1 00:00:05,122 --> 00:00:08,050 [energetic rock music] 2 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:14,973 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:17,476 - I'm Jeremy Bartlett. 4 00:00:17,635 --> 00:00:19,302 I'm from Parkersburg, West Virginia. 5 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:21,554 I am really competitive. 6 00:00:21,639 --> 00:00:23,556 Any kind of sports or anything like that, 7 00:00:23,649 --> 00:00:26,234 I wanna be the best, so I'm ready to compete 8 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:28,236 no matter what they throw at me. 9 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:29,896 ♪ ♪ 10 00:00:29,980 --> 00:00:30,980 - My name is Jacob Gaetz. 11 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:32,148 I am 20 years old, 12 00:00:32,233 --> 00:00:34,076 and I'm from Royalton, Minnesota. 13 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,162 Martial arts has always been my first love and first hobby, 14 00:00:37,246 --> 00:00:39,498 and then I got into bladesmithing. 15 00:00:39,582 --> 00:00:40,916 They both kind of crisscross 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,408 because when you're making a knife, 17 00:00:42,493 --> 00:00:44,661 it's just gotta be real patient with it. 18 00:00:44,754 --> 00:00:45,921 Wax on, wax off. 19 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,090 ♪ ♪ 20 00:00:48,249 --> 00:00:50,425 - My name is Aubrey Hummer. I'm from Bealeton, Virginia. 21 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:53,178 Bladesmithing, this is what I do day in and day out. 22 00:00:53,337 --> 00:00:55,514 This is how I help support my family. 23 00:00:55,673 --> 00:00:57,933 Everything I do is focused on them. 24 00:00:58,092 --> 00:01:00,260 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:00,344 --> 00:01:02,771 - My name is Robert Taylor. I'm from Brentwood, California. 26 00:01:02,855 --> 00:01:04,439 I'm a sergeant 27 00:01:04,598 --> 00:01:06,266 with the San Francisco Sheriff's department. 28 00:01:06,350 --> 00:01:07,859 I took up bladesmithing 'cause I liked 29 00:01:08,018 --> 00:01:09,611 watching "Forged in Fire". 30 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:11,354 It's something I really wanted to go further in, 31 00:01:11,447 --> 00:01:13,022 become an ABS smith, 32 00:01:13,116 --> 00:01:15,408 maybe a master smith someday because I love forging. 33 00:01:16,861 --> 00:01:19,287 - Bladesmiths, welcome to the Forge. 34 00:01:19,372 --> 00:01:22,624 Now, four of you guys came here to test yourselves 35 00:01:22,708 --> 00:01:25,118 in some high-stakes bladesmithing competition. 36 00:01:25,202 --> 00:01:26,628 You'll be battling out against each other 37 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:29,789 and against our clock in three rounds. 38 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:31,716 Now, bladesmiths, at the end of each round 39 00:01:31,801 --> 00:01:33,710 I'm gonna ask you guys to present your work 40 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:35,211 to our panel of expert judges. 41 00:01:35,304 --> 00:01:37,639 These are the guys who will be deciding which one of you 42 00:01:37,798 --> 00:01:39,724 is taking home the title of "Forged in Fire" champion 43 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:43,469 and a check for $10,000. 44 00:01:43,554 --> 00:01:45,388 Any of you guys into NASCAR? 45 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:47,566 You know, sitting out into the sun, 46 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:50,569 watching number four zip around the track. 47 00:01:50,653 --> 00:01:53,155 Well, guys, that is what is inspiring today's competition. 48 00:01:53,314 --> 00:01:56,399 This is what we are calling the layer race, 49 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,151 Now, at the race track, 50 00:01:58,235 --> 00:02:00,486 it's all about who can finish a certain amount of laps firs. 51 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:03,156 Well, we're doing things a little bit differently. 52 00:02:03,249 --> 00:02:06,242 This is all about how many layers of steel 53 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:09,004 you can put together in three hours' time. 54 00:02:09,163 --> 00:02:10,997 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:11,081 --> 00:02:12,582 In the pantry, there are stacks 56 00:02:12,675 --> 00:02:14,593 of 1095 and 15N20 steel. 57 00:02:14,752 --> 00:02:16,678 You will each get 20 pieces. 58 00:02:16,837 --> 00:02:19,014 We want you to take those, forge weld them together 59 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:21,516 into layered Damascus signature blades 60 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:25,103 that measure between 11 and 13 inches. 61 00:02:25,188 --> 00:02:27,597 Now, this is where it gets a little bit interesting. 62 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:30,850 Whoever can come forward with the most layers of stel 63 00:02:30,935 --> 00:02:33,019 will get an extra 30 minutes 64 00:02:33,103 --> 00:02:34,779 in the second round of competition. 65 00:02:34,864 --> 00:02:36,022 What we're asking for 66 00:02:36,106 --> 00:02:38,942 is a very high-layer, viable blade. 67 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:40,702 - Oh, man. 68 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:42,704 Normally, when I make Damascus, 69 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:44,789 I go at my own pace. 70 00:02:44,949 --> 00:02:47,542 It could take me weeks to make 300-layer Damascus, you know? 71 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:49,544 Now I got to do it in three hours. 72 00:02:49,629 --> 00:02:51,963 It's a race, so it's a lot tougher. 73 00:02:52,048 --> 00:02:55,375 - In the second round, you guys will be adding handles 74 00:02:55,468 --> 00:02:56,542 to your blades, turn 'em into 75 00:02:56,636 --> 00:02:58,386 fully functioning weapons at which point 76 00:02:58,471 --> 00:03:00,055 the judges are gonna test for strength 77 00:03:00,139 --> 00:03:02,974 and durability in a wooden dowel chop. 78 00:03:03,059 --> 00:03:04,392 Then they're gonna check your edge retention 79 00:03:04,551 --> 00:03:08,304 and a checkered flag slice. You guys ready? 80 00:03:08,397 --> 00:03:09,138 - Oh, yeah. - Yep. 81 00:03:09,232 --> 00:03:10,565 - All right bladesmiths, 82 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:11,975 you have three hours on the clock 83 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:14,477 to stack up as many layers as humanly possible. 84 00:03:14,570 --> 00:03:15,645 Good luck. 85 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:17,563 On your marks. Get set. 86 00:03:17,648 --> 00:03:18,564 Go. 87 00:03:18,649 --> 00:03:19,991 [tires screech] 88 00:03:20,076 --> 00:03:22,485 - And it's off to the races! 89 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:24,821 - All right, this is a fun one. There we go. 90 00:03:24,914 --> 00:03:26,406 Hey, there's a little hustle. 91 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:28,324 All right, we got Jeremy, Jacob, and Robert 92 00:03:28,409 --> 00:03:31,503 all in the grinders cleaning up their bar stock. 93 00:03:31,662 --> 00:03:34,673 - Not only is it a race to gt as many layers as possible. 94 00:03:34,832 --> 00:03:35,915 I still have to make a knife 95 00:03:36,008 --> 00:03:37,926 that I could beat my competitors. 96 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:40,169 With this first stack, I gotta make sure 97 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:41,587 that everything is clean. 98 00:03:41,672 --> 00:03:44,007 I don't want any delams that will end up 99 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:46,342 who knows where in the billet once I keep stacking. 100 00:03:46,435 --> 00:03:49,104 - This competition's really about stacking layers, 101 00:03:49,263 --> 00:03:51,347 time management, and clean, solid weld. 102 00:03:51,432 --> 00:03:53,016 - Yeah. 103 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:54,859 - I've got 20 layers of steel to start with. 104 00:03:54,944 --> 00:03:56,611 I'm going to forge weld them together, 105 00:03:56,696 --> 00:03:58,771 stretch it out, cut it five times, 106 00:03:58,864 --> 00:04:00,949 and stack that to get my initial 100. 107 00:04:01,033 --> 00:04:02,617 I am welding! 108 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:05,453 Once I have that, the plan is to do the same thing again. 109 00:04:05,612 --> 00:04:08,614 Cut it five more times to get up to 500 layers. 110 00:04:08,699 --> 00:04:11,701 We'll see what happens. Sit and wait now. 111 00:04:11,794 --> 00:04:13,286 - Welding! 112 00:04:13,370 --> 00:04:15,538 To get a high-layer Damascus billet 113 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:17,632 is really challenging. 114 00:04:17,717 --> 00:04:20,635 Just like going around the track at 200 miles an hour, 115 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:23,379 you can't make a mistake on any of the laps. 116 00:04:23,472 --> 00:04:26,049 If you do, you're gonna crash. 117 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:29,719 My plan is I'm actually gonna make two billets 118 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:31,471 that are ten layers each 119 00:04:31,555 --> 00:04:33,481 because I'm gonna be able to heat them up faster 120 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,476 and draw them out faster and get them cut faster. 121 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,654 - I think it's really gonna bite Aubrey in the butt. 122 00:04:39,739 --> 00:04:41,239 It's twice as much to cut. 123 00:04:41,324 --> 00:04:42,982 - You have to stack it twice as many times 124 00:04:43,067 --> 00:04:44,650 to get to the same layers... - I gotcha. 125 00:04:44,735 --> 00:04:46,661 - As if you just did it off the bat. 126 00:04:46,746 --> 00:04:49,322 - I feel excited and nervous about this challenge, 127 00:04:49,415 --> 00:04:51,916 but my son is rooting for me at home, 128 00:04:52,076 --> 00:04:53,576 and he made me a good luck charm, 129 00:04:53,669 --> 00:04:56,838 a nice, calming blue painting. 130 00:04:56,997 --> 00:04:59,165 If there's anything that gets me through, 131 00:04:59,258 --> 00:05:01,509 this is gonna be it. Calm down. 132 00:05:01,668 --> 00:05:04,754 ♪ ♪ 133 00:05:04,847 --> 00:05:07,006 - I came here to be the "Forged in Fire" champion, 134 00:05:07,091 --> 00:05:08,767 So I have to achieve the highest layer count 135 00:05:08,851 --> 00:05:10,685 so I get an extra 30 minutes to finish my work 136 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:12,678 and make it much better than my competitors. 