1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:01,700 [Jason] Look at the bridge. 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:03,100 [Nakoa] Whoa... 3 00:00:04,670 --> 00:00:06,430 [Nakoa] Are we gonna play here, Papa? 4 00:00:06,430 --> 00:00:07,870 [Jason] Why don't we go ask the director? 5 00:00:07,870 --> 00:00:09,300 -[man] Hey, how are ya? -[Jason] Good. 6 00:00:10,270 --> 00:00:13,000 -[Nakoa laughing] -[Jason laughing] 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,430 [Jason] For two decades now... 8 00:00:15,570 --> 00:00:17,030 I've been a story teller. 9 00:00:19,230 --> 00:00:23,270 This journey as led me to meet incredible artists and craftsmen all over the world. 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,200 Every characters is an opportunity 11 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,870 and a privilege to build a story alongside these artists. 12 00:00:31,870 --> 00:00:35,130 I am going to venture out some of my favorite artists and craftsmen 13 00:00:35,130 --> 00:00:36,600 to discover what inspires them. 14 00:00:37,970 --> 00:00:39,330 I'm going to enlist them 15 00:00:39,330 --> 00:00:42,600 to build custom, one-of-a-kind pieces for stories I'm telling. 16 00:00:44,230 --> 00:00:46,370 ["Wherever I May Roam" playing] 17 00:01:07,370 --> 00:01:10,970 ♪ And the road becomes my bride ♪ 18 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:14,600 ♪ I have stripped of all but pride ♪ 19 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,130 ♪ So in her I do confide ♪ 20 00:01:18,130 --> 00:01:21,530 ♪ Off the beaten path I reign ♪ 21 00:01:22,130 --> 00:01:24,170 ♪ Roamer, wanderer ♪ 22 00:01:24,170 --> 00:01:26,100 ♪ Nomad, vagabond ♪ 23 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:29,370 ♪ Call me what you will ♪ 24 00:01:31,530 --> 00:01:33,700 ♪ Wherever I may roam ♪ 25 00:01:38,570 --> 00:01:41,370 ♪ Wherever I may roam ♪ 26 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,030 ♪ Yeah ♪ 27 00:01:57,530 --> 00:01:58,770 [waves rumbling] 28 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:06,970 [soft music playing] 29 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,270 [Neil] Growing up, I used to always be introduced as 30 00:02:30,270 --> 00:02:33,070 Riki's son and it used to drive me nuts. 31 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:34,630 And I told my dad when I was little 32 00:02:34,630 --> 00:02:38,770 one day nobody will know you except for Neil's dad. 33 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:42,770 I just always had that weird like drive. 34 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,670 [soft music playing] 35 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:51,830 My great-grandfather, 36 00:02:51,830 --> 00:02:56,200 he was the first blacksmith that was shipping his K knives 37 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,470 to other islands to the pineapple plantations to many different places. 38 00:03:00,470 --> 00:03:04,400 And he ended up opening a blacksmith shop in Hilo. 39 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:10,800 It was there like from 1932 to when he died in 1990 40 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,630 he was the last living blacksmith in Hawaii. 41 00:03:17,370 --> 00:03:21,400 And when I was born, they named me Neil Teiji Kamimura 42 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,300 which is after the blacksmith and so I always kinda carried that weight. 43 00:03:38,570 --> 00:03:41,130 This is a... rep. That is the... 44 00:03:41,130 --> 00:03:45,530 replica sign of my great grandfather's original sign in Hilo. 45 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,000 [Jason] Wow. 46 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,970 My buddy had made it for me 47 00:03:48,970 --> 00:03:51,730 off of a photo that was in the newspaper article. 48 00:03:51,730 --> 00:03:54,930 [Jason] Made for first season and second season, 49 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:57,500 made my finale swords. 50 00:03:57,500 --> 00:03:59,570 We turn them into rubbers. 51 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:01,770 And that I going do all the damage that I do, right? 52 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:03,370 [Nakoa] You make the snake skin ones, Uncle? 53 00:04:03,370 --> 00:04:04,330 [Neil] Yeah. 54 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:05,670 That's so cool. 55 00:04:05,670 --> 00:04:07,930 [Neil] That's my prized possession. 56 00:04:07,930 --> 00:04:09,800 I can make real knives. I can't make this. 57 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,730 [both laughing] 58 00:04:11,730 --> 00:04:12,700 Right. I can't, man. 59 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:13,830 [Nakoa] The soft flimsy one? 60 00:04:13,830 --> 00:04:15,830 -No, I can't make that. -[Jason] I can't make that. 61 00:04:15,830 --> 00:04:20,970 Jason DM me through Instagram and asked me I could make a sword in 48 hours 62 00:04:20,970 --> 00:04:24,070 and bring it up on Mauna Kea. And I did it. 63 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:26,530 I needed something very quick. 64 00:04:26,530 --> 00:04:29,830 And I put it out there to him. It was like the total Hail Mary. 65 00:04:29,830 --> 00:04:34,970 Like I need this knife now. It needs to look like this. Can you pull it off? 66 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:36,830 And this guy just like, you know, I don't know, 67 00:04:36,830 --> 00:04:38,630 48 hours bangs this thing out. 68 00:04:38,630 --> 00:04:42,130 Shows up on Mauna Kea with it. I'm like "It's perfect." And it's what I use in a, 69 00:04:42,130 --> 00:04:43,600 in See for the finale. 70 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,970 It was a beautiful thing and through that I just kinda like try to have friends, 71 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:53,870 each character I play, I just move to another artist. 72 00:04:53,870 --> 00:04:55,930 And we uh, build stuff together. 73 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,770 [upbeat music playing] 74 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:28,000 When we start a movie, 75 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,230 you know I'll have wardrobe department, the props department 76 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:33,870 and you get to see these best of the best. 77 00:05:36,070 --> 00:05:40,200 I love that. It's my favorite department. That and props I love. 78 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,530 Finding these unique pieces helps me form a character. 79 00:05:43,530 --> 00:05:45,870 And I love that process. 80 00:05:45,870 --> 00:05:49,800 But it is even more meaningful to have them handcrafted by some of my closest friends. 81 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:05,670 [whirring] 82 00:06:24,470 --> 00:06:27,370 Neil and I both have multi-generational roots in Hawaii. 83 00:06:27,370 --> 00:06:30,400 And that definitely influences our eye and the way we look at art. 84 00:06:31,630 --> 00:06:35,370 Being born in Hawaii and raised in Iowa, I definitely 85 00:06:35,370 --> 00:06:37,770 most of life wanted to get back to Hawaii, 86 00:06:37,770 --> 00:06:39,600 even though I have strong foundation in Iowa. 87 00:06:42,770 --> 00:06:45,800 I feel like if you're rooted in like craftsmanship in the first place, 88 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,130 your grandparents, your grandpa and your uncles 89 00:06:48,130 --> 00:06:50,430 and they're all like work with their hands. 90 00:06:52,170 --> 00:06:57,400 You know my mother's so heavy into antiques and photography 91 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,900 and all my uncles and my grandfather are musicians. 