1 00:00:15,450 --> 00:00:17,321 - Hey. 2 00:00:17,452 --> 00:00:19,019 I'm gonna be nice to you. Come here, buddy. 3 00:00:19,149 --> 00:00:20,846 Come here. Come here. 4 00:00:20,977 --> 00:00:23,414 Come here. Come here. 5 00:00:23,545 --> 00:00:25,155 Chick-chick. 6 00:00:26,417 --> 00:00:27,984 Come on, chicken. 7 00:00:28,115 --> 00:00:31,596 - My name is Nick Johnson. I am 19 years old. 8 00:00:31,727 --> 00:00:34,295 I go to college for a living right now. 9 00:00:34,425 --> 00:00:36,210 I think everyone needs to have a creative outlet, 10 00:00:36,340 --> 00:00:38,342 and for me, it's knife-making. 11 00:00:38,473 --> 00:00:39,865 - My name is Steven Brady. 12 00:00:39,996 --> 00:00:41,215 I'm from Wichita, Kansas. 13 00:00:41,345 --> 00:00:42,781 I was really sick when I was a kid, 14 00:00:42,912 --> 00:00:44,870 and I was up, like, all night 15 00:00:45,001 --> 00:00:48,439 watching a, like, documentary on sword-making, 16 00:00:48,570 --> 00:00:50,050 and I was like, "I want to do that." 17 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:52,965 - My name is Ben Snure. I'm 36. 18 00:00:53,096 --> 00:00:54,793 I love the challenge of bladesmithing. 19 00:00:54,924 --> 00:00:57,100 There's just so many different aspects to it. 20 00:00:57,231 --> 00:00:58,667 There's always something new to learn. 21 00:01:01,757 --> 00:01:04,803 - I'm Cade David Jenkins. I am 18. 22 00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:06,631 My grandfather was a blacksmith, 23 00:01:06,762 --> 00:01:08,981 and he gave me a lot of knowledge, 24 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:10,635 and I really want to show everyone 25 00:01:10,766 --> 00:01:12,115 that we're good smiths, 26 00:01:12,246 --> 00:01:13,595 and, you know, we got what it takes. 27 00:01:19,557 --> 00:01:22,908 - Bladesmiths, welcome to the farm. 28 00:01:23,039 --> 00:01:25,302 There may be nothing better than fresh food 29 00:01:25,433 --> 00:01:27,826 directly from the farm to the table. 30 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,135 But farming takes strength, grit, and determination, 31 00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:34,224 some of the qualities that you'll need 32 00:01:34,355 --> 00:01:37,184 to get through our challenges here in this competition. 33 00:01:37,314 --> 00:01:39,011 What lies ahead of you are three timed rounds 34 00:01:39,142 --> 00:01:41,231 of edged weapon-making competition 35 00:01:41,362 --> 00:01:43,929 like none other ever seen in the world before. 36 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:45,627 In order for you to be a "Forged in Fire" champion 37 00:01:45,757 --> 00:01:47,498 and take home $10,000, 38 00:01:47,629 --> 00:01:50,110 you'll have to impress this crew of judges behind me. 39 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,374 Up first, two-time "Forged in Fire" champion Ben Abbott. 40 00:01:53,504 --> 00:01:55,071 Next, historic weapons re-creation specialist 41 00:01:55,202 --> 00:01:57,291 David Baker. 42 00:01:57,421 --> 00:02:00,424 And last, edged weapons specialist Doug Marcaida. 43 00:02:00,555 --> 00:02:02,731 Gentlemen, you got your work cut out for you, 44 00:02:02,861 --> 00:02:06,082 because today you'll be using coal forges. 45 00:02:06,213 --> 00:02:08,867 Forging on coal forges in direct sunlight 46 00:02:08,998 --> 00:02:10,391 is gonna make it difficult for you 47 00:02:10,521 --> 00:02:12,393 to judge the temperatures of your steel. 48 00:02:12,523 --> 00:02:13,916 Additionally, the heat's gonna take a toll 49 00:02:14,046 --> 00:02:15,570 on your bodies physically. 50 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,398 But that's not all that you're up against. 51 00:02:17,528 --> 00:02:19,704 If you look around this farm, gentlemen, 52 00:02:19,835 --> 00:02:24,100 all of the tools that you see... 53 00:02:24,231 --> 00:02:26,581 are made for tilling the earth and harvesting crops. 54 00:02:26,711 --> 00:02:28,496 Your job is to harvest the steel 55 00:02:28,626 --> 00:02:32,195 that you need from those tools to make one of these. 56 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:41,509 A classic chef's knife. 57 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,075 - On a day-to-day basis, 58 00:02:43,206 --> 00:02:46,209 I use very little scavenged material. 59 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:48,429 I like to use new known steel, 60 00:02:48,559 --> 00:02:51,823 so I don't know what kind of knife it'll make. 61 00:02:51,954 --> 00:02:55,610 - Your blade must be between 10 and 12 inches in length, 62 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:58,352 as measured from tip to plunge grind. 63 00:02:58,482 --> 00:03:01,224 - I'm comfortable with making a chef's knife. 64 00:03:01,355 --> 00:03:03,183 I'm not comfortable with a coal forge. 65 00:03:03,313 --> 00:03:06,098 I understand it, I've seen it, but I've never done it, 66 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:08,536 so it's gonna be me converting mental knowledge 67 00:03:08,666 --> 00:03:11,756 into real-time experience in a three-hour time slot. 68 00:03:11,887 --> 00:03:13,758 - Gentlemen, you'll have just three hours 69 00:03:13,889 --> 00:03:15,934 in which to complete all of this work. 70 00:03:16,065 --> 00:03:17,458 If you make it to the second round, 71 00:03:17,588 --> 00:03:19,329 you'll have an opportunity to attach handles 72 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:21,505 to your chef's knife so that we can test them 73 00:03:21,636 --> 00:03:24,595 for strength and durability in a rolling pin chop 74 00:03:24,726 --> 00:03:27,685 and for edge retention in a fish slice. 75 00:03:27,816 --> 00:03:31,167 Failure to meet a single one of our parameters is grounds 76 00:03:31,298 --> 00:03:32,560 for immediate dismissal from the forge 77 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,170 with no deliberation. 78 00:03:34,301 --> 00:03:35,519 Do your best work. 79 00:03:35,650 --> 00:03:37,304 Pay attention to the clock, 80 00:03:37,434 --> 00:03:39,741 because when the time runs out in this round 81 00:03:39,871 --> 00:03:42,047 and your chef's knives have been inspected, 82 00:03:42,178 --> 00:03:43,919 one of you will have to surrender your blade 83 00:03:44,049 --> 00:03:45,616 and leave the competition. 84 00:03:45,747 --> 00:03:47,792 Good luck, bladesmiths. 85 00:03:47,923 --> 00:03:51,100 Your three hours starts now. 86 00:03:53,494 --> 00:03:55,060 Well, let's talk a little bit about farming tools. 87 00:03:55,191 --> 00:03:57,802 We've got steel wagon wheels. 88 00:03:57,933 --> 00:04:00,544 We've got all manner of tools around here. 89 00:04:00,675 --> 00:04:04,026 How do you even start to narrow the selection? 90 00:04:04,156 --> 00:04:05,984 - I generally go for anything that was designed 91 00:04:06,115 --> 00:04:08,596 to cut something or to take high abrasion, 92 00:04:08,726 --> 00:04:09,858 like digging in the dirt... 93 00:04:09,988 --> 00:04:12,556 - Okay. - Or anything like that. 94 00:04:12,687 --> 00:04:14,602 - Time starts, and I want my steel first. 95 00:04:14,732 --> 00:04:16,386 I grab the brush ax. 96 00:04:16,517 --> 00:04:18,475 The brush ax comes in a decent thickness, 97 00:04:18,606 --> 00:04:20,695 and it's a flat billet. 98 00:04:20,825 --> 00:04:22,000 It's an awesome starting point for me. 99 00:04:23,828 --> 00:04:25,177 - That's smart. 100 00:04:25,308 --> 00:04:27,223 Steve was like, "I'm going for... 101 00:04:27,354 --> 00:04:29,269 the, essentially, kitchen knife on a stick." 102 00:04:29,399 --> 00:04:31,488 - Anything that you're constructing, 103 00:04:31,619 --> 00:04:33,534 you know, whether it's a house or a car, 104 00:04:33,664 --> 00:04:36,188 your materials are where, you know, your foundation is. 105 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,408 It doesn't matter what form I get it to. 106 00:04:38,539 --> 00:04:40,323 If it's not good steel, it's not worth anything. 107 00:04:44,109 --> 00:04:45,763 - When I very first started forging, 108 00:04:45,894 --> 00:04:47,069 nearly all of my metal was harvested 109 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:48,940 from old farm tools. 110 00:04:49,071 --> 00:04:50,464 I see a bunch of chickens running around. 111 00:04:50,594 --> 00:04:52,074 We're on a farm. I'm right at home. 112 00:04:54,032 --> 00:04:55,860 I'm going for the pickax because it gives me 113 00:04:55,991 --> 00:04:58,515 a nice rectangular piece of metal 114 00:04:58,646 --> 00:05:00,604 to forge whatever shape I need from. 115 00:05:00,735 --> 00:05:02,693 - I'm looking at Nick, and the piece of steel 116 00:05:02,824 --> 00:05:05,305 that he's chosen seems pretty small to me. 117 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:09,047 - A chef's knife would be pretty thin in real life, 118 00:05:09,178 --> 00:05:11,398 but this is a rolling pin chop. 119 00:05:11,528 --> 00:05:14,052 Chopping into a rolling pin with a knife is only normal 120 00:05:14,183 --> 00:05:15,967 if you are a very frustrated chef. 121 00:05:16,098 --> 00:05:17,621 So when I start forging my knife out, 122 00:05:17,752 --> 00:05:19,406 I need to maintain 123 00:05:19,536 --> 00:05:21,799 a good thickness throughout the body of it 124 00:05:21,930 --> 00:05:23,845 for it to stand up to those sorts of tests. 