1 00:00:05,047 --> 00:00:06,422 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:08,132 - here in the forge, we've seen some of 3 00:00:08,217 --> 00:00:10,134 the most talented bladesmiths battle it out 4 00:00:10,219 --> 00:00:12,469 for the coveted title of "forged in fire" champion. 5 00:00:12,555 --> 00:00:13,971 - Oh, yeah! 6 00:00:14,056 --> 00:00:16,682 - But sometimes, even the best fall short. 7 00:00:16,726 --> 00:00:19,810 We're gonna have to ask you to please leave the forge. 8 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:21,520 We decided to bring back eight smiths 9 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:24,690 who've proven to have the drive, the skill, 10 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:27,860 and the determination it taks to become a champion. 11 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:31,155 This is our second chance tournament. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,531 The smiths will be placed 13 00:00:32,616 --> 00:00:34,783 into four head-to-head competitions, 14 00:00:34,869 --> 00:00:37,036 but only one will come out on top of each duel, 15 00:00:37,121 --> 00:00:41,665 earn them a check for $2,000 and a spot in one final battle 16 00:00:41,751 --> 00:00:45,002 to finally earn the "forged in fire" champion title. 17 00:00:45,087 --> 00:00:47,546 ♪ ♪ 18 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:49,590 tonight the dueling continues. 19 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:51,675 ♪ ♪ 20 00:00:51,761 --> 00:00:53,886 up first, the runner-up duel. 21 00:00:53,971 --> 00:00:55,596 Both of you guys came this close 22 00:00:55,681 --> 00:00:57,306 to winning your rounds last time, 23 00:00:57,391 --> 00:00:59,516 but you didn't quite seal the deal. 24 00:00:59,602 --> 00:01:01,393 - Last time I made it through all the tests, 25 00:01:01,437 --> 00:01:03,228 but my competitor's blade 26 00:01:03,272 --> 00:01:06,398 was just better balanced than mine. 27 00:01:06,442 --> 00:01:08,692 So hopefully this time I'm gonna win. 28 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:10,402 - Last time I felt pretty crushed 29 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:13,906 because I couldn't quite make it over the finish line. 30 00:01:13,991 --> 00:01:16,992 This time I'm here to win it back. 31 00:01:17,078 --> 00:01:19,453 - And later, the untested duel. 32 00:01:19,538 --> 00:01:21,538 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:21,624 --> 00:01:22,790 when you guys were last here, 34 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:24,917 your blades did not have a chance to be tested. 35 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:27,586 - Last time I was here I missed one of the details, 36 00:01:27,671 --> 00:01:30,714 and I totally blew my opportunity to get tested. 37 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,759 This time if I miss parameters, 38 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:37,513 I'm going to lose my ever-loving mind. 39 00:01:37,598 --> 00:01:39,890 - I wanna get to the finals this time so I can show 40 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:42,434 that I can make a blade worthy of competition 41 00:01:42,478 --> 00:01:44,061 and hopefully get to the home forge, 42 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:46,730 where I can show you where the real magic begins. 43 00:01:46,816 --> 00:01:50,818 - The duels start now. 44 00:01:50,903 --> 00:01:54,113 ♪ ♪ 45 00:01:56,283 --> 00:02:00,035 ♪ ♪ 46 00:02:00,121 --> 00:02:01,203 - my name is rick rabjohn. 47 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:04,915 I'm 58 years old. The last time I was here, 48 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,335 it was the balance of my sword that did me in. 49 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:11,588 - Okay, rick, these swords are designed to be fast 50 00:02:11,674 --> 00:02:13,132 and point-oriented. 51 00:02:13,217 --> 00:02:15,592 Having that balance point so far forward 52 00:02:15,678 --> 00:02:17,427 makes it more of a cutting sword. 53 00:02:17,513 --> 00:02:19,346 - I wish I would have won, and that's why I'm back 54 00:02:19,431 --> 00:02:22,349 here again today, give it another go. 55 00:02:22,434 --> 00:02:24,351 It should be fine. [laughs] 56 00:02:24,436 --> 00:02:26,645 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:26,689 --> 00:02:28,939 - I'm michael seronde. I'm from tucson, arizona. 58 00:02:29,024 --> 00:02:31,441 Last time I was here it was so close. 59 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,068 I think the judges loved my sword. 60 00:02:33,154 --> 00:02:35,154 It was just splitting hairs. 61 00:02:35,239 --> 00:02:38,824 - Michael, you've brought us an amazing barbarian sword. 62 00:02:38,909 --> 00:02:40,784 You should be proud. 63 00:02:40,828 --> 00:02:42,661 It came down to the finer details. 64 00:02:42,705 --> 00:02:44,621 Ethan won. You didn't lose. 65 00:02:44,707 --> 00:02:46,123 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:47,541 - it would mean so much to me 67 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:50,794 if I make it through this duel to the final round. 68 00:02:50,838 --> 00:02:52,546 I'd really love a second shot. 69 00:02:52,631 --> 00:02:55,674 ♪ ♪ 70 00:02:55,759 --> 00:02:56,884 - bladesmiths, welcome back to the forge. 71 00:02:56,969 --> 00:02:59,094 It's great to have you guys here. 72 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:00,679 This is your chance to turn it all around 73 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:02,181 and take home the title. 74 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:05,809 Welcome to the second chance tournament. 75 00:03:05,853 --> 00:03:07,060 Both of you guys came 76 00:03:07,104 --> 00:03:09,479 this close to winning your rounds last time, 77 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,523 but you didn't quite seal the deal. 78 00:03:11,567 --> 00:03:15,027 That's why we've got you guys in the runner-up bracket. 79 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:17,863 Now, gentlemen, this is how this round's gonna go. 80 00:03:17,907 --> 00:03:19,323 You guys are gonna go head-to-head 81 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:21,033 in five straight hours 82 00:03:21,118 --> 00:03:23,368 of forging competition where you're gonna have 83 00:03:23,412 --> 00:03:26,163 to build a blade from start to finish. 84 00:03:26,248 --> 00:03:29,499 They both need to be quenched, tempered, 85 00:03:29,585 --> 00:03:32,211 and have handles attached by the end of the five hours. 86 00:03:32,296 --> 00:03:34,338 - Oh, boy. - Now, once that time's up, 87 00:03:34,423 --> 00:03:35,881 you'll present your work to our judges. 88 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:37,883 These men behind me are the ones who are gonna decie 89 00:03:37,968 --> 00:03:41,553 which one of you will leave this round of the tournament 90 00:03:41,639 --> 00:03:43,055 with a check for $2,000. 91 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:44,723 Now, not only do you get $2,000, 92 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:46,683 but one of you guys will get yourself a seat 93 00:03:46,769 --> 00:03:49,144 in the final round of the tournament, 94 00:03:49,230 --> 00:03:51,146 giving yourselves another chance 95 00:03:51,232 --> 00:03:53,690 at that coveted title of "forged in fire" champion. 96 00:03:53,776 --> 00:03:55,609 The judges for today's competition ae 97 00:03:55,694 --> 00:03:58,445 abs master smith j. Neilson, 98 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:01,156 historic weapons re-creation specialist dave baker, 99 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:04,534 and edged weapon specialist doug marcaida. 100 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:06,328 Since you guys both came in second place 101 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:07,871 last time you were here, 102 00:04:07,957 --> 00:04:10,040 we decided to make this competition all about twos. 103 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:12,459 On your anvils you guys have a cloth. 104 00:04:12,544 --> 00:04:15,837 Go ahead and remove that for me. 105 00:04:15,923 --> 00:04:20,133 Gentlemen, in front of you are stacks of 1095 and 15n20 steel. 106 00:04:20,219 --> 00:04:22,719 We're gonna ask you to make damascus blades. 107 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:23,804 It sounds easy, right? 108 00:04:23,889 --> 00:04:25,389 Well, you guys are some of the best, 109 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:27,224 so we decided not to make it that easy on you. 110 00:04:27,309 --> 00:04:30,227 Today we do not want you to make a blade. 111 00:04:30,312 --> 00:04:32,813 We want you to make two different blades... 112 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:34,314 [dramatic musical sting] 113 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,234 a damascus dagger and a damascus chopper. 114 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:39,069 - Are you kidding me? 115 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:42,739 Two blades within five hours, of which they're damascus? 116 00:04:42,825 --> 00:04:45,325 It's a huge order. 117 00:04:45,411 --> 00:04:47,119 - Now, gentlemen, at the end of that round, 118 00:04:47,204 --> 00:04:48,912 you guys are gonna present your work to our judges, 119 00:04:48,998 --> 00:04:51,039 and they'll put them through some rigorous tests. 120 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:54,710 We're gonna test for strength and durability in a skull chop 121 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,586 and a stump stab 122 00:04:56,672 --> 00:04:59,047 and then check your edge retention in a water tube slice 123 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:01,341 and a canvas bag stab. 124 00:05:01,427 --> 00:05:03,302 Gentlemen, we know you both have it in you. 125 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:05,012 It's gonna be one hell of a challenge. 126 00:05:05,097 --> 00:05:08,098 Good luck. Your duel starts now. 127 00:05:08,183 --> 00:05:09,808 ♪ ♪ 128 00:05:09,893 --> 00:05:12,978 it's not an easy competition. They're building two blades. 129 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:15,188 They're going up against somebody who's very capable, 130 00:05:15,274 --> 00:05:17,149 very qualified. They want to stand out. 131 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:19,318 - Yeah, doing two blades at the same time 132 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:22,279 during a challenge really messes with your head, 133 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:25,073 especially when you're making two totally different style. 134 00:05:25,159 --> 00:05:27,909 It's a lot of work for five hours. 135 00:05:27,995 --> 00:05:29,453 - Both the smiths went straight for their grinders. 136 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:30,912 They're cleaning up their metal, 137 00:05:30,998 --> 00:05:32,539 getting ready to stack it up, heat it up, 138 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,291 and forge weld it together. 139 00:05:34,376 --> 00:05:36,585 - It feels so great to be back here at "forged in fire." 140 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,504 since the last time, I've been focused mostly on my business, 141 00:05:39,548 --> 00:05:41,590 the booyah forge. We do metalworking. 142 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,967 We do bladesmithing and blacksmithing. 