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[rock music]

‐ Here in The Forge,

we've seen the best of the
best win this competition.

But during the next two weeks,
four bladesmiths...

are in for a very special
event.

Welcome to
the Summer Forging Games.

What you've signed up
for is an extravaganza

like nothing we've ever had
in The Forge before.

There will be four events
throughout this competition,

and in each event,
the judges will assign ranks,

first through fourth place.

So that by the end
of the fourth event,

the points total leader
will be crowned

our Summer Forging Games
champion

who walks out of here
with a check for $15,000.

The Summer Forging Games
start here.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

‐ My name is Gene Click,

I'm from Sevierville,
Tennessee.

I'm 42 years old, and I own
a fitness and martial arts

Brazilian jiu‐jitsu academy.

I'm so excited to be here.

I mean, this is
"Forged in Fire," man.

My kids watch it with me.

To be able to compete in these
forging games, it's amazing.

That's an exciting thing.
I'm super stoked.

♪ ♪

‐ My name's Chad Kennedy,
I'm 34 years old.

I'm from Holliday, Texas,

and I'm a welder
in the oil field.

Sometimes in my line of work
I have to hurry and work fast

and still do a quality job
that's not gonna fail.

The pressure from those
kind of situations

are the most relatable thing I
could've had to this situation

where we're under a lot
of pressure to make something

functional in a very
short amount of time.

♪ ♪

‐ My name's Gary Bird,
I'm an information technology

specialist for
the state of California.

Working with metal
was completely new.

I learned how to weld,
build my own forge.

It's just been a really
exciting journey.

I really wanted
to challenge myself

and come on
"Forged in Fire" to see

how I could do
under the time constraints.

♪ ♪

‐ My name's Matt Bayman,
I'm 41 years old,

and I'm a union pile driver.

I enjoy mechanics and building
stuff as a fabricator.

Naturally, I saw a power
hammer and had to build one.

And that really kicked it off.

I just lose myself and
I find myself in that moment.

And that's the beauty
of it for me.

‐ Bladesmiths,
welcome to The Forge.

You're here for
a very special event.

We're gonna be asking
you guys to pit your skills

against the steel,
against the clock,

against the challenges,
and, of course,

against each other,

all in front of a panel
of expert judges.

Let's go ahead and meet
your judges now.

Up first, ABS master smith
J. Neilson.

Next, historic‐weapons
re‐creation specialist

David Baker.

And last, Kali martial artist
Doug Marcaida.

Bladesmiths, what you've signed
up for is an extravaganza

like nothing we've ever had
in The Forge before.

Welcome to
the Summer Forging Games.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Here's how this is gonna work.

There will be four events
throughout this competition,

and in each event,
you will be required to forge

a blade from its inception
to completion,

and it will be evaluated
for craftsmanship

and tested for performance
by our judges.

Then they will assign ranks,
first through fourth place.

In event one, a first place
finish is worth ten points.

Second place finish
is worth six points.

A third place finish
is worth three,

and a fourth place finish
is worth just one point.

If you don't finish
your blades,

if you miss the parameters
on your blades

or if your blade fails
during testing,

you'll be awarded no points
and still move on

to the next round,
so don't be disheartened.

You can still win even
with a scratch at the start.

‐ This is cool
because each event

is a lot like Brazilian
jiu‐jitsu tournaments.

You'll compete
in a round robin format,

so say you drop the ball,
you lose your first match.

Well, you get an opportunity
to‐‐to fight yourself

back into the final round.

That's an exciting thing.
I'm super stoked.

‐ If you look to our scoreboard
over here on the wall,

we will carry over points
from event to event,

so that by the time
the fourth event has wrapped,

the points total leader
will be crowned

our Summer Forging Games
champion

who walks out of here
with a check for $15,000

and this Damascus medal.

This isn't a winner‐take‐all
competition.

Second place will get
the brass medal and $4,000.

Third place gets
the copper medal and $1,000.

And the only guy that's gotta
leave here with no dough

is the fourth place finisher.

There will be no elimination
at the end of this event.

