Air Force must forge a bolo knife using the san mai technique to combine high carbon steel with helicopter parts two smiths return home to forge an Air Force NCO sword.ĭetails Episode 12 Aired Branch Battle: Marines Four Marines must forge one of the most versatile, and iconic combat knives in history: the KA-BAR.ĭetails Episode 13 Aired Branch Battle: Navy Four U.S. Army officer's sword.ĭetails Episode 11 Aired Branch Battle: Air Force In Round 2, four airmen from the U.S.

Army soldiers must forge a special forces V-42 stiletto two smiths are dispatched to their home forges to build a U.S.

military compete to earn a spot in a battle four U.S. Yamashita's gunto.ĭetails Episode 9 Aired The Greek Kopis Four bladesmiths must forge signature blades from different sizes of spring steel two smiths survive an intense round of testing and return home to re-create a Greek kopis.ĭetails Episode 10 Aired Branch Battle: Army Top bladesmiths from each branch of the U.S.

Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.Episode 1 Aired Long Road to Redemption Seven competitors return to the forge for a second chance at glory and redemption they'll have to create four different weapons and survive four rounds of testing the smiths begin outside using the dreaded coal forge.ĭetails Episode 2 Aired Long Road to Redemption The four remaining smiths are tasked with crafting an elegant Yemeni dagger the intricacies of the dagger prove too much for one, while an intense round eliminates the second the two finalists must choose the weapons they will forge at home.ĭetails Episode 3 Aired Washington's Colichemarde Four bladesmiths honor American presidents by forging a replica of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Rider Bowie the remaining two smiths move on to their home forge to re-create George Washington's colichemarde.ĭetails Episode 4 Aired The O-Katana For the 100th episode, four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a chopper and must choose from a mammoth pile of metals and materials from all previous 99 episodes the two finalists head home to re-create the O-Katana.ĭetails Episode 5 Aired The Hussar Saber Four smiths must use the canister method to forge a signature blade, but welding failures and abandoned canisters leave some of the competitors scrambling two smiths return to their home forges to create the Austro-Hungarian Hussar Saber.ĭetails Episode 6 Aired Barbarian Sword Four bladesmiths must forge a blade using steel harvested from a vintage pinball machine two smiths advance and return home to build a weapon rooted in savagery: the Barbarian Sword.ĭetails Episode 7 Aired The Javanese Kris Four bladesmiths must forge friction folders from a rusty pickup truck the two smiths left standing head back to their home forges to re-create an exotic weapon wielded by ancient Southeast Asian warriors: the Javanese Kris.ĭetails Episode 8 Aired General Yamashita's Gunto Four bladesmiths are tasked with re-creating the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife by combining three sizes of W1 round stock two smiths must forge Japanese Gen.

It was a great conclusion to the 2 part episode and we appreciated the change in the formula.įollow the competitors from this episode:Īlso available on YouTube, just search for Fans of the Forge! For this episode, our 4 remaining smiths are back to try and win $20,000! They must recreate the Jambia knife, and then the finalists got their choice of the weapon they wanted to make, after learning what the tests will be.

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