143 00:05:44,053 --> 00:05:46,094 So I've been pretty busy, mostly with blades, 144 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,180 so I'm ready to go. 145 00:05:48,223 --> 00:05:49,973 Hey, hey! 146 00:05:50,059 --> 00:05:53,643 - With rick, I do remember his flamberge rapier. 147 00:05:53,729 --> 00:05:54,978 It was well done, 148 00:05:55,064 --> 00:05:57,981 but the balance was off to controlling the cuts. 149 00:05:58,067 --> 00:06:00,359 - They give you a lot of steel to start with, you know? 150 00:06:00,444 --> 00:06:03,195 You just have to figure out how much you're really gonna need. 151 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,030 What I'm aiming for is the sweet spot, right? 152 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:07,574 I don't want too much steel. I don't want too little steel. 153 00:06:07,659 --> 00:06:10,994 I want just a right amount. 154 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,499 I figure a billet of about ten layers is plenty big enough, 155 00:06:15,584 --> 00:06:18,210 so I'm gonna make two billets, ten layers each, 156 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:22,422 so I'm hoping I'm calculating this correctly. 157 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:24,716 ♪ ♪ 158 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,051 - I actually 159 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:27,886 specifically remember michael's barbarian sword. 160 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:29,012 - Yup. 161 00:06:29,098 --> 00:06:30,847 - And we had such a hard time 162 00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:32,724 trying to figure out who the winner is. 163 00:06:32,810 --> 00:06:34,351 - Everything was just spot-on. 164 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:37,229 There was such a small difference in the weight 165 00:06:37,314 --> 00:06:39,231 and the balance, but he nailed it. 166 00:06:39,316 --> 00:06:40,565 - Since the last time I was here, 167 00:06:40,609 --> 00:06:42,651 I got my master's degree. 168 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,111 I bought a house. I got married. 169 00:06:44,196 --> 00:06:46,947 I have a full-time job. I've been teaching classes, 170 00:06:47,032 --> 00:06:50,367 so it's been a busy couple years. 171 00:06:50,452 --> 00:06:52,411 Biggest concern is making two knives 172 00:06:52,496 --> 00:06:54,871 out of damascus in five hours. 173 00:06:54,957 --> 00:06:57,249 That's out of control. I've never done that before. 174 00:06:57,292 --> 00:06:59,501 Instead of just sitting, looking at the steel heat up, 175 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:02,838 I have time to get my handle materials ready 176 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:06,174 and do anything I can to set myself up for success. 177 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:07,592 - This is smart. 178 00:07:07,678 --> 00:07:10,387 Find that handle material. Find that guard material. 179 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:13,890 Find whatever it is you wanna work with to get her done. 180 00:07:13,976 --> 00:07:16,601 - This is the runner-up duel, so my opponent 181 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:20,397 came just as close as I did, so there's no room for error. 182 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:21,940 ♪ ♪ 183 00:07:22,025 --> 00:07:24,276 - I think it's critical to establish 184 00:07:24,361 --> 00:07:27,279 good forge welds in your billets 185 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:28,989 because that is what's gonna determine 186 00:07:29,074 --> 00:07:30,407 everything else, right? 187 00:07:30,492 --> 00:07:32,242 If you do a bad job with forge welding, 188 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,786 you could have a catastrophic failure down the road 189 00:07:34,872 --> 00:07:38,290 when j. Neilson is hammering your blade, 190 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:41,334 and j. Doesn't hold back any. [laughs] 191 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:43,253 - it's hard enough when we're multitasking 192 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:45,964 to make one blade, one design in your head. 193 00:07:46,049 --> 00:07:49,176 Now you have to multitask to think of two different blades 194 00:07:49,261 --> 00:07:50,760 totally different from each other 195 00:07:50,846 --> 00:07:53,430 and still think of the steps that each one needs. 196 00:07:53,515 --> 00:07:55,932 - This challenge is particularly difficult 197 00:07:56,018 --> 00:07:58,602 because they're two very different blades, 198 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:01,855 one built for, you know, stabbing and slicing 199 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:03,940 and the other one built for chopping. 200 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:06,610 ♪ ♪ 201 00:08:06,695 --> 00:08:09,613 I'm gonna focus on the dagger first, make sure that's righ, 202 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:11,406 and then move to the chopper. 203 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:13,992 The dagger is a little more complicated than the chopper. 204 00:08:14,036 --> 00:08:15,368 - The dagger, there's a lot going into it. 205 00:08:15,454 --> 00:08:17,120 - Yeah. 206 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:19,456 A dagger profile is difficult in that you have to shape 207 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:21,291 four identical sides instead of two 208 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:23,793 to get that traditional diamond shape of a dagger. 209 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:26,505 - My biggest concern is definitely the time. 210 00:08:26,590 --> 00:08:28,507 - Bladesmiths, one hour down! 211 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:31,635 You've got four hours remaining in the duel! 212 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,345 ♪ ♪ 213 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:35,472 - look how much mike has already accomplished. 214 00:08:35,557 --> 00:08:39,434 - Billet's drawn out to almost being blade-sized. 215 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,603 - So my billets are looking great. 216 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:43,188 That one's solid. 217 00:08:43,232 --> 00:08:45,815 I'm bouncing between the dagger and the chopper. 218 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:49,027 - It's nice, what mike's doing is once he's done with on, 219 00:08:49,071 --> 00:08:50,862 puts it back to get heated, he's working on the other, 220 00:08:50,948 --> 00:08:52,656 and interchanging back and forth. 221 00:08:52,741 --> 00:08:55,283 - Michael's very good at using the time efficiently. 222 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:56,660 - As I'm drawing things out, 223 00:08:56,745 --> 00:08:58,537 I realize I've got plenty of damascus, 224 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:00,830 so before I start shaping my knives, 225 00:09:00,916 --> 00:09:02,666 I'm gonna shape the guard for my dagger 226 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:04,543 out of one of my damascus billets. 227 00:09:04,586 --> 00:09:07,295 - Straight over to the chop saw for michael. 228 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:08,797 - I want sort of a thicker, 229 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:11,591 little bit heavier guard to sort of put a lot of weight 230 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:13,885 in the middle of the dagger for balance, 231 00:09:13,971 --> 00:09:17,722 and then also it'll be nice and comfortable for the hand. 232 00:09:17,808 --> 00:09:19,140 - Now you've got a damascus guard. 233 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:20,767 That's gonna look great. 234 00:09:20,852 --> 00:09:22,769 - You already got it there. You've already made it. Use it. 235 00:09:22,854 --> 00:09:24,396 ♪ ♪ 236 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:26,773 - gentlemen, you guys have three hours remaining! 237 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,984 ♪ ♪ 238 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:31,152 these guys have got to be exhausted. 239 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:34,197 This one, it's a tall order-- two blades, damascus? 240 00:09:34,283 --> 00:09:38,410 - I got the chopper to length and pretty much to width. 241 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:40,203 Whew! 242 00:09:40,289 --> 00:09:41,663 It's taking a lot. 243 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:44,249 My shoulders are starting to cramp up. 244 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:46,251 Well, I am retired, 245 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:49,170 and I take a nap every day around 2:00, 246 00:09:49,256 --> 00:09:51,673 so yeah, I'm tired. [laughs] 247 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,300 I gotta hustle. 248 00:09:53,385 --> 00:09:56,261 ♪ ♪ 249 00:09:56,305 --> 00:09:59,264 well, now I gotta start shaping both blades. 250 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:01,224 As the clock is ticking, 251 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:04,603 I wish I was a little bit further with these blades, 252 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,021 but as I'm grinding, 253 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:08,773 I'm realizing that hey, you know what? 254 00:10:08,859 --> 00:10:11,318 The forge welds went well. I'm feeling pretty good. 255 00:10:11,403 --> 00:10:16,573 ♪ ♪ 256 00:10:16,658 --> 00:10:19,576 - at this point my knives are really taking shape. 257 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:22,120 They look solid. Now it's time to quench. 258 00:10:22,164 --> 00:10:24,623 The time constraints are a little bit challenging, 259 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:26,750 heat-treating two blades back to back. 260 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:30,045 I need to nail my heat treat. 261 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:33,840 - Boom, mike's got his chopper in the quenching oil. 262 00:10:33,925 --> 00:10:35,800 ♪ ♪ 263 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:38,887 - the file doesn't skate. I don't think it's hard enough. 264 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,305 - You're not gonna get 265 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:43,016 a correct skating when it's that hot. 266 00:10:43,101 --> 00:10:44,559 - That sucks. 267 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:46,311 - Just give it time, man. Slow down. 268 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:47,937 - Oh! 269 00:10:48,023 --> 00:10:50,899 I know that I didn't hit the heat treat properly. 270 00:10:50,984 --> 00:10:52,609 I have to do it again. 271 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:54,611 - No, no, no, no, michael's gonna go back in the forg. 272 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:56,988 - It's not what I needed at this part in the game. 273 00:10:57,074 --> 00:10:58,698 - Now, that's a thing that could really 274 00:10:58,784 --> 00:11:00,700 throw a competitor off, 275 00:11:00,786 --> 00:11:02,702 is they've done all this meticulous work. 276 00:11:02,788 --> 00:11:04,412 Everything looks great, 277 00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:05,789 and then they get it in their head 278 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:07,082 that the blade's not hardening, 279 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:09,459 and that throws them into panic mode. 280 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:11,211 Feels like he's rushing through this. 281 00:11:11,296 --> 00:11:13,505 - Oh, that's just the worst. 