The individual with the least
number of points after our

second event will be eliminated
from this competition.

We're gonna go ahead
and get this started.

Your first event.

On your anvils,
there's a cloth.

Go ahead and lift that up.

♪ ♪

Gentlemen,
that is a railroad spike

and a piece of 1095
high carbon steel.

In the first event
of this competition,

you will have three hours

to combine those two steels
together to create a blade

that is between
eight and ten inches in length.

There will be
no additional material

provided to you in this round.

At the end of the three hours,
we'll be testing your blades

in a boxing ring turnbuckle
chop and a rope slice.

♪ ♪

Good luck, bladesmiths.
Your three hours starts now.

♪ ♪

This is a really unique event

that we have going on
in The Forge right here.

We've got these guys competing
in four different events

where they will make
four different weapons,

and then they're
gonna tally scores

throughout those four events.
The high score wins.

‐ This is the first time

we're not getting rid
of a smith per challenge.

‐ Right.

‐ And even if somebody
just flops on the first one,

they can make up
in those other challenges

and try to get ahead.

‐ I'm going straight over
to the welder

to put a handle on that 1095
and get it in the forge.

‐ I feel pretty good
about the challenge.

You just turn out your
best work every time,

and whatever happens
is what happens.

While I'm waiting
on my steel to heat up,

I'm over on the grinder.

If I don't get this
railroad spike clean,

there's gonna be
a layer of scale

in between the 1095
and the railroad spike.

♪ ♪

‐ So these guys have to
combine the railroad spike

and a piece of 1095
high carbon steel.

What do you expect to see?

‐ I would expect to see
somewhat of a San Mai.

You're not getting
parameter length

by doing a standard
San Mai spike,

so split it down
the middle a bit,

forge down the high
carbon steel, taper it in,

and then start forming
the rest of the blade.

♪ ♪

‐ So normally, if you have
three hours to make the knife,

and then you have more time
to add the handle

and actually sharpen the knife.

Today, we're gonna have to
make the knife in three hours

from beginning to end,
so this is gonna be

a really big challenge.

I think the key
to success for me is‐‐

is gonna be to stay calm,
try and plan my work,

and get through the event
with a useable knife.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm here to win
the Damascus medal

of the Summer Forging Games,

'cause there's only
of them out there,

and I want it going
back to my house.

‐ Holding that top place
is gonna be hard to do.

I mean, you've got
four competitors

out here with a lot of skill.

‐ I'm a natural‐born
competitor, man.

I've competed my whole life.

It's a chance for me
to prove something to myself

and win this thing.

This blade has to be between
eight and ten inches,

as far as our parameters.
So I see horribly.

So I'm gonna take some tape,
take my ruler,

take myself off nine inches,

that's gonna give me
an inch either way to play.

I don't have to look
at measuring tape,

I don't have to look
at anything.

All I have to do is look
at this piece of tape,

that piece of tape,
and make sure my blade

is right there,
and I'm golden.

I made my ruler Gene‐proof.

♪ ♪

‐ No one's out on the first
day if they have a bad day.

You still have a second chance
to move forward.

I want all those points
every round.

I wanna go home
with the big bucks.

That's what I came here to do.

‐ Matt starts whaling
on the anvil.

‐ I'm just gonna start
pounding this thing out

once it's at forge‐welding
temperature, get a good weld,

profile it out, try to be
in and out real quick.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm welding the 1095
to the railroad spike.

I got them the same size.

‐ The main thing is, regardless
of what you're building,

is that first weld.

That weld between the high
carbon and the railroad spike.

‐ As long as I've got it
cleaned and hot,

I ought to have
a clean forge weld.

Otherwise, my blade's
gonna split in half.

♪ ♪

‐ Chad is not hesitating

to just beat the hell
out of that piece of steel.

‐ I like that.

‐ That's the worst thing
you could do it.

And so when that thing
doesn't split apart,

I know I've got
a really good weld.

♪ ♪

‐ One hour has elapsed.

You have two hours
left in this event.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm gonna work
my pieces separately.