92 00:07:03,370 --> 00:07:06,670 The things that I ended up liking kind of got me out of my own path. 93 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,400 Climbing and skateboarding all these things kinda gave birth 94 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,370 to you know, me always constantly me being wanting to get out 95 00:07:16,370 --> 00:07:18,400 and journey to different places, so um... 96 00:07:19,030 --> 00:07:20,500 Hence the name On the Roam. 97 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,000 ["Goin' Out West" playing] 98 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:32,400 ♪ I'm going out west where the wind blows tall ♪ 99 00:07:36,070 --> 00:07:39,770 ♪ 'Cause Tony Franciosa used to date my ma ♪ 100 00:07:48,230 --> 00:07:49,870 -[Jason] How's it going, dude? -Welcome to Texas. 101 00:07:49,870 --> 00:07:51,000 [Jason] All right. 102 00:07:53,170 --> 00:07:57,030 -My Man! Holy shit! -How many fucking years does it take to see you again? 103 00:07:57,030 --> 00:07:58,470 [both laughing] 104 00:07:58,470 --> 00:08:01,370 [Jason] Along my journey to build these custom pieces, 105 00:08:01,370 --> 00:08:04,370 I went to Texas to see my friend Richard Baggett. 106 00:08:04,370 --> 00:08:07,230 An extremely skilled knife and jewelry maker. 107 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:09,700 Yeah! 108 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:13,430 I want to soak in as much as I can from him about his process 109 00:08:13,430 --> 00:08:15,430 and where he finds his inspiration. 110 00:08:15,430 --> 00:08:17,630 Oh, the sun is just gonna set right here, bro? 111 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:19,970 -It sets right here, doesn't it? -[Richard] Yeah. 112 00:08:19,970 --> 00:08:22,000 Wow, man. It's beautiful. 113 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,070 [Richard] And this all inspired by Navajo jewelry. 114 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:26,270 But I'm not a Navajo nor would I ever claim 115 00:08:26,270 --> 00:08:27,870 -my jewelry is Navajo. -[Jason] Yeah. 116 00:08:27,870 --> 00:08:29,700 [Richard] I just try to put the Old West 117 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:31,830 sort of mountain-man feel on everything. 118 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:33,570 Brah, that's beautiful. 119 00:08:33,570 --> 00:08:34,800 [Richard] This is important. 120 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,600 Tomolo Tomahawk's on the back, and these are from friends, 121 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,970 pieces I've collected. 122 00:08:44,270 --> 00:08:47,630 [Jason] I'm trying to remember how was it that I contacted you? 123 00:08:47,630 --> 00:08:50,300 That was from Chopper Supply Co. 124 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:51,430 [Jason] Yeah. 125 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:54,230 -And I guess you met Kenny and you met Justin. -Yeah. 126 00:08:54,230 --> 00:08:58,170 And somebody said my name. And I get a telephone call. 127 00:08:58,830 --> 00:09:00,500 It was like. "Hey, dude." 128 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:02,500 "Holy shit, what's-up man?" 129 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,870 Can you make something for me? I was like, "Okay." 130 00:09:04,870 --> 00:09:06,800 There are lot of those phone calls and there's probably 131 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,530 a lot of stories about me. 132 00:09:08,530 --> 00:09:11,000 Where you get a phone call going, "Hey, Jason Momoa. 133 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,530 Uh, I really love your stuff. 134 00:09:12,530 --> 00:09:15,970 Could you do this do this do this? But I need it in six hours." 135 00:09:18,130 --> 00:09:20,430 Ever since that first call with Richard, 136 00:09:20,430 --> 00:09:24,130 we've had a creative partnership and a bond between us that's still going strong. 137 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:29,330 These are ones that I've made over the past two years. 138 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:32,130 -Yeah. -I've got as my first year for being sober. 139 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:34,430 -Yeah. -I made this for my two year anniversary. 140 00:09:34,430 --> 00:09:36,900 Oh bro, that's a hand work man. 141 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:40,930 I have so much to learn from him. 142 00:09:40,930 --> 00:09:46,070 He has this incredible wealth of knowledge and he's so enthusiastic about sharing it. 143 00:09:46,070 --> 00:09:48,300 She fought alongside Geronimo 144 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:51,100 she could feel it in her hands where the enemy was. 145 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,030 -Really? -So she's known like a medicine woman too. 146 00:09:54,030 --> 00:09:55,800 -She'd feel it in her hands? -Yeah. 147 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,070 -I'm gonna use that. -Good. 148 00:09:58,070 --> 00:10:01,570 I love all that, cause I love taking that and putting it in the characters man. 149 00:10:01,570 --> 00:10:04,070 [Richard] I still make knives and everything. 150 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:07,200 -Yeah. -But I'm trying to learn some new things. 151 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:08,970 This is my... 152 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,300 Oh, Man! 153 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:11,630 This is my silver studio. 154 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,530 [Jason] Richard and I share that eye for the imperfect. 155 00:10:17,530 --> 00:10:19,970 We just see the things the same way. 156 00:10:19,970 --> 00:10:21,400 And we're drawn to the same style. 157 00:10:26,670 --> 00:10:28,100 [Jason] Yep. 158 00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:43,900 I try to keep a real personal, very personal 159 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:45,170 relationship with the client. 160 00:10:45,170 --> 00:10:49,170 I mean as much as you can being over the internet but... 161 00:10:49,170 --> 00:10:51,200 Uh, so they feel like they're really investing in 162 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:52,770 something I really cared about. 163 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:54,800 And I had them in mind while I was making it. 164 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,100 And I can't tell you how much that means to somebody. 165 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,370 [Jason] Just watching him slowly form a stone or scrap of metal 166 00:11:08,370 --> 00:11:10,530 into some beautiful piece only he could have made. 167 00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:18,530 There you go. 168 00:11:18,530 --> 00:11:21,230 [Jason] My mom really really collects a lot of old antiques 169 00:11:21,230 --> 00:11:24,500 and she used to take me antiquing and I would be like, "Uh, that's annoying!" 170 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,130 Then I started to see like these whole vintage bell jars 171 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:29,070 and I'd see these old vintage spoon 172 00:11:29,070 --> 00:11:33,870 and I just like, it's been so read into me to uh see these things 173 00:11:33,870 --> 00:11:37,030 and see the patina and what it's been through 174 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,870 you know, nature's effects 175 00:11:38,870 --> 00:11:42,500 on man-made things it was very instilled into me at a young age. 176 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,830 [Richard] All that black, hopefully it'll weather in really nice. 177 00:11:44,830 --> 00:11:47,300 -It just looks like its been around for a while. -Right? 