125 00:05:26,761 --> 00:05:28,545 - First thing I do is get my fire going, 126 00:05:28,676 --> 00:05:31,722 'cause without a fire, you can't forge. 127 00:05:31,853 --> 00:05:33,420 My grandfather always told me, 128 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:35,117 when it comes to starting a fire, 129 00:05:35,247 --> 00:05:37,119 the more time you take to start the fire, 130 00:05:37,249 --> 00:05:38,599 the quicker it gets started, 131 00:05:38,729 --> 00:05:40,165 which, it doesn't make sense in your head, 132 00:05:40,296 --> 00:05:42,385 but when you do it, it does. 133 00:05:42,516 --> 00:05:45,867 - Ben and Cade have yet to grab any steel. 134 00:05:45,997 --> 00:05:47,825 Are they getting sidetracked right now? 135 00:05:47,956 --> 00:05:49,958 - If they can get a nice, healthy fire going, 136 00:05:50,088 --> 00:05:51,873 then run and get the steel and come back, 137 00:05:52,003 --> 00:05:52,917 then they're not sidetracked. 138 00:05:53,048 --> 00:05:53,918 - Okay. 139 00:05:57,879 --> 00:06:00,011 - I'm all right with coal forges in general. 140 00:06:00,142 --> 00:06:02,274 I've got a fair amount of experience running 'em, 141 00:06:02,405 --> 00:06:04,581 but I never forge in direct sunlight. 142 00:06:04,712 --> 00:06:06,278 That's a very difficult challenge. 143 00:06:06,409 --> 00:06:08,193 - The problem is, in this kind of light, 144 00:06:08,324 --> 00:06:09,804 it's really hard to see what temperature you're getting. 145 00:06:09,934 --> 00:06:11,545 - You got to start watching your metal, 146 00:06:11,675 --> 00:06:13,198 especially with that heat, that coal-forge heat. 147 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:14,635 That can easily burn it. 148 00:06:18,203 --> 00:06:22,207 - How we looking, Ben? - Oh... it's coming. 149 00:06:22,338 --> 00:06:25,820 - So I just recently bought a hammer from Ben 150 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:28,779 before this competition, and I am flabbergasted. 151 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:30,738 - Ben's known for his hammer work. 152 00:06:30,868 --> 00:06:33,480 The Snure name is known throughout the smithing world 153 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:34,959 for their hammers. 154 00:06:35,090 --> 00:06:36,657 - It is a hell of a coincidence, 155 00:06:36,787 --> 00:06:38,876 and this is a guy that I look up to. 156 00:06:39,007 --> 00:06:41,531 - It's neat to meet somebody and to be competing 157 00:06:41,662 --> 00:06:45,100 with somebody who's using some of my work. 158 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,538 - I've got to get this forge going, 159 00:06:48,669 --> 00:06:51,367 and I've never done it before, so I look at Ben. 160 00:06:51,498 --> 00:06:54,457 You know, I'm basically monkey see, monkey do. 161 00:06:54,588 --> 00:06:57,025 - Connected to the bottom of these forges, 162 00:06:57,155 --> 00:06:58,896 there's a hose and a manual blower 163 00:06:59,027 --> 00:07:02,160 that these guys have to crank constantly to maintain 164 00:07:02,291 --> 00:07:05,033 a high volume of air flow on those flames, 165 00:07:05,163 --> 00:07:06,817 'cause that's how the temperature gets up, right? 166 00:07:06,948 --> 00:07:08,993 - Exactly. - I'm building coal up. 167 00:07:09,124 --> 00:07:10,691 It's smoking, and I'm a little stressed out. 168 00:07:12,867 --> 00:07:14,782 - I see a fireman's ax, a little hard-- 169 00:07:14,912 --> 00:07:16,436 you know, pretty good. 170 00:07:16,566 --> 00:07:18,394 - Oh, my God, that is a big chunk of steel. 171 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:22,006 - Oh, man, Ben is in for a big, long day. 172 00:07:22,137 --> 00:07:23,921 - You know what, we've had coal forges, 173 00:07:24,052 --> 00:07:26,707 and anybody with thick metal struggled. 174 00:07:26,837 --> 00:07:29,797 It takes forever to draw that out. 175 00:07:29,927 --> 00:07:33,844 - My game plan is to resize this chunk of ax head 176 00:07:33,975 --> 00:07:37,152 into a usable 1-inch square bar 177 00:07:37,282 --> 00:07:39,502 and then forge it into a knife. 178 00:07:39,633 --> 00:07:41,330 - One hour has already elapsed! 179 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,158 You have only two hours remaining! 180 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:47,728 - At home, I tend to do 181 00:07:47,858 --> 00:07:50,078 most of my work with a propane forge. 182 00:07:50,208 --> 00:07:52,689 I originally did work on a coal forge, 183 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:54,604 but I was burning metal a lot 184 00:07:54,735 --> 00:07:56,780 'cause I wasn't paying close enough attention. 185 00:07:56,911 --> 00:07:58,956 That is going to be a challenge for me, 186 00:07:59,087 --> 00:08:00,828 making sure that my metal doesn't overheat. 187 00:08:00,958 --> 00:08:02,046 - Coal runs a lot hotter. - Okay. 188 00:08:02,177 --> 00:08:04,092 - It's a problem in and of itself 189 00:08:04,222 --> 00:08:06,224 just to keep a coal forge lit and at the correct temperature, 190 00:08:06,355 --> 00:08:07,661 and there's a lot of care in feeding, 191 00:08:07,791 --> 00:08:09,097 whereas propane forge, 192 00:08:09,227 --> 00:08:10,620 you light it and you forget about it. 193 00:08:10,751 --> 00:08:11,839 - It's just slow-going work. 194 00:08:14,668 --> 00:08:17,540 - Cade went with the cant hook. It's a logger's hook. 195 00:08:17,671 --> 00:08:21,326 Got a 1/2-inch-by-inch shaft on that, 196 00:08:21,457 --> 00:08:23,067 so he should be able to draw a lot of that out. 197 00:08:25,113 --> 00:08:26,244 - Look at Cade swing that hammer. 198 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:27,507 My gosh. 199 00:08:27,637 --> 00:08:29,204 - Watching him hammer, 200 00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:31,902 it's like a very young, brand-new Big Blu. 201 00:08:32,033 --> 00:08:34,296 - I started out as a blacksmith, 202 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:38,213 and so I'm very good at forging to finish. 203 00:08:38,343 --> 00:08:41,129 I've been doing it for longer than most 18-year-olds, 204 00:08:41,259 --> 00:08:43,261 I guess you could say, but I'm trying to prove 205 00:08:43,392 --> 00:08:44,741 that I'm also a good bladesmith, 206 00:08:44,872 --> 00:08:46,961 and just trying to do my best 207 00:08:47,091 --> 00:08:48,615 and see how far I can get. 208 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:55,447 - I am having all kinds of grief holding this ax. 209 00:08:57,449 --> 00:08:59,103 There's just no good way to get ahold of it. 210 00:08:59,234 --> 00:09:01,453 I try 30 different ways 211 00:09:01,584 --> 00:09:04,892 to try to get this into a decent shape. 212 00:09:05,022 --> 00:09:06,763 damn it. 213 00:09:06,894 --> 00:09:08,417 - From the number of coal forges 214 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,940 that we've seen, it seems like the guys 215 00:09:10,071 --> 00:09:13,509 who try to go thicker struggle the most. 216 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:14,902 - Now how many of 'em kept on beating it 217 00:09:15,032 --> 00:09:16,773 and not even moving the metal? 218 00:09:18,906 --> 00:09:21,343 It's not moving. All that energy. 219 00:09:21,473 --> 00:09:22,823 - I'm feeling for him. 220 00:09:26,043 --> 00:09:27,567 - I'm flailing with this. 221 00:09:27,697 --> 00:09:29,525 It's just too much material to get heated. 222 00:09:29,656 --> 00:09:31,527 Boy, I'm thinking about just quitting on this. 223 00:09:31,658 --> 00:09:34,617 If this doesn't work, I've got nothing. 224 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,362 - I try 30 different ways 225 00:09:40,492 --> 00:09:44,192 to try to get this ax into a decent shape, 226 00:09:44,322 --> 00:09:46,586 but I am having all kinds of grief holding this. 227 00:09:46,716 --> 00:09:48,805 - I feel for Ben. 228 00:09:48,936 --> 00:09:51,068 I think he's wasting a lot of time. 229 00:09:51,199 --> 00:09:53,593 - I'm just gonna start over. 230 00:09:53,723 --> 00:09:55,159 - That might be a good move, what Ben's doing. 231 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:57,031 Find another piece of steel. 232 00:09:57,161 --> 00:09:58,598 Abandon the thick piece that he's got. 233 00:09:58,728 --> 00:10:01,122 - I'm looking for just a flat piece of metal 234 00:10:01,252 --> 00:10:02,166 that I can hammer on. 235 00:10:02,297 --> 00:10:03,820 I see this sickle bar, 236 00:10:03,951 --> 00:10:05,517 and it's like a beam of sunlight 237 00:10:05,648 --> 00:10:06,649 just goes directly down upon it. 238 00:10:08,999 --> 00:10:13,569 - What Ben has now seems like it's more appropriately sized 239 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:16,659 than that piece of ax he chose earlier. 240 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:21,577 - I drew out my piece. 241 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,318 I'm working on getting 242 00:10:23,448 --> 00:10:25,755 the overall profile of the knife. 243 00:10:25,886 --> 00:10:29,106 I've made chef's knives before--not very many-- 244 00:10:29,237 --> 00:10:31,674 but chef's knives are generally pretty simple, 245 00:10:31,805 --> 00:10:33,937 standard construction. 