My goal is to take the railroad
nail, draw that out,

and get it ready
for your handle,

and then I'm gonna
take my 1095,

draw it out to the parameters,

and then make these
buddies best friends.

I gotta make sure that
I'm giving them a strong knife,

a sharp knife,
and a usable knife.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm trying to get
a nice, flat billet.

I'm gonna can cut through
the railroad spike,

make a San Mai out of it.

Once I flatten them out,
I'll have three pieces

of flat steel that
I can then forge together.

I like San Mai for the
aesthetic and for the function.

On the aesthetic,
after you etch the knife,

you see the layers
in the knife.

And for the function, you have
a nice durable blade.

♪ ♪

‐ I feel like
my welds are set.

Now I can really
make things happen.

Big Blu is a beautiful
goddess on the floor.

Everybody's in love with her

once they get
to dance with her.

Starting to draw it out,

and I realize that
I'm about an inch short.

♪ ♪

Parameters are everything.

So what I do
is I use my hammer,

and I start creating
the bevels,

and that's gonna give me
the steel where I need it.

♪ ♪

‐ Steel is nice and hot.
It's time to forge weld.

If I try to do this
at the wrong temperature,

there's a big risk
that I won't be able to

forge weld the steel together.

♪ ♪

I'm having difficulty
setting my forge weld.

I have some delamination
in the handle.

Parameters don't say how much
railroad spike you need,

so I'm just gonna go
with the small amount

that I have forge
welded together,

and grind off the steel
that did not get forge welded.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm working my steel,
and I'm feeling good.

I'm checking the clock,
and I'm, like,

"Man, this is gonna
be a breeze."

[bleep].

I realized that I screwed
myself in my parameters,

'cause I'm an inch short
on my blade.

Do I start over?
Do I just start from scratch?

I don't know what to do
at this point.

I grab a fullering tool
and I start taking that tang

and start trying to draw
that metal out.

But I don't wanna thin
this blade out too much.

So I realize that I have to use
the railroad spike

to improve the strength
of my tang.

‐ Those two pieces
of railroad spike,

he's basically just gonna
pop them on like scales

and forge weld them in place.
‐ Okay.

‐ Which really is
last‐ditch effort,

'cause it wasn't his plan.

‐ One of the cool things
about being a blacksmith

is you become a black belt
in workarounds.

If I don't have it,
I'm gonna heat some steel up

and make the damn thing.

‐ Bladesmiths!
Two hours has elapsed!

♪ ♪

‐ Looking at Matt's
blade here,

it does look like he's got
a little bit of width

on the terminating point
of that tang.

‐ It flares just a little bit,
might be enough to just keep it

in your hand, and you know.
‐ Might be.

‐ There's not gonna be
any handles,

'cause there's not gonna
be any handle wraps.

There's not gonna be anything
like that in this round.

So the integral handle,

it's the best way to balance
out a big chopper blade.

So what I do is
I'm leaving the spine

and the underbelly
of that handle thick.

It's heavy, it's chunky,

but it feels just right
in my hand.

Just trying to contour it,
keep it real tight.

I don't want
a bunch of handle.

I want J. to like it.

I want everybody to like it
that swings it.

I'm most worried right now
that my hair's not perfect.

Other than that,
everything is good.

‐ Well, it looks like Chad‐‐

he's gonna do
an edge quench, right?

‐ I think so.

♪ ♪

‐ Pull it out,
everything looks good.

Test it with a file,
it's good.

I've still got plenty
of time left,

but I still have a lot of
steel that I need to remove,

and I still gotta get
an edge on this thing,

and it's off to the grinder.

♪ ♪

‐ My blade is starting to look
more like a knife.

The delams are looking better.

I still have some
that are visible.

I don't wanna take
too much steel off.

Since we aren't putting
handle material on,

I need to leave enough
material on the handle itself

so it can comfortably
be gripped.

So I make the decision
to go ahead and heat‐treat.

This is where all that
hard work could go away

if you come out
with cracked steel

or a big bend in the steel.