282 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:15,757 Every single quench is putting more and more stress 283 00:11:15,842 --> 00:11:17,467 on that blade. 284 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:19,594 There is a lot of work to do. Gotta get going. 285 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:24,766 I don't have time for this. 286 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:26,559 -Second quench puts a bunch of stress on his blade. 287 00:11:26,645 --> 00:11:28,019 - I have to do it again. 288 00:11:28,063 --> 00:11:29,354 ♪ ♪ 289 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:32,023 - mike's in the oil, second time for a quench. 290 00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:33,358 ♪ ♪ 291 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:36,486 this time it works. 292 00:11:36,530 --> 00:11:38,113 I don't have any more time to waste. 293 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,740 It's time to move on to the dagger. 294 00:11:40,826 --> 00:11:42,534 It's a little bit thinner. 295 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:44,869 It has two cutting edges, so I have to make sure 296 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:47,872 the heat is even more even than it was in my chopper. 297 00:11:47,916 --> 00:11:50,208 ♪ ♪ 298 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:52,210 - oh, dagger quenched. 299 00:11:52,295 --> 00:11:53,336 - It's straight. 300 00:11:53,422 --> 00:11:54,754 Yes. 301 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,881 It is hard as can be. 302 00:11:56,967 --> 00:11:58,591 One and done on the dagger. 303 00:11:58,677 --> 00:11:59,843 Here we go. 304 00:11:59,928 --> 00:12:01,720 Now that both my blades are quenched, 305 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:04,264 it's time to move on to profiling, 306 00:12:04,349 --> 00:12:05,515 cleaning things up, 307 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,058 and then get ready for the temper. 308 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:08,560 Quenching hardens the steel. 309 00:12:08,603 --> 00:12:10,061 Tempering draws back that hardness 310 00:12:10,105 --> 00:12:12,230 so that they're durable and tough. 311 00:12:12,274 --> 00:12:15,984 ♪ ♪ 312 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,360 - it's three hours in. 313 00:12:17,446 --> 00:12:19,529 I gotta quench, temper the blades, 314 00:12:19,614 --> 00:12:21,322 and then I gotta get to the handles, 315 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:24,534 but first I wanna put a little hole at the top left corner 316 00:12:24,619 --> 00:12:27,203 because that is kinda what distinguishes a chopper. 317 00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:28,872 When you see it, you go, "oh, it's a chopper." 318 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:30,373 [metal squealing] 319 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,417 - ooh. [metal squealing continues] 320 00:12:33,628 --> 00:12:35,253 - [bleep] damn it. 321 00:12:35,338 --> 00:12:36,546 It's not drilling. 322 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:38,548 - Well, there's not enough time for that. 323 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:41,509 Rick really needs to get moving and get those blades quenched 324 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:43,094 and get them in the tempering oven. 325 00:12:43,138 --> 00:12:45,764 - You know what? This is a nicety. 326 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,932 It doesn't affect the functioning of the chopper. 327 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:49,934 I'm gonna move on to the quench. 328 00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:52,228 ♪ ♪ 329 00:12:52,314 --> 00:12:53,938 - all right, well, he's got one in there. 330 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:55,690 ♪ ♪ 331 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:58,026 - yay! 332 00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:59,486 I'm delighted. 333 00:12:59,571 --> 00:13:01,571 I've got two hardened blades. Now I gotta temper it. 334 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:02,947 - All right, gentlemen, 335 00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:06,367 you guys have 90 minutes remaining in this round. 336 00:13:06,453 --> 00:13:09,287 - I've got a chunk of mesquite wood from earlie, 337 00:13:09,372 --> 00:13:12,373 and I have to attach handles to two knives. 338 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:15,293 There is a lot of work to do in not very much time. 339 00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:16,795 I've gotta get going. 340 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,588 My chopper just needs to hang out. 341 00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:19,964 That glue needs to set, 342 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:22,258 so I need to move on to the dagger. 343 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:24,803 I'm gonna do a hidden tang for the dagger. 344 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:29,098 I heat up the guard so that I can hot fit it to my dagger, 345 00:13:29,184 --> 00:13:31,142 start smashing it down. 346 00:13:31,228 --> 00:13:33,311 It goes down a little bit but not far enough. 347 00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:35,438 I don't have time to mess with this guard. 348 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:36,981 Back into the forge. 349 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:39,651 Yup, okay. Well, that sucks. 350 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:41,152 I get a piece of angle iron 351 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:44,864 to try to force it down tight to the tang. 352 00:13:44,950 --> 00:13:46,407 - I think that guard of michael's dagger 353 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:47,992 is really tripping him up. 354 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:49,661 - Oh, god. 355 00:13:49,746 --> 00:13:53,039 I am running out of time, so I need to get it done. 356 00:13:53,124 --> 00:13:57,126 - Well, bladesmiths, you guys only have one hour remaining. 357 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,546 - All right, rick is working on his handle. 358 00:13:59,631 --> 00:14:01,339 That's good. 359 00:14:01,383 --> 00:14:05,009 - So I grab one big block of black walnut. 360 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:06,928 - I like the fact that rick got a block of wod 361 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:10,014 that might be enough for both of his knives. 362 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:13,017 - I'm gonna do a full tang, so in this way, 363 00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:14,686 I just put scales 364 00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:17,480 on both sides of the tang and leave it at that. 365 00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:21,317 I got that done. Now we work on this one. 366 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:23,027 - He's got a handle in his dagger, 367 00:14:23,113 --> 00:14:25,363 and now he's putting a handle onto his chopper. 368 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:26,823 - As the clock is ticking, 369 00:14:26,908 --> 00:14:29,367 I still have a lot of work to do to shape the handles 370 00:14:29,411 --> 00:14:31,703 and put the final sharpening. 371 00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:33,037 It's gonna come right down to the wire, 372 00:14:33,123 --> 00:14:35,707 but I'm confident I'm gonna make it. 373 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:39,419 ♪ ♪ 374 00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:42,046 - well, so michael's still working on that guard. 375 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,215 - This is nuts. 376 00:14:44,301 --> 00:14:46,050 - Well, I mean, he's done so great 377 00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:48,887 managing his time, managing materials, 378 00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:50,555 and then that guard tripped him up. 379 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,682 - At this point I am running on fumes 380 00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:57,186 but running 100 miles an hour, and I have so much work to do. 381 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,938 - Tang fits through his guard. 382 00:14:59,024 --> 00:15:01,691 - Finally I get the guard all the way down. 383 00:15:01,776 --> 00:15:04,777 Time to put a handle on this dagger. 384 00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:08,573 I put a piece of leather between the guard and the wood 385 00:15:08,658 --> 00:15:11,910 to make that connection look good and be tight. 386 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:14,162 ♪ ♪ 387 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:17,040 I look at the clock. There's 30 minutes left. 388 00:15:17,125 --> 00:15:21,210 I have a dagger on a 2-inch square block handle. 389 00:15:21,296 --> 00:15:22,629 That is not gonna fly. 390 00:15:22,714 --> 00:15:25,298 I blast through the block, 391 00:15:25,383 --> 00:15:27,342 trying to get that handle 392 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:29,928 to something that is comfortable enough. 393 00:15:29,971 --> 00:15:32,263 The key is "enough." 394 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:33,890 I'm trying to dribble a little bit of glue 395 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:36,726 because I'm afraid I don't have enough epoxy 396 00:15:36,811 --> 00:15:38,728 to make everything stick together right. 397 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:42,273 - He's hitting that leather. Problem is, is that glue, 398 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:45,652 a lot of time, it dries and makes little spikes. 399 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:47,278 - Yeah. - That's right there 400 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:49,447 where your hand's gonna be. 401 00:15:49,491 --> 00:15:51,741 Rick has a very thick blade. 402 00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:53,326 - I only got ten minutes. 403 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:56,329 I've gotta finish the final grinding of the edge 404 00:15:56,414 --> 00:15:57,622 and then to etch it. 405 00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,290 I need to hog some material 406 00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:02,794 off of both blades because I made them beefy. 407 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:04,295 - We got rick etching. 408 00:16:04,381 --> 00:16:06,798 - Oh, good. - Right on. 409 00:16:06,841 --> 00:16:09,300 - You can color me impressed. Told him to make two blades. 410 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:11,135 That is one hell of a feat. 411 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:14,347 - I'm at the grinder with both my dagger and my chopper. 