246 00:10:34,068 --> 00:10:36,331 - What do you think about that upswept tip? 247 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:37,767 - There shouldn't be much of an upswept tip 248 00:10:37,898 --> 00:10:39,769 on a chef's knife. 249 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:41,423 - It's almost like he's making a butcher knife 250 00:10:41,553 --> 00:10:42,816 and not a chef's knife. 251 00:10:42,946 --> 00:10:44,165 - Right. - It's two different things. 252 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:46,123 - If it shoots up too much... 253 00:10:46,254 --> 00:10:48,082 in order to cut with the tip, you have to have an angle 254 00:10:48,212 --> 00:10:50,911 that's almost stabbing into the cutting board. 255 00:10:53,217 --> 00:10:57,787 - I finally start getting the knife to its length. 256 00:10:57,918 --> 00:10:59,571 Uh-oh. 257 00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:02,966 I accidentally burn some of it off the spine. 258 00:11:03,097 --> 00:11:06,970 - Oh, no. Oh, that's bad. 259 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:09,364 - I need to grind out all of the burnt-off steel 260 00:11:09,494 --> 00:11:13,455 to make sure that it will not affect my blade in any way. 261 00:11:13,585 --> 00:11:15,065 - I'm a little bit worried about the thickness 262 00:11:15,196 --> 00:11:17,372 of Nick's piece of steel there. 263 00:11:17,502 --> 00:11:20,157 - That's just not enough meat. 264 00:11:20,288 --> 00:11:22,246 - I need to get this knife stretched out 265 00:11:22,377 --> 00:11:24,118 after losing that amount of metal, 266 00:11:24,248 --> 00:11:26,468 so I'm feeling pretty stressed, 267 00:11:26,598 --> 00:11:28,035 but I'm trying to pull ahead, and I think 268 00:11:28,165 --> 00:11:30,341 I can still manage it. 269 00:11:32,953 --> 00:11:35,259 - When I forge a knife, I always forge 270 00:11:35,390 --> 00:11:37,000 from the tip of the knife to the handle, 271 00:11:37,131 --> 00:11:38,959 and that's a way that I can keep things proportional. 272 00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:40,438 With a chef's knife, your knuckles 273 00:11:40,569 --> 00:11:42,919 should never hit the cutting board, 274 00:11:43,050 --> 00:11:45,226 so I like to cant my handles back. 275 00:11:45,356 --> 00:11:46,749 And it looks a little silly 276 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,838 if you don't know what it's for, 277 00:11:48,969 --> 00:11:50,579 but if you've ever used a handle that's like that, 278 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:52,276 it is awesome when your knuckles 279 00:11:52,407 --> 00:11:53,756 are not hitting that cutting board. 280 00:11:56,193 --> 00:11:59,109 - Thiririnutes, bladesmiths. 281 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,156 Ben dealt with some problems earlier 282 00:12:02,286 --> 00:12:03,853 with that big chunk of steel-- he swapped it out 283 00:12:03,984 --> 00:12:06,116 for a smaller piece of steel, and he's made 284 00:12:06,247 --> 00:12:08,379 leaps and bounds of progress. 285 00:12:08,510 --> 00:12:11,295 - Trying to stretch this out, and I see this 286 00:12:11,426 --> 00:12:13,341 little spot where I've ground through. 287 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:14,995 Oh, man, this is bad. 288 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,083 - That's not good at that point. 289 00:12:16,213 --> 00:12:17,867 - Not good at all. 290 00:12:17,998 --> 00:12:20,087 - I think, "Well, while it's still hot, 291 00:12:20,217 --> 00:12:22,263 "it's not gonna hurt anything now if I go put a little bead 292 00:12:22,393 --> 00:12:24,308 of weld on there, and I'll fill that back in." 293 00:12:24,439 --> 00:12:25,614 Wham, bam. 294 00:12:27,094 --> 00:12:28,617 At this point, 295 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:29,879 I'm just trying to get this done 296 00:12:30,010 --> 00:12:31,620 and make sure it's strong. 297 00:12:34,884 --> 00:12:36,973 - I'm looking over here at Nick, 298 00:12:37,104 --> 00:12:39,367 and he's got a very awkward-shaped blade. 299 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:41,412 He started with a small amount of steel, 300 00:12:41,543 --> 00:12:42,587 but it looks like he might have got 301 00:12:42,718 --> 00:12:44,764 the length we're looking for. 302 00:12:44,894 --> 00:12:48,550 - I'm really low on time, so I start trying to heat 303 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,986 this piece of metal up for the quench. 304 00:12:50,117 --> 00:12:52,728 I put the knife into the coal fire 305 00:12:52,859 --> 00:12:55,513 without burying it too much so I can watch the colors. 306 00:12:58,429 --> 00:12:59,779 - Guys, Nick just quenched. 307 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,302 - I see a little bit of a warp, 308 00:13:01,432 --> 00:13:02,825 and I crank down on it 309 00:13:02,956 --> 00:13:04,218 and let it set till it cools down. 310 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,136 - Fifteen minutes, bladesmiths! 311 00:13:09,266 --> 00:13:10,877 - I start going to the quench. 312 00:13:11,007 --> 00:13:13,009 I'm going edge down so that I can 313 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:14,968 kind of leave a softer spine. 314 00:13:15,098 --> 00:13:16,883 I need this quench to go well. 315 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:18,841 If poop was gonna hit the fan at any point, 316 00:13:18,972 --> 00:13:20,147 it'd probably be right here. 317 00:13:23,019 --> 00:13:24,586 It looks straight. 318 00:13:24,716 --> 00:13:28,024 Put a file on it. 319 00:13:28,155 --> 00:13:29,504 It skates across. We're good. 320 00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:33,725 - Five minutes, bladesmiths. 321 00:13:35,902 --> 00:13:37,468 - I'm getting ready to heat-treat my knife, 322 00:13:37,599 --> 00:13:40,602 and my fire is just a little circle in there. 323 00:13:40,732 --> 00:13:43,213 When you want to do, like, a quench, 324 00:13:43,344 --> 00:13:45,650 you need to get the whole blade, like, evenly heated. 325 00:13:45,781 --> 00:13:47,957 My forge is not gonna allow me to do that right now. 326 00:13:48,088 --> 00:13:49,916 - Oh, this is cool. 327 00:13:50,046 --> 00:13:51,961 So it looks like Steven is making a trough, 328 00:13:52,092 --> 00:13:54,268 concentrating his fire with the fire bricks 329 00:13:54,398 --> 00:13:56,226 so that he can get a better even heat on his steel. 330 00:13:56,357 --> 00:13:59,795 - I draw that knife back and forth over this white fire. 331 00:14:02,450 --> 00:14:04,756 - Looks like Steven just quenched. 332 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:05,801 - I look at it. It's pretty straight. 333 00:14:05,932 --> 00:14:07,977 I'm happy. 334 00:14:10,588 --> 00:14:12,286 - Five! Four! 335 00:14:12,416 --> 00:14:14,592 Three! Two! 336 00:14:14,723 --> 00:14:15,855 One! 337 00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:17,595 Bladesmiths, drop your tools! 338 00:14:17,726 --> 00:14:20,076 This first round of competition is over. 339 00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:23,819 - I am wiped out, 340 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:26,082 physically, mentally, emotionally. 341 00:14:26,213 --> 00:14:27,823 I am drained. 342 00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:29,477 That was far more difficult 343 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:31,392 than I'd ever anticipated. 344 00:14:33,568 --> 00:14:36,788 - Bladesmiths, welcome to the Forge. 345 00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:39,617 Time has elapsed in our first round of competition, 346 00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:41,097 and it's time for the judges 347 00:14:41,228 --> 00:14:42,359 to take a closer look at your work. 348 00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:44,144 Cade, you're up first. 349 00:14:44,274 --> 00:14:47,147 Please present your blade to the judges. 350 00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:48,975 - First off, your hammer skills are outrageous. 351 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:51,412 I was really impressed watching you work. 352 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:52,935 But when I take a chef's knife, 353 00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:56,721 I don't want to see air under there. 354 00:14:56,852 --> 00:14:59,724 That curvature lends it more to being a butchering knife. 355 00:14:59,855 --> 00:15:02,379 Having said that, this is a really great profile. 356 00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:05,165 I think you came up with a beautiful piece of steel here. 357 00:15:05,295 --> 00:15:08,385 - Thank you. - All right. Ben, you're up. 358 00:15:08,516 --> 00:15:12,041 Please present your blade to the judges. 359 00:15:12,172 --> 00:15:12,955 - Well, Ben, there's a couple things I see 360 00:15:13,086 --> 00:15:14,217 right off the bat here. 361 00:15:14,348 --> 00:15:15,653 In profile, 362 00:15:15,784 --> 00:15:17,177 this is more like a carving knife 363 00:15:17,307 --> 00:15:18,787 than it is a chef's knife. 364 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:20,615 It could be quite a bit taller. 365 00:15:20,745 --> 00:15:24,749 There is one place here where I see that you welded. 