178 00:11:48,570 --> 00:11:51,070 And that's why, I get a kick out for that. 179 00:11:51,070 --> 00:11:53,830 It's beautiful. Look at that, aw! 180 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:57,430 [Richard] And you know what? To be honest with you, 181 00:11:57,430 --> 00:12:02,600 being involved with you and doing stuff. It has affected my art, 182 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,300 because I didn't realize that I liked the way you 183 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:09,900 liked things that were beat up and I didn't realize that. 184 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:13,770 That that's okay that everything that I thought was cool and rustic and 185 00:12:13,770 --> 00:12:18,170 is loved by other people. Which gives me even more 186 00:12:18,170 --> 00:12:21,170 you know fuel to keep doing things the way I do 'em. 187 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:30,400 I discovered Wabi-Sabi, it's a Japanese philosophy of like 188 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,400 imperfection, perfection and what is the definition of perfection is that you know, 189 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,170 spring in it's blossoming is it the perfect flower in summer. 190 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:44,570 And so when I look at something that's a wallet or a pair of pants or something 191 00:12:44,570 --> 00:12:48,930 there's just this style that you just go and I don't know I just had it. 192 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:58,100 As long as I keep my eyes open and look at all the overlooked details of life 193 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,570 I just see so many gorgeous things and it makes me happy. 194 00:13:02,130 --> 00:13:04,630 The thing is really uh, I give a lot of credit to my mother 195 00:13:04,630 --> 00:13:06,670 and how she saw the world. 196 00:13:09,530 --> 00:13:12,230 I kind of now have become this 197 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:15,900 you know, appreciate all these things and then can use it to make my art. 198 00:13:19,370 --> 00:13:21,800 [Richard] There are artists that you've worked with 199 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,070 -and then we all get to know each other. -Yeah. 200 00:13:24,070 --> 00:13:26,930 You know, we kind a build this bond and a support system 201 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:30,470 for each other and we're always there and it makes... 202 00:13:30,470 --> 00:13:34,630 It makes it so enjoyable to know that there's a community. 203 00:13:39,330 --> 00:13:41,270 The things that I do, whether it is a painting, 204 00:13:41,270 --> 00:13:43,470 like a set of jewelry or metal or whatever, 205 00:13:43,470 --> 00:13:46,000 is that I try to bring my own 206 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,400 art, my own style to it. So when you look at it, 207 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,430 -"Okay, that is Richard Baggett." -That's true. 208 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:53,370 You know what I mean? And it may not be the best or the most beautiful, 209 00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:55,430 but by God, it's something I made 210 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:58,330 with everything that's in me, at the best of my ability 211 00:13:58,330 --> 00:14:00,130 -at the time you got it from me. -Yeah. 212 00:14:00,130 --> 00:14:02,700 So every piece is a piece of my journey. 213 00:14:03,170 --> 00:14:05,030 [soft music playing] 214 00:14:14,830 --> 00:14:16,770 [Jason] Richard and I have collaborated on weapons for 215 00:14:16,770 --> 00:14:18,870 previous shows and movies. 216 00:14:18,870 --> 00:14:21,700 But I really wanted to task him with building something unique 217 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:24,200 for Baba Voss of my series See. 218 00:14:26,570 --> 00:14:30,600 So I made tons of weapons on Frontier. 219 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,770 So right now I'm making ones for-- so I have these wolverine claws on See. 220 00:14:34,770 --> 00:14:40,230 They went out, but that looks so rad he had a big bundle of elk tines and deer tines. 221 00:14:40,230 --> 00:14:42,470 So I'm making some right now, look at that. 222 00:14:42,470 --> 00:14:45,400 Put a big knife right there, [grunts] like that. 223 00:14:46,770 --> 00:14:47,830 So I'm just gonna-- 224 00:14:47,830 --> 00:14:51,470 [laughing] You scare the shit out of me with that. 225 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:10,400 [indistinct chatter] 226 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,300 One right there. 227 00:15:16,070 --> 00:15:17,630 Hooked in. 228 00:15:19,170 --> 00:15:20,530 -Nice, huh? -Yeah. 229 00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:22,700 [Richard laughing] 230 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:23,870 You know what I'm saying? 231 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,800 [Judicael] 232 00:16:01,870 --> 00:16:04,400 One incredible thing that I've noticed, 233 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,130 is that I have the natural ability to feel it, 234 00:16:08,770 --> 00:16:10,000 without calculating it. 235 00:16:14,330 --> 00:16:18,500 This is how it starts, I usually have a flash vision of it. 236 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:20,930 It comes in my mind, like a flash. 237 00:16:20,930 --> 00:16:23,630 Like, if somebody puts a photo and remove it. 238 00:16:23,630 --> 00:16:27,830 So I see it, I'm like, "Oh." And I try to hang on to that vision. 239 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:35,670 His art is like nothing I've ever seen before. 240 00:16:35,670 --> 00:16:39,200 I don't know, when I'm doing something, like, I don't have that sense of perfection. 241 00:16:40,470 --> 00:16:42,830 His is perfect and meticulous. 242 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:15,170 [Jason] As an actor, it's my job to study different, you know, 243 00:17:15,170 --> 00:17:18,430 behaviors and how people are, I think Judicael 244 00:17:18,430 --> 00:17:21,170 is a, he's a very, very interesting character. 245 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:29,600 He's a visionary. I don't have that kind of artistry in my DNA. 246 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,630 It's just such a fine-- He's a fine painter. 247 00:17:32,630 --> 00:17:36,100 He's working with like the most precious stones and jewels. 248 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:39,330 You know, if he, if he makes one, that imperfection, 249 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:41,030 it's gonna crack and fall apart. 250 00:17:42,870 --> 00:17:46,000 [Judicael] The gemstone is like the cherry on the cake. 251 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,430 It's like, this is what's gonna make it, 252 00:17:48,430 --> 00:17:50,730 you know and there's some frequency and energies. 253 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:55,500 Sometime it's the smell, it's the texture, the color. 254 00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:00,970 [Jason] I am such a fan of Judicael's art. 255 00:18:02,430 --> 00:18:05,130 I wanted to collaborate with him on some jewelry ideas I have 256 00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:06,630 for a character I'm developing. 257 00:18:10,370 --> 00:18:11,830 [Judicael] Jason. 258 00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:15,000 -[indistinct chatter] -Oh, look at that. 259 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,700 Yeah, welcome to my den. 260 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,930 [soft music playing] 261 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:28,970 When Jason got in touch with me, 262 00:18:28,970 --> 00:18:31,670 I guess that was when he was filming Justice League, 263 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:35,400 and he is representing Aqua Man which is 264 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,730 the King of Atlantis, right? 