412 00:16:14,432 --> 00:16:17,725 At this stage I feel like I'm sprinting between tasks, 413 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:19,978 and I keep bouncing between these two knives. 414 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:22,814 ♪ ♪ 415 00:16:22,899 --> 00:16:27,443 - five, four, three, two, one. 416 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:29,320 Gentlemen, turn off your machines. 417 00:16:29,406 --> 00:16:32,448 Put down your tools. This duel is over. 418 00:16:32,534 --> 00:16:34,659 - Good job. [applause] 419 00:16:34,703 --> 00:16:35,994 - [sighs] 420 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:37,286 - done. 421 00:16:37,372 --> 00:16:40,456 In five hours, I have successfully made 422 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,083 two damascus knives. 423 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:46,462 I am feeling relieved and proud of myself. 424 00:16:46,548 --> 00:16:48,047 They're quick and dirty, 425 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:50,508 but I'm pretty stoked with how they turned out. 426 00:16:50,552 --> 00:16:53,845 ♪ ♪ 427 00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:55,430 - all right, runners-up, it's time for our 428 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:59,559 doubled-up strength test, the stab and chop. 429 00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:02,687 I'm gonna take your daggers, stab them into our stump here, 430 00:17:02,772 --> 00:17:04,147 and then I'll take your choppers and attack 431 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,816 both the post and the skulls. 432 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,359 Michael, you're up first on this. 433 00:17:08,403 --> 00:17:10,194 Are you ready? - I--yeah. 434 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:11,863 ♪ ♪ 435 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,948 oh, man, I'm super nervous. 436 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:16,409 In the strength test everything could go wrong. 437 00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:18,745 My edge can roll. My knife can break. 438 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:20,663 It's destructive testing for a reason. 439 00:17:20,749 --> 00:17:22,206 They might get destroyed. 440 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:29,881 ♪ ♪ 441 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:30,882 it's awful watching something 442 00:17:30,967 --> 00:17:31,966 you make go through these tests. 443 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:34,886 [dramatic music] 444 00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:35,762 ♪ ♪ 445 00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:38,848 - [grunting] 446 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:40,224 ♪ ♪ 447 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:41,559 - okay. 448 00:17:41,603 --> 00:17:45,646 ♪ ♪ 449 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:47,065 - oh! 450 00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:50,234 ♪ ♪ 451 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,071 it didn't break. - It did not break. 452 00:17:53,114 --> 00:17:55,406 - All right, mike, let's start with your dagger. 453 00:17:55,450 --> 00:17:58,367 Right off, the weight and feel of this blade, 454 00:17:58,411 --> 00:17:59,452 I mean, this is super comfortable. 455 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:00,953 I could play with this all day. 456 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:02,872 Got a wicked edge and a wicked point on it, 457 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:04,082 which I really like. 458 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:05,416 I poked it in there. 459 00:18:05,502 --> 00:18:08,002 It dug in deep and held up fine. 460 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:11,214 What I don't like is that that leather spacer you put in here, 461 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:13,257 you then covered it with crazy glue. 462 00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:16,260 That turned it into some sharp edges. 463 00:18:16,346 --> 00:18:17,637 When you're thrusting into something, 464 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:20,431 that's not really a good thing. 465 00:18:20,517 --> 00:18:24,018 As far as your chopper goes, again, nice weight on this. 466 00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,312 You didn't take, really, any damage. 467 00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:29,398 This is still a wicked sharp blade. 468 00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:31,818 So all in all, nice set. Well done. 469 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:33,236 - Thank you. 470 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:34,654 - All right, rick, you're up next. 471 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:36,114 You good? - Yeah. 472 00:18:36,157 --> 00:18:37,740 - All right, let's do it. - Yes, I am. 473 00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:39,200 I wish I had more time 474 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,868 to spend on fit and finish on the handles 475 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:43,788 and making them more comfortable, better indexing, 476 00:18:43,832 --> 00:18:45,581 but oh, yeah, I'm ready for te--no, 477 00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,041 I'm actually not ready for testing. 478 00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:48,918 ♪ ♪ 479 00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:54,924 ♪ ♪ 480 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,311 that was great. 481 00:19:07,355 --> 00:19:10,523 - So right off the bat, rick, this is a heavy dagger. 482 00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:13,401 There's a lot of metal there. 483 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:16,988 What really got me was all this right around here, 484 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,782 there are kind of sharp, jagged edges, 485 00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:22,410 and since the handle doesn't really have any contouring, 486 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,787 there's no way to keep off that guard. 487 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:29,458 Now, on your chopper, again, that's a lot of material there, 488 00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:31,085 but it does have an edge, 489 00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:34,589 and that edge didn't take damage, so that's grea. 490 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:37,175 They held up very, very well, so good job. 491 00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:38,676 - Thank you. 492 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,970 ♪ ♪ 493 00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:42,388 - all right, bladesmiths, 494 00:19:42,473 --> 00:19:45,516 we know your weapons are strong, but are they shar? 495 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,810 This is the water tube slice 496 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:50,688 and the canvas bag stab and slice. 497 00:19:50,773 --> 00:19:52,273 To find out how sharp your weapons are, 498 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:54,859 I'm gonna take your weapons and slash across 499 00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:56,694 these water tubes and canvas bag. 500 00:19:56,738 --> 00:19:58,863 Double your weapons, double the slice, 501 00:19:58,948 --> 00:20:00,364 double the nice. 502 00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:01,782 [laughter] 503 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:02,992 mike, you're up first. You ready for this? 504 00:20:03,077 --> 00:20:05,036 - Oh, yeah. - All right. Let's do this. 505 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:12,043 ♪ ♪ 506 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:19,717 - whew! - Beautiful. 507 00:20:19,802 --> 00:20:21,344 - [laughs] 508 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,511 - all right, michael. 509 00:20:22,597 --> 00:20:26,307 Off the bat, these feel really good. 510 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:29,393 Even though they're two different designs, 511 00:20:29,479 --> 00:20:31,896 they feel equally balanced on both hands, 512 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,065 and they are wicked sharp. 513 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:37,777 On the slash on the water tubes, very clean slice. 514 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:39,403 You have a sharp edge here, sir. 515 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:42,698 Also on the stabbing and slashing with your dagger, 516 00:20:42,784 --> 00:20:44,784 those are very clean cuts. 517 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:47,954 Overall, sir, both your weapons, they will cut. 518 00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:49,413 - [laughs] sweet. 519 00:20:49,499 --> 00:20:50,790 - All right, rick, are you ready, sir? 520 00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,083 - No. No. 521 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:53,376 [laughter] 522 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:54,669 - well, we're gonna do it anyways. 523 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,545 - We're gonna do it. - [laughs] 524 00:20:56,631 --> 00:21:03,594 ♪ ♪ 525 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:14,438 - [chuckles] 526 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:15,815 - [exhales] 527 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:17,608 - all right, rick, let's talk about your weapons here. 528 00:21:17,652 --> 00:21:21,112 First up, these are heavy beasts. 529 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:24,448 Even for a dagger, it's very forward-heavy weight, 530 00:21:24,492 --> 00:21:25,992 the same with your chopper. 531 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:29,495 With a chopper, it's expected. For a dagger, it's very heavy. 532 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:32,456 But I was still able to cut cleanly. 533 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,293 You have a sharp edge on your chopper here. 534 00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:37,628 Overall, sir, they will cut. 535 00:21:37,672 --> 00:21:38,796 - Thank you. - Good job. 536 00:21:38,881 --> 00:21:41,465 - Thank you. 537 00:21:41,509 --> 00:21:43,301 - Very well done, gentlemen. 538 00:21:43,386 --> 00:21:44,510 [both laugh] 539 00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:46,012 we gave you guys a tall order, 540 00:21:46,097 --> 00:21:47,638 and you guys both delivered-- 541 00:21:47,682 --> 00:21:50,266 two damascus blades each in five hours. 542 00:21:50,351 --> 00:21:52,101 You should both be really proud of your work. 543 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,270 We gave you some very difficult tests, 544 00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:56,063 and all the blades performed well. 545 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:58,107 But only one of you guys can leave here with a check 546 00:21:58,151 --> 00:21:59,984 for $2,000 and a spot 547 00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:03,321 in the final leg of this second chance tournament. 