366 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,447 What often ends up happening when you have some mild eel 367 00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:28,188 on one side and not on the other 368 00:15:28,318 --> 00:15:30,712 is that the-- when the blade hardens, 369 00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:33,019 it bends, so you do have... 370 00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:35,021 a kick to your blade right at that weld, 371 00:15:35,151 --> 00:15:36,979 but for the amount of time you left yourself, 372 00:15:37,110 --> 00:15:38,372 this is a really well done thing. 373 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:43,029 - Steven, please present your blade to the judges. 374 00:15:45,161 --> 00:15:47,381 - So right off, I like this blade profile. 375 00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:50,036 It's really nice. It's very clean. 376 00:15:51,994 --> 00:15:54,083 I hate handles that go up like that, 377 00:15:54,214 --> 00:15:56,433 so, if moving forward, I would love to see 378 00:15:56,564 --> 00:15:59,088 this all refined to make it a more comfortable knife. 379 00:16:01,264 --> 00:16:02,570 - All right, Nick, you're up. 380 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:04,311 Please present your blade to the judges. 381 00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:07,227 - Okay, Nick. 382 00:16:07,357 --> 00:16:09,272 The problem: you have a very thin blade 383 00:16:09,403 --> 00:16:11,753 that developed some cracks on the spine. 384 00:16:11,883 --> 00:16:14,234 Also, we were looking for a chef's knife, 385 00:16:14,364 --> 00:16:16,236 and where you're looking at this 386 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:17,889 particular comparison right here, 387 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,413 what you have here is a little bit different, 388 00:16:19,543 --> 00:16:21,328 but you were able to draw out the blade 389 00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:22,894 all the way through and turn in something. 390 00:16:23,025 --> 00:16:23,895 Thank you. 391 00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:26,594 - Thank you. 392 00:16:26,724 --> 00:16:28,204 - Bladesmiths. 393 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:29,684 It's time for one of you to leave the Forge. 394 00:16:33,383 --> 00:16:35,385 Nick. 395 00:16:35,516 --> 00:16:36,952 Your blade didn't make the cut. 396 00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:38,519 - Nick, the design you have is furthest 397 00:16:38,649 --> 00:16:40,608 from what we're looking for. 398 00:16:40,738 --> 00:16:42,653 That and the cracks that you have on your spine 399 00:16:42,784 --> 00:16:43,741 are the reasons we're sending you home. 400 00:16:43,872 --> 00:16:45,526 - I understand. 401 00:16:45,656 --> 00:16:47,310 - Nick, please surrender your blade. 402 00:16:49,225 --> 00:16:52,620 - I'm disappointed, but what I put out 403 00:16:52,750 --> 00:16:54,796 was the best I could do under the circumstances, 404 00:16:54,926 --> 00:16:57,320 and I'm not disappointed in myself over what I had. 405 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:59,366 Overall, 406 00:16:59,496 --> 00:17:01,672 this is one of the greatest experiences of my life. 407 00:17:01,803 --> 00:17:03,370 I've had a lot of fun, I've met a lot of good people, 408 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:05,720 and this is just gonna make me want to do it more. 409 00:17:08,201 --> 00:17:10,029 - Bladesmiths, congratulations. 410 00:17:10,159 --> 00:17:12,379 You've made it into the second round of this competition, 411 00:17:12,509 --> 00:17:13,815 which means that we're just gonna continue 412 00:17:13,945 --> 00:17:16,252 to torture you. 413 00:17:16,383 --> 00:17:18,167 Now that your blade's been tempered, 414 00:17:18,298 --> 00:17:19,864 it's time to make them fully functional chef's knives. 415 00:17:19,995 --> 00:17:22,867 We're maintaining that farm-to-table theme here today 416 00:17:22,998 --> 00:17:25,174 as we ask you to make handles 417 00:17:25,305 --> 00:17:28,351 out of the cutting boards at your workstations. 418 00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:30,397 Now, you'll have two hours in this round 419 00:17:30,527 --> 00:17:32,573 in which to finish your handles and correct imperfections 420 00:17:32,703 --> 00:17:34,009 from the first round. 421 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:36,098 At the end of this round, we'll be testing 422 00:17:36,229 --> 00:17:37,578 your blade's strength and durability 423 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,449 in a rolling pin chop... 424 00:17:39,580 --> 00:17:43,410 and the edge retention in a fish slice. 425 00:17:43,540 --> 00:17:44,802 Good luck, bladesmiths. 426 00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:46,239 Your two hours starts now. 427 00:17:49,938 --> 00:17:51,287 Cade's heading over to the flat plat. 428 00:17:51,418 --> 00:17:52,723 It looks like he's just gonna get 429 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:55,422 right into just profiling his blade. 430 00:17:55,552 --> 00:17:57,250 - First thing I'm gonna do is make my blade look like 431 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:58,555 the kitchen knife it's supposed to be. 432 00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:00,731 I got to get this sweep out. 433 00:18:00,862 --> 00:18:02,298 Right now, when I put the blade on the table, 434 00:18:02,429 --> 00:18:04,213 there's a little gap, 435 00:18:04,344 --> 00:18:06,998 and I just need to keep grinding the tip away 436 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:08,609 until there's no more gap left there. 437 00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:09,958 I want a straight spine. 438 00:18:12,265 --> 00:18:14,093 - What Steven turned in definitely, 439 00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:16,007 from the choil forward, looked like a chef's knife. 440 00:18:16,138 --> 00:18:18,401 - Choil forward. - But from the handle back... 441 00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:20,099 it was just a little tweaking with the handle. 442 00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:21,622 - Yeah, the handle kicked up at an angle. 443 00:18:21,752 --> 00:18:23,841 - Okay. 444 00:18:23,972 --> 00:18:26,279 - The judges loved everything up till my bladework stopped. 445 00:18:26,409 --> 00:18:28,411 They hated my handle. 446 00:18:28,542 --> 00:18:30,109 So I trace out what I want my new handle to be, 447 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:32,372 and I start moving stuff. 448 00:18:32,502 --> 00:18:34,722 I take material off the top, take a little off the bottom, 449 00:18:34,852 --> 00:18:36,898 and I'm able to bring that handle down. 450 00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:40,684 - First thing I got to do 451 00:18:40,815 --> 00:18:43,818 is try to get the warp out of my blade. 452 00:18:43,948 --> 00:18:46,864 I start by blue-backing my knife 453 00:18:46,995 --> 00:18:49,215 and hopefully give it a little bit of flex. 454 00:18:49,345 --> 00:18:51,521 - Did he just do that on a vice? 455 00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:53,175 - You could do it in a vice-- I think Ben is just worried 456 00:18:53,306 --> 00:18:54,872 about the heat running down to the edge. 457 00:18:55,003 --> 00:18:56,787 - If you get your edge higher 458 00:18:56,918 --> 00:18:58,180 than 500 degrees with the torch, 459 00:18:58,311 --> 00:18:59,834 then you've lost all your temper, 460 00:18:59,964 --> 00:19:01,401 and you've got a soft edge. 461 00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:03,359 I got two pins on one side of the bend 462 00:19:03,490 --> 00:19:05,013 and one right in the middle, 463 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:07,972 and I'm hoping I can tweak this just a bit. 464 00:19:08,103 --> 00:19:12,151 I carefully start applying pressure. 465 00:19:12,281 --> 00:19:14,196 I'm nervous I'm about to break this. 466 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:19,070 It's not perfect. 467 00:19:19,201 --> 00:19:23,118 As much as I'm willing to risk on that. 468 00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:26,208 - I need to drill holes for the pins of the handle, 469 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:29,168 and the first two go smooth as butter, 470 00:19:29,298 --> 00:19:31,213 but that last one... 471 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:32,736 I can't make it through the blade. 472 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:34,782 - Sounds like Cade is wrestling 473 00:19:34,912 --> 00:19:36,175 with the drill press a little bit. 474 00:19:36,305 --> 00:19:37,785 Yeah. 475 00:19:37,915 --> 00:19:39,439 - I think maybe it's just a hard spot, 476 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:41,528 so I just shift the blade a lile bit, 477 00:19:41,658 --> 00:19:42,877 but it's not working either. 478 00:19:43,007 --> 00:19:45,009 Damn it. 479 00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:46,924 - I don't think he got through that tang with that drill. 