137 00:05:12,763 --> 00:05:15,932 - They need to interchange the two metals we gave thm 138 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:17,525 because if you put the same metal 139 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:19,602 on top of the other, that's one layer, same metal. 140 00:05:19,695 --> 00:05:22,364 - Right now I have 20 layers of steel in my billet, 141 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:24,449 so when I cut that up into six pieces, 142 00:05:24,608 --> 00:05:26,701 I will end up with 120 layers. 143 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:29,120 - So far in all the challenges we've had, 144 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,040 the record is 224 layers. 145 00:05:32,124 --> 00:05:33,950 - All right, Chris, you have the unique distinction 146 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:36,628 of turning in a blade for round one 147 00:05:36,787 --> 00:05:39,047 with the most layer count. 148 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:40,548 - Whew! 149 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:42,050 - Guys, we might need to check the replay. 150 00:05:42,134 --> 00:05:45,303 I think that Jacob's got two red pieces of steel 151 00:05:45,462 --> 00:05:46,888 in the middle of his billet. 152 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:50,392 - Oh, boy. 153 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,560 - Jacob could do the same amount of cuts and stacks 154 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,814 as somebody else and end up with less layers. 155 00:05:55,898 --> 00:05:56,898 - Yep. 156 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:59,559 ♪ ♪ 157 00:05:59,643 --> 00:06:01,144 - Oh, looks good. 158 00:06:01,237 --> 00:06:03,479 My game plan is to get at least 100 layers. 159 00:06:03,572 --> 00:06:06,065 Gotta get at least 100 to be competitive in this round. 160 00:06:06,158 --> 00:06:08,401 - When do you know enough is enough? 161 00:06:08,494 --> 00:06:11,154 You still need to make a viable blade. 162 00:06:11,247 --> 00:06:13,823 - I think I would stop stacking at about half an hour 163 00:06:13,916 --> 00:06:16,418 to the end 'cause in 30 minutes I can take a stack, 164 00:06:16,577 --> 00:06:20,171 forge that down into a blade shape, and quench i. 165 00:06:20,330 --> 00:06:23,508 - I tap set my forge welds 166 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:25,009 and put it right back in the forge. 167 00:06:25,094 --> 00:06:26,586 Whew. 168 00:06:26,679 --> 00:06:28,754 My confidence sample is really good. 169 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,684 I've done a lot of Damascus, so I've got this. 170 00:06:32,768 --> 00:06:34,760 - You have 2 hours and 30 minutes! 171 00:06:34,845 --> 00:06:36,104 Keep on stacking! 172 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:37,522 ♪ ♪ 173 00:06:37,681 --> 00:06:38,940 - My billet looks like it's solid. 174 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:41,276 It sounds solid, so I'm just drawing it out. 175 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,528 - Look at those teeny, little bites he's doing. 176 00:06:43,687 --> 00:06:45,280 That's great for setting your welds. 177 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:47,023 Those welds are set. 178 00:06:47,116 --> 00:06:50,869 Now you need to get aggressive and start moving some metal. 179 00:06:51,028 --> 00:06:53,613 - I'm gonna get this thing cut up into five pieces 180 00:06:53,697 --> 00:06:57,116 so I can restack them. That will give me 100 layers. 181 00:06:57,209 --> 00:07:00,628 But this chop saw is taking forever. 182 00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:02,038 [bleep] 183 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:04,457 It's not cutting at all for me. 184 00:07:04,541 --> 00:07:06,792 - A lot of the speed in the chop saw 185 00:07:06,877 --> 00:07:09,295 will depend on the thickness of your billet. 186 00:07:09,379 --> 00:07:10,722 The thicker the material, 187 00:07:10,806 --> 00:07:12,465 the slower, that cut is gonna be. 188 00:07:12,558 --> 00:07:15,468 - I don't know the last time I was in a race, 189 00:07:15,552 --> 00:07:19,889 but this is very stressful. Finally, it goes through. 190 00:07:19,973 --> 00:07:23,735 I gotta pick up my pace and get these things cleaned up 191 00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:26,479 and restacked, welded, 192 00:07:26,563 --> 00:07:28,156 and back into the forge to get hot again. 193 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:31,150 ♪ ♪ 194 00:07:31,243 --> 00:07:33,495 - I'm shooting for 240 layers. 195 00:07:33,654 --> 00:07:35,079 ♪ ♪ 196 00:07:35,239 --> 00:07:38,333 My first step is to cut each billet 197 00:07:38,417 --> 00:07:41,827 that has ten layers into four equal sections. 198 00:07:41,912 --> 00:07:45,006 When I put those together, it's 80 layers. 199 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:48,084 Then I'm gonna cut it into three tiles, 200 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:50,336 making 240 layers. 201 00:07:50,429 --> 00:07:53,014 Let's hope this doesn't fall over on me. 202 00:07:53,098 --> 00:07:55,925 - Aubrey just cut his stack into eight pieces, 203 00:07:56,009 --> 00:07:57,685 and he dropped one on the floor. 204 00:07:57,844 --> 00:08:01,013 It's right there. - Does he know he dropped I? 205 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:02,357 - He's already back at the welder. 206 00:08:02,441 --> 00:08:05,268 - Wow. - He's got 70 layers now. 207 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:06,686 - That's it. 208 00:08:06,779 --> 00:08:08,279 - All right, let's go back in the fire. 209 00:08:08,438 --> 00:08:09,864 - In a race, when you make a pit stop, 210 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:11,366 you're gonna make sure all the lug nuts in there. 211 00:08:11,525 --> 00:08:12,608 - Oh, yeah. - He took off with one missing. 212 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:14,360 - Going to squish. 213 00:08:14,453 --> 00:08:16,621 I'm feeling good about this restack. 214 00:08:16,705 --> 00:08:19,782 Now I punch the gas and to set the welds. 215 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:22,785 ♪ ♪ 216 00:08:22,869 --> 00:08:24,704 - Steel's moving great. 217 00:08:24,788 --> 00:08:26,205 I'm gonna go ahead and get all the pieces 218 00:08:26,290 --> 00:08:28,124 cut up at the angle grinder. 219 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:29,875 - All right, it looks like Robert 220 00:08:29,969 --> 00:08:31,386 is cutting into about three inch pieces. 221 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:32,887 ♪ ♪ 222 00:08:32,972 --> 00:08:35,306 - I'll cut it five times. There's my first 100. 223 00:08:35,391 --> 00:08:36,641 Okay. 224 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:38,393 I have four older brothers, 225 00:08:38,477 --> 00:08:40,219 so I'm a very competitive person. 226 00:08:40,304 --> 00:08:42,564 Everything's always a race with us. 227 00:08:42,723 --> 00:08:44,566 In this, we got to get the most layers we can, 228 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:46,058 but I actually feel pretty good about it. 229 00:08:46,143 --> 00:08:47,735 One, two, three 230 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:49,571 Settle. 231 00:08:49,730 --> 00:08:52,031 - All right, bladesmiths, you have 90 minutes left! 232 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:58,070 There we are! - Look at him go on the press. 233 00:08:58,155 --> 00:09:00,156 He's being super aggressive with the press, 234 00:09:00,249 --> 00:09:01,991 which is great. 235 00:09:02,084 --> 00:09:04,085 - I have 24 inches of steel. 236 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:05,161 ♪ ♪ 237 00:09:05,254 --> 00:09:06,996 I can get six pieces of steel 238 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,090 that I can restack and forge weld together. 239 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,416 ♪ ♪ 240 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:12,427 - He started off with 19, 241 00:09:12,511 --> 00:09:14,762 so he's at 114 layers now. 242 00:09:14,921 --> 00:09:17,181 ♪ ♪ 243 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:19,350 - All right, we're at a critical moment right now. 244 00:09:19,435 --> 00:09:21,427 I got about 80 layers. 245 00:09:21,511 --> 00:09:22,770 - Where you at? - I'm gonna hit 100. 246 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:23,846 - Huh? 247 00:09:23,939 --> 00:09:25,014 - I hit 100. I did all 20. 248 00:09:25,107 --> 00:09:25,931 - You did? - Yeah. 249 00:09:26,016 --> 00:09:27,609 - Robert has 100. 250 00:09:27,693 --> 00:09:30,194 Now I definitely know that I need to restack again 251 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:32,447 because I can't be the lowest layer count. 252 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:33,606 ♪ ♪ 253 00:09:33,690 --> 00:09:35,691 I get it cut. 254 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,118 I only made two tiles, 255 00:09:37,202 --> 00:09:39,954 so I'm about 160 layers at this point, 256 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:42,198 and I get them right back in the forge. 257 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:43,291 Hey, there's steel on the ground. 258 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:46,878 ♪ ♪ 259 00:09:46,962 --> 00:09:49,955 [bleep]. Forgot a piece of my billet. 260 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,216 - Aubrey just found that extra piece of metal 261 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,126 he cut off and dropped. - Oh, my goodness. 262 00:09:54,211 --> 00:09:57,880 - I don't have 160 layers. I've got 140. 263 00:09:57,964 --> 00:09:59,382 - Is there anything he can do to use it? 264 00:09:59,475 --> 00:10:01,467 - No. - Ugh. 265 00:10:01,551 --> 00:10:04,646 Now I'm really concerned about where I'm at layer count-wise. 266 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:06,898 Ah, [bleep]. 267 00:10:06,982 --> 00:10:09,484 The time's running down with the layer count 268 00:10:09,643 --> 00:10:10,985 not being what I wanted it to be. 269 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:13,237 The knife that I was hoping to make, 270 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:14,656 that's not happening. 271 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:15,615 Who's nervous? 272 00:10:19,569 --> 00:10:21,829 I look over, and I see my lucky charm. 