548 00:22:03,406 --> 00:22:05,072 The bladesmith who won this duel is... 549 00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:08,284 ♪ ♪ 550 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:09,702 michael, congratulations. 551 00:22:09,787 --> 00:22:11,495 You're moving forward into the final round 552 00:22:11,581 --> 00:22:13,164 of the second shot tournament. 553 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:14,457 Unfortunately, rick, 554 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:16,542 that means you're not gonna be moving forward, 555 00:22:16,627 --> 00:22:18,336 and dave's gonna tell you why. 556 00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:22,131 - Rick, I gotta commend you for all that work you put in 557 00:22:22,175 --> 00:22:23,841 to deliver two weapons 558 00:22:23,885 --> 00:22:26,469 that could be tested and tested well, actually. 559 00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:29,013 But this came down to an issue of the weight 560 00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:30,723 and that handle construction... - Sure. 561 00:22:30,808 --> 00:22:32,558 - And that's why we're letting you go. 562 00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:34,018 - Okay. Fair enough. 563 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:36,187 - Well, rick, again, be proud of your work, man. 564 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:39,065 You did something that no smith I've seen has been able to do, 565 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:40,691 and two of you guys both did it. 566 00:22:40,735 --> 00:22:42,526 You have what it takes to fight in the forge, 567 00:22:42,570 --> 00:22:43,694 but unfortunately, 568 00:22:43,738 --> 00:22:44,987 I'm gonna have to ask you to please leave. 569 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,572 - Okay, take care. - Yeah. 570 00:22:46,657 --> 00:22:48,491 We'll see you. - Good job. 571 00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:50,242 Last time my competitor's blade 572 00:22:50,328 --> 00:22:52,036 was just better balanced than mine. 573 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,704 I still can't get it right. 574 00:22:53,748 --> 00:22:55,206 I agree with the judges' decision, 575 00:22:55,249 --> 00:22:57,041 but I'm also proud of what I accomplished 576 00:22:57,085 --> 00:22:58,876 in getting through this tough challenge. 577 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,253 It was fun, and always good to meet other bladesmiths, 578 00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:03,464 and once again it's been a great experience. 579 00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:06,592 Hey, if there's a third chance tournament, I'm in. 580 00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:08,052 - Michael, congratulations, man. 581 00:23:08,096 --> 00:23:10,137 That means you broke the second-place curse, 582 00:23:10,223 --> 00:23:12,181 and you came out on top of your duel, 583 00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:13,599 which also means you're moving forward 584 00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:15,017 into the final round of our tournament, 585 00:23:15,103 --> 00:23:17,561 and you are leaving here with a check for $2,000... 586 00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:19,105 - Whoo-hoo! - So congratulations, man. 587 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:20,231 - Very well done. - Thank you. 588 00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:22,233 Thank you. 589 00:23:22,276 --> 00:23:23,526 - We will see you 590 00:23:23,611 --> 00:23:24,735 for the second round of this tournament. 591 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:26,904 - Winning feels incredible. 592 00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:29,865 This challenge was the hardest smithing challenge 593 00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:31,409 I've ever done. 594 00:23:31,494 --> 00:23:34,578 Knowing that, I can't even begin to imagine what's next. 595 00:23:34,622 --> 00:23:36,580 The next stage of this competition 596 00:23:36,666 --> 00:23:38,249 is gonna be that much harder. 597 00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:41,919 Every one of the smiths in the next round have already won, 598 00:23:41,963 --> 00:23:44,088 so I know they're gonna bring their best. 599 00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:47,258 I have to bring my best. It's gonna be brutal. 600 00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:50,469 ♪ ♪ 601 00:23:50,555 --> 00:23:54,098 - my name is sam a. Smith. I am from sanford, maine. 602 00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:55,850 Not only did I have an incredibly hard challenge 603 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:58,144 last time, but I also took some of my time 604 00:23:58,229 --> 00:24:00,271 to help a competitor, and I didn't finish my blade. 605 00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:01,772 I ran out of time. 606 00:24:01,816 --> 00:24:03,065 - Can you hold that vise down for me? 607 00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:05,776 - Yeah, I'll help you. Let's do it. 608 00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:07,236 - Look at that. You see? 609 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:08,696 There's camaraderie right there. 610 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:11,115 He's--sam helping out colton. - There you go, kid! 611 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,868 - He needed someone with enough mass to keep that thing 612 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,203 from spinning around and around and around. 613 00:24:16,289 --> 00:24:18,747 - You know, that took away time from his own work. 614 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,416 - I wanna get to the finals this time 615 00:24:20,501 --> 00:24:23,461 so I can show that I can make a blade worthy of competition 616 00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:25,212 and hopefully get to the home forge, 617 00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:27,965 where I can show you where the real magic begins. 618 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:30,926 - My name is jason palmer. I'm from the st. Louis area. 619 00:24:31,012 --> 00:24:32,511 Last time I was here, 620 00:24:32,597 --> 00:24:34,430 we had to make three mini canisters, 621 00:24:34,515 --> 00:24:36,515 each one of them with a different steel, 622 00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:39,018 and then combine them to a single blade. 623 00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:40,102 After one of them failed, 624 00:24:40,188 --> 00:24:42,104 I had to make a fourth canister, 625 00:24:42,148 --> 00:24:43,647 and I made the wrong billet, 626 00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:46,025 so I did not have all the steel involved in my knife. 627 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:48,152 - You decided to start again with a new can 628 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:50,029 on the assumption that the one that failed you 629 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:51,655 was 52100 ball bearings. 630 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:55,493 What I found was the outline of a railroad spike, 631 00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:57,328 which means that your knife 632 00:24:57,413 --> 00:24:59,663 doesn't have any railroad spike in it at all. 633 00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:01,999 - This time if I miss parameters, 634 00:25:02,043 --> 00:25:05,753 I'm going to lose my ever-loving mind. 635 00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:08,172 - Well, sam, jason, welcome back to the forge, guys. 636 00:25:08,216 --> 00:25:09,715 It's great to have you here. 637 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,675 The two of you are about to take part in a very uniqe 638 00:25:11,761 --> 00:25:13,677 "forged in fire" competition. 639 00:25:13,721 --> 00:25:16,847 We're calling this the second chance tournamen. 640 00:25:16,933 --> 00:25:18,641 In your first competition in the forge, 641 00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:21,602 you did not have the chance of getting your weapons tested, 642 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:25,523 so you will be both taking part in our untested duel. 643 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,233 Now, the way this is gonna work 644 00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:29,026 is you guys will go head-to-head 645 00:25:29,111 --> 00:25:31,862 in five straight hours of forging competition. 646 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:33,656 Then you will present them to our judges, 647 00:25:33,741 --> 00:25:35,658 who will finally put them to the test. 648 00:25:35,743 --> 00:25:38,619 These men are the ones who are gonna decide which one of you 649 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:40,704 is gonna come out on top in this duel 650 00:25:40,790 --> 00:25:43,916 and get a check for $2,000, but better than that, 651 00:25:44,001 --> 00:25:47,002 whoever wins this round solidifies themselves a seat 652 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:48,879 in the finals of the tournament, 653 00:25:48,923 --> 00:25:51,090 where you will be competing for that coveted title 654 00:25:51,175 --> 00:25:53,551 of "forged in fire" champion. 655 00:25:53,594 --> 00:25:55,719 I'm sure you guys are eager to get into it, 656 00:25:55,763 --> 00:25:57,513 so on your anvils you have a cloth. 657 00:25:57,557 --> 00:26:00,391 Go ahead and remove those for me. 658 00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:02,059 Gentlemen, what you guys have there 659 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:04,061 is a 6-inch bar of round stock. 660 00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:06,772 It is w1 high carbon steel. 661 00:26:06,857 --> 00:26:11,902 - I look down, and I see this massive chunk of w1 steel. 662 00:26:11,946 --> 00:26:16,574 I know nothing about this steel other than it's tough as nails. 663 00:26:16,617 --> 00:26:18,242 - Now, gentlemen, when you guys were last here, 664 00:26:18,286 --> 00:26:20,244 your blades did not have a chance to be tested, 665 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:22,413 so we figured why not bring a blade out 666 00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:25,916 from the "forged in fire" vault that also has not been tested? 667 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,252 Today I want you guys to build this. 668 00:26:28,296 --> 00:26:34,174 ♪ ♪ 669 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:34,758 ♪ ♪ 670 00:26:34,844 --> 00:26:36,093 the haladie. 671 00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:38,178 [both laugh] 672 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,973 - featured in season three of "forged in fire," 673 00:26:41,058 --> 00:26:43,601 the haladie is an iconic double-sided, 674 00:26:43,644 --> 00:26:47,396 double-recurve weapon originating in ancient india. 