480 00:19:47,055 --> 00:19:49,100 - Now I've just created two stress risers. 481 00:19:49,231 --> 00:19:51,886 There's a possibility that that knife can break right there. 482 00:19:56,586 --> 00:19:59,502 - Drilling these holes should be something 483 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:00,677 way too much time for this. 484 00:20:03,985 --> 00:20:06,335 - I think he's gonna have to soften that up. 485 00:20:06,466 --> 00:20:07,945 Yeah. There he goes. 486 00:20:08,076 --> 00:20:09,991 - I'm going to heat up the tang 487 00:20:10,121 --> 00:20:12,211 and then try to redrill the holes. 488 00:20:12,341 --> 00:20:15,649 A soft tang is good anyways 'cause it absorbs the shock 489 00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:17,825 and takes pressure off the handle scales. 490 00:20:20,349 --> 00:20:21,829 - There you go. - There you go. 491 00:20:21,959 --> 00:20:23,613 - Bladesmiths, one hour! 492 00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:25,572 You have one hour remaining to finish your work. 493 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:27,356 - I have to make my handle 494 00:20:27,487 --> 00:20:29,706 out of this hardwood maple cutting board. 495 00:20:29,837 --> 00:20:31,795 - All right, so Steven's got a few little slabs 496 00:20:31,926 --> 00:20:34,450 of that cutting board to work with. 497 00:20:34,581 --> 00:20:37,148 - I epoxy my scales, and then, you know, 498 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:38,802 I'm trying to drive those pins through, 499 00:20:38,933 --> 00:20:40,369 and I've bent in my pins. 500 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:42,415 - Get it, boy. 501 00:20:42,545 --> 00:20:44,678 - And I'm having to pull a pin out, cut another pin, 502 00:20:44,808 --> 00:20:46,767 and I'm trying really hard to get this done 503 00:20:46,897 --> 00:20:48,899 before this epoxy is set up. 504 00:20:49,030 --> 00:20:52,120 Yeah, them pins are all the way backed out that back side. 505 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,817 - What you got? 506 00:20:53,948 --> 00:20:56,124 - Nothing big, just didn't want to make a mess. 507 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,169 - Oh, a little Ben Ben boo-boo? 508 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:00,476 - Come over here on the other side of me. 509 00:21:00,607 --> 00:21:02,783 - Hell, yeah, man! 510 00:21:02,913 --> 00:21:04,437 - I got to do! 511 00:21:04,567 --> 00:21:07,004 - There's swing dancing in the Forge now, baby. 512 00:21:07,135 --> 00:21:09,093 - Is that all right? - Yep, thank you. 513 00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:12,271 You don't need big old massive scales for a kitchen knife. 514 00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:14,795 And one side of that cutting board is already flat, 515 00:21:14,925 --> 00:21:16,362 so I decide that's the side 516 00:21:16,492 --> 00:21:19,234 I'm gonna use to glue to my knife. 517 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:21,410 I've got 35 minutes. 518 00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:23,325 I need to contour my handle, 519 00:21:23,456 --> 00:21:25,632 finish grind, and put an edge on it. 520 00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:30,114 - I'm feeling a little behind because I just wasted 521 00:21:30,245 --> 00:21:32,900 a ton of time on trying to get this hole drilled. 522 00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:34,945 It's time to kick it into overdrive. 523 00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:36,512 I've got my handle scales roughed out, 524 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:38,253 and I am just going at it. 525 00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:41,038 Chefs use their knives all day long, 526 00:21:41,169 --> 00:21:43,650 and if it's not comfortable nobody's gonna want it. 527 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:46,087 - My handle feels pretty comfortable, 528 00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:48,132 so I need to put an edge on my blade. 529 00:21:48,263 --> 00:21:50,483 - What kind of an angle are we looking at to be on that edge? 530 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,354 - When I make a chef's knife, 531 00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:55,662 I give it a really narrow, sort of appleseed edge. 532 00:21:55,792 --> 00:21:57,533 - I shape this handle. 533 00:21:57,664 --> 00:21:59,927 It goes fairly quick, and then it's time to sharpen, 534 00:22:00,057 --> 00:22:01,494 and so I go to it. 535 00:22:01,624 --> 00:22:02,451 - One minute! 536 00:22:04,671 --> 00:22:06,586 Steven is shaving his leg. 537 00:22:06,716 --> 00:22:08,805 - I'm not eating the food at his house. 538 00:22:08,936 --> 00:22:13,636 - Five, four, three, two, one. 539 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,595 Bladesmiths, stop what you're doing. 540 00:22:15,725 --> 00:22:17,858 This second round of competition is over. Good job. 541 00:22:17,988 --> 00:22:19,903 - Whoo! 542 00:22:20,034 --> 00:22:22,776 - I'm feeling better than I went into this round. 543 00:22:22,906 --> 00:22:26,257 I had so much to do that I really didn't think 544 00:22:26,388 --> 00:22:28,651 I was gonna be able to accomplish it. 545 00:22:28,782 --> 00:22:30,523 At this point, we're just gonna have to see what happens 546 00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:32,525 and hope for the best. 547 00:22:32,655 --> 00:22:34,831 - Bladesmiths, welcome to the strength test. 548 00:22:34,962 --> 00:22:37,312 To test the strength and durability of your edge, 549 00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:39,096 as well as the overall construction 550 00:22:39,227 --> 00:22:41,185 of your chef's knives, I'm gonna be going ham 551 00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:42,578 on these rolling pins. 552 00:22:42,709 --> 00:22:43,927 Remember, this test is all about 553 00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:45,407 what those pins do to your knives 554 00:22:45,538 --> 00:22:47,496 and not what your knives do to the pins. 555 00:22:47,627 --> 00:22:48,671 Steven, you're up first. 556 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:50,456 - I'm ready. - All right. 557 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:54,155 - My blade geometry is pretty acute, 558 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:55,939 and I'm worried about that knife 559 00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:57,811 just keeping a good edge on it. 560 00:22:57,941 --> 00:22:59,987 But I'm relieved I'm going first 561 00:23:00,117 --> 00:23:01,989 'cause that's less time I have to sit there 562 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,078 with my anxiety just spewing inside me. 563 00:23:18,832 --> 00:23:21,530 - Well, Steven, your blade, it held up beautifully. 564 00:23:21,661 --> 00:23:23,140 There's no glinting. 565 00:23:23,271 --> 00:23:25,099 There's no wiggle. There's no nothing. 566 00:23:25,229 --> 00:23:26,927 The handle is still kicked up a little bit, but, you know, 567 00:23:27,057 --> 00:23:29,582 that's not anything too much to worry about. 568 00:23:29,712 --> 00:23:30,713 Good-looking knife, well done. 569 00:23:30,844 --> 00:23:32,062 - Thank you. 570 00:23:32,193 --> 00:23:33,803 - Ben, are you ready? 571 00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:34,935 All right. 572 00:23:37,241 --> 00:23:40,070 - I'm pretty nervous about my blade being soft, 573 00:23:40,201 --> 00:23:41,550 that as soon as they 574 00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:43,422 whack into that rolling pin, 575 00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:45,685 it's just gonna bend 90 or do something crazy, 576 00:23:45,815 --> 00:23:47,556 and then it's immediate dismissal. 577 00:23:51,342 --> 00:23:53,562 - I am extremely anxious about this. 578 00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:55,651 I'm pretty sure my heart's about to explode. 579 00:24:07,358 --> 00:24:10,274 - Well, Ben, your edge held up beautifully. 580 00:24:10,405 --> 00:24:12,451 There's no glinting, no rolling, no nothing. 581 00:24:12,581 --> 00:24:14,235 I wish you could've gotten a little taller on here, 582 00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:17,630 just to make more of a chef's knife appearance. 583 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,589 The blade is still as straight as it was coming into this, 584 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,417 not dead straight-- 585 00:24:22,548 --> 00:24:23,679 still got a little bit of an action to it, 586 00:24:23,810 --> 00:24:25,246 but all in all, well done. 587 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:26,682 - Thank you. 588 00:24:26,813 --> 00:24:28,510 - All right, Cade. Are you ready? 589 00:24:28,641 --> 00:24:30,381 - Yes, sir. - All right. Let's do it. 590 00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:35,996 - I am very, very nervous. Palms are a little bit sweaty. 591 00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:39,434 The rolling pin's really gonna put some stress on my knife, 592 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:42,263 and there's a possibility it could break. 