273 00:10:21,914 --> 00:10:24,240 All right, little buddy. I have to move forward. 274 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:26,084 Here we go, big squish. 275 00:10:26,243 --> 00:10:28,160 I don't know if anybody's gonna go for higher than 140, 276 00:10:28,245 --> 00:10:30,922 but I just need to make a viable blade. 277 00:10:31,081 --> 00:10:33,082 All right, it feels solid. 278 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:35,084 - Definitely hot. 279 00:10:35,168 --> 00:10:37,679 So I've got the second stack out of the forge, 280 00:10:37,763 --> 00:10:40,431 and everything seems to stick perfect. 281 00:10:40,516 --> 00:10:42,850 - You know, if Jeremy drew that out 282 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:45,261 really far and stacked it into six layers, 283 00:10:45,354 --> 00:10:47,605 he would vault for the lead. - That's right. 284 00:10:47,764 --> 00:10:51,442 - I've only got 100 layers, but I'm looking at the clock 285 00:10:51,527 --> 00:10:54,353 and I just don't have enough time to cut this p 286 00:10:54,438 --> 00:10:56,355 and restack it and draw it out again. 287 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,023 I just spent way too much tie 288 00:10:58,117 --> 00:11:00,109 at the chop saw the first time. 289 00:11:00,193 --> 00:11:03,612 I know if I try to cut and restack this again, 290 00:11:03,706 --> 00:11:05,448 I'm not even gonna have a knife to turn in. 291 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:07,709 So I decided to cap it at 100 layers. 292 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:10,619 - This competition, in particular, 293 00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:13,622 they should be going for broke on drawing things out, 294 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:15,374 cutting, restacking. 295 00:11:15,459 --> 00:11:16,876 - Does he have time if he decides to? 296 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,877 - Oh, yeah. 297 00:11:17,961 --> 00:11:19,462 [dramatic music] 298 00:11:19,555 --> 00:11:22,056 - I got my second billet pretty much drawn out, 299 00:11:22,141 --> 00:11:24,726 so I'm feeling good, but I look at the clock. 300 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:26,302 There's just not gonna be enough time 301 00:11:26,386 --> 00:11:29,731 for me to go ahead and restack. Taking a while. 302 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:31,482 So I decided to cap it at 100 layers. 303 00:11:31,567 --> 00:11:32,975 New plan of action right now, 304 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:34,977 I'm gonna do a ladder pattern on the knife. 305 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:37,062 At least I'll have a better design of my blade 306 00:11:37,147 --> 00:11:38,573 to help bring me through. 307 00:11:38,657 --> 00:11:41,400 - That amount of time it took to cut a ladder in, 308 00:11:41,485 --> 00:11:43,244 you could've got the billet, 309 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:45,830 stacked it up, and been way ahead. 310 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:47,573 - Now I've gotta get on it, 311 00:11:47,666 --> 00:11:49,083 shape my blade, and get it done. 312 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:50,993 Today I'm gonna do a drop point hunter. 313 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,912 It's a knife I like to make. It's strong. 314 00:11:52,996 --> 00:11:54,663 I think it'd be good for the chop 315 00:11:54,748 --> 00:11:56,674 and the flag cut. 316 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:59,585 Whew. - Let's go. 317 00:11:59,669 --> 00:12:03,005 - Right now, I have 120 layers of steel in my billet. 318 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,516 I'm considering making another cut and stack 319 00:12:05,601 --> 00:12:07,092 to get more layers, 320 00:12:07,186 --> 00:12:08,603 but this could be a dangerous move 321 00:12:08,687 --> 00:12:09,771 because I won't have as much time 322 00:12:09,855 --> 00:12:11,105 to forge out my blade. 323 00:12:11,190 --> 00:12:13,349 - Whoever has the highest layers 324 00:12:13,442 --> 00:12:15,276 gets an extra 25% 325 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:17,186 of their time in the second round. 326 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:19,605 An extra 30 minutes is massive. 327 00:12:19,698 --> 00:12:21,199 - I think we're gonna go for 600. 328 00:12:21,283 --> 00:12:22,450 Why not? 329 00:12:22,534 --> 00:12:23,951 In this competition, 330 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:25,528 the risk is worth the reward on this one. 331 00:12:25,621 --> 00:12:28,364 So I make the decision to stack it again 332 00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:29,448 into five pieces, 333 00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:31,033 and I'll end up with 600 layers. 334 00:12:31,126 --> 00:12:33,795 - There we go. 335 00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:36,214 Bladesmiths, you have 30 minutes left! 336 00:12:36,298 --> 00:12:39,208 - We're good. Okay, cool. 337 00:12:39,301 --> 00:12:41,126 I think the shape of my blade looks really good, 338 00:12:41,211 --> 00:12:42,711 so I'm gonna go ahead and heat treat it. 339 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:43,888 ♪ ♪ 340 00:12:43,972 --> 00:12:45,464 - Look how hot it is. 341 00:12:45,549 --> 00:12:47,225 Look at how much fire is coming out of there. 342 00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:49,393 - What are we looking at here? - It's a brittle blade. 343 00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:50,803 - Oy. 344 00:12:50,896 --> 00:12:52,396 - It comes out fairly straight, 345 00:12:52,481 --> 00:12:54,899 but it starts to warp near the tang. 346 00:12:55,058 --> 00:12:57,652 Having a bent tang can knock me out of the competition, 347 00:12:57,736 --> 00:13:00,321 so I'm gonna go ahead and reheat treat it. 348 00:13:00,405 --> 00:13:02,990 The risk I'm taking in requenching the knife 349 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:04,650 is it could crack. It could break. 350 00:13:04,743 --> 00:13:06,160 It could actually warp even more 351 00:13:06,245 --> 00:13:07,820 But I've got to take the chance. 352 00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:09,321 I need to make a straight knife. 353 00:13:09,406 --> 00:13:11,240 ♪ ♪ 354 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:12,834 - There he goes. Quench number two. 355 00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:15,411 - That was a much better color. - Yeah. 356 00:13:15,495 --> 00:13:17,505 - It comes out straight, and I've got a good knife. 357 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:19,173 This is a race to the finish line. 358 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:20,591 I got to get over to the grinder, 359 00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:22,334 clean it all up, and get it all done. 360 00:13:22,419 --> 00:13:24,178 ♪ ♪ 361 00:13:24,263 --> 00:13:25,847 - All right, Jeremy is thermocycling. 362 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:30,101 - This shape is not exactly what I had envisioned, 363 00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:33,512 but I'm down to almost no time, and I need to quench it. 364 00:13:33,597 --> 00:13:35,097 ♪ ♪ 365 00:13:35,190 --> 00:13:36,348 - There we go. 366 00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:37,859 Jeremy just quenched his billet. 367 00:13:37,943 --> 00:13:40,278 - It's pretty straight, so I'm gonna go straight 368 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:43,114 to the grinder to try to refine that shape. 369 00:13:43,273 --> 00:13:44,448 - You guys are going to be 370 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:45,783 grading these guys based on the layers, 371 00:13:45,868 --> 00:13:47,702 but they have to have a viable blade. 372 00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:49,278 So what exactly are you gonna be looking for? 373 00:13:49,362 --> 00:13:52,623 - It needs to have no delaminations or splits 374 00:13:52,782 --> 00:13:53,699 or cracks... - Okay. 375 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:54,950 - And it needs to have a shape 376 00:13:55,035 --> 00:13:57,545 that is between 11 and 13 inches. 377 00:13:57,629 --> 00:13:59,046 - You know, Aubrey's blade 378 00:13:59,131 --> 00:14:00,798 actually looks a bit long to me. 379 00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,633 - Keep going. Keep going. 380 00:14:02,718 --> 00:14:05,386 - There's more than enough blade there to grind to shape. 381 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:07,305 Quench to the blade now. 382 00:14:07,389 --> 00:14:10,299 - The time's running down. I have to quench right now. 383 00:14:10,383 --> 00:14:11,300 ♪ ♪ 384 00:14:11,393 --> 00:14:12,977 - There we go. 385 00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:15,396 - Hopefully, I can just do a little bit more work to i. 386 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:17,389 I'm trying to make a viable blade. 387 00:14:17,474 --> 00:14:18,566 ♪ ♪ 388 00:14:18,650 --> 00:14:20,568 - You guys have ten minutes left. 389 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:22,403 - My billet looks a little rougher 390 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:23,571 than I would normally do at home, 391 00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:24,980 but I know I don't have the time 392 00:14:25,065 --> 00:14:26,231 to make it perfect. 393 00:14:26,325 --> 00:14:28,150 - Here we go. - Four quenched blades. 394 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:30,161 We're in. - Whoo! 395 00:14:30,245 --> 00:14:32,488 I'm feeling good. I have a straight blade. 396 00:14:32,572 --> 00:14:34,248 I think that I have a really good heat treat. 397 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:36,250 - We're hard! 398 00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:38,160 - Five, four, 399 00:14:38,253 --> 00:14:41,672 three, two, one. 400 00:14:41,757 --> 00:14:43,257 Bladesmiths, turn off your machines. 401 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:46,510 Put down your tools. This round is over. 402 00:14:46,670 --> 00:14:47,595 - Whoo! - Whoo! 403 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:50,172 - Done it! 404 00:14:50,265 --> 00:14:53,935 - There's a lot to do to this billet in round two 405 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:57,012 to get it back on track, but it can be salvaged. 406 00:14:57,105 --> 00:14:58,347 It can be fixed. 