675 00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:49,565 Used by the fierce rajput warriors, 676 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,275 this dangerous weapon 677 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:54,111 contains four sharp edges used to deliver slashes and thrusts 678 00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:56,614 against an enemy in close-quarter combat. 679 00:26:56,699 --> 00:27:00,117 Ultimately, this unique weapon was unable to be fully tested 680 00:27:00,202 --> 00:27:01,619 due to one smith's failure 681 00:27:01,704 --> 00:27:05,122 to put the required recurve into his blades. 682 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:07,916 - Your haladies will have to have dual recurve blades 683 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,753 that measure between 9 and 11 inches. 684 00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:13,797 All four sides need to be sharpened and have a handle. 685 00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:16,175 - Dear god, what am I walking into? 686 00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:20,012 I'm not 100% certain how to get from this 687 00:27:20,097 --> 00:27:22,264 chunk of steel 688 00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:24,058 to that thing up front. 689 00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,477 - Now, guys, this was a round three weapon 690 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:28,937 that was built in five days. 691 00:27:29,023 --> 00:27:30,564 You only have five hours. 692 00:27:30,650 --> 00:27:33,567 That is building your blades, quenching them, hardening the, 693 00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:35,277 tempering, adding your handles, 694 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,154 and getting them ready for testing. 695 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:38,739 This is your second chance, 696 00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:40,991 and because you didn't get your blades tested before, 697 00:27:41,077 --> 00:27:42,701 we're gonna put them through a keal test 698 00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:44,453 with a ballistics dummy, 699 00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,664 and then we'll be testing for strength and durability 700 00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:48,499 on an armored man. 701 00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:50,834 So good luck, and let the duel begin. 702 00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:53,754 ♪ ♪ 703 00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:56,173 the haladie, so what's the history about the haladie? 704 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:57,925 - It's an indian weapon, 705 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:01,637 more of a ritualistic combat blade than a battlefield blade. 706 00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:03,722 - It's a pretty difficult weapon 707 00:28:03,808 --> 00:28:05,182 'cause those two blades need to be symmetrical. 708 00:28:05,226 --> 00:28:06,558 - Yeah. 709 00:28:06,644 --> 00:28:07,976 A lot of aspects to a blade like this that you really 710 00:28:08,062 --> 00:28:11,355 have to focus on that is incredibly important. 711 00:28:11,399 --> 00:28:13,732 ♪ ♪ 712 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:17,861 - I have never made any sort of a two-sided blade, 713 00:28:17,947 --> 00:28:19,905 but I do new things all the time, 714 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:22,658 so I do feel ready for this challenge, 715 00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:24,201 but last time... [clicks tongue] 716 00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:25,494 I felt ready too. 717 00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:26,662 - Jason's last time in the forge, 718 00:28:26,706 --> 00:28:28,330 he missed a parameter. 719 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:30,916 He needs to get it down to the t. 720 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:35,379 - I have a feeling my ruler is going to be overused today 721 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:38,298 because I am not gonna miss a parameter if I can help it. 722 00:28:38,384 --> 00:28:41,218 Looks simple at a glance. It's just two pointy ends, 723 00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:42,553 but there's a lot of stuff in the middle 724 00:28:42,596 --> 00:28:44,221 I have to pay attention to. 725 00:28:44,265 --> 00:28:46,849 This great big behemoth has to soak for a while, 726 00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:48,475 so I'm just trying to look at this 727 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:51,812 and to set myself up for the next step. 728 00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,772 ♪ ♪ 729 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:55,566 - taking forever. 730 00:28:55,609 --> 00:28:57,568 - Yeah, it's not a small chunk, is it? 731 00:28:57,611 --> 00:28:59,737 - This is a 6-inch piece of w1. 732 00:28:59,780 --> 00:29:01,905 They gotta have it in that forge for quite a long time. 733 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:03,031 - Yeah. 734 00:29:03,117 --> 00:29:04,408 - Just because the outside is red 735 00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:06,994 doesn't mean the inside of that is hot. 736 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:08,620 - I'm excited to be at the second chance tournament, 737 00:29:08,706 --> 00:29:10,539 but it's a lot of work for five hours. 738 00:29:10,624 --> 00:29:13,709 My biggest concern is time. It's a lot of material to move. 739 00:29:13,794 --> 00:29:15,252 We're essentially building two blades 740 00:29:15,296 --> 00:29:17,755 attached on the same handle. 741 00:29:17,798 --> 00:29:19,381 Last time I was here, I wasn't able to finish, 742 00:29:19,467 --> 00:29:21,425 so time management is everything. 743 00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:24,219 Game plan is to take the billet and stretch it out 744 00:29:24,305 --> 00:29:27,055 as fast as I can so I can move on to shaping this blade 745 00:29:27,141 --> 00:29:29,433 and finally see my blade tested. 746 00:29:29,477 --> 00:29:31,602 [exhales] let's do this. 747 00:29:31,645 --> 00:29:34,104 ♪ ♪ 748 00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:35,689 this is a new experience, 749 00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:38,275 making a double-ended blade as elaborate or exotic as this, 750 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,736 so it's gonna be fun taking all my skill set 751 00:29:40,821 --> 00:29:42,446 and making it happen. 752 00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:45,449 - Jason just pulled out what looks like a steel rose. 753 00:29:45,493 --> 00:29:46,950 - Maybe a little luck item. 754 00:29:46,994 --> 00:29:48,786 - I started making these roses a while back, 755 00:29:48,829 --> 00:29:51,747 and my wife really decided she liked the looks of the, 756 00:29:51,832 --> 00:29:53,248 so I made one for her. 757 00:29:53,334 --> 00:29:54,666 I brought this rose to remind me 758 00:29:54,752 --> 00:29:56,919 of my wife and family while I'm gone. 759 00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:58,212 ♪ ♪ 760 00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:00,297 - jason's just over there measuring the step 761 00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:03,091 and the horn of the anvil to use that as a length guide. 762 00:30:03,177 --> 00:30:05,010 - I do not want to miss parameters. 763 00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:07,846 Each blade needs to be between 9 and 11 inches. 764 00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:09,681 I'm gonna shoot for 10 inches. 765 00:30:09,767 --> 00:30:12,768 It's kinda like blade algebra. 766 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:15,312 - Don't make your blade too long, my friend. 767 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:17,064 [laughs] - yeah. 768 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,817 Oh, man. 769 00:30:19,902 --> 00:30:21,652 I've finally got this thing to the size 770 00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:23,278 that I think is gonna work, 771 00:30:23,364 --> 00:30:24,822 so what I'm gonna do is go ahead 772 00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:27,282 and try and get the tips in and make certain 773 00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:29,451 I have enough material in the middle 774 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:31,995 to have a grab-able handle. 775 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:33,956 - Bladesmiths, there's an hour off the clock! 776 00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:37,334 You guys only have four hours left to complete your blades! 777 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:38,794 ♪ ♪ 778 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:40,337 - I'm choosing to build this blade 779 00:30:40,381 --> 00:30:43,382 in one homogenous piece from the solid billet, 780 00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:45,717 and the reason being is homogenous steel 781 00:30:45,803 --> 00:30:47,928 is always stronger. 782 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:50,597 - Theoretically, it would be stronger to have one piece 783 00:30:50,683 --> 00:30:53,058 just in case there is something wrong with the weld 784 00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:54,226 or something like that. 785 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:56,478 It could potentially come apart. 786 00:30:56,564 --> 00:30:58,146 - Right now, as the blade's taking shape, 787 00:30:58,232 --> 00:31:00,065 I'm getting to the point where I'm looking forward 788 00:31:00,150 --> 00:31:02,693 to the most, which is putting the recurves into the blades. 789 00:31:02,736 --> 00:31:04,778 I get the blade on the anvil. I'm loving it. 790 00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:06,363 - Designing that properly 791 00:31:06,407 --> 00:31:07,739 is what's gonna take up most of their time. 792 00:31:07,825 --> 00:31:09,575 - Oh, because of all the curves in it. 793 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:12,828 - That's one of the big things, that recurve aspect, 794 00:31:12,913 --> 00:31:14,663 because that was the parameter failure 795 00:31:14,748 --> 00:31:17,040 the last time we had the haladie on the floor. 796 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:20,002 - Your blade does not have that s-shape recurve 797 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:21,837 that we're looking for. 798 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:24,214 We cannot move on to test your blade. 799 00:31:24,258 --> 00:31:27,801 ♪ ♪ 800 00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:29,428 - now, this is the hardest part- 801 00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:33,682 getting two crooked angles to be in the same plane. 802 00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:35,017 - Are you looking at that clock? 803 00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:36,351 - I keep turning my head. 804 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:37,895 I got a crick. Oh. 805 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:40,439 Serious business, that clock. 806 00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:42,065 - You know, I wonder what the mindset is 807 00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:43,734 going through our competitors. 