24,458 - That Z fold requires so much cleaning of the material. 768 00:28:24,542 --> 00:28:26,458 - Oh, he didn't clean it? 769 00:28:26,542 --> 00:28:28,125 - This could be a problem. 770 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:30,292 - Yeah, it looks like Jay's going to be relying on flux. 771 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:33,542 - The problem is fluxing metal that already has forged scale 772 00:28:33,708 --> 00:28:35,375 on it, the flux is going to keep 773 00:28:35,458 --> 00:28:36,958 forged scale from building up. 774 00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:38,667 - But it was already there to begin with. 775 00:28:38,833 --> 00:28:41,083 - Right. - So this is critical. 776 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:43,417 - [bleep]. Oh, man. 777 00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:44,833 - Oh, guys, it's not working. 778 00:28:44,917 --> 00:28:47,458 Jay's billet is opening up on the press. 779 00:28:47,542 --> 00:28:48,917 - Well, I'm panicking. 780 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,750 If I can't get this billet to stick, 781 00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:52,833 I could be going home. 782 00:28:52,875 --> 00:28:54,917 - This next heat is the do or die. 783 00:28:55,042 --> 00:28:57,958 If it doesn't stick, he's in trouble. 784 00:29:03,250 --> 00:29:05,917 - Now we're almost halfway into the competition already, 785 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,875 and both Ben and Jay have a ton of process left 786 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,375 to do if they're going to have any hope 787 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:12,167 of getting this blade done. 788 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:13,833 - [bleep]. Oh, man. 789 00:29:14,042 --> 00:29:15,500 - Oh, guys, it's not working. 790 00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:18,250 Jay's billet is opening up on the press. 791 00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:19,583 - Well, I'm panicking. 792 00:29:19,667 --> 00:29:21,375 If I can't get this billet to stick, 793 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:24,458 I'll probably be trying to flag down a taxi... 794 00:29:24,542 --> 00:29:26,917 [laughs] And go home. 795 00:29:27,042 --> 00:29:29,000 Try this damn thing again. 796 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:31,000 Hopefully, I can just put a lot of flux 797 00:29:31,125 --> 00:29:33,125 on it to get it to stick. 798 00:29:33,208 --> 00:29:35,458 - This next heat is the do or die. 799 00:29:35,625 --> 00:29:39,500 If it doesn't stick, he's in trouble. 800 00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:41,042 - Got it! 801 00:29:41,208 --> 00:29:42,417 Whoo! 802 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:43,667 I got it to weld. 803 00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:45,500 Thankfully, it worked out. 804 00:29:45,583 --> 00:29:47,167 ♪ ♪ 805 00:29:47,292 --> 00:29:50,000 - So Ben's getting ready to do his quench. 806 00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:52,750 ♪ ♪ 807 00:29:52,875 --> 00:29:55,125 - All right, here we go. 808 00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:56,583 ♪ ♪ 809 00:29:56,708 --> 00:29:58,500 - All right, 3 hours and 15 minutes left. 810 00:29:58,583 --> 00:29:59,583 Ben's now quenched. 811 00:29:59,708 --> 00:30:01,833 - Looking good. 812 00:30:01,917 --> 00:30:03,333 It looks straight to me. 813 00:30:03,458 --> 00:30:07,167 Time to go get to work on the pommel and the crossguard. 814 00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:09,750 ♪ ♪ 815 00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:12,375 - I feel like I'm struggling to keep up with the pace 816 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,083 that I need to keep up. 817 00:30:14,167 --> 00:30:16,708 I peeked over at Ben, and the way he was running around, 818 00:30:16,833 --> 00:30:19,125 I thought he might be building a spaceship. 819 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,792 When you're going up against the best, 820 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:22,542 you got to get crafty. 821 00:30:22,667 --> 00:30:23,750 - No way. 822 00:30:23,833 --> 00:30:25,542 He's making a raindrop die. 823 00:30:25,667 --> 00:30:27,000 Smart move. 824 00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:29,167 - That's going to speed up this process tenfold. 