593 00:24:55,711 --> 00:24:58,845 - Well, Cade, your edge held up great. 594 00:24:58,975 --> 00:25:00,890 Your knife is still dead straight. 595 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:03,197 Your handle is really comfortable. 596 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:05,591 I like that it's got some flat sides. 597 00:25:05,721 --> 00:25:07,244 I know exactly where the edge is. 598 00:25:07,375 --> 00:25:08,507 I don't have to think about it. 599 00:25:08,637 --> 00:25:10,247 So well done. - Thank you. 600 00:25:14,077 --> 00:25:16,819 - All right, bladesmiths, now it's time to find out 601 00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:19,343 just how sharp the edges of your chef's knives are. 602 00:25:19,474 --> 00:25:22,521 This is the sharpness test-- the fish slice. 603 00:25:22,651 --> 00:25:25,175 I'm looking for a nice clean cut on these fishes. 604 00:25:25,306 --> 00:25:26,873 Steven, you're up first. You ready for this? 605 00:25:27,003 --> 00:25:29,310 - Let's do it. - Let's do this. 606 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,486 Oh, safety gear first. 607 00:25:38,449 --> 00:25:42,584 - Get on over here. 608 00:25:55,945 --> 00:25:58,382 - All right, Steven. That's a nice-looking blade. 609 00:25:58,513 --> 00:26:00,080 The edge you have here 610 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:03,126 is ground perfectly for this kind of test. 611 00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:05,999 The cut cut all the way cleanly through. 612 00:26:06,129 --> 00:26:08,828 Overall, sir, it'll cut. - Thank you. 613 00:26:08,958 --> 00:26:10,394 - All right, Ben, it's your turn--you ready? 614 00:26:10,525 --> 00:26:11,961 - Yes, sir. - Let's do this. 615 00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:26,410 All right, Ben, let's talk about your chef knife here. 616 00:26:26,541 --> 00:26:28,325 When you're cutting with this, 617 00:26:28,456 --> 00:26:29,936 you can cut all the way through. 618 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,068 The edge is very sharp. 619 00:26:32,199 --> 00:26:35,071 It'll cut. - Thank you. 620 00:26:35,202 --> 00:26:37,291 - And then there was one. Are you ready, Cade? 621 00:26:37,421 --> 00:26:39,032 - Yes, sir. - Let's do this. 622 00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:59,226 All right, Cade, the edge sliced easily through the fish. 623 00:26:59,356 --> 00:27:02,011 Your handle construction is comfortable. 624 00:27:02,142 --> 00:27:04,231 Overall, sir... 625 00:27:04,361 --> 00:27:05,885 it will cut. 626 00:27:06,015 --> 00:27:07,626 - Thank you. 627 00:27:07,756 --> 00:27:09,279 - You guys went through 628 00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:12,021 a coal-forging round in bright sunlight, 629 00:27:12,152 --> 00:27:15,068 and you were still able to churn out beautiful blades 630 00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:16,852 that performed so well in our tests 631 00:27:16,983 --> 00:27:19,115 that none of them took any damage. 632 00:27:19,246 --> 00:27:21,248 This is a difficult decision for us to make, 633 00:27:21,378 --> 00:27:23,380 but, gentlemen, only two of you can move forward 634 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:25,731 into this final round of competition. 635 00:27:25,861 --> 00:27:28,037 The bladesmith leaving the Forge is... 636 00:27:30,866 --> 00:27:32,520 Ben. 637 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,130 Your blade didn't make the cut. 638 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:35,915 - Ben, you made a knife that tested out 639 00:27:36,045 --> 00:27:38,744 just as well as your competitors' knives did, 640 00:27:38,874 --> 00:27:41,007 so this came down to the profile of that knife 641 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,313 not being what we were looking for in a chef's knife 642 00:27:43,444 --> 00:27:44,445 and that slight warp. 643 00:27:44,575 --> 00:27:46,055 - Understood. 644 00:27:46,186 --> 00:27:48,231 - Ben, please surrender your blade. 645 00:27:48,362 --> 00:27:50,059 - I turned in a blade 646 00:27:50,190 --> 00:27:52,932 that was a good performing, sharp knife, 647 00:27:53,062 --> 00:27:55,456 but it's not the knife they asked for. 648 00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:58,241 I possibly could have thinned it out more 649 00:27:58,372 --> 00:27:59,939 and gotten more belly, 650 00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:03,246 but I wanted my blade to hold up to the tests 651 00:28:03,377 --> 00:28:05,640 that they were gonna put it through. 652 00:28:05,771 --> 00:28:07,686 I may not be the "Forged in Fire" champion, 653 00:28:07,816 --> 00:28:09,296 but you can still order a hammer from me. 654 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:15,258 - Steven, Cade, congratulations. 655 00:28:15,389 --> 00:28:17,086 You guys have made it into the third 656 00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:18,827 and final round of this competition. 657 00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:20,742 Let me say this-- you fellas can forge, man. 658 00:28:20,873 --> 00:28:22,613 You guys really brought your A game. 659 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,528 But you're gonna have to step it up, 660 00:28:24,659 --> 00:28:26,530 because now we're sending you back to your home forges 661 00:28:26,661 --> 00:28:29,098 to re-create this iconic weapon from history... 662 00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:34,103 The rooster-head French pioneer sword. 663 00:28:37,846 --> 00:28:40,240 The rooster-head pioneer sword was a key utility tool 664 00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:41,720 for French military engineers 665 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:44,331 known as sappers during the 19th century. 666 00:28:44,461 --> 00:28:46,202 The weapon was a jack-of-all-trades, 667 00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:48,074 featuring a sawback essential for clearing brush 668 00:28:48,204 --> 00:28:50,250 and building fascines 669 00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:53,514 and a sharp-clipped point, lethal in hand-to-hand combat. 670 00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:55,864 Most notable is the weapon's pommel, 671 00:28:55,995 --> 00:28:58,127 featuring a decorative Gallic rooster, 672 00:28:58,258 --> 00:28:59,912 the unofficial symbol of France, 673 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:03,089 representing vigilance, hope, and triumph. 674 00:29:03,219 --> 00:29:05,352 This iconic weapon can be seen in the video game 675 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:08,790 "Mount & Blade: Warband - Napoleonic Wars." 676 00:29:10,052 --> 00:29:11,488 Make sure that your weapons 677 00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:13,621 fall within the following parameters. 678 00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:16,145 The length of the blade must be between 20 and 22 inches. 679 00:29:16,276 --> 00:29:17,625 You must have a hatchet tip, 680 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,627 a yelman between 5 and 6 inches, 681 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:23,326 a 9-inch functional sawback, an upswept guard, 682 00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:25,285 and, of course, a cock-a-doodle-doo 683 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:26,852 rooster-head pommel. 684 00:29:26,982 --> 00:29:28,636 - I have to do a pretty intricate sword 685 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,594 with a lot of details in it, 686 00:29:30,725 --> 00:29:32,596 and I have to have a pommel that's a rooster head, 687 00:29:32,727 --> 00:29:34,337 and I'm sitting here rolling the tape. 688 00:29:34,468 --> 00:29:36,339 "How am I going to get this done?" 689 00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:37,819 - You'll have just 4 days at your home forges 690 00:29:37,950 --> 00:29:39,734 in which to complete this challenge. 691 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:42,302 At the end of those 4 days, you'll return and present 692 00:29:42,432 --> 00:29:45,000 your pioneer swords to our panel of expert judges. 693 00:29:45,131 --> 00:29:47,829 And after they've smashed them, bashed them, slashed with them, 694 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,744 they'll declare one of you guys the "Forged in Fire" champion, 695 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:52,616 who walks out of here with a check for $10,000. 696 00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:54,836 Gentlemen, good luck. We'll see you in 4 days. 697 00:29:59,406 --> 00:30:01,625 - So it is the beginning of day one. 698 00:30:01,756 --> 00:30:05,107 My goal for today is to get that bar stretched out 699 00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:08,241 and get some of this pioneer sword shape into it. 700 00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:10,765 I got to, you know, 701 00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:12,767 make the right steps to make a yelman 702 00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:15,030 and have that raised hump on the top. 703 00:30:15,161 --> 00:30:17,946 I need to set my area where my saw is gonna be at. 704 00:30:18,077 --> 00:30:20,514 I need to get at least a hatchet tip in there. 