407 00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:00,441 I'm just so happy that I got 408 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,850 this thing across the finish line. 409 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:04,520 ♪ ♪ 410 00:15:04,613 --> 00:15:07,114 - All right, bladesmiths, the layer race is now over, 411 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:08,532 and it's time to go over the results. 412 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:13,362 In first place with a total of 570 layers, 413 00:15:13,455 --> 00:15:16,281 Jacob, you just set a new "Forged in Fire" record. 414 00:15:16,366 --> 00:15:18,701 Good job. - Well done, Jacob. 415 00:15:18,785 --> 00:15:20,285 - Thank you. 416 00:15:20,370 --> 00:15:22,621 - Now in second place coming in at 140 layers 417 00:15:22,706 --> 00:15:26,041 of steel, Aubrey, good job. 418 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:28,794 Now, guys, we've got a tie for third place. 419 00:15:28,878 --> 00:15:31,055 Jeremy and Robert, both of you turned in blades 420 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:33,474 with 100 layers of high carbon steel, 421 00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:35,300 but judges now have a decision to make 422 00:15:35,385 --> 00:15:38,220 because we asked you guys to turn in viable blades 423 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,981 that fall within parameters. 424 00:15:40,065 --> 00:15:42,108 Jacob, you are up first. Please present your work. 425 00:15:43,727 --> 00:15:46,061 ♪ ♪ 426 00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:49,073 - All right, Jacob, that's a really neat profile. 427 00:15:49,232 --> 00:15:51,817 Your handle is probably 428 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:54,161 a half a finger short for me, 429 00:15:54,246 --> 00:15:55,830 but it's a great looking thing so far. 430 00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:57,906 Definitely a viable knife, 431 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,992 and you won the layer race, so good on you. 432 00:16:00,076 --> 00:16:01,744 - Thank you. 433 00:16:01,828 --> 00:16:04,079 - Jeremy, you're up next. Please present your work. 434 00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:07,675 ♪ ♪ 435 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:10,169 - All right, Jeremy, the steel you have here 436 00:16:10,262 --> 00:16:12,680 there are no visible deep cracks 437 00:16:12,764 --> 00:16:14,423 or anything like that. 438 00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:16,842 There's some surface cracks right there. 439 00:16:16,926 --> 00:16:20,271 Should you move forward, you need to clean this up. 440 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:23,515 But overall solid steel, and this is a viable blade. 441 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,526 - Thank you. 442 00:16:25,610 --> 00:16:26,852 - Robert, you're up next. You ready? 443 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:28,353 - Yes. - Please present your work 444 00:16:28,438 --> 00:16:32,107 ♪ ♪ 445 00:16:32,192 --> 00:16:34,443 - All right, Robert, well, it seems to be on its wa. 446 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,704 It's still massive. 447 00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:39,290 It is still extremely thick at the spine, 448 00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:41,533 but just looking at your steel and your overall shape, 449 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:43,118 this is certainly a viable blade. 450 00:16:43,203 --> 00:16:44,378 - Thank you. 451 00:16:44,463 --> 00:16:45,704 - Aubrey, you're up last. You ready? 452 00:16:45,789 --> 00:16:47,372 - Yes, I am. - Please present your work. 453 00:16:47,457 --> 00:16:50,709 ♪ ♪ 454 00:16:50,794 --> 00:16:53,888 - Aubrey, on your spine there's some delaminations 455 00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,632 that I can get my finger underneath 456 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:58,809 and on your edge, there's similar 457 00:16:58,894 --> 00:17:00,978 sort of activity going on with the weld. 458 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:02,971 Certainly, it looks like it could be a viable blade, 459 00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:04,899 but it looks a little big to me. 460 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:06,475 Check your length. 461 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:13,407 ♪ ♪ 462 00:17:13,492 --> 00:17:16,485 Aubrey, you're 13 1/2 inches from tip 463 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,662 which is half an inch over the maximum length 464 00:17:18,747 --> 00:17:20,081 that we asked for, 465 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:24,085 and that puts you outside of our parameters. 466 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:25,828 All right, Aubrey, you fought hard 467 00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:27,412 but unfortunately you did fall 468 00:17:27,506 --> 00:17:29,840 outside of the parameters we asked for. 469 00:17:29,925 --> 00:17:31,166 For that reason, I'm gonna have to ask you 470 00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:32,676 to please step off the Forge floor. 471 00:17:32,761 --> 00:17:34,253 - I understand. Thank you. 472 00:17:34,346 --> 00:17:35,170 - Thank you, Aubrey. - Thank you. 473 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:37,589 - Good job. 474 00:17:37,674 --> 00:17:40,676 - It's not the outcome that I was hoping for, 475 00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:44,012 but, you know, I want to get better at this 476 00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:47,108 so that my son has an example of what it's like 477 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:49,351 to go through life making mistakes, 478 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:51,103 achieving things, 479 00:17:51,196 --> 00:17:52,780 and hopefully, this sets an example 480 00:17:52,939 --> 00:17:54,773 so he can achieve his dreams one day too. 481 00:17:54,858 --> 00:17:57,118 ♪ ♪ 482 00:17:57,202 --> 00:17:59,194 - All right, bladesmiths, congratulations. 483 00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:00,955 The three of you are joining us in the second round 484 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:02,456 of our layer race. 485 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:06,377 Now, Jacob, you came in with 570 layers 486 00:18:06,536 --> 00:18:09,130 which bought you an extra 30 minutes in this competition. 487 00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:10,789 Good work. 488 00:18:10,874 --> 00:18:13,050 Now for the other two, you guys have two hours 489 00:18:13,135 --> 00:18:14,802 to complete your blades. 490 00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,387 Now in this round, guys, we want you 491 00:18:16,471 --> 00:18:18,547 to finish your blades by adding handles 492 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,057 turning them into fully functioning weapons, 493 00:18:20,216 --> 00:18:22,143 but this is a layer race. 494 00:18:22,227 --> 00:18:24,803 We're gonna ask for at least three layers 495 00:18:24,888 --> 00:18:27,472 on both sides of your handles. 496 00:18:27,557 --> 00:18:29,316 When this round is complete, the judges are going 497 00:18:29,401 --> 00:18:30,726 to check for strength and durabiliy 498 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:32,486 in a wooden dowel chop, 499 00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:34,062 and then check your edge retention 500 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:37,065 in the checkered flag slice. 501 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:38,659 Jacob, you ready? - Yes, sir. 502 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:41,069 - All right, good luck. Your time starts now. 503 00:18:41,154 --> 00:18:41,987 - All right. 504 00:18:42,071 --> 00:18:44,823 ♪ ♪ 505 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,825 - 30 minutes is absolutely clutch 506 00:18:46,910 --> 00:18:48,669 in this round. - Oh, my God. 507 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,838 - It feels really good winning the challenge. 508 00:18:50,922 --> 00:18:52,756 I feel right at home with this extra 30 minutes 509 00:18:52,841 --> 00:18:54,091 of just working alone. 510 00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:56,343 So many choices, ooh. 511 00:18:56,428 --> 00:18:58,337 I use mostly synthetic material 512 00:18:58,430 --> 00:19:00,255 because I know that they're strong 513 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:02,516 and they won't have any voids like wood could possibly have. 514 00:19:02,601 --> 00:19:04,843 - When he's done with his half hour, 515 00:19:04,928 --> 00:19:06,437 all that glue up is already done. 516 00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:07,855 - It just sets him way ahead. 517 00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:09,514 - Time goes slow when you're waiting. 518 00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:11,525 - Yeah. 519 00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:14,186 - That's gotta be painful for Jeremy and Robert 520 00:19:14,270 --> 00:19:17,189 just sitting there watching Jacob just run away. 521 00:19:17,273 --> 00:19:19,200 - Man, I could use that time. 522 00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:21,360 Watching him work is pretty depressing. 523 00:19:21,444 --> 00:19:24,279 - All right, guys, two hours starts now. 524 00:19:24,372 --> 00:19:25,948 Get going. 525 00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:28,283 - I've got so much work to do on my knife. 526 00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:30,794 - All right, now, these guys are back in the game. 527 00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:32,037 First step, what would you guys be doing? 528 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:33,205 - Gluing up the handle. - Handle. 529 00:19:33,289 --> 00:19:34,790 - Well, it looks like Jeremy 530 00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:36,050 is just going over the drill press. 531 00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:37,635 - It's part of the handle process, 532 00:19:37,794 --> 00:19:39,795 but you could be doing that while your glue is drying. 533 00:19:39,888 --> 00:19:43,724 - As I'm drilling the holes, it is hard steel. 