808 00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:45,736 With sam, it was a failure to finish, 809 00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:47,446 and now he's looking up at that clock, 810 00:31:47,531 --> 00:31:50,407 whereas jason, he missed parameters. 811 00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:52,409 - Jason just keeps going back to his anvil, 812 00:31:52,494 --> 00:31:54,953 taking the measuring tape out. - Yeah, my issue is, though, 813 00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:56,580 that we still don't have tempering. 814 00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:58,582 We still don't have handles. 815 00:31:58,626 --> 00:32:00,208 We still don't have a finished shape of that blade. 816 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,878 - I'm feeling like I don't have as much time 817 00:32:02,963 --> 00:32:04,421 as I would like right now. 818 00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:06,882 I've gotta get the recurve pieces put in there. 819 00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:08,550 I've got quite a long way to go, 820 00:32:08,636 --> 00:32:10,886 and I haven't even touched the grinder yet. 821 00:32:10,971 --> 00:32:12,429 - All right, there we go. 822 00:32:12,473 --> 00:32:15,599 Jason's over on the horn putting in his recurve. 823 00:32:15,643 --> 00:32:18,185 It's crazy how fast you can put the curve in there. 824 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,437 - The curve's the easy part, putting it in. 825 00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:24,232 Matching it exactly on the other side's the tricky part. 826 00:32:24,318 --> 00:32:26,568 - I've never made anything with two recurve blades 827 00:32:26,654 --> 00:32:28,111 going opposite directions. 828 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:30,364 - They have to be identical. 829 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,282 - How would you go about trying to match them? 830 00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:34,785 - Do the first one, then get a soapstone 831 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:36,912 and mark that on the face of the anvil, 832 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:39,706 and just keep checking it to make sure it matches up. 833 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:41,959 - Right now I have no idea where I stand on time. 834 00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:45,128 Right now I'm on god's good graces. 835 00:32:45,214 --> 00:32:48,966 - Two hours and 30 minutes remain on the clock! 836 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:50,300 - Sam's going for a quench. 837 00:32:50,344 --> 00:32:52,511 ♪ ♪ 838 00:32:52,596 --> 00:32:54,471 - I can't wait to see them test them. 839 00:32:54,515 --> 00:32:55,681 - [laughs] - that's what I wanna see. 840 00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:57,391 - Isn't that what we're all watching for? 841 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,476 - I want dave and doug to beat the hell out of them. 842 00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:01,561 - [laughs] 843 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,647 - it's a little tricky quenching this long blade 844 00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:04,982 because I had to do a little gymnastics 845 00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:07,609 to get both tips in there. 846 00:33:07,653 --> 00:33:09,152 [bleep]. 847 00:33:09,196 --> 00:33:11,822 ♪ ♪ 848 00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:13,949 but I think I've accomplished a hardness. 849 00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:17,160 I'm gonna put it in the tempering oven. 850 00:33:17,204 --> 00:33:19,162 What makes this challenge so interesting 851 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,831 is we get to actually temper ourselves. 852 00:33:20,916 --> 00:33:22,499 We have to do it in our time limits. 853 00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:24,751 - Explain the tempering process to me. 854 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:27,170 - It'll relax all the strain in that blade. 855 00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:29,172 So it'll go from being brittle 856 00:33:29,258 --> 00:33:32,134 to being more of a spring or malleable quality. 857 00:33:32,219 --> 00:33:33,844 - I put my blade in the tempering oven. 858 00:33:33,887 --> 00:33:35,303 It's gonna be sitting there for a while, 859 00:33:35,389 --> 00:33:36,847 so I'm gonna head over to the pantry 860 00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:38,306 and find some good handle material. 861 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:39,725 I don't really know what I wanna do. 862 00:33:39,810 --> 00:33:41,852 [blows raspberry] 863 00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:44,980 - you guys have two hours left in your five-hour challenge. 864 00:33:45,024 --> 00:33:46,940 - Jason's doing his magnetic test. 865 00:33:47,026 --> 00:33:49,234 ♪ ♪ 866 00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:51,611 there he goes. 867 00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,697 - Everything looks pretty straight and true. 868 00:33:53,741 --> 00:33:57,159 I've got a hardened blade that should meet parameters. 869 00:33:57,244 --> 00:33:59,161 Now I'm gonna start tempering the blade. 870 00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,705 - These guys have been neck and neck. 871 00:34:01,749 --> 00:34:03,707 I mean, one'll come ahead a little bit, 872 00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:06,084 but now both the guys have their blades shaped, quenched, 873 00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:08,045 and in the temper oven. 874 00:34:08,130 --> 00:34:10,172 - I'm looking at the clock, and it's winding down, 875 00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:12,215 and I really gotta start this handle. 876 00:34:12,259 --> 00:34:15,969 ♪ ♪ 877 00:34:16,055 --> 00:34:17,596 I start cutting it. It's a nightmare. 878 00:34:17,681 --> 00:34:19,389 [bleep]. 879 00:34:19,433 --> 00:34:21,183 - Well, now sam was just shaking his head. 880 00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:23,185 - When you wanna cut wood, 881 00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:24,728 you need to let the blade cut it. 882 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:26,063 You can't force it. 883 00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:28,065 If you force it, the blade'll start to deflect. 884 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:29,566 You'll get that wobbly cut. 885 00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:31,276 - I go over to the big porta band, 886 00:34:31,361 --> 00:34:32,903 starting cutting a piece there. 887 00:34:32,988 --> 00:34:34,905 [machine whirring] 888 00:34:34,948 --> 00:34:36,531 - nope. 889 00:34:36,617 --> 00:34:38,533 - This is more chaos. Murphy's law. 890 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,285 I sabotaged two blocks. 891 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:42,412 I ruined that. 892 00:34:42,456 --> 00:34:43,705 Plan b, I- 893 00:34:43,791 --> 00:34:45,248 I should have checked the blade first, 894 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:47,084 and maybe I was pushing too hard. 895 00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:49,878 - There's so many pieces of handle material over there 896 00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:51,254 that are already cut. 897 00:34:51,298 --> 00:34:52,756 - Well, when you get competition in the mix, 898 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:54,299 your head plays tricks on you. 899 00:34:54,384 --> 00:34:55,801 - These small hiccups are starting to add up 900 00:34:55,886 --> 00:34:57,427 and give me a little anxiety. 901 00:34:57,513 --> 00:34:59,429 - Thinking about it is not getting anything built. 902 00:34:59,515 --> 00:35:00,764 - Oh, my god. 903 00:35:00,849 --> 00:35:03,016 - These two smiths are here for a second chance. 904 00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:05,644 Sam didn't make it through because he didn't finish. 905 00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:08,438 I hope history doesn't repeat itself. 906 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:11,525 - This is very much unnerving. I don't know what to do. 907 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:12,943 The last thing I wanna do 908 00:35:12,986 --> 00:35:14,611 is not finish a blade for a second time. 909 00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:19,407 I'm running out of time. 910 00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:20,909 - Sam's having a mental block in what to do. 911 00:35:20,953 --> 00:35:22,744 That's gonna make him fall behind. 912 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:24,746 - Oh. 913 00:35:24,832 --> 00:35:27,290 That was a good piece of wood. It took me a second to find it. 914 00:35:27,376 --> 00:35:29,543 So as the world comes crashing down around me 915 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:31,128 in the handle department, I figured, 916 00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:32,671 "you know what? I'm gonna go nontraditional 917 00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:34,923 and start wrapping it with paracord." 918 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:37,342 paracord handles has been proven okay in the past 919 00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:38,677 on "forged in fire." 920 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:40,220 - I hope he did it in such a way 921 00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:42,264 that it's comfortable in the hand. 922 00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:43,598 It won't move around. 923 00:35:43,684 --> 00:35:45,183 - I'd rather have had a wooden handle, 924 00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:47,227 but cord was the fastest way. 925 00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:48,645 - A hail mary, last-ditch effort 926 00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:49,980 to get something turned in. 927 00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:52,315 - [sighs] lot of handle. 928 00:35:52,359 --> 00:35:55,986 - All right, gentlemen, you guys are down to one hour! 929 00:35:56,029 --> 00:35:57,946 Jason is working on his handle now. 930 00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,489 - With only an hour on the clock, 931 00:35:59,533 --> 00:36:00,907 you got a lot of work to do, 932 00:36:00,993 --> 00:36:03,118 get that handle on there, tidy and glued up, 933 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:05,745 mechanically connected, and shaped. 934 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:08,999 - But I find a piece that looks like it's gonna be big enough. 935 00:36:09,042 --> 00:36:10,625 - Oh, jason's splitting his handle material 936 00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:12,627 down the middle, making two scales now. 937 00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:16,131 Let's see if he gets the wobble like sam did. 938 00:36:16,216 --> 00:36:18,049 - Now I got a pretty clean cut. 939 00:36:18,135 --> 00:36:19,634 I get my epoxy on. 940 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,344 I slap the scales on, 941 00:36:21,388 --> 00:36:24,181 and I start to just try and tap this pin in. 942 00:36:24,224 --> 00:36:27,475 - Mechanical connection on those handles is paramount. 