825 00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:30,917 Yeah, we were talking about the raindrop 826 00:30:31,042 --> 00:30:33,208 being the most time consuming part of this build, 827 00:30:33,333 --> 00:30:36,750 and he's just knocked a ton of that process out. 828 00:30:36,875 --> 00:30:39,292 ♪ ♪ 829 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:40,792 - Hey, OK. 830 00:30:40,875 --> 00:30:43,292 I got my pommel and the guard all done. 831 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:45,875 Now it's time to put in the lettering 832 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,958 so that I can go to the edge. 833 00:30:48,042 --> 00:30:49,333 - What's going to be interesting is how 834 00:30:49,417 --> 00:30:51,417 they're going to be putting "Forged in Fire" 835 00:30:51,542 --> 00:30:53,042 down that blade. 836 00:30:53,167 --> 00:30:54,500 - There's two basic ways to do it. 837 00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:56,500 One, they could engrave it. 838 00:30:56,625 --> 00:30:58,333 It's what I did. Worked out great. 839 00:30:58,417 --> 00:31:01,125 The other way is to use, like, a nail polish 840 00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:03,333 and paint on what you want. 841 00:31:03,417 --> 00:31:07,000 Then when you acid etch, it'll cut away everything 842 00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:09,333 that's not on that resist. 843 00:31:09,375 --> 00:31:14,375 ♪ ♪ 844 00:31:14,542 --> 00:31:16,125 - I'm really worried for Jay. 845 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:18,792 As he grinds, he's going to find things 846 00:31:18,875 --> 00:31:20,833 trapped inside that blade because he 847 00:31:20,958 --> 00:31:23,875 didn't do that cleaning step. 848 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,042 - [groans] 849 00:31:26,125 --> 00:31:28,667 [bleep] 850 00:31:28,792 --> 00:31:31,125 As I'm grinding my blade, I see 851 00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:33,750 it's got bubbles all over it. 852 00:31:33,875 --> 00:31:36,167 - See, this is what I was worried about. 853 00:31:36,250 --> 00:31:38,583 - I have to make sure these delams, 854 00:31:38,667 --> 00:31:42,292 they're only on the surface and they don't go deeper. 855 00:31:42,417 --> 00:31:44,208 ♪ ♪ 856 00:31:44,333 --> 00:31:45,708 Whoo-hoo! 857 00:31:45,833 --> 00:31:48,375 It's just surface issue, so it's solid, 858 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:50,958 but it's not like I would like for it to be. 859 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:53,292 Now I got to get this thing quenched. 860 00:31:53,375 --> 00:31:55,542 - You know, we were worried about Jay continuing 861 00:31:55,667 --> 00:31:57,667 with that initial billet, but it seems like he's 862 00:31:57,792 --> 00:31:58,875 moving along with it. 863 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,208 So hopefully, it's working out. 864 00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:04,125 - There's a couple surface delams that I wasn't able 865 00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:07,667 to completely get out, but I just have 866 00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:09,792 to go with what I've got. 867 00:32:09,875 --> 00:32:12,875 ♪ ♪ 868 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,500 - There we go. 869 00:32:14,583 --> 00:32:16,375 All right, Jay is now quenched. 870 00:32:17,708 --> 00:32:19,458 - Hard. 871 00:32:19,542 --> 00:32:22,875 The quench went pretty well, but I hope these little issues 872 00:32:22,958 --> 00:32:25,500 don't cost me in the end. 873 00:32:25,625 --> 00:32:29,375 - Jay, Ben, guys, you got one hour till testing. 874 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:31,125 ♪ ♪ 875 00:32:31,208 --> 00:32:32,833 - I pulled the sword out of the edge, 876 00:32:32,875 --> 00:32:35,583 and bright as day there is all the letters. 877 00:32:35,667 --> 00:32:37,000 They look amazing. 878 00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:38,833 But right now, I don't have time to sit and stare at it. 879 00:32:38,958 --> 00:32:41,667 I need to finish getting my sword together, 880 00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:43,167 and I don't have much time left. 881 00:32:43,250 --> 00:32:45,583 Jay's a really good competitor, and I saw him 882 00:32:45,708 --> 00:32:48,292 doing some things that were really intelligent. 883 00:32:48,375 --> 00:32:50,458 So now it's just going to come down to how they perform. 884 00:32:51,917 --> 00:32:53,542 - Jay is well on his way. 885 00:32:53,708 --> 00:32:55,083 He's got a fully formed blade. 886 00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:57,625 Now it's just a matter of getting his handle fit up. 887 00:32:57,708 --> 00:33:00,583 - It's really important to have the right weight on a blade, 888 00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:03,042 but the clock is ticking. 889 00:33:03,208 --> 00:33:05,958 I need to start working on putting my handle together 890 00:33:06,042 --> 00:33:09,042 or I may not be able to finish on time. 891 00:33:09,125 --> 00:33:10,958 - He needs to put a handle on it pretty quick 892 00:33:11,042 --> 00:33:12,542 and get to the grinder. 