534 00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,968 I cannot get it to go through at all. 535 00:19:46,061 --> 00:19:48,053 I don't have time to waste sitting here 536 00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:50,055 at this drill press. [bleep] 537 00:19:50,148 --> 00:19:51,815 - Should he be hitting it with a torch? 538 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:53,225 - Well, I think it should be hitting it with a grinder. 539 00:19:53,309 --> 00:19:54,985 It's gonna take a lot of weight out of that tang. 540 00:19:55,070 --> 00:19:56,320 Trying to have less material to drill through 541 00:19:56,479 --> 00:19:58,397 to put the holes in. 542 00:19:58,481 --> 00:20:01,566 - At this point, I cannot drill through this tang. 543 00:20:01,651 --> 00:20:04,653 I'm just going to stick with one pin. 544 00:20:04,746 --> 00:20:07,656 Only having one pin in the back of my handle, 545 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:09,574 the biggest worry is my handle falling apart 546 00:20:09,659 --> 00:20:11,085 in that strength test, 547 00:20:11,169 --> 00:20:13,587 but I've got way too much work to do. 548 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:17,341 I'm thinking maybe I should just fuller the tang. 549 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:21,336 Where I fuller, that'll make a cavity where extra epoxy 550 00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:24,172 can get in there and hopefully everything will hold. 551 00:20:24,257 --> 00:20:26,925 ♪ ♪ 552 00:20:27,010 --> 00:20:28,010 - [hums melody] 553 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:29,353 I'm gonna go ahead 554 00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:32,106 and put this knife on grinder weight loss. 555 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:34,850 So I figured I could do some fullers 556 00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:36,852 - Fullering is a great way to take weight out 557 00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:39,104 and really maintain a lot of the strength. 558 00:20:39,188 --> 00:20:42,274 - Fullers are looking good, so it's going great. 559 00:20:42,358 --> 00:20:45,444 - All right, bladesmiths, you have 90 minutes left. 560 00:20:45,537 --> 00:20:47,195 - Dave commented that my handle was 561 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,281 a little short for his hand. 562 00:20:49,365 --> 00:20:50,791 I should have no issue fixing it 563 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,626 by lengthening my handle a little bit 564 00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:54,795 by grinding material out of my blade. 565 00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:56,964 - With Jacob's handle, like he pointed out, 566 00:20:57,048 --> 00:21:00,884 he can move that up further 'cause he has steel to use. 567 00:21:00,969 --> 00:21:03,045 - I'm just focusing on getting my handle dialed in 568 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,805 as much as I can, 569 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:06,140 but his hands are different than mine 570 00:21:06,224 --> 00:21:08,216 so I won't know until he tests it. 571 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:11,553 ♪ ♪ 572 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:13,638 - Now it's time to put an edge on this thing, 573 00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:16,141 and I'll put a convex edge on it. 574 00:21:16,225 --> 00:21:18,226 - He's got an interesting blade shape 575 00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:19,987 compared to the other guys. 576 00:21:20,071 --> 00:21:22,406 Do you guys think it's important to have 577 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:25,159 some semblance of a tip for the checkered flag cut? 578 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:26,735 - If you imagine where on that blade 579 00:21:26,828 --> 00:21:29,571 is first gonna contact, that part has to be sharp. 580 00:21:29,664 --> 00:21:31,323 You know, it doesn't necessarily have to be pointy, 581 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:32,249 but it has to be sharp. - Right. 582 00:21:32,408 --> 00:21:33,992 - It's pretty sharp. 583 00:21:34,077 --> 00:21:36,078 I'm ready for them to beat the crap out of it. 584 00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:38,005 ♪ ♪ 585 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:39,581 - All right, let's see 586 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,583 if Robert is able to get his spin hole drilled in. 587 00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:44,669 - The first hole right through the knife, no problem. 588 00:21:44,754 --> 00:21:45,670 ♪ ♪ 589 00:21:45,755 --> 00:21:47,339 Ugh. 590 00:21:47,423 --> 00:21:49,424 Second one hit a hard spot in the blade. 591 00:21:49,509 --> 00:21:51,435 ♪ ♪ 592 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,771 I go to the opposite side of the knife, 593 00:21:53,855 --> 00:21:55,680 bottoms out in that hard spot again. 594 00:21:55,765 --> 00:21:57,182 When I quenched my knife, 595 00:21:57,266 --> 00:21:59,101 part of the tang got in the oil and got hardened. 596 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,944 I [bleep] can't get through. 597 00:22:01,104 --> 00:22:03,614 I've gotta do something to get the drill bit through. 598 00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:05,273 This is killing me on time. 599 00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:06,691 If I don't get these pinholes in, 600 00:22:06,776 --> 00:22:07,943 I'm not gonna pass this around. 601 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:09,778 ♪ ♪ 602 00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:10,371 [bleep] 603 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,701 So I've gotta get this thing softened up. 604 00:22:16,786 --> 00:22:19,287 Get a wet rag and put it on my knife 605 00:22:19,372 --> 00:22:20,130 to keep it from heating up and taking out 606 00:22:20,289 --> 00:22:21,799 the temper on my knife. 607 00:22:21,883 --> 00:22:23,717 - You're ruining the temper. It's gonna be too soft. 608 00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:25,386 It's not gonna hold up to the test. 609 00:22:25,545 --> 00:22:27,295 - I head back to the drill press... 610 00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:29,223 Whoo-hoo. 611 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:30,474 And then pushed the right through. 612 00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:32,384 I lost some time, 613 00:22:32,468 --> 00:22:34,719 so now I gotta get this handle feeling good in my hand. 614 00:22:34,804 --> 00:22:37,722 - Bladesmiths, you guys have 30 minutes left. 615 00:22:37,807 --> 00:22:39,307 ♪ ♪ 616 00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:42,310 - Now I need to get a good sharp edge on my knife. 617 00:22:42,404 --> 00:22:44,563 I'm leaving my edge geometry a little bit thicker 618 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,648 towards the spine to strengthen it, 619 00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:47,825 but also have it be a little bit thinner 620 00:22:47,984 --> 00:22:49,317 down towards the edge 621 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:51,161 so that it'll still slice the flag with ease. 622 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,655 Anyone need a shave? 623 00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:55,165 ♪ ♪ 624 00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:57,251 I'm gonna start shaping this handle now. 625 00:22:57,410 --> 00:22:59,744 - Yeah, comfortable handle, but, for me, 626 00:22:59,829 --> 00:23:04,332 it kind of breaks down to retention, comfort, style. 627 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:05,750 ♪ ♪ 628 00:23:05,844 --> 00:23:07,428 - This thing is super blocky, 629 00:23:07,587 --> 00:23:09,504 and I've got so much material to remove. 630 00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:11,506 I gotta get this thing refined. 631 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:14,176 ♪ ♪ 632 00:23:14,260 --> 00:23:16,011 - Coming down at the end, it's looking great. 633 00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:18,021 - Got some acid etching going on. 634 00:23:18,181 --> 00:23:19,356 That's good to see. 635 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:21,933 - I see some of the ladder patterns 636 00:23:22,018 --> 00:23:23,277 are not as heavy as I'd like, 637 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:24,352 but the thing is looking awesome. 638 00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:25,854 ♪ ♪ 639 00:23:25,947 --> 00:23:27,865 - Five, four, 640 00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,784 three, two, one. 641 00:23:30,869 --> 00:23:32,703 Bladesmiths, put down your tools. 642 00:23:32,862 --> 00:23:34,538 This round is over. 643 00:23:34,697 --> 00:23:36,540 - This 100-layer knife, 644 00:23:36,624 --> 00:23:38,867 I'm actually pretty excited about getting it tested. 645 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:40,794 The only thing that concerns me 646 00:23:40,879 --> 00:23:42,204 is that lack of that front pin. 647 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:44,122 I don't want it coming apart during testing. 648 00:23:44,215 --> 00:23:45,874 - All right gentlemen, it's time 649 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,126 for the strength test. The wood dowel chop. 650 00:23:48,211 --> 00:23:50,053 Now, remember this test 651 00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:52,306 is not about what your blades do to those dowels, 652 00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:53,965 but what those dowels do to your blades. 653 00:23:54,050 --> 00:23:55,642 Jeremy, you are up first. Ready to go? 654 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:58,145 - No, but go full J. Neilson on it. 655 00:23:58,304 --> 00:24:02,733 - Full J. Neil--thanks. - [chuckles] 656 00:24:02,892 --> 00:24:06,144 - Now you're gonna pay. 657 00:24:06,229 --> 00:24:09,231 - This is a really tough task, especially with me 658 00:24:09,324 --> 00:24:11,408 only having one pin in the back of my handle. 659 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:13,577 When he hits those dowels, it's gonna send shocks 660 00:24:13,736 --> 00:24:14,912 all through that blade 661 00:24:14,996 --> 00:24:17,239 and I just expect my handle to explode. 