265 00:18:37,730 --> 00:18:40,030 And which is very interesting because 266 00:18:40,030 --> 00:18:41,700 those skulls I was making 267 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:46,900 and the skull that he got actually was the name of an ancient King of Atlantis. 268 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:51,830 And so, without knowing uh, all of them made sense. 269 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:53,570 [Jason] I think there's a big inspiration when I first saw 270 00:18:53,570 --> 00:18:59,000 one of his pieces and it was a very much an ode to Atlantean kings. 271 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,430 And I was like, "Wow, it would be really cool, this is so beautiful, we make this." 272 00:19:02,430 --> 00:19:05,270 I wanted to make a Greenstone 273 00:19:05,270 --> 00:19:07,900 a pounamu so we needed to get the proper material, and so-- 274 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:11,830 We then decided to make it out of pounamu which is Jade that came from down here 275 00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:13,670 in Aotearoa. 276 00:19:13,670 --> 00:19:15,900 It's really one of a kind, 277 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:17,530 to be able to have that. 278 00:19:17,530 --> 00:19:20,100 And obviously, I brought these to Aqua Man and kinda going like, 279 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:21,930 "Oh, this would be amazing for Aqua Man, right?" 280 00:19:21,930 --> 00:19:25,070 And the great thing is I get to build these characters, 281 00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:27,730 build these characters and find these different little things. 282 00:19:27,730 --> 00:19:31,130 -Each different guy, so it leads me to Fast X... -Yeah. 283 00:19:31,130 --> 00:19:35,800 Where I am a very flamboyant villain who's 284 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,270 extremely dangerous and patient. 285 00:19:38,270 --> 00:19:40,870 I wanted this character to be very... 286 00:19:40,870 --> 00:19:42,430 he had everything taken away from him. 287 00:19:42,430 --> 00:19:44,330 He's definitely the devil. 288 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:46,230 And we would just spitball some ideas. 289 00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:51,700 It would be nice to have something that just 290 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:53,570 -I'm planning on having my shirt open... -Yeah. 291 00:19:53,570 --> 00:19:57,270 Very much like a rosary in a way, but it ain't a rosary, 292 00:19:57,270 --> 00:20:01,370 It's an opposite version. So maybe if it's, maybe put the little bone. 293 00:20:01,370 --> 00:20:04,470 I love it. This is also I love building these character, 294 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,900 I'm like, "Oh, this is gonna help me with this and this is gonna help me with that." 295 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:11,770 It's such an honor to be able to highlight your buddies, then to put it on another show 296 00:20:11,770 --> 00:20:15,570 and play a character using their stuff. It's like, 297 00:20:15,570 --> 00:20:19,230 to me it's just I mean, that's the top of the top so. 298 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:24,230 I'm always, I wanna make them proud and they're making me proud. 299 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:38,630 Sitting still for me is brutal. 300 00:20:38,630 --> 00:20:40,770 You know, I'm not very... 301 00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:42,170 I got to be moving. [chuckles] 302 00:20:46,030 --> 00:20:49,570 During this quest, I finally met some new knife makers 303 00:20:49,570 --> 00:20:51,230 that I've been admiring for a while. 304 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:54,030 Terry Shanks and Jason Keen. 305 00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:57,570 I wanna challenge them with a custom knife idea for my show See. 306 00:20:57,570 --> 00:20:59,570 Let me know when I can post it. 307 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:03,300 It's where it all happens, right here. 308 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:08,470 This is an old shitty garage 309 00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:11,330 but I turned it into a knife shop. 310 00:21:11,330 --> 00:21:13,800 It's your knife shop. How long you been here for? 311 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,870 I actually grew up in this house. I inherited it after my folks passed. 312 00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:18,970 -Oh, you grew up here? -Yeah. 313 00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:21,570 -Oh, wow. -My wife and I have been working on it ever since. 314 00:21:23,330 --> 00:21:27,230 [Jason] It was everything I wanted it to be. 315 00:21:27,230 --> 00:21:29,800 What I thought Terry and Jason would be like 316 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,800 and going to Texas and building a knife. 317 00:21:34,030 --> 00:21:36,230 At first, I think everyone was just kinda like, "Who is this?" 318 00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:39,300 I'm very excited to be there, so they're all like, "Hey, relax a little bit." 319 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:41,870 Everyone's from Texas and then, it is kind of... 320 00:21:41,870 --> 00:21:43,670 They get to know me, 321 00:21:43,670 --> 00:21:45,800 and then they just... know it's me. 322 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,030 I'm just excited to be there and hang out with them. 323 00:21:49,930 --> 00:21:52,200 I don't think I've ever seen another craftsman like Terry. 324 00:21:53,370 --> 00:21:56,430 His work is immediately recognizable. 325 00:21:56,430 --> 00:21:59,930 Every single piece that he creates carries its own story. 326 00:21:59,930 --> 00:22:01,170 And you would never guess that it came 327 00:22:01,170 --> 00:22:03,430 from a little small garage in the middle of Texas. 328 00:22:04,970 --> 00:22:07,770 I play so many different characters on shows where I like to build 329 00:22:07,770 --> 00:22:09,570 different things for my characters. 330 00:22:09,570 --> 00:22:11,430 And so I came across you, 331 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:13,370 making brass knuckles. 332 00:22:13,370 --> 00:22:16,330 And I wanted to have that for my character on See. 333 00:22:16,330 --> 00:22:18,000 'Cause I wanted something to... 334 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,770 come from different wars and I wanted to have a trench knife. 335 00:22:20,770 --> 00:22:22,730 He rode down from Wyoming and... 336 00:22:22,730 --> 00:22:24,200 we both had a trench knife idea 337 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,000 we were bouncing back and forth and... 338 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,170 When that thing was finished, one of the first people I thought of... 339 00:22:28,170 --> 00:22:31,070 I was... and I told him. I was like, "You know who's gonna want this thing?" 340 00:22:31,070 --> 00:22:34,230 Then he goes like, "Jason fuckin' Momoa. He's gonna want that." 341 00:22:34,230 --> 00:22:35,870 -Ins... -[Terry] You got... we were eating dinner. 342 00:22:35,870 --> 00:22:37,670 We had just sold it to a preferred client 343 00:22:37,670 --> 00:22:39,870 -all three of us share or whatever. -[Jason] Yeah. Yeah. 344 00:22:39,870 --> 00:22:41,600 And I shit you not. I had just said, 345 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,330 "I can watch right when you sell this, dude." 346 00:22:43,330 --> 00:22:44,770 I'm gonna get a message and I shit you not. 347 00:22:44,770 --> 00:22:46,000 -You sent a message like... -[man] Oh, my God. 348 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,430 -I was like, "Why the hell... -[Terry] Yeah. 349 00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:49,500 ...would you post this and not tell me." 350 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:51,570 Because then I gotta get all your artists together. 