♪ ♪

If I blow apart
one of these delaminations,

at best, I might get one point,
at worst, I could get zero.

So my success hinges
on this moment.

♪ ♪

The file skates
across the surface,

my welds look good to me,

and I can move on to the
grinder and do the finish work.

♪ ♪

‐ Matt just quenched
his blade.

I don't notice him having
any problems right now,

so hopefully
things are straight.

‐ This event is unlike
anything I was expecting.

I have one chance
to get everything done.

I don't wanna hand
a turd to the judges.

I want my knife to stand out.

I want those points.

‐ Ten minutes!

‐ I'm looking at that clock
and I'm thinking,

"Jesus, and I haven't even
quenched this thing."

I think my forge welds stuck.

If they're good,
they're gonna stay,

if they're not,
the whole world's gonna know.

So I'm crossing my fingers
on my scales,

and it's off to get
my blade quenched.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Boom. Big flame.
That wasn't a good heat treat.

Gotta go back,
which I hate doing,

because you're gonna add

so much more stress
to the blade.

But [bleep], man,
I can't turn in a soft blade.

♪ ♪

No explosion in my face,
which is always a plus.

Grab the file, it skates.
It's off to the grinders.

‐ 30 seconds!

♪ ♪

‐ I realize I'm not
gonna be able to get

this thing where I need it.

So I just start moving
the steel as much as I can

and then I go underneath
to hit the slack belt

to try to bring myself
a nice, concave edge

that's gonna hold up more to‐‐
to chopping.

‐ Five, four, three, two, one!

Bladesmiths,
stop what you're doing.

Shut down your machines.

The timed portion
of this first event is over!

‐ I finished this damn thing.

It's got an edge,
it's met parameters.

The stupid railroad nail
is on the handle,

and I'm ready to see Doug
smash this thing.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths.

Welcome to our first test
of the Summer Forging Games.

The boxing ring post chop
and rope slice.

♪ ♪

Now to test the overall
construction of your weapon,

I will bash them
with these corner posts

and then try to
cut these ropes.

Now remember, after this test,
we're gonna be placing

your blades from first place
to fourth place.

It depends on how well
they're crafted,

and how well they perform.

Gene, you're up first.
You ready for this?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Let's do this.

‐ Going first puts me
in the bull's‐eye.

It basically sets
the measuring stick

for the other three
bladesmiths.

If my blade goes in
and it just explodes,

it's a wide open door for
them to just move forward.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

All right, Gene,
let's talk about your weapon.

The design of your handle
is comfortable.

But the one thing is that you
have some delaminations

that actually stick out.

That's a big issue right there.

Now, it did not affect me
in swinging or cutting.

But I can see
if you're not careful,

when you move your
hands around,

it can be an issue.

There are some chips,

damage done to your edge
while bashing into that.

But it did not affect
its ability

to cut the rope
and chop through.

Overall, sir, it is a weapon
well‐constructed,

sharp, and strong.
Good job.

‐ Thank you, sir.
‐ All right, Chad.

Your turn, sir.
You ready?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Let's do this.

‐ I'm thinking,
best case scenario,

I don't have any blade damage
and it cuts through both

the ropes after
the turnbuckle and the post.

But after seeing Gene's
have some edge damage,

I'm wondering if I'm gonna
have the same problem.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ Good job, dude.
‐ Cool.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, Chad, let's talk
about your blade here.

First up,
the handle construction.

I like the way it feels
right here.

Now, your edge.

On the strength test,
it did take some chips,

and you have a significant
roll here

where you can actually feel it,
but it did not affect

its ability to slice through
the rope and chop through.

Overall, well‐constructed
and sharp.

Good job, sir.
‐ Thank you.

‐ All right, Gary,
your turn, sir.

Ready?
‐ Yes.

‐ Let's do this.

‐ Doug has my blade
in his hand.

My knees are a little shaky,
my hands are a little sweaty.

I'm even questioning whether
they're gonna test it or not,

'cause I did have some
delamination.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[tense pulsing music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right, Gary, let's talk
about your blade here.

Your handle construction.