705 00:30:20,644 --> 00:30:22,864 So I got my yelman pronounced. 706 00:30:22,995 --> 00:30:25,171 Now I just am gonna thin this out some 707 00:30:25,301 --> 00:30:28,609 and just really focus on keeping it even. 708 00:30:28,739 --> 00:30:31,003 Ending the day, my s is proportioned out. 709 00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:32,743 I have more than enough steel. 710 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:34,223 I think I'm trucking right along. 711 00:30:34,354 --> 00:30:35,572 Hell, yeah! 712 00:30:39,054 --> 00:30:40,534 - We're here in Loranger, Louisiana, 713 00:30:40,664 --> 00:30:42,841 and I'm ready to get going. 714 00:30:42,971 --> 00:30:45,539 We're gonna try to whack this piece of metal out 715 00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:48,063 and get it into profile. 716 00:30:48,194 --> 00:30:49,978 I start off at the tip, 717 00:30:50,109 --> 00:30:51,588 because it's probably the most demanding, 718 00:30:51,719 --> 00:30:54,896 and I work my way back from there. 719 00:30:55,027 --> 00:30:56,637 Traditionally, these blades have 720 00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:59,466 a slight saber-type bend in them, 721 00:30:59,596 --> 00:31:03,078 so I heat it up, and I whack it over the end of the anvil. 722 00:31:03,209 --> 00:31:06,212 I'm very tired, but I got the forging of my blade done. 723 00:31:06,342 --> 00:31:08,127 While I'm waiting for it to cool off, 724 00:31:08,257 --> 00:31:10,781 I'm just gonna go work on my rooster-head pommel. 725 00:31:10,912 --> 00:31:12,827 I found this chicken head. I thought it would be perfect. 726 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,221 So I can make the mold to cast with bronze. 727 00:31:17,179 --> 00:31:18,659 I wasn't able to heat-treat, 728 00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:19,878 but what I didn't get done on the blade, 729 00:31:20,008 --> 00:31:21,444 I got done on my molds, 730 00:31:21,575 --> 00:31:23,316 so still feel like I'm on track. 731 00:31:25,231 --> 00:31:26,710 - So it's the morning of day two, 732 00:31:26,841 --> 00:31:28,451 and I've got a lot of work to do today. 733 00:31:28,582 --> 00:31:31,672 I have to cut my saw teeth into the back. 734 00:31:31,802 --> 00:31:33,543 Now I'm ready for the heat treat. 735 00:31:33,674 --> 00:31:35,154 This is proving a little bit more difficult 736 00:31:35,284 --> 00:31:37,243 than I thought it would be to get an even heat. 737 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:46,208 This blade isn't all the way hard. 738 00:31:46,339 --> 00:31:47,949 . Can't turn in a blade that's half-hard. 739 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,038 I am screwed. 740 00:31:53,694 --> 00:31:55,957 - This blade isn't all the way hard. 741 00:31:56,088 --> 00:31:57,437 If I don't leave today with a hardened blade, 742 00:31:57,567 --> 00:31:58,960 I am screwed. 743 00:31:59,091 --> 00:32:00,919 So here we go again. 744 00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:02,398 I'm gonna set here and requench this 745 00:32:02,529 --> 00:32:04,618 and restraighten this until it's hard. 746 00:32:10,102 --> 00:32:13,496 There's some flames. That's what we want to see. 747 00:32:13,627 --> 00:32:16,891 I file-test it. It's skating like glass. 748 00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:18,197 That's a hard blade. 749 00:32:21,591 --> 00:32:23,419 - I'm starting off the day grinding my fullers. 750 00:32:23,550 --> 00:32:25,160 I don't know how that's gonna go. 751 00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:27,336 One danger of having a double-sided fuller 752 00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:30,122 is you can grind straight through your blade, 753 00:32:30,252 --> 00:32:32,602 and so I just kind of go down the blade and check 754 00:32:32,733 --> 00:32:34,039 and make sure I'm not doing that. 755 00:32:35,692 --> 00:32:37,520 I got to sharpen the sawback, too. 756 00:32:37,651 --> 00:32:39,435 I don't know what they're gonna test this thing on. 757 00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:41,350 Hopefully it'll hog away some stuff. 758 00:32:43,657 --> 00:32:46,051 Now that I'm done with that, it is time to heat-treat. 759 00:32:51,404 --> 00:32:52,405 It's hard. 760 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,931 - Today I'm gonna try to conquer casting. 761 00:32:57,062 --> 00:32:59,934 This is my absolute first time doing any casting, 762 00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:02,806 so, hopefully, I can get it figured out. 763 00:33:02,937 --> 00:33:04,721 I want to cast three pieces. 764 00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:06,636 There's the guard piece, handle, 765 00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:08,943 and then there's the rooster-headed pommel. 766 00:33:09,074 --> 00:33:12,033 My first casting is just a piece of bronze 767 00:33:12,164 --> 00:33:15,036 that's gonna be the guard with the upswept quillions. 768 00:33:15,167 --> 00:33:18,561 All right. That's way more than enough for a guard. 769 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,781 I have the guard cast, which I'm pretty happy about. 770 00:33:20,911 --> 00:33:22,478 I have the handle cast. 771 00:33:22,609 --> 00:33:25,481 Then I got this rooster. I can see an eye. 772 00:33:25,612 --> 00:33:27,396 I can see the detailed feathers on this side. 773 00:33:27,527 --> 00:33:29,398 Frickin' sweet. 774 00:33:29,529 --> 00:33:31,400 This is a lot denser and heavier than I thought, 775 00:33:31,531 --> 00:33:33,011 which I'm happy about 776 00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:34,577 because my blade is super forward heavy, 777 00:33:34,708 --> 00:33:36,014 and I want that balance point 778 00:33:36,144 --> 00:33:38,625 to just get farther back on the blade. 779 00:33:38,755 --> 00:33:41,149 Going into day four, I have the three pieces of my handle, 780 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,803 so my day tomorrow 781 00:33:42,933 --> 00:33:44,718 is just gonna be tedious finish work. 782 00:33:46,546 --> 00:33:48,548 - It's the morning of day four, 783 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:50,332 and today it's just putting it all together. 784 00:33:52,247 --> 00:33:54,684 I casted my rooster head and my guard. 785 00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:59,124 And if I may say, this is one bomb chicken head. 786 00:33:59,254 --> 00:34:01,039 Look at that bad boy. 787 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:04,259 Cock-a-doodle-doo! 788 00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:05,608 Handle comes next. 789 00:34:07,697 --> 00:34:10,439 That's about it. Everything's looking pretty good. 790 00:34:10,570 --> 00:34:13,747 I got a sword. 791 00:34:18,752 --> 00:34:20,884 - Steven, Cade, welcome back. 792 00:34:21,015 --> 00:34:22,930 You guys have had four days at your home forges 793 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,237 to work on your rooster-head French pioneer sword. 794 00:34:25,367 --> 00:34:27,500 Steven, how'd it go? - It went pretty well. 795 00:34:29,458 --> 00:34:31,373 I hand-forged the blade out of 5160. 796 00:34:31,504 --> 00:34:33,549 I cast the guard, 797 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,770 the handle, and the rooster head out of bronze. 798 00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:38,598 - Good on you. Cade, how did it go for you? 799 00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:40,121 Tell the judges about your blade. 800 00:34:41,818 --> 00:34:43,603 - My blade's made out of 5160. 801 00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:46,649 My guard and pommel are casted out of bronze, 802 00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:48,608 and then I have a walnut handle. 803 00:34:48,738 --> 00:34:50,000 - All right, all right, gentlemen. 804 00:34:50,131 --> 00:34:51,132 Your weapons will be put through 805 00:34:51,263 --> 00:34:52,916 a series of three tests. 806 00:34:53,047 --> 00:34:54,744 There will be a sharpness test, a strength test, 807 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:56,659 and up first, the kill test. 808 00:35:00,881 --> 00:35:03,753 - All right, bladesmiths, your blades look lovely, 809 00:35:03,884 --> 00:35:05,103 but are they deadly? 810 00:35:05,233 --> 00:35:06,713 I'm gonna take your weapons 811 00:35:06,843 --> 00:35:08,497 and deliver some lethal cuts and slashes 812 00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:11,109 on this goat carcass. 813 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,980 It's time to find out if they're ready for a cockfight, 814 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:14,895 or they're gonna play chicken. 815 00:35:15,025 --> 00:35:16,462 Steven, you're up first. You ready for this? 816 00:35:16,592 --> 00:35:17,550 - Let's do it. 817 00:35:20,161 --> 00:35:22,250 My main concern is that, you know, 818 00:35:22,381 --> 00:35:25,514 is Doug strong enough to really swing this beast around? 