943 00:36:27,561 --> 00:36:30,020 - Mm-hmm. - It is almost a must 944 00:36:30,105 --> 00:36:32,606 because of the things that we do to the blades. 945 00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:34,357 - The way I'm planning on designing this handle 946 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:38,278 is basically try and create something of a dog bone shape 947 00:36:38,363 --> 00:36:42,282 so that there's a stop to keep the hand from sliding. 948 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,700 - I'm going to spend the rest of my time 949 00:36:43,785 --> 00:36:46,578 getting the edge built and profiling my blade. 950 00:36:46,663 --> 00:36:49,706 This haladie needs to have an edge on all four sides, 951 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:53,585 so that just compounds the complexity of the challenge. 952 00:36:53,670 --> 00:36:55,003 There we go. 953 00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,380 My goal is to work on one side at a time 954 00:36:57,424 --> 00:37:00,050 and then go back and make it look pretty afterwards. 955 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:01,259 [exhales] 956 00:37:01,345 --> 00:37:03,720 it is extremely difficult to grind the edges 957 00:37:03,805 --> 00:37:05,555 into these curved blades. 958 00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:08,725 - Bladesmiths, you have ten minutes remaining! 959 00:37:08,769 --> 00:37:11,519 - Oh, no. 960 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:13,897 - We've got two different styles, 961 00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:15,774 but they both have handles. 962 00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:17,567 They're both in sharpening phase. 963 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:20,904 I think these guys are finally gonna get their weapons tested. 964 00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:23,114 - I know I'm gonna be standing at this grinder 965 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,366 for a hot minute. 966 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:27,035 - Not only are you grinding a dagger 967 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,080 that's got four bevels, you're grinding two of them 968 00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:32,082 and then the recurve on top of that. 969 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:33,667 - If I'm thinking back to algebra class, 970 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:36,211 the slope of the line is where you wanna keep it, 971 00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:38,255 so you have to constantly move it, 972 00:37:38,298 --> 00:37:40,423 so it's a lot of tricky grinding to be certain 973 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:43,426 that you end up evenly ground across. 974 00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:47,430 - Watch what jason's doing. Is he sharpening both edges? 975 00:37:47,516 --> 00:37:50,350 - There's definitely a spine on one side. 976 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:51,935 - These are dual daggers. 977 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:54,646 It's not a dagger unless both sides have edges. 978 00:37:54,731 --> 00:37:57,148 This is a real issue. 979 00:37:57,234 --> 00:37:59,776 - I don't know if I'm gonna get this thing finished 980 00:37:59,861 --> 00:38:02,070 to the level I want it or not, 981 00:38:02,155 --> 00:38:04,114 but I'm not gonna stop. 982 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:05,448 Come on, baby. 983 00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:08,076 No matter what, I'm turning something in. 984 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,621 - Jason's grinding to the last second. 985 00:38:11,665 --> 00:38:14,291 Five, four, three, 986 00:38:14,334 --> 00:38:16,084 two, one. 987 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:17,669 Gentlemen, turn off your machines. 988 00:38:17,754 --> 00:38:21,673 Put down your blades. This round is over. 989 00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,508 - I'm pretty proud of my blade. 990 00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:25,135 The blade itself got a little bit thinner 991 00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:26,636 than I had intended, 992 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,805 but I feel like I hit all of our parameters. 993 00:38:28,890 --> 00:38:30,473 We'll see. 994 00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:32,851 - All right, bladesmiths, now, you guys 995 00:38:32,936 --> 00:38:34,978 are in the untested bracket of this tournament. 996 00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:38,440 Well, guess what? It's time to test your blades. 997 00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:40,900 Welcome to the keal test. 998 00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:43,320 To find out what kind of lethal damage your haladies will do, 999 00:38:43,405 --> 00:38:45,405 I will take your weapon and deliver lethal blows 1000 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:47,282 on this ballistics dummy. 1001 00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:48,366 Sam, you're up first. 1002 00:38:48,452 --> 00:38:49,909 You ready for this? - Yes. 1003 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,328 - Let's do this. 1004 00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,413 ♪ ♪ 1005 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:55,665 - whew! I'm pretty anxious. 1006 00:38:55,709 --> 00:38:57,250 I am concerned about my handle, 1007 00:38:57,336 --> 00:38:58,543 but it was the best choice I could make 1008 00:38:58,628 --> 00:38:59,836 with the time I had, 1009 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,504 so I don't know what's gonna happen. 1010 00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:06,468 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:39:06,553 --> 00:39:11,639 ♪ ♪ 1012 00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:25,320 ♪ ♪ 1013 00:39:25,364 --> 00:39:27,447 - [exhales] whew. 1014 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:29,824 - All right, sam, let's talk about your haladie here. 1015 00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:32,827 First up, your handle construction. 1016 00:39:32,913 --> 00:39:34,704 There's so much handle. 1017 00:39:34,748 --> 00:39:36,790 Normally a haladie here has one 1018 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,875 where the hand just marries right into it, 1019 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,920 and you have a guard there so it's easier to wield. 1020 00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:45,632 This is more like a haladie-da. [laughter] 1021 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,217 but you know what? 1022 00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:48,885 The cord wrapping here actually works. 1023 00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:50,804 It gives me a good grip. 1024 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:54,849 Now, the blades that you have here are wicked shar. 1025 00:39:54,935 --> 00:39:59,229 They penetrated very deep into this ballistics dummy. 1026 00:39:59,314 --> 00:40:02,565 Overall, sir, your haladie will keal. 1027 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:04,025 - Thank you. - All right, jason, 1028 00:40:04,111 --> 00:40:05,360 are you ready for this? 1029 00:40:05,404 --> 00:40:07,070 - Yes, I am. - Let's do this. 1030 00:40:07,114 --> 00:40:08,905 ♪ ♪ 1031 00:40:08,949 --> 00:40:11,866 - my biggest concern is in my zealousness 1032 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:13,535 to get this sucker ground down, 1033 00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:14,869 I noticed I've ground it 1034 00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:16,746 thinner than what I'd intended. 1035 00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:18,415 Hopefully the temper is right. 1036 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:20,583 If it's not, it could easily break. 1037 00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:27,590 ♪ ♪ 1038 00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:45,525 - mm-kay. 1039 00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:51,322 ♪ ♪ 1040 00:40:51,408 --> 00:40:54,993 jason, you've built a beautiful blade in five hours. 1041 00:40:55,078 --> 00:40:57,954 It's got two opposing recurves, 1042 00:40:58,039 --> 00:41:01,875 but we asked for double-edged recurve blades. 1043 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,919 Unfortunately, that is a parameter failure. 1044 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,838 We cannot test it evenly and fairly, 1045 00:41:06,923 --> 00:41:09,632 and it will remain untested. 1046 00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:10,967 So for that reason, 1047 00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:12,844 I'm gonna have to ask you to please leave the forge. 1048 00:41:12,929 --> 00:41:14,596 - Thank you. 1049 00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:17,640 It really sucks that I didn't get my blade tested agai. 1050 00:41:17,684 --> 00:41:19,726 I just was so tied up with the measurements 1051 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:23,480 that the second edge was the one that just left my min. 1052 00:41:23,565 --> 00:41:25,148 Yeah, I made a dumb mistake. 1053 00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:27,901 I make those every day of my life, 1054 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:30,695 but I can walk out of here knowing that I did something 1055 00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:33,448 that most people aren't willing to do. 1056 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:34,699 - Sam, congratulations. 1057 00:41:34,784 --> 00:41:36,868 You are the winner of the untested duel. 1058 00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:38,369 - Thank you. 1059 00:41:38,455 --> 00:41:40,497 - You absolutely earned it. 1060 00:41:40,582 --> 00:41:43,374 Now, winning this duel means you get a check for $2,000, 1061 00:41:43,460 --> 00:41:44,667 and you'll be moving forward 1062 00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:46,294 into the final round of the tournament. 1063 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:48,671 You have a shot at an additional $10,000 1064 00:41:48,757 --> 00:41:52,300 and the coveted title of "forged in fire" champion. 1065 00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:53,927 - I'm glad that I've won my duel, 1066 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,345 but winning the duel is just winning the battle. 1067 00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:57,388 It's time to win the war and move on to the finals 1068 00:41:57,474 --> 00:41:58,473 and see how I perform. 1069 00:41:58,517 --> 00:42:00,183 - Well, sam, again, congratulations. 1070 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:01,309 We'll see you in the next leg 1071 00:42:01,394 --> 00:42:02,894 of the second chance tournament. 1072 00:42:02,979 --> 00:42:04,854 - It's time to get my game face on. 1073 00:42:04,898 --> 00:42:09,484 ♪ ♪