662 00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:20,167 ♪ ♪ 663 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:29,968 ♪ ♪ 664 00:24:33,923 --> 00:24:40,762 ♪ ♪ 665 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,180 - All right, Jeremy, 666 00:24:42,273 --> 00:24:44,358 Your edge took no damage at all. 667 00:24:44,517 --> 00:24:46,777 Your handle, the surfaces are all rounded off 668 00:24:46,936 --> 00:24:48,520 except for these gaps up at the front, 669 00:24:48,613 --> 00:24:51,022 but it didn't come out of my hand. 670 00:24:51,107 --> 00:24:53,367 Weapon is still in one piece and sharp, so good job. 671 00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:54,952 - Thank you. 672 00:24:55,036 --> 00:24:56,194 - Jacob, you're up. You ready? 673 00:24:56,279 --> 00:24:57,862 - Yes, sir. - Okay. 674 00:24:57,947 --> 00:24:59,540 ♪ ♪ 675 00:24:59,624 --> 00:25:01,208 - I'm concerned about all of these dowels 676 00:25:01,367 --> 00:25:02,960 because as my blade passes through them 677 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:04,369 it can potentially grab it 678 00:25:04,453 --> 00:25:06,204 and either chip my edge or snap my blade. 679 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:13,053 ♪ ♪ 680 00:25:20,303 --> 00:25:27,067 ♪ ♪ 681 00:25:27,226 --> 00:25:29,570 - All right, Jacob, running my fingernail 682 00:25:29,654 --> 00:25:31,646 down the edge here, I can feel 683 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:33,240 two small kind of nicks, 684 00:25:33,324 --> 00:25:35,158 but it's still a very sharp blade, 685 00:25:35,318 --> 00:25:37,402 so nicely done. - Thank you. 686 00:25:37,495 --> 00:25:38,829 - All right, Robert, you're up. 687 00:25:38,988 --> 00:25:41,489 - Bring it. - I will. 688 00:25:41,583 --> 00:25:43,325 - Wooden dowel chop's hard. 689 00:25:43,418 --> 00:25:45,910 My grain has grown cause I heat treated twice. 690 00:25:45,995 --> 00:25:49,089 It could snap the edge. I'm freaking out. 691 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:56,054 ♪ ♪ 692 00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:11,403 ♪ ♪ 693 00:26:14,282 --> 00:26:17,108 - All right, Robert, first off, no damage to your blade. 694 00:26:17,193 --> 00:26:20,278 I love the fuller, but I would have loved 695 00:26:20,363 --> 00:26:22,205 to have seen that fuller about twice as big 696 00:26:22,290 --> 00:26:24,041 to take some more of the weight out of this. 697 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,126 Still solid. Good job. 698 00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:27,044 - Thank you. 699 00:26:30,206 --> 00:26:32,707 - All right, bladesmiths, this is the sharpness test, 700 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,887 the checkered flag slice. A sharp edge will cut cleanly. 701 00:26:37,046 --> 00:26:40,715 A jagged edge or a dull edge will do nothing or get snagged. 702 00:26:40,808 --> 00:26:41,892 Jeremy, you're up first. You ready for this? 703 00:26:42,051 --> 00:26:44,302 - Yes, sir. - Let's do this 704 00:26:44,387 --> 00:26:50,734 ♪ ♪ 705 00:26:53,562 --> 00:26:55,906 ♪ ♪ 706 00:26:58,993 --> 00:27:00,902 - All right, Jeremy, let's talk about your blade here. 707 00:27:00,995 --> 00:27:04,322 Your edge is sharp. These are clean cuts. 708 00:27:04,415 --> 00:27:07,501 Overall, it will cut. - Thank you, sir. 709 00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:08,910 - All right, Jacob, you turn. You're ready? 710 00:27:09,003 --> 00:27:10,504 - Yes, sir. - Let's do this. 711 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:17,511 ♪ ♪ 712 00:27:20,923 --> 00:27:24,351 ♪ ♪ 713 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:30,023 All right, Jacob, let's talk about your knife here. 714 00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:34,519 Your edge, sharp. Easy cuts all the way through. 715 00:27:34,612 --> 00:27:38,115 Overall, sir, it will cut. - Thank you. 716 00:27:38,199 --> 00:27:39,774 - All right, Robert, your turn. You ready? 717 00:27:39,867 --> 00:27:41,368 - Yes, I am. - Let's do this. 718 00:27:41,527 --> 00:27:48,333 ♪ ♪ 719 00:27:59,128 --> 00:28:01,555 All right, Robert, let's talk about your knife here. 720 00:28:01,639 --> 00:28:03,890 Didn't take any damage during the strength test, 721 00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:06,050 and it cut easily through the checkered fla. 722 00:28:06,144 --> 00:28:08,729 Overall, sir, your weapon, it will cut. 723 00:28:08,888 --> 00:28:10,731 - Thank you. 724 00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:12,149 ♪ ♪ 725 00:28:12,233 --> 00:28:14,818 - All right, bladesmiths, this is a very tight race, 726 00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:16,236 but time has come for the judges 727 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:18,405 to decide which one of you is heading home. 728 00:28:18,564 --> 00:28:20,148 While they discuss, I'm gonna ask the three of you 729 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,733 to please step off the Forge floor. 730 00:28:21,817 --> 00:28:23,485 ♪ ♪ 731 00:28:23,578 --> 00:28:25,904 All right, guys, nobody crashed and burned in the testing. 732 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:27,489 Makes your decision a little bit more difficult. 733 00:28:27,582 --> 00:28:28,656 Ben, where do you stand? 734 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:30,250 - So I'm looking at Jeremy's blade, 735 00:28:30,334 --> 00:28:32,085 and it's a pretty rudimentary blade. 736 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:34,337 It didn't take any damage in the strength test, 737 00:28:34,497 --> 00:28:36,998 and it did great in the sharpness test. 738 00:28:37,091 --> 00:28:39,760 Jacob's blade is the only one that took any kind of damage 739 00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:42,763 in the strength test albeit small. 740 00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:45,340 - We're saying only one took some kind of damage, 741 00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:47,601 and that's Jacobs, but then when I really look 742 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,686 closely to it, it's like a glint. 743 00:28:49,845 --> 00:28:51,095 Talking about racecars here, 744 00:28:51,189 --> 00:28:52,439 I mean, you got dents on the side, 745 00:28:52,523 --> 00:28:54,182 but not where the wheels are. 746 00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:55,934 If we go to Jeremy's, 747 00:28:56,027 --> 00:28:58,361 the handle is split on the side. 748 00:28:58,521 --> 00:29:00,021 If I were to use that repeatedly, 749 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:02,282 my hand could get clipped into that handle. 750 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:06,110 - To me, I see two blades out there that are intentional, 751 00:29:06,204 --> 00:29:09,280 and one blade that was just finished. 752 00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:13,376 The fullers on Robert's, the clean grinds, 753 00:29:13,536 --> 00:29:15,286 and the handle shape on the Jacob's. 754 00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:17,288 Then we get to Jeremy's blade, 755 00:29:17,381 --> 00:29:20,300 and there are no contours to the handle. 756 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:22,293 - All right, so Ben, have you made a decision? 757 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:23,294 - I have. - Dave, how about you? 758 00:29:23,387 --> 00:29:24,471 - I have. - Doug, where you at? 759 00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:25,806 - Yes, I have. 760 00:29:25,965 --> 00:29:26,807 - All right, guys, call them in. 761 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:32,470 ♪ ♪ 762 00:29:32,555 --> 00:29:34,722 All right, bladesmiths, this was a very close race, 763 00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:36,399 but you guys know only two of you 764 00:29:36,484 --> 00:29:38,309 can join us in the third and final round. 765 00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:40,904 Our judges have made a final decision 766 00:29:40,988 --> 00:29:42,647 and the bladesmith leaving the Forge is... 767 00:29:42,731 --> 00:29:45,567 ♪ ♪ 768 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:46,493 Jeremy, unfortunately, your blade 769 00:29:46,577 --> 00:29:47,744 didn't make the cut today, 770 00:29:47,903 --> 00:29:49,404 and Dave Baker is gonna tell you why. 771 00:29:49,488 --> 00:29:51,823 - Jeremy, when we have competitions like this 772 00:29:51,916 --> 00:29:54,325 where everybody tests out so close to one another, 773 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:56,169 we have to look at the finer details, 774 00:29:56,254 --> 00:29:57,912 and the handle has some gaps on it. 775 00:29:57,997 --> 00:29:59,506 Small things like that, 776 00:29:59,590 --> 00:30:02,250 but it's been that close a competition, so good job. 777 00:30:02,343 --> 00:30:03,668 - I appreciate it. 778 00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:05,086 - Well, Jeremy, we wanna say thank you 779 00:30:05,179 --> 00:30:06,671 for joining us in this race, but unfortunately, 780 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,339 your time in the competition has ended. 781 00:30:08,424 --> 00:30:09,340 I'm gonna have to ask you 782 00:30:09,425 --> 00:30:10,425 to please step off the Forge floor. 783 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:11,601 - Thank you. - Thank you, Jeremy. 784 00:30:11,686 --> 00:30:14,020 - Thank you. - Thanks, man. 785 00:30:14,179 --> 00:30:15,847 - It ended up being a photo finish, 786 00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:17,849 but I didn't cross the line first. 787 00:30:17,933 --> 00:30:20,777 I made some new friends. I had a blast. 788 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:23,688 The best man will win, and I wasn't that man today. 789 00:30:23,772 --> 00:30:27,525 ♪ ♪ 790 00:30:27,618 --> 00:30:29,119 - All right, bladesmiths, congratulations. 791 00:30:29,278 --> 00:30:31,121 The two of you have made it through the first two rounds 792 00:30:31,205 --> 00:30:32,614 of our layer race competition 793 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:34,291 which means you're going into the final round. 794 00:30:34,450 --> 00:30:36,618 Now, we are giving you four days at your home forges 795 00:30:36,711 --> 00:30:39,120 to battle it out for the title of "Forged in Fire" champion 796 00:30:39,213 --> 00:30:42,299 and check for $10,000. 