893 00:33:12,667 --> 00:33:15,583 He has, by far, the largest blade out there by volume. 894 00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:20,250 - My plan from the get was to build a simple blade. 895 00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:24,167 Ben's got a few more fancy-dancy pieces on his, 896 00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:26,458 and so I think if it comes down to fit and finish, 897 00:33:26,583 --> 00:33:28,875 he's definitely going to have an advantage. 898 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,500 But nothing is 100%. 899 00:33:30,667 --> 00:33:31,667 ♪ ♪ 900 00:33:31,792 --> 00:33:34,167 Shew! 901 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:35,125 Damn. 902 00:33:35,250 --> 00:33:36,875 It's a little bit heavy. 903 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,375 The only thing left to do is just getting the blade thinned 904 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,500 down, getting the edge thinned down, 905 00:33:41,583 --> 00:33:45,917 and just bringing that blade into the final form. 906 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:51,958 ♪ ♪ 907 00:33:52,083 --> 00:33:56,917 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 908 00:33:57,042 --> 00:33:58,292 Gentlemen, turn off your machines. 909 00:33:58,375 --> 00:34:01,667 Put down your tools. This round is over. 910 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:03,042 ♪ ♪ 911 00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:04,417 - I'm feeling good. 912 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:06,042 I made a sword that I'm proud of. 913 00:34:06,125 --> 00:34:07,333 It looks beautiful. 914 00:34:07,458 --> 00:34:09,333 I could have used some more time on the grinder, 915 00:34:09,333 --> 00:34:12,333 but it feels good in my hand. 916 00:34:12,375 --> 00:34:13,667 We'll see. 917 00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:15,333 ♪ ♪ 918 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,458 - Champions, welcome to the dynamic KEAL test. 919 00:34:18,542 --> 00:34:20,167 ♪ ♪ 920 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:21,500 Jay, you're up first. Are you ready for this? 921 00:34:21,583 --> 00:34:23,500 - Let's do this. 922 00:34:23,667 --> 00:34:27,000 I'm worried about a couple surface delams that I wasn't 923 00:34:27,083 --> 00:34:29,458 able to completely get out. 924 00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:31,708 So that makes me kind of nervous. 925 00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:34,875 But anything can happen. 926 00:34:34,875 --> 00:34:41,708 ♪ ♪ 927 00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:09,875 - All right, Jay, let's talk about your sword here. 928 00:35:09,958 --> 00:35:11,500 First up, when I picked it up, 929 00:35:11,625 --> 00:35:13,167 I was wondering about the kind of wrap 930 00:35:13,208 --> 00:35:15,833 that you're putting on this, but it actually works 931 00:35:15,875 --> 00:35:17,833 very well, and it's comfortable. 932 00:35:17,958 --> 00:35:19,667 Nice job on that. 933 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:21,917 The pommel does pull back a little bit on the balance, 934 00:35:22,042 --> 00:35:23,500 but it's still a little bit forward heavy. 935 00:35:23,667 --> 00:35:26,333 Now, your edge-- those first shots 936 00:35:26,417 --> 00:35:28,833 were very deep into this pig carcass. 937 00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:30,708 But after the clay pot shot, 938 00:35:30,875 --> 00:35:33,042 you could see that there was some type of dulling because 939 00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:35,167 it didn't cut as sharp. 940 00:35:35,208 --> 00:35:38,917 But more importantly, your weapon, sir, it will KEAL. 941 00:35:39,042 --> 00:35:40,458 - Thank you. 942 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:42,458 - OK, Ben, your turn, sir. Are you ready? 943 00:35:42,542 --> 00:35:44,708 - Sure. - All right, let's do this. 944 00:35:44,833 --> 00:35:47,042 ♪ ♪ 945 00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:48,958 - Going into testing, I felt nervous. 946 00:35:49,042 --> 00:35:50,500 I've seen them chip out blades. 947 00:35:50,625 --> 00:35:52,500 I've seen them do serious damage. 948 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:55,167 So now I'm just hoping that my edge geometry 949 00:35:55,250 --> 00:35:56,958 is good enough to hold up. 950 00:35:57,042 --> 00:36:04,125 ♪ ♪ 951 00:36:31,208 --> 00:36:34,458 - All right, Ben, first up, your handle dimensions 952 00:36:34,542 --> 00:36:36,167 are perfect for my hands. 953 00:36:36,250 --> 00:36:38,708 I also like the work that you did with your pommel 954 00:36:38,833 --> 00:36:40,000 and your guard. 