You have some
delaminations here.

If you look at this
corner right here,

if you go against it,
it actually is quite sharp

Now, your edge.

You have an obtuse edge,
almost like an axe head here.

Which lends itself to be
actually a chopper.

It was getting caught
into the wood right there

when I was smashing into it.

There is no rollovers,
just glinting.

But when I attempted
to slice the rope,

it actually did
lacerate the rope,

but not deep enough
to cut all the way through.

And you can tell by my ability
to rub through this,

it's not razor sharp.

But it is sharp enough
to chop through the rope.

Overall, it's a strong blade,
and it is sharp.

All right, Matt.
Your turn, sir.

Ready?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Let's do this.

‐ The way I feel right now?
Anxious, uncertain, nervous.

I mean, I'm kind
of a mess inside.

But I'm extremely excited.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right, Matt, let's talk
about your weapon here.

First up,
the handle construction.

It's smooth, but there
seems to be a hot spot there

when I grab onto it tightly.
Your edge is obtuse.

It chopped into the wood,
and there was just glinting.

No chips, no rolls.

It's sharp enough
to slice the rope

and chop right through it.

A strong blade, a sharp blade.

‐ Thank you, sir.
‐ Good job.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, gentlemen,

this first event in the Summer
Forging Games is complete.

Your blades have been
constructed,

they've been tested,
and now the judges need to

place your blades
in rank order.

And for that, we're gonna
need to deliberate

right here on The Forge floor,
so if you don't mind,

we're just gonna take a minute.
Thank you very much.

‐ I'm feeling pretty good
that my blade

didn't just bust apart.

I feel like, you know,
it's anybody's game still.

Right now,
I'm hoping that

I'm anywhere in
the middle of the pack,

uh, to maybe even
being at the top.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, judges.

Our bladesmiths' weapons
have been tested.

We've gotta place these things
from first place

to fourth place and award
the guys the points.

We're gonna start with anvil
number one, Gene's blade.

‐ All right.

With Gene's blade, it performed
well on the sharpness test.

It cut the rope, and it
chopped right through it.

The issue I have is
with his handle right here,

having that sticking out.
That's a big issue right there.

‐ Wow.

On anvil number two,
we had Chad.

What do you think?

‐ Right off, I like the
dimension of Chad's blade.

The welds are
really nicely done.

I like the fact that
he's taken the time

to round off every single edge.

Everywhere you're going to be
holding onto this blade

is smooth and rounded,
which is great.

The effort was made to make it
comfortable in the hand.

‐ All right,
we're gonna move on to Gary.

What do you think?

‐ [sighs]

It's uh‐‐
Gary's knife's unfinished.

Yes, it has an edge, and yeah,
you can hold on to it.

But the biggest issue
I have with this

is having these sharp points
back here in the handle.

It didn't cut Doug
in the tests,

but, uh, it's waiting
to cut somebody.

And last, on anvil number four,
is Matt.

‐ In terms of the test,

this edge took
the least damage,

and did cut the rope
and chop through the ropes.

‐ All right, gentlemen.

We've seen the blades tested,
I've heard your critiques.

Now it's time to rank
our bladesmiths

from first place to fourth
place in this first event.

J.?

‐ For me, Chad would be first,
Matt, second,

Gene, third,
and Gary, fourth.

‐ Doug, what do you think?

‐ I would switch
between Chad and Matt,

simply because Chad did take
a chip and damage to his blade,

whereas Matt did not.

‐ All right, Dave.

You're the tiebreaker
in this one.

‐ [sighs]
It's a tough choice.

I'm‐‐I'm looking
at a better‐smithed blade

and the one that
didn't take damage.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths.

Your blades were tested,
they've been evaluated.

The judges have deliberated,
and here are the standings.

In fourth place, we've got
Gary earning one point.

In third place, Gene,
you earned three points.

And our first place
competitor...

♪ ♪

Is Chad.
You've got ten points, buddy.

Matt, that leaves you with six.

Everybody's done
fantastic work,

and now it's time
for our second event.

All right, gentlemen.