797 00:30:42,458 --> 00:30:44,551 We want you to build this... 798 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:47,637 ♪ ♪ 799 00:30:47,722 --> 00:30:51,057 The Mesopotamian sickle sword. - [chuckles] 800 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:54,394 - The sickle sword originated in Mesopotamia 801 00:30:54,478 --> 00:30:57,480 at the height of Bronze Age around 2,500 B.C. 802 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,974 The sickle and curved-shaped swords 803 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:01,559 often symbolized royalty 804 00:31:01,644 --> 00:31:03,728 and power and were primarily wielded 805 00:31:03,812 --> 00:31:06,564 during ceremonies by kings and authority figures. 806 00:31:06,649 --> 00:31:07,815 Although these swords were not common 807 00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:09,242 on the battlefield, 808 00:31:09,327 --> 00:31:10,818 the belly of the blade allowed 809 00:31:10,912 --> 00:31:12,329 for quick, devastating blows 810 00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:14,155 and inspired designs for later weapons 811 00:31:14,239 --> 00:31:16,658 such as the deadly Egyptian khopesh. 812 00:31:16,751 --> 00:31:20,253 - Your blade needs to measure between 24 and 26 inches. 813 00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,914 The curve depth needs to be between 2 1/4 814 00:31:23,007 --> 00:31:25,926 and 3 1/4 inches at its deepest, 815 00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:29,921 and your handles cannot exceed 7 inches long. 816 00:31:30,014 --> 00:31:31,506 - The biggest problem I'm seeing, 817 00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:32,924 there's a sharp bend down 818 00:31:33,008 --> 00:31:35,593 and then a short sweep up to a curve. 819 00:31:35,686 --> 00:31:36,853 So that's gonna be hard to make sure 820 00:31:37,012 --> 00:31:38,763 I get the dimensions in right, 821 00:31:38,856 --> 00:31:41,349 but I'm excited to give it a go. 822 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,276 - All right, guys, we know you're capable 823 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:45,269 of doing great things in this forge. 824 00:31:45,363 --> 00:31:47,271 You raced through the first five hours. 825 00:31:47,365 --> 00:31:49,366 Now, you got a marathon ahead of you. 826 00:31:49,525 --> 00:31:52,118 Good luck. We will see you in four days 827 00:31:53,278 --> 00:31:57,031 ♪ ♪ 828 00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:58,783 - Back in my home forge. 829 00:31:58,867 --> 00:32:00,126 I'm gonna be making a Mesopotamian sickle sword. 830 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,704 The biggest build I've done yet. 831 00:32:02,788 --> 00:32:04,798 I'm doing 1,000 layers semi-construction, 832 00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:06,457 so I'm gonna go 500 layers of Damascus 833 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:09,293 on each side with a 1084 center core. 834 00:32:09,387 --> 00:32:11,212 Looking good. I'm doing 1,000 layers. 835 00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:13,807 So I wanna go ten times more than I did in round one. 836 00:32:13,891 --> 00:32:16,226 All right, we're going for a final forge weld. 837 00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:17,969 Long as I'm solid with my steel, 838 00:32:18,053 --> 00:32:19,971 1084 will give it a stronger center. 839 00:32:20,055 --> 00:32:21,314 I feel pretty good on my progress. 840 00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:23,641 I will forge press that out tomorrow. 841 00:32:23,726 --> 00:32:26,820 ♪ ♪ 842 00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:28,989 - I'm back here in my hometown, Royalton. 843 00:32:29,148 --> 00:32:31,232 I'm just here to build my Mesopotamian sickle sword. 844 00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:33,568 All right, let's see what we can do with this. 845 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:36,329 I'm gonna put a ladder pattern in this steel. 846 00:32:36,414 --> 00:32:38,748 I'm not quite sure what Robert has up his sleeve for this, 847 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:40,241 so I'm gonna bring my A game. 848 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,743 I hope he does too, 849 00:32:41,827 --> 00:32:43,327 and I hope we have a real good competition. 850 00:32:43,421 --> 00:32:44,662 Now I can see the ladder pattern 851 00:32:44,747 --> 00:32:46,330 in there already. 852 00:32:46,424 --> 00:32:47,665 The length and curve of this blade 853 00:32:47,758 --> 00:32:49,509 is gonna be difficult to work with 854 00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:51,252 just because I want to make sure everything stays straight 855 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:52,846 and doesn't have any warps to it. 856 00:32:53,005 --> 00:32:54,505 Looking good so far. 857 00:32:54,590 --> 00:32:55,923 'Cause ultimately that could send me home 858 00:32:56,017 --> 00:32:57,175 if that's not spot-on, 859 00:32:57,268 --> 00:32:59,352 Everything went pretty well on day one 860 00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:02,355 and I'm on track for day two. Here we go. 861 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,432 - Day two 862 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:05,850 - We're to length now, a little bit over, 863 00:33:05,934 --> 00:33:07,435 which is good, and we're gonna go ahead 864 00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:09,029 and beat it over the anvil. 865 00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,698 The place where I want the bend will bend down, 866 00:33:11,782 --> 00:33:12,699 and then the tip will start bending up automatically 867 00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:14,367 as I hit it. 868 00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:16,694 Whacking it on the horn to get it to bend down, 869 00:33:16,787 --> 00:33:18,029 it's easier than using the hammer. 870 00:33:18,122 --> 00:33:20,031 I like it. 871 00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:21,449 Got the billet all ready for the quench. 872 00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:23,043 It's the soul of the blade. 873 00:33:23,202 --> 00:33:25,378 If you do a bad quench, you come out too hard, 874 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:27,213 the forge welds could pop on me. 875 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:28,623 If this quench doesn't go right, 876 00:33:28,716 --> 00:33:30,124 I'm gonna have to go ahead and start over, 877 00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:31,384 and that's gonna suck. 878 00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:32,010 ♪ ♪ 879 00:33:36,298 --> 00:33:37,891 Went in pretty hot. 880 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:40,635 We'll see if we have any bad forge welds. 881 00:33:40,728 --> 00:33:44,981 We have a hard blade. The forge welds look great. 882 00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:45,973 I'm feeling great. 883 00:33:46,058 --> 00:33:47,484 ♪ ♪ 884 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:49,894 - Day two, we're gonna try to quench here. 885 00:33:49,978 --> 00:33:51,738 I feel pretty good about my progress. 886 00:33:51,822 --> 00:33:54,482 Everything looks good. That's good to measure. 887 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:57,985 ♪ ♪ 888 00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:00,747 Oh, that is straight. Everything's looking good. 889 00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:02,573 Now we're gonna have to temper it. 890 00:34:02,658 --> 00:34:04,408 That's gonna take away a little of this hardness 891 00:34:04,502 --> 00:34:05,743 and it's gonna add toughness 892 00:34:05,828 --> 00:34:07,253 cause right now it's pretty brittle. 893 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,671 If I just went and smacked it on my anvil, 894 00:34:08,831 --> 00:34:09,756 it would probably shatter. 895 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:10,915 I think the hardest part is gonna be 896 00:34:10,999 --> 00:34:12,509 getting the heat just right. 897 00:34:12,593 --> 00:34:14,836 I don't have oven long enough to fit this sword in, 898 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:17,347 so we're gonna have to do it all with a torc. 899 00:34:17,431 --> 00:34:19,516 It's not going to be as precise as having an oven. 900 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,092 Don't wanna overheat it. 901 00:34:21,185 --> 00:34:22,685 Makes me a little bit nervous 902 00:34:22,770 --> 00:34:24,270 because I don't know the ultimate outcome, 903 00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:26,514 but hopefully, we get up just right. 904 00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:29,526 ♪ ♪ 905 00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:31,686 - Today, I gotta take weight off the sword. 906 00:34:31,779 --> 00:34:33,780 I want to keep it light enough and balanced enough 907 00:34:33,864 --> 00:34:35,940 for somebody to swing it. Getting there. 908 00:34:36,033 --> 00:34:38,526 I feel really good about my weapon. 909 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,954 Getting all the fit-up done, and I think this thing's 910 00:34:41,113 --> 00:34:43,123 gonna slice anything they put before it. 911 00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:44,374 [chuckles] 912 00:34:44,533 --> 00:34:46,292 - This is the final day. 913 00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:48,545 Yesterday, I got my Damascus etched 914 00:34:48,704 --> 00:34:50,705 and my handle on. 915 00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:52,290 I wanna make sure everything is even on this handle 916 00:34:52,374 --> 00:34:53,800 and everything feels good. 917 00:34:53,884 --> 00:34:55,543 As a martial artist, 918 00:34:55,636 --> 00:34:56,878 I'm really into flow and I'm really into feel. 919 00:34:56,971 --> 00:34:58,555 This is good. 920 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:00,464 I'm not quite sure what my strength test is gonna be, 921 00:35:00,558 --> 00:35:02,133 but I think whatever they throw at it 922 00:35:02,217 --> 00:35:03,885 it's gonna be able to handle it. 923 00:35:03,969 --> 00:35:08,890 ♪ ♪ 924 00:35:08,983 --> 00:35:10,316 - Well, Jacob, Robert, it's good to see you. 925 00:35:10,401 --> 00:35:11,976 Welcome back to the Forge. 926 00:35:12,069 --> 00:35:14,145 So we gave you four days to work 927 00:35:14,229 --> 00:35:17,648 on your very best Mesopotamian sickle sword. 928 00:35:17,733 --> 00:35:19,325 Guys, they look beautiful. They look sharp. 