351 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:52,800 -[man laughing] -That was the cool thing. 352 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,870 But regardless, whoever got it, lucky you. 353 00:22:55,870 --> 00:22:56,900 I'll find you. 354 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:58,470 -I'm sorry. -[all laughing] 355 00:22:59,230 --> 00:23:01,070 [rock music playing] 356 00:23:32,530 --> 00:23:34,570 [rock music continues playing] 357 00:23:40,970 --> 00:23:42,770 [Jason] It was like being in the furnace. 358 00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:45,400 This is his childhood home. 359 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,130 But it's... all of his buddies were there. 360 00:23:47,130 --> 00:23:48,670 And we're just sweatin' over the forge. 361 00:23:49,870 --> 00:23:52,070 It was very, very surreal. 362 00:23:53,530 --> 00:23:55,430 [rock music continues playing] 363 00:24:28,370 --> 00:24:29,970 [whirring] 364 00:24:35,170 --> 00:24:36,670 [air hissing] 365 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,400 [waves splashing] 366 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:54,930 [Neil] Six years ago, 367 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:56,700 I was dealing... I've been taking care 368 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:58,100 of my mom, uh... 369 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,730 my whole life. You know, since I was 18. 370 00:25:03,270 --> 00:25:06,530 My mom had mental issues and, uh... 371 00:25:06,530 --> 00:25:09,300 she kinda was... losing it a little bit 372 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:12,070 and I had to, like, step away from her. 373 00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:14,600 'Cause I was going through a divorce and... 374 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,300 I had a nine-year-old son, Maddix, at the time. 375 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:20,130 And so, like, it was, uh... 376 00:25:20,130 --> 00:25:22,230 pretty difficult time and, uh, 377 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,130 she ended up, um... 378 00:25:24,130 --> 00:25:25,500 She ended up taking her life. 379 00:25:26,130 --> 00:25:27,670 Uh, she wrote me... 380 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:31,400 a letter. She, uh... 381 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,700 left me a voicemail and, uh, she... 382 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,470 she, uh... was very unhappy with me. 383 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,630 That was, like... 384 00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:56,370 a fork in the road for me. 385 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,070 And at the same time, I... my life was 386 00:26:00,070 --> 00:26:01,400 full of problems, like... 387 00:26:02,570 --> 00:26:04,070 I had... by that point in my life, 388 00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:06,970 I probably tried to kill myself ten times, you know. 389 00:26:13,670 --> 00:26:15,400 Just so happened... 390 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,930 this buddy of mine gave me a forge and... 391 00:26:18,930 --> 00:26:21,200 gave me a anvil and he told me, 392 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,600 he's like, "Dude, you ain't got shit in your life. 393 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,870 Like, you know, you should... 394 00:26:27,770 --> 00:26:29,870 'forge' your problems out." [chuckles] 395 00:26:34,370 --> 00:26:37,030 So I literally put in a piece of leaf spring 396 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:38,900 that I had for my '49 Cadillac 397 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:41,200 and I forged a knife and... 398 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,030 the first hit... 399 00:26:44,170 --> 00:26:45,500 that I took, 400 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,130 like, I knew that this is what I was supposed to do 401 00:26:48,130 --> 00:26:49,470 for the rest of my life. 402 00:26:49,470 --> 00:26:51,530 [guitar music playing] 403 00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,630 [air hissing] 404 00:27:14,170 --> 00:27:15,930 ♪ And it's this contemplation♪ 405 00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:19,100 ♪ That spurs conversation♪ 406 00:27:19,730 --> 00:27:20,830 ♪ With the ceilin'♪ 407 00:27:21,370 --> 00:27:23,870 ♪ I've been talkin' to♪ 408 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,770 ♪ If I keep my hands workin'♪ 409 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,700 ♪ It holds off the hurtin'♪ 410 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:33,370 ♪ For the work♪ 411 00:27:34,530 --> 00:27:36,370 ♪ Is all but true♪ 412 00:27:39,170 --> 00:27:41,430 ♪ But when the day's at a close♪ 413 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,130 ♪ And I'm all alone♪ 414 00:27:44,870 --> 00:27:45,900 ♪ You can guess...♪ 415 00:27:45,900 --> 00:27:46,800 [Neil] Knife making... 416 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:50,930 and bladesmithing just gave me... 417 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:52,600 an identity, 418 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,830 a purpose. 419 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,370 Being recognized for it 420 00:27:56,370 --> 00:27:58,570 allowed me to, like, 421 00:27:58,570 --> 00:28:00,900 actually love myself enough 422 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:02,900 to let good things happen to me. 423 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:07,900 ♪ And I'm howlin'♪ 424 00:28:08,430 --> 00:28:11,100 ♪ Corralling the blues♪ 425 00:28:13,070 --> 00:28:16,200 ♪ I'm howlin', corralling♪ 426 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,700 ♪ The blues♪ 427 00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:20,370 [waves splashing] 428 00:28:21,130 --> 00:28:22,770 [air hissing] 429 00:28:24,330 --> 00:28:25,400 [Jason] All right. [claps] 430 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,300 -Okay. -Make some knives. 431 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:27,970 We're gonna make a first ever 432 00:28:27,970 --> 00:28:30,500 Momoa family knife. 433 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,770 'Cause I've never got to make a knife, 434 00:28:32,770 --> 00:28:34,100 um, with you guys before. 435 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,500 [Neil] And so we need... we're gonna need to hammer 436 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,230 this to a point. 437 00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:42,670 So that it's gonna look like this. 438 00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:44,330 [Jason] Okay. 439 00:28:45,030 --> 00:28:46,100 Him being a family man, 440 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,430 me being a family man, 441 00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:49,230 and having our babies in Hawaii. 442 00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:51,600 And we're doing Chief of War right now. 443 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,970 And I get to bring my kids to his shop. 444 00:28:53,970 --> 00:28:55,770 And both of us hammer on this metal 445 00:28:55,770 --> 00:28:56,830 and make our knife together. 446 00:28:56,830 --> 00:28:58,000 It's something I've always treasured. 