Over here on our
pantry shelves,

we've got stacks
of 15N20 and 1095 steel.

What does that mean, gentlemen?

all: Damascus.

That's right.
This is a Damascus challenge.

And it's gonna be made
even more tough,

because in our second event,

you're not making
just one blade,

you're making
two throwing knives

that must be between
11 and 13 inches overall,

from tip to the end
of your handle.

You'll have just
three hours in this round

in which to complete all
that work, and after this,

we'll be testing your throwing
knives in a throwing test.

I remind you,

the individual with the least
number of points after

this event will be eliminated
from this competition.

Gentlemen, do your best.
Your three hours starts now.

♪ ♪

Event one knives:
Gone, out, off the table.

Doug, talk to me.

‐ The thing about having
our Summer Forge Games

is that they're
multiple events.

Gary and Gene should just get
first event out of their heads.

That was just a warm‐up,
if anything.

They're gonna get a chance
to do it again.

‐ I've never made
a throwing knife,

so today's gonna be my first
and second throwing knives.

I'm coming into event two
with three points,

which isn't ideal.

I'm in third, so I'm gonna
have to pick up some slack.

I'm taping up my ruler so
I can't screw up my parameters.

All I gotta do is stay
between these two blue lines,

and I'm golden.

♪ ♪

‐ My goal for every event is
to get as many points as I can,

and so I'm just
gonna do my best work,

and hopefully it'll
turn out all right for me.

‐ Chad was our frontrunner
coming out of our first event.

He's got ten points,
putting him four points ahead

of any other competitor.

‐ So we have to make Damascus.

The trick is,
now we have three hours,

and we have to make two knives,
so it's gonna be a challenge.

If you start with good steel,
it makes it a‐‐

a better possibility
of getting good welds.

So the only kind of throwing
weapon I've ever made before

was a tomahawk,
and that's not at all the same.

I designed kind of
a throwing knife.

Got a good tip on it, um,
but it's also gonna have

a lot of meat so that
you can really feel it

when you're throwing it.

‐ Whatever shape or design
that they decide to go with,

make it identical.
‐ Yeah.

‐ So there's some consistency
to what you're throwing.

‐ Use one billet
and cut it in half.

‐ That would be the way to go.

‐ Going into this second event,
I'm in second place.

I feel like
I should've done better.

I really wanna focus
on keeping it simple,

just really trying
to meet the parameters.

It's a tall order, but I feel
confident in my skills.

♪ ♪

‐ I have one point right now.

I really need to take
the lead on this event.

I really need to either score
ten or six points,

either first or second
in this event,

so I can hopefully
move forward.

I only have one point.

I'm facing elimination if
I don't do well in this event.

I have made throwing knives.

Key to the test is to make 'em
even and the same weight.

♪ ♪

‐ So I'm satisfied with
the taking of my weld.

So it's now time to dance
with Big Blu.

Me and Big Blu,
we got a relationship now.

You know, we're pretty tight.

I actually narrow it down
in the center,

and I'm gonna draw out
the handles.

At this point, everything's
going great.

Couldn't be happier.

‐ So it looks like
my billet's up to heat.

I'm gonna set my welds
with a hammer.

It's a lot more cautious
approach to me

to set it by hand,
but, you know,

I can't be too careful
at this point.

‐ Chad's doing a great job.
‐ Yeah.

‐ Working it nice and slow.

It's what you wanna do
with the knives.

‐ I can really be particular on
exactly where I hit the billet,

and not be too violent
by going over to Big Blu

and just smashing
the heck out of it.

♪ ♪

‐ I really need to get
the billet nice and hot

so that these pieces
will all forge weld together.

So I don't wanna rush
this part of the process.

If they don't set,
I'm not gonna be able to‐‐

to get two knives
out of the steel.

‐ Gary's got the farthest
to go here.

He's got the most
ground to make up,

he came out of the first round
with a single point.

How is he doing here?

‐ Gary's doing good so far,
but he's going slow.

‐ I need to be careful.
I wanna make sure I'm‐‐

you know, I don't go too‐‐
too heavy on the pedal.