955 00:36:40,083 --> 00:36:43,000 Now, your edge--same thing. 956 00:36:43,125 --> 00:36:45,417 Your first initial cuts are very deep, 957 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:48,583 but after the clay pot strikes, you can see 958 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:50,708 where it took some dulling in the sweet spot 959 00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:51,833 right here. 960 00:36:51,917 --> 00:36:54,042 But it will KEAL. 961 00:36:54,167 --> 00:37:00,000 ♪ ♪ 962 00:37:00,083 --> 00:37:01,667 - All right, gentlemen, it's time 963 00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:03,250 for our dynamic strength test, 964 00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:06,042 the bamboo and watermelon chop. 965 00:37:06,167 --> 00:37:07,500 Jay, you're up first. 966 00:37:07,583 --> 00:37:09,458 - Let's do it. 967 00:37:09,542 --> 00:37:12,167 After the first test, I'm worried about my edge. 968 00:37:12,292 --> 00:37:14,167 Because if my knife doesn't perform 969 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:16,000 and doesn't cut like it needs to, 970 00:37:16,125 --> 00:37:17,833 I could be going home. 971 00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:19,750 ♪ ♪ 972 00:37:23,792 --> 00:37:26,667 [dramatic music] 973 00:37:26,792 --> 00:37:32,958 ♪ ♪ 974 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,500 - All right, Jay, right off, there's an edge there. 975 00:37:57,583 --> 00:37:58,833 I wouldn't want to be hit with this thing. 976 00:37:58,958 --> 00:38:00,500 [laughs] 977 00:38:00,667 --> 00:38:02,250 And you can see, it cut into the bamboo, 978 00:38:02,417 --> 00:38:03,333 and it cut through the bags. 979 00:38:03,417 --> 00:38:05,333 But it's an impact tool as opposed 980 00:38:05,417 --> 00:38:06,958 to a really slicing tool. 981 00:38:07,042 --> 00:38:09,500 All in all, I think it's a really good-looking piece. 982 00:38:09,583 --> 00:38:12,292 But as far as the edge goes, it's just not as sharp 983 00:38:12,417 --> 00:38:13,917 as I'd really like it to be. 984 00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:15,208 ♪ ♪ 985 00:38:15,375 --> 00:38:16,917 All right, Ben, are you ready to go? 986 00:38:17,083 --> 00:38:18,500 - Do it, Dave. - All right. 987 00:38:18,583 --> 00:38:25,542 ♪ ♪ 988 00:38:54,708 --> 00:38:56,125 - Good job, man. 989 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:57,208 - Thanks, man. 990 00:38:57,292 --> 00:39:00,500 ♪ ♪ 991 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:03,500 - All right, Ben, first off, beautiful pattern. 992 00:39:03,667 --> 00:39:05,458 - Thank you. - That really came out well. 993 00:39:05,583 --> 00:39:07,167 You know, I can see the raindrops 994 00:39:07,208 --> 00:39:08,500 on all the high spots. 995 00:39:08,583 --> 00:39:10,167 That's really nicely done. 996 00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:11,250 It's got a good weight to it. 997 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:12,750 It's not very heavy. 998 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:15,708 As far as the cutting goes, blade held up fine. 999 00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,542 It's easy to use, and it's got a good feel 1000 00:39:17,625 --> 00:39:19,083 to it, so nicely done. 1001 00:39:19,208 --> 00:39:20,833 - Thank you. 1002 00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:24,708 ♪ ♪ 1003 00:39:24,875 --> 00:39:27,542 - All right, gentlemen, very difficult eight-hour round. 1004 00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:30,000 We got two blades that survived the strength, sharpness, 1005 00:39:30,083 --> 00:39:32,583 and KEAL test, and now comes a time when the judges need 1006 00:39:32,667 --> 00:39:34,833 to take a closer look and decide which one of you 1007 00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:36,167 is coming out on top. 1008 00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:37,333 So if you could please give us a moment 1009 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:39,167 and step off The Forge floor. 1010 00:39:39,292 --> 00:39:43,000 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:39:43,042 --> 00:39:44,667 From where I was standing, it looked pretty close. 1012 00:39:44,833 --> 00:39:47,083 Curious what you guys think. Doug, I'll start with you. 1013 00:39:47,167 --> 00:39:49,250 - Boy, these are very evenly matched. 1014 00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:51,125 When it comes to Ben's blade, 1015 00:39:51,208 --> 00:39:52,583 I love the overall look. 1016 00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:55,167 The weight is so much better with his blade. 