447 00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:02,500 [Neil] You wanna be able to pick it up. 448 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:04,800 Then you gonna... gotta come straight up with it. 449 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,100 And you're gonna swing as hard as you know you can accurately hit it. 450 00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:09,970 Because if you miss... 451 00:29:09,970 --> 00:29:12,400 it'll rebound and it will... it will bounce 452 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,830 and it can hit you in the teeth. 453 00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:16,030 It can... whatever. You know what I mean? 454 00:29:16,030 --> 00:29:17,470 Well, what I tell people is, 455 00:29:17,470 --> 00:29:19,530 every knife that you get from me 456 00:29:19,530 --> 00:29:20,630 is a problem... 457 00:29:21,130 --> 00:29:22,700 that I've had in my mind 458 00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:24,400 that I'm getting out. Like... [chuckles] 459 00:29:27,670 --> 00:29:30,670 Knife making takes a throttling 460 00:29:30,670 --> 00:29:32,970 of pressures, right? 461 00:29:32,970 --> 00:29:34,730 So at some point you need 462 00:29:34,730 --> 00:29:37,000 the most abusive force you've ever seen. 463 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,430 Like, you need to actually smash steel with a hammer. 464 00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:48,400 [Jason] To be able to make something together, 465 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:49,770 that's what it's all about. 466 00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:51,300 And my son's very much into knives. 467 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:52,600 But my daughter, she's a... 468 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,000 she's a little toughie too. So it's... 469 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,230 it's fun to watch her just hammerin' away at it. 470 00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:57,500 And just put all our... 471 00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:59,400 our love and... and strength in there. 472 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,170 To have our own family knife is... 473 00:30:02,170 --> 00:30:03,230 it's pretty amazing. 474 00:30:22,530 --> 00:30:26,000 [Neil] And we live in a world right now is where you go 475 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,930 and if you need a kitchen knife, 476 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,370 you buy the cheapest 477 00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:32,570 blue-colored handle or it's, like, 478 00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:35,270 blue for pork, green for vegetables. 479 00:30:35,270 --> 00:30:36,670 You use it and when it gets dull, 480 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:38,930 it was ten bucks so you just lose it. 481 00:30:38,930 --> 00:30:41,400 To buy a... a hand-crafted thing, 482 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,230 you have to love it 483 00:30:43,230 --> 00:30:44,430 and take care of it. 484 00:30:44,430 --> 00:30:47,300 And you have an emotional connection to it. And... 485 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,970 people... sometimes don't have their eyes open to it. 486 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,330 I'm a caveman. I live like I'm in the '50s still. 487 00:30:55,330 --> 00:30:57,030 Like, we still cook dinner 488 00:30:57,030 --> 00:30:59,430 every night, we still live off-grid. 489 00:30:59,430 --> 00:31:00,700 Like, you know, and I want people 490 00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:02,070 to have a little piece of that. 491 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:08,300 [Jason] I... I like things that have, um, 492 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,870 soul within these pieces 493 00:31:09,870 --> 00:31:13,030 that can be handed down to your... to your kids and your grandkids. 494 00:31:13,030 --> 00:31:15,700 And, uh, I hope it inspires people to buy things that, like, 495 00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:18,030 that last a lifetime and... and further. 496 00:31:27,130 --> 00:31:29,070 [engine roaring] 497 00:31:42,570 --> 00:31:45,300 [indistinct clamoring] 498 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:46,630 [Jason] So this is from Richard Baggett. 499 00:31:47,670 --> 00:31:49,530 When we were there, we picked out... 500 00:31:49,970 --> 00:31:50,830 [tearing] 501 00:31:52,370 --> 00:31:54,070 Picked out the antlers that I wanted. 502 00:31:54,070 --> 00:31:56,400 Picked out the style of knife that I wanted. 503 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,700 And finally it's here. I'm gonna do it for See. 504 00:31:59,470 --> 00:32:00,970 And this'll be on the battlefield. 505 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:05,830 [blows raspberry] 506 00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:08,370 [laughing] Oh. 507 00:32:10,330 --> 00:32:11,800 Yeah. 508 00:32:13,030 --> 00:32:14,270 Look at that. 509 00:32:14,270 --> 00:32:16,870 I wanted to have an old butcher knife that was just... 510 00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:18,770 that's perfect. 511 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,770 Richard, I love you. 512 00:32:25,970 --> 00:32:26,870 Bro. 513 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,200 Richard Baggett. Look at that. 514 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:35,300 Ooh. 515 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,370 Oh, man. 516 00:32:40,730 --> 00:32:41,770 [exhales] 517 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:43,900 Terry Shanks. 518 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:46,370 So the knife was... 519 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:48,570 Jason Keen. 520 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,200 Terry Shanks. 521 00:32:54,770 --> 00:32:55,970 That is amazing. 522 00:32:57,430 --> 00:32:59,970 So he engraves these skulls on these brass knuckles. 523 00:33:01,930 --> 00:33:03,600 Just that hand. I mean, just... 524 00:33:05,130 --> 00:33:06,330 Craftsmanship. 525 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,470 I love it. Damn, Terry. 526 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:11,470 [groans] 527 00:33:13,430 --> 00:33:14,600 Whoo! 528 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,030 Look how beautiful that is. 529 00:33:17,030 --> 00:33:19,030 When your friends come together and, 530 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:20,530 you know, do these collaborations 531 00:33:20,530 --> 00:33:24,530 and then I get to be able to put 'em on my show and... 532 00:33:24,530 --> 00:33:26,170 put another art form together with my friends 533 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:28,770 building fight scenes and then, uh... 534 00:33:28,770 --> 00:33:31,030 you know, make something that everyone can... 535 00:33:31,370 --> 00:33:33,030 be proud of. 536 00:33:33,030 --> 00:33:35,370 And unite all these different art forms. So... 537 00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:38,370 Got a couple ideas for this. 538 00:33:38,370 --> 00:33:40,500 Oh, man. They feel so good! 539 00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:49,800 Here we go. 540 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,130 The depths of mind. 541 00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:54,000 Wow. 542 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,870 So this one's from Judicael. 543 00:33:55,870 --> 00:33:58,300 And I wanted to have, like, the Dom's version. 544 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:01,730 Dom's version of the cross... 