929 00:35:19,410 --> 00:35:20,493 Before we put it through the ringer, 930 00:35:20,578 --> 00:35:21,828 I want to hear about it. 931 00:35:21,987 --> 00:35:22,820 Jacob, how did the build go for you? 932 00:35:22,905 --> 00:35:24,238 - Things went really well. 933 00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:26,166 ♪ ♪ 934 00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:28,159 I gave you guys 132-layer ladder pattern 935 00:35:28,243 --> 00:35:30,170 Damascus blade with some orange G-10 liners 936 00:35:30,254 --> 00:35:32,079 on top of some mango wood. 937 00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:34,415 - It looks beautiful. Robert, how about you? 938 00:35:34,508 --> 00:35:35,416 - Build was good. 939 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:37,260 ♪ ♪ 940 00:35:37,419 --> 00:35:40,504 I've got two 500-layer billets of ladder pattern Damascus 941 00:35:40,589 --> 00:35:42,265 on a 1084 core, 942 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:46,186 black wallet handle, and bronze-cast garden pins. 943 00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:48,262 - Well, guys, they both look beautiful. 944 00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:49,931 They both look deadly, but there's only one way 945 00:35:50,024 --> 00:35:51,682 we know how to find out which one of you guys 946 00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:54,360 is going home with the title. We have a strength test set up. 947 00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,779 We've got a sharpness test, and up first, 948 00:35:56,864 --> 00:35:57,864 the KEAL. Doug. 949 00:35:59,950 --> 00:36:02,610 - Blademiths, welcome to the KEAL test. 950 00:36:02,694 --> 00:36:05,780 To find out what kind of lethal damage they will d, 951 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:08,366 I'm gonna take your weapons to deliver some lethal blows 952 00:36:08,450 --> 00:36:09,959 to this ballistics dummy. 953 00:36:10,044 --> 00:36:11,711 Jacob, you're up first. You ready? 954 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:14,121 - Cut the head off. - Let's do that. 955 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:15,298 ♪ ♪ 956 00:36:15,457 --> 00:36:17,041 - I'm really excited for thi. 957 00:36:17,134 --> 00:36:18,551 I wanna set the bar really high, 958 00:36:18,636 --> 00:36:20,294 and I just really want him 959 00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:22,129 to dig into it as best as he can. 960 00:36:22,214 --> 00:36:29,020 ♪ ♪ 961 00:36:35,727 --> 00:36:42,408 ♪ ♪ 962 00:36:48,499 --> 00:36:50,658 - [laughs] 963 00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:52,502 ♪ ♪ 964 00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:54,078 - All right, Jacob, let's talk 965 00:36:54,162 --> 00:36:56,005 about your sickle sword right here. 966 00:36:56,164 --> 00:36:58,675 Your edge is razor-sharp, 967 00:36:58,834 --> 00:37:01,168 coupled with the fact that this is a very light weapon, 968 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:05,431 I can use velocity to really wield that sharp edge. 969 00:37:05,516 --> 00:37:08,092 It cuts deep into this ballistics dummy, 970 00:37:08,185 --> 00:37:12,096 and overall, sir, your weapon you'll KEAL. 971 00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:13,848 - Thank you. 972 00:37:13,932 --> 00:37:15,441 - All right, Robert, your turn. So are you ready? 973 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,018 - I'm ready. - All right, let's do this. 974 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:19,186 ♪ ♪ 975 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,947 - I know my blade is sharp, and I'm just not sure 976 00:37:21,106 --> 00:37:23,032 how my grain structuring is in my blade. 977 00:37:23,117 --> 00:37:25,526 If I take damage, that could knock me out. 978 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:27,787 ♪ ♪ 979 00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:38,089 ♪ ♪ 980 00:37:45,213 --> 00:37:52,228 ♪ ♪ 981 00:37:52,313 --> 00:37:54,889 - All right, Robert, let's talk about your sickle sword. 982 00:37:54,982 --> 00:37:56,974 It's a very light blade. 983 00:37:57,059 --> 00:37:58,559 That much lighter than the other one. 984 00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:01,562 And the angle that you have in here lends itself 985 00:38:01,655 --> 00:38:04,073 to use not only velocity but the sharpness of your edge 986 00:38:04,158 --> 00:38:07,318 to cut very deep into this ballistics dummy. 987 00:38:07,411 --> 00:38:10,654 And overall, sir, it will KEAL. 988 00:38:10,739 --> 00:38:12,165 - Thank you. 989 00:38:14,242 --> 00:38:15,576 ♪ ♪ 990 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:17,920 - Bladesmiths, welcome to the strength test, 991 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,922 the armored warrior chop. 992 00:38:20,007 --> 00:38:22,342 To test the strength and overall durability 993 00:38:22,426 --> 00:38:24,510 of your Mesopotamian sickle sword, 994 00:38:24,595 --> 00:38:27,755 I'm gonna be chopping into these armored warriors. 995 00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:29,432 Jacob, you're up first. You're ready for this? 996 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:31,351 - I don't think I got a choice. - You don't have a choice. 997 00:38:33,512 --> 00:38:40,360 ♪ ♪ 998 00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:54,207 ♪ ♪ 999 00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:00,380 - Come on. 1000 00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:04,792 [sighs] 1001 00:39:04,876 --> 00:39:11,715 ♪ ♪ 1002 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,893 - What actually happened is your sword bit into 1003 00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:16,145 the other sword by about three-sixteenths of an inch, 1004 00:39:16,304 --> 00:39:18,064 and it took out this chip, 1005 00:39:18,148 --> 00:39:20,558 and once that chip was gone, the whole sword blew up. 1006 00:39:20,642 --> 00:39:23,986 Your grain looks good, but unfortunately, 1007 00:39:24,146 --> 00:39:26,313 it's just this sword 1008 00:39:26,398 --> 00:39:28,741 against that sword, this time that sword won. 1009 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,151 - Yep. 1010 00:39:30,235 --> 00:39:33,988 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:35,915 - All right, Jacob, we hate to see this happen. 1012 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:38,251 You gave us a beautiful blade, but unfortunately, 1013 00:39:38,410 --> 00:39:40,086 it did suffer a catastrophic failure 1014 00:39:40,170 --> 00:39:41,587 on the seventh strike, 1015 00:39:41,672 --> 00:39:43,330 but you are not out of the fight yet 1016 00:39:43,424 --> 00:39:45,258 because Robert, in order to become the champion, 1017 00:39:45,417 --> 00:39:47,835 you will have to survive every single one 1018 00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:50,096 of those seven strikes on the armor warrior. 1019 00:39:50,255 --> 00:39:52,173 Are you ready? - Let's roll the dice. 1020 00:39:52,266 --> 00:39:54,592 - All right, Ben. 1021 00:39:54,676 --> 00:39:56,936 - So his sword, it's, like, a 1/4 inch wider than mine. 1022 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,846 It's a little heavier than mine. 1023 00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:00,431 I'm thinking, "Mine's done." 1024 00:40:00,515 --> 00:40:02,016 Striking steel on steel, 1025 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,851 that's just a recipe for disaster 1026 00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:05,269 'cause something's gonna break. 1027 00:40:05,353 --> 00:40:12,243 ♪ ♪ 1028 00:40:19,451 --> 00:40:26,299 ♪ ♪ 1029 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,300 ♪ ♪ 1030 00:40:36,393 --> 00:40:37,968 - Well, Robert, the big thing is 1031 00:40:38,053 --> 00:40:39,970 it's one sword. Nice job. 1032 00:40:40,055 --> 00:40:41,388 - Thank you. 1033 00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,057 ♪ ♪ 1034 00:40:43,150 --> 00:40:46,060 - Well, Robert, you made it through all the testing, 1035 00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:48,062 and, Jacob, it's a beautiful piece of work, 1036 00:40:48,155 --> 00:40:49,980 but unfortunately, due to your catastrophic failure, 1037 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:51,398 we cannot continue testing it, 1038 00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:52,900 and for that reason, I'm gonna have to ask you 1039 00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:54,911 to please step off the Forge floor. 1040 00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:55,912 - Thank you, gentlemen. It was an honor. 1041 00:40:55,996 --> 00:40:57,413 - Thank you very much. 1042 00:40:57,498 --> 00:40:58,906 - Very nice job. - Thank you. 1043 00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:00,917 ♪ ♪ 1044 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:02,493 - You know, it totally sucks, 1045 00:41:02,577 --> 00:41:05,079 but I really am proud 1046 00:41:05,163 --> 00:41:06,580 of the blade I made either way. 1047 00:41:06,665 --> 00:41:08,508 You know, they said pretty much nothing 1048 00:41:08,592 --> 00:41:10,251 but good things about it up until broke. 1049 00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,586 And, well, I'd totally come back for this 1050 00:41:12,671 --> 00:41:14,096 and maybe get a shot at making it 1051 00:41:14,256 --> 00:41:15,256 all the way through. 1052 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,266 ♪ ♪ 1053 00:41:17,425 --> 00:41:19,769 - Robert, we never like to see competitors' blades break, 1054 00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:21,521 but yours did not, 1055 00:41:21,605 --> 00:41:23,940 and that makes you the newest "Forged in Fire" champion. 1056 00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:26,517 You just got yourself a check for $10,000. 1057 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:28,861 Congratulations. - Thanks, thanks. 1058 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:31,605 - Fell pretty good? - Crazy, dude, crazy. 1059 00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,199 [laughter] 1060 00:41:33,283 --> 00:41:34,525 - Winning this championship I think 1061 00:41:34,618 --> 00:41:36,694 has really pushed me to my limits, 1062 00:41:36,778 --> 00:41:38,279 and then that makes me wanna push them even more. 1063 00:41:38,372 --> 00:41:39,947 Now, I'm a champion. 1064 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:41,782 I'm gonna go ahead and get my ABS Smith membership 1065 00:41:41,866 --> 00:41:43,534 and just really refine my skills. 1066 00:41:43,618 --> 00:41:50,174 ♪ ♪