1017 00:39:55,208 --> 00:39:57,458 - OK. Dave, what about you? 1018 00:39:57,542 --> 00:39:59,500 - When I pick up swords in this type, 1019 00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:01,000 the main thing I want to be able to do 1020 00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:02,542 is move it and fight with it. 1021 00:40:02,708 --> 00:40:05,500 Jay's weapon is at least 3/4 of a pound 1022 00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:07,125 heavier than Ben's weapon. 1023 00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:11,417 And when fighting, for me, that's a huge game changer. 1024 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:14,333 The blade, it more smashed the watermelons 1025 00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:15,542 than cut them at all. 1026 00:40:15,625 --> 00:40:17,292 Literally, I could run my finger on it. 1027 00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:19,667 Ben's blade, it functions a lot better. 1028 00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:21,625 - OK. Doug, you made your choice? 1029 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:22,750 - A very difficult one. 1030 00:40:22,875 --> 00:40:24,333 - Dave, you made yours? - Yeah. 1031 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,750 - All right, I'll call them in. 1032 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:32,750 ♪ ♪ 1033 00:40:32,875 --> 00:40:36,333 Gentlemen, this has been a very exciting competition. 1034 00:40:36,375 --> 00:40:38,292 You both performed extremely well, 1035 00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:40,375 so much so that it made for a very difficult 1036 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:41,917 decision for our judges. 1037 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,833 The winner of this "Beat the Unbeaten" competition is... 1038 00:40:44,958 --> 00:40:49,792 ♪ ♪ 1039 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:51,292 Ben Abbott. 1040 00:40:51,375 --> 00:40:53,375 Now, Jay, you fought extremely hard. 1041 00:40:53,458 --> 00:40:55,417 You gave us a great blade, but, unfortunately, 1042 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:56,792 it just didn't make the cut today. 1043 00:40:56,875 --> 00:40:58,417 And Dave's going to tell you why. 1044 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:00,625 - Jay, this was really close. 1045 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:04,333 Both of your blades took almost identical damage. 1046 00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:07,500 Both of your blades performed very closely. 1047 00:41:07,542 --> 00:41:10,000 So this came down to the finest of details. 1048 00:41:10,083 --> 00:41:13,042 Your competitor just beat you out by that much with the fit 1049 00:41:13,125 --> 00:41:14,875 and finish of his blade. 1050 00:41:15,042 --> 00:41:17,000 - Well, Jay, you're clearly a fierce competitor, 1051 00:41:17,125 --> 00:41:18,333 a talented smith. 1052 00:41:18,417 --> 00:41:19,458 And before you step off the floor, 1053 00:41:19,625 --> 00:41:20,708 I would love to shake your hand. 1054 00:41:20,875 --> 00:41:22,708 You have fun? - Oh, yeah. 1055 00:41:22,792 --> 00:41:25,333 To not get the win, you know, that stinks. 1056 00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:27,917 But this whole experience has been great. 1057 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,583 We made awesome swords, and it feels good to say Ben Abbott 1058 00:41:31,708 --> 00:41:33,375 just beat me by this much. 1059 00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:36,833 ♪ ♪ 1060 00:41:36,958 --> 00:41:39,667 - Well, Ben, by that reaction, I think you're a little bit 1061 00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:41,250 surprised, but congratulations, buddy, 1062 00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:44,083 you are currently undefeated with a record of 10 and 0. 1063 00:41:44,208 --> 00:41:45,500 - Thank you, guys. 1064 00:41:45,542 --> 00:41:47,500 - How you feeling? - Oh, I'm amazed. 1065 00:41:47,542 --> 00:41:49,042 I'm relieved. 1066 00:41:49,208 --> 00:41:51,083 - Well, Benny boy, your time on that side is done. 1067 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:52,542 Come back over here, bud. 1068 00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:54,083 - Any victory is a victory, but one 1069 00:41:54,208 --> 00:41:57,042 against a really talented smith like Jay 1070 00:41:57,125 --> 00:41:58,583 just means that much more. 1071 00:41:58,708 --> 00:42:00,167 He was a tough competitor, for sure. 1072 00:42:00,292 --> 00:42:03,167 Keeping the streak going is amazing, 1073 00:42:03,292 --> 00:42:06,083 but I know there's somebody somewhere that's going 1074 00:42:06,208 --> 00:42:07,667 to be a faster draw than me. 1075 00:42:07,833 --> 00:42:10,833 And I'm just happy I came out on top on this one. 1076 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:17,167 ♪ ♪