545 00:34:01,730 --> 00:34:04,070 is the ram and the goat for me. So... 546 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,370 Taking Judicael's work, 547 00:34:06,370 --> 00:34:08,200 showing up not knowing if they're gonna love it and going, like, 548 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,170 "What do you think of this? I had this made, and this." 549 00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:12,970 And they're like, "Where did you get this? Oh, my God. It's amazing." 550 00:34:12,970 --> 00:34:16,430 Lucky to support your friends and it's all hand-made artists. 551 00:34:16,430 --> 00:34:17,830 -You dig it, man? -I love it. 552 00:34:17,830 --> 00:34:19,330 -Yeah? -I love it. 553 00:34:19,330 --> 00:34:21,670 Have you ever met an actor so obsessed with, like, all these little bits? 554 00:34:21,670 --> 00:34:22,630 There's not one out there. 555 00:34:22,630 --> 00:34:23,830 -You're the only one. -I'm a freak. 556 00:34:23,830 --> 00:34:25,470 -It's so weird. -You're a freak. 557 00:34:25,470 --> 00:34:27,170 -Thank you. All right. -[laughing] 558 00:34:27,170 --> 00:34:28,870 [guitar music playing] 559 00:34:42,730 --> 00:34:44,070 [Jason] I love these artists. 560 00:34:44,070 --> 00:34:45,230 I love that they're making it 561 00:34:45,230 --> 00:34:47,470 out in their backyard and I love showing the world 562 00:34:47,470 --> 00:34:48,370 what you can do. 563 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:04,500 Being able to highlight it. 564 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,570 Not only just to see it in the final product 565 00:35:06,570 --> 00:35:08,500 but also put it on a TV show... 566 00:35:09,070 --> 00:35:10,430 take it into battle, 567 00:35:10,430 --> 00:35:12,100 and then have them be stoked by that. 568 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:15,670 There it is. 569 00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:17,830 Jason Keen. Terry Shanks. 570 00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:22,400 [knives swishing] 571 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,130 Jerlamarel! 572 00:35:28,370 --> 00:35:30,170 [Neil] I can makes knives... 573 00:35:30,170 --> 00:35:32,370 You know, I make knives for the richest people in the world 574 00:35:32,370 --> 00:35:33,330 and it's amazing. 575 00:35:33,330 --> 00:35:36,900 And I'm so lucky and fortunate. 576 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,970 But, you are the only one that's put it on the screen. 577 00:35:41,570 --> 00:35:44,330 And so, that's forever. 578 00:35:49,330 --> 00:35:52,000 It's the finale of, uh, my show Chief of War. 579 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000 And, uh, my babies... What did you think? 580 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,300 It was amazing. 581 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:58,530 I get to have my babies here with me. Friends. 582 00:35:58,530 --> 00:36:00,970 Uh, pretty much all my friends are here. And, um... 583 00:36:01,630 --> 00:36:03,300 But while we were here, 584 00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:05,100 I had the opportunity to make... 585 00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:06,300 these beautiful knives and I want to... 586 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:08,470 Uncle finished our knives. 587 00:36:09,470 --> 00:36:10,370 Our... 588 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,700 hand-made Momoa Ohana knives 589 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:15,230 -will be all hammered and done -[Neil] Who wants to pull it out? 590 00:36:16,170 --> 00:36:19,130 -Here's the... -Oh, my God. Bro. 591 00:36:19,130 --> 00:36:20,670 Wait. That's the one we made? 592 00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:22,070 -[Neil] Yeah. -Is that the one we made? 593 00:36:22,070 --> 00:36:22,930 [Neil] Yeah. 594 00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:25,000 -What? -Oh! 595 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,670 [Neil laughing] 596 00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:28,070 [Neil] Every one of these strikes. 597 00:36:28,070 --> 00:36:29,900 I watched you make those strikes. 598 00:36:31,730 --> 00:36:34,230 -[softly] This is so freakin' cool. -Look at that. 599 00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:35,900 "Momoa." 600 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,000 Fifteen years I've been trying to make Chief of War. 601 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,170 Directing it, like, on my weekend. 602 00:36:40,170 --> 00:36:42,930 When I'm not directing, spend time with my kids, we make a knife 603 00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:45,130 and then when it's finished, they bring it down to me. 604 00:36:45,130 --> 00:36:46,500 Like, right when we wrap. 605 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:48,630 It's emotional 'cause there's so many things going on. 606 00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:51,100 To be holding my babies and see it together... 607 00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:52,900 It's there forever. 608 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,900 [Neil] I think a lot of people would fold under the pressure of... 609 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:59,330 Jason Momoa asking you to make a sword in such a short amount of time. 610 00:36:59,330 --> 00:37:02,030 A lot of people will fold and not take it. 611 00:37:02,030 --> 00:37:03,600 Because they don't wanna be rushed. 612 00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:07,670 I take it because... 613 00:37:07,670 --> 00:37:10,100 one, I love the pressure, and two... 614 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,900 like, my sons are watching. 615 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:14,430 That's all I ever remember. 616 00:37:14,870 --> 00:37:15,930 Every day. 617 00:37:17,070 --> 00:37:18,870 Is that my sons are watching. 618 00:37:22,270 --> 00:37:24,270 My relationship and my connection 619 00:37:24,270 --> 00:37:25,870 to my mom now... 620 00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:28,400 is that... I try and think about... 621 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,330 that she's watching me. 622 00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:34,570 And that I don't wanna have it in vain. 623 00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:37,700 And so that's why I always have this picture on my desk. 624 00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:39,400 Because when I hit the wall 625 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,870 and I can't work anymore, 626 00:37:41,870 --> 00:37:43,770 and everything is going wrong, 627 00:37:43,770 --> 00:37:45,570 I push through and I won't leave. 628 00:37:45,570 --> 00:37:47,730 I'll stay here till 2:00 in the morning 629 00:37:47,730 --> 00:37:50,030 to fix what I fucked up. 630 00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:56,200 Now I know... 631 00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,070 that even though things are good, 632 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:01,230 my sons are healthy, I love them. 633 00:38:01,230 --> 00:38:04,070 Worked as one unit. Everything is going good. 634 00:38:04,070 --> 00:38:06,870 I know that I still need to be on guard. 635 00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:08,230 Still need to be pushing. 636 00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:10,800 Still need to be driven and never be complacent. 637 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,200 In life or with raising them. 638 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,330 Or in my career. 639 00:38:19,730 --> 00:38:22,270 [Jason] I think just through life, all the things that kinda 640 00:38:22,270 --> 00:38:24,030 guide us to who we are... 641 00:38:24,030 --> 00:38:27,270 obviously has an affect on what we do with our lives. 