819 00:35:25,645 --> 00:35:27,255 I mean, it's a heavy sword. 820 00:35:27,386 --> 00:35:29,518 With the mass I have and the amount of inertia 821 00:35:29,649 --> 00:35:31,564 that's gonna be going into this and how sharp it is, 822 00:35:31,694 --> 00:35:33,653 I'm hoping that I can get this goat in two. 823 00:35:58,112 --> 00:36:00,984 - All right, Steven, let's talk about your sword here. 824 00:36:01,115 --> 00:36:03,944 It's beautiful-looking, but it's a heavy sword, 825 00:36:04,074 --> 00:36:07,513 but that lends itself to deliver very deep cuts 826 00:36:07,643 --> 00:36:08,949 with every swing 827 00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:11,256 More importantly, it will KEAL. 828 00:36:13,693 --> 00:36:14,998 All right, Cade, your turn, sir--you ready? 829 00:36:15,129 --> 00:36:16,304 - Yes, sir. 830 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,571 Probably the biggest problem is gonna be that backbone. 831 00:36:22,702 --> 00:36:24,660 If my sword hits that backbone, 832 00:36:24,791 --> 00:36:27,881 it can really mess up the edge of the blade and whatnot. 833 00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:53,385 - All right, Cade, let's talk about your sword here. 834 00:36:53,515 --> 00:36:56,518 Your handle construction fits perfectly in my hand. 835 00:36:56,649 --> 00:36:58,651 Now, your edge is pristine, 836 00:36:58,781 --> 00:37:01,610 no glints, no rollings whatsoever, 837 00:37:01,741 --> 00:37:04,483 and, most importantly, it'll KEAL. 838 00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:11,403 - All right, gentlemen, welcome to the strength test-- 839 00:37:11,533 --> 00:37:12,578 the log chop. 840 00:37:13,927 --> 00:37:15,320 Now, to test the strength 841 00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:16,973 and overall durability of your blades, 842 00:37:17,104 --> 00:37:18,453 I'll be chopping on this log. 843 00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:20,020 All right, Steven, you're up first. 844 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:22,240 Are you ready for this? - Let's do it. 845 00:37:22,370 --> 00:37:26,244 There's a big, you know, half-round log here, 846 00:37:26,374 --> 00:37:28,289 and I'm sitting here questioning my heat treat. 847 00:37:31,814 --> 00:37:33,642 - So I'm not super confident in my heat treat, I had to quench twice, 848 00:37:33,773 --> 00:37:35,383 and this log chop 849 00:37:35,514 --> 00:37:38,168 is gonna be the test that might snap my blade. 850 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,585 - All right, first off, Steven, nice job on the castings. 851 00:38:03,716 --> 00:38:05,239 They're nicely done. 852 00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:07,937 Your handle, it's about an inch too long. 853 00:38:08,068 --> 00:38:10,940 It allows my hand to travel around a lot. 854 00:38:11,071 --> 00:38:13,639 Your blade took no damage whatsoever. 855 00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:15,728 Good job. - Thanks. 856 00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,251 - All right, Cade, you're up next--you ready? 857 00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:18,861 - Yes, sir. 858 00:38:45,410 --> 00:38:47,194 - All right, Cade, 859 00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,849 your blade, it's in good condition-- 860 00:38:49,979 --> 00:38:53,243 no rolls, no chips, still sharp as it was when I started. 861 00:38:53,374 --> 00:38:54,419 Good job. 862 00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:58,597 - All right, bladesmiths, 863 00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:02,601 this is the sharpness test-- the scarecrow saw and slice. 864 00:39:02,731 --> 00:39:04,603 To test the sawbacks on your weapon, 865 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,387 I'll be sawing through the wooden dowels. 866 00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:08,476 Then I'll test the edge by cutting the watermelon 867 00:39:08,607 --> 00:39:11,087 and the sugarcane bundle. 868 00:39:11,218 --> 00:39:12,480 Steven, you're up first. You ready? 869 00:39:12,611 --> 00:39:13,612 - Let's do it. 870 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,339 - All right, Steven, let's talk about your sawback here. 871 00:39:45,470 --> 00:39:47,385 Once it gets started, it starts to saw. 872 00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:49,648 It works. It's a functional sawback in there. 873 00:39:49,778 --> 00:39:51,389 You're able to dig into the dowel. 874 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:52,999 Your edge is sharp. 875 00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:55,175 No issues cutting on the watermelon, 876 00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:56,872 and the weight alone 877 00:39:57,003 --> 00:39:58,961 is gonna just chop that whole thing off. 878 00:39:59,092 --> 00:40:00,746 Overall, sir, it'll cut. 879 00:40:00,876 --> 00:40:02,400 - Thank you. 880 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:04,010 - All right, Cade, your turn. You ready? 881 00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:05,794 - Yes, sir. 882 00:40:30,384 --> 00:40:32,604 - All right, Cade, the sawback-- 883 00:40:32,734 --> 00:40:35,041 these teeth are sharp. 884 00:40:35,171 --> 00:40:36,782 Even at the start, it already digs in. 885 00:40:36,912 --> 00:40:38,740 A couple of slices in there, 886 00:40:38,871 --> 00:40:41,439 it's already digging right through the wooden dowel. 887 00:40:41,569 --> 00:40:43,223 Your edge, no issues whatsoever. 888 00:40:43,353 --> 00:40:44,833 It cuts through the watermelon 889 00:40:44,964 --> 00:40:48,054 and cuts the rest of the sugarcane bundles. 890 00:40:48,184 --> 00:40:49,795 Overall, sir, it will cut. 891 00:40:49,925 --> 00:40:51,144 - Thank you. 892 00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:54,974 Me and Steve are neck and neck at this point, 893 00:40:55,104 --> 00:40:56,584 so I'm definitely nervous, 894 00:40:56,715 --> 00:40:58,717 but there's nothing I can do now. 895 00:40:58,847 --> 00:41:01,328 It's really up to the judges-- whatever they think is better. 896 00:41:03,678 --> 00:41:05,680 - All right, bladesmiths, the weapons tests are complete, 897 00:41:05,811 --> 00:41:08,553 and the judges literally had to weigh the details. 898 00:41:08,683 --> 00:41:10,772 The new "Forged in Fire" champion is... 899 00:41:13,775 --> 00:41:15,429 Cade, congratulations. 900 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,387 You are the "Forged in Fire" champion. 901 00:41:17,518 --> 00:41:20,390 Steven, your blade is two pounds heavier 902 00:41:20,521 --> 00:41:23,350 than Cade's blade, making it less wieldy. 903 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:26,309 Additionally, your handle is a little bit out of proportion 904 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,311 with the blade, and it's for that reason 905 00:41:28,442 --> 00:41:30,313 that you cannot be the "Forged in Fire" champion. 906 00:41:30,444 --> 00:41:31,837 Come on forward, my friend. 907 00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:35,362 - Even though I feel somewhat defeated right now, 908 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,929 I'm still proud of what I've done, 909 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:38,496 and I'm proud of what I turned in. 910 00:41:38,626 --> 00:41:39,975 - It's a beast, man. Well done. - Thank you. 911 00:41:40,106 --> 00:41:41,542 - You're a great competitor. - Thank you. 912 00:41:41,673 --> 00:41:42,978 - Steven, those castings were great. 913 00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:44,502 - I'm not gonna say I'm gonna go home 914 00:41:44,632 --> 00:41:46,286 and start making swords, 915 00:41:46,416 --> 00:41:47,809 but I did really enjoy the whole process, 916 00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:49,289 and it also taught me what I could do 917 00:41:49,419 --> 00:41:50,420 in a short amount of time. 918 00:41:50,551 --> 00:41:52,292 Not that it's my best work, 919 00:41:52,422 --> 00:41:54,207 but I'm proud of myself for not giving up there. 920 00:41:56,165 --> 00:41:57,602 - Cade, congratulations. 921 00:41:57,732 --> 00:41:59,386 You are the "Forged in Fire" champion, 922 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:02,998 and that is a title that comes with a check for $10,000. 923 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:05,523 How do you feel right now? - Cock-a-doodle-doo? 924 00:42:08,656 --> 00:42:10,440 - Good job, my friend. 925 00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:12,617 You made a fine rooster-headed French pioneer sword. 926 00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:14,967 Come on forward and shake our hands. 927 00:42:15,097 --> 00:42:16,925 - I am super psyched right now. 928 00:42:17,056 --> 00:42:18,971 I am so proud of myself, 929 00:42:19,101 --> 00:42:21,800 and I thank God that I had this opportunity. 930 00:42:21,930 --> 00:42:23,845 I got to keep working hard 931 00:42:23,976 --> 00:42:25,891 and keep on trying to climb that ladder, you know? 932 00:42:26,021 --> 00:42:28,023 Ten grand is college funds.