642 00:38:27,270 --> 00:38:29,830 Um... some people sink, some people swim. 643 00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:33,370 What Neil has done with his life 644 00:38:33,370 --> 00:38:36,100 and how much it's changed him, he's used it... 645 00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:38,070 Uh, something that's very tragic and used it 646 00:38:38,070 --> 00:38:40,170 in a positive way to... 647 00:38:40,170 --> 00:38:42,570 to then inspire his... not only his kids, but... 648 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:45,970 someone like me, and push forward and, um... 649 00:38:45,970 --> 00:38:47,300 you really see it in his work. 650 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,130 [chuckles] Dude. 651 00:38:50,170 --> 00:38:51,100 [Jason] Gimme some love. 652 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,370 [grunting] 653 00:38:54,370 --> 00:38:55,700 -I love you. -[Neil] Love you. 654 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:58,770 -[air hissing] -[crackling] 655 00:39:01,770 --> 00:39:03,530 [indistinct chatter] 656 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,230 [indistinct shouting] 657 00:39:22,870 --> 00:39:24,370 [Jason] I had a buddy. 658 00:39:24,370 --> 00:39:25,330 And this is why 659 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:27,000 it really, like, solidified everything for me. 660 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,970 You know, when... when, uh... 661 00:39:28,970 --> 00:39:30,100 when the Corona virus hit, 662 00:39:30,970 --> 00:39:32,530 my buddy didn't have any work and just... 663 00:39:32,530 --> 00:39:34,300 he made knives out of his house. 664 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:36,330 And we'd go ride, this little guy's like, 665 00:39:36,330 --> 00:39:38,970 "Bro, I'm, like, losing my house. Losing my family." 666 00:39:38,970 --> 00:39:40,270 -[Richard] I've been there. -Yeah. 667 00:39:40,270 --> 00:39:42,730 And I'm like, "Bro, make me a knife. 668 00:39:42,730 --> 00:39:44,970 I'll... I'll post it. Let's get it out there. 669 00:39:44,970 --> 00:39:47,200 Make one for my kids. Love to buy it." 670 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,830 And so he made 'em and I was just... 671 00:39:48,830 --> 00:39:50,270 Did a little thing. But, he's... 672 00:39:50,270 --> 00:39:51,570 the homie that I just ride with 673 00:39:51,570 --> 00:39:53,330 and he's my buddy. I'm like... 674 00:39:53,330 --> 00:39:55,200 You know, he came to me and he's like... 675 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,300 I like cried, he's like... 676 00:39:56,300 --> 00:39:58,100 -Yeah. -...I have 52 orders. 677 00:40:03,730 --> 00:40:05,600 [Richard] It's been a really cool trip. And... 678 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:06,900 and, uh... 679 00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:08,800 I have to publicly... you know I thanked you 680 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,330 -many times, but you know... -[Jason] Oh, yeah. 681 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,700 ...for someone in your position, 682 00:40:13,130 --> 00:40:14,400 to spotlight, 683 00:40:14,970 --> 00:40:16,600 uh, people like myself, 684 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,830 -you know, musicians, artists, that whole thing... -[Jason] Yeah. 685 00:40:19,830 --> 00:40:22,300 ...uh, is a big deal because we go... 686 00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:24,900 we go our whole lives... you know, not... 687 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:27,630 some of us way more so than others, but... 688 00:40:27,630 --> 00:40:31,300 you want... you wanna have that feeling of "Okay, I've... I've reached people." 689 00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:32,500 -[Jason] Yeah. -You know what I mean? 690 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:35,000 It is great... it's great that anybody loves your work. 691 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,270 If it's just one person, that's beautiful. 692 00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:39,330 But to be able to reach more people... 693 00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:41,770 uh, especially in this day and age you can. 694 00:40:41,770 --> 00:40:43,100 But thank you for... 695 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:44,930 -you know, promoting. -[Jason] Oh, thank you. 696 00:40:47,430 --> 00:40:48,570 I think everyone has passions 697 00:40:48,570 --> 00:40:49,970 and things that they've always wanted to do 698 00:40:49,970 --> 00:40:51,330 and they didn't do them. 699 00:40:51,330 --> 00:40:52,930 Well, there's people out there that can teach you. 700 00:40:52,930 --> 00:40:54,230 Probably in your hometown. 701 00:40:54,230 --> 00:40:57,200 And if you go and... and try something new. 702 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,230 I hope that inspires people because... 703 00:40:59,230 --> 00:41:01,800 I just think having these family heirlooms... 704 00:41:02,230 --> 00:41:03,170 are important. 705 00:41:05,470 --> 00:41:07,830 [Neil] I had a picture of Johnny Cash on my wall. 706 00:41:07,830 --> 00:41:09,930 And everybody thought it was super weird 707 00:41:09,930 --> 00:41:11,900 that some local kid... 708 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:14,600 had a picture of Johnny Cash on his wall. 709 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,270 And so when I started making knives, 710 00:41:17,270 --> 00:41:18,800 I told myself that I wanna be 711 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,430 the Johnny Cash of knife making and everybody's like, 712 00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:22,870 "Whoa, whoa." Like... 713 00:41:22,870 --> 00:41:24,470 "That... that's ambitious." 714 00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:27,130 But Johnny Cash to me, what he represented was... 715 00:41:28,270 --> 00:41:29,230 his songs are simple. 716 00:41:29,230 --> 00:41:31,000 Anybody can pick it up and play it. 717 00:41:32,030 --> 00:41:34,470 But can they replicate it? No. 718 00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:42,870 You have to protect the joy that you have 719 00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:45,330 in your skill set and in your trade. 720 00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:47,900 And I tell people all the time, 721 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:50,970 like, "Money can buy you anything but time." 722 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:58,430 [Jason] I hope it identifies with something in your life 723 00:41:58,430 --> 00:41:59,500 that you gonna go, like, 724 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:01,100 "Well, I'm gonna pick this back up, 725 00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,900 or I'm gonna go do that, or I'm gonna do that thing I've always wanted to do." 726 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,070 'Cause there's too many things I wanna do in this life. 727 00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:08,000 And I'm probably not gonna learn them all. 728 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,200 But I sure as hell can celebrate everyone else that does it. 729 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:12,900 Look at that. 730 00:42:13,630 --> 00:42:14,830 Dream come true. 731 00:42:15,730 --> 00:42:17,230 Every one of these knives... 732 00:42:18,530 --> 00:42:19,800 were made by my friends. 733 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:22,130 This is from Hawaii. 734 00:42:23,330 --> 00:42:24,500 This is from Texas. 735 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:27,370 And these are from Texas. 736 00:42:28,330 --> 00:42:29,230 Pretty amazing. 737 00:42:31,630 --> 00:42:32,900 [director] And action! 738 00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:35,570 [theme music playing]