‐ Gary had a‐‐

a lot of delamination issues
in the first event.

And that was just
two pieces of steel.

Now we have 16 plus pieces.

Let's see if he can
pull it off.

♪ ♪

‐ I get my steel hot,
and I‐I'm over to the press.

‐ Oh, no.
His weld didn't hold.

‐ It's kinda like if you're
making that big sandwich,

take a big bite,
and everything comes out

the other damn end,
and it's all over the floor.

‐ You can see one end
of Gene's billet

is hotter than the other,
and what's why he's gonna

have those seams pop open.

‐ This is a real problem.

‐ So now I'm looking
at my billet.

It's not forge welded,

and I'm gonna have to figure
this out right now.

I can't come in fourth,

'cause that's gonna put me
out of the competition.

‐ I realize I'm rushing,

I didn't let my steel
get hot enough.

All of my welds come apart.

This time, I get it really hot

then allow the width of that
die to sandwich it down.

I do feel like it's starting
to weld to itself,

which is the ultimate goal,

but it's gonna have to go
right back in the heat.

I'm gonna have to repeat
this process a few times

before I can really start
drawing this out.

‐ You have just
90 minutes remaining!

‐ So I get it drawn out
to 26 inches,

go over to the chop saw,
cut it in half.

And so I wanna forge
one at a time.

‐ I like what Chad's doing.
‐ That's a great idea.

We were just talking about
here that both blades

should be symmetrical,
cut it in half.

That way,
it's gonna be identical.

‐ It's not tough to do
two blades at once.

It's just tough to do two
blades at once in three hours.

♪ ♪

‐ So this point in the event

is when it really
starts to matter.

I can see the light
at the end of the tunnel.

My game plan is try
to get these two knives

as similar as possible.

Now I have two
identical throwing knives

at 12 inches long.

I realize that
they're real heavy.

I want them heavy.

You have to throw them real
hard, but man, do they stick,

and they make
a really loud "thunk."

‐ Matt's really moving forward.

I mean, he's got
a definite point forming

on both of those billets
he's working on.

He's doing all right.

‐ I wanted to cut this in half
and have two billets,

so that I have
one in the forge,

I can be working on the other.

I have a little bit of‐‐
of bend in them.

I'm not‐‐
not happy with the profile,

but it is what it is
at this point.

‐ Gary's got an interesting
shape going on over here.

‐ Problem that we got with Gary
having such thin handles,

you're gonna have
a hard time holding onto them.

‐ Okay.
‐ [grunts]

I don't like my handle,

but they're pretty
close to matching,

so I think they'll
throw well together.

♪ ♪

‐ So I finally get my steel
drawn out, cut them in half.

I wanna quench
my blades early

so that's gonna
guarantee me a hard edge.

I wouldn't call them
knives yet.

They're more like bricks.
[chuckles]

‐ Did Gene quench prematurely?

‐ Yeah, Gene didn't really
have much of a shape.

It was still more of a billet.

So now that that steel's hard,
it takes longer to grind.

‐ Bladesmiths,
30 minutes remaining!

‐ I feel good,
but I know

that it's still
really anyone's game.

I make the decision
to just quench the tip,

thinking that's the only
critical area of the blade.

I have one of my knives
cooling down,

so what I need to do
is set up another vise

at another station,
so I go to the scrap bin,

and I'm gonna go find two
matching pieces of angle iron.

Ow, [bleep]!

I snag the inside
of my left arm.

‐ It's in the worst place.

Every time he moves, that
bandage is gonna come loose.

‐ And every time you sweat,
it runs right to there.

‐ It's nasty.
I'm that guy.

I'm bleeding on
"Forged in Fire.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm just gonna do a little
bit of an edge quench.

There's no need for the tang

or the spine of the knife
to be hard.

I mean, we're throwing
these things around,

so you don't want
them to break.

As I'm starting to finish up
and realizing that they're

pretty similar to what
I was shooting for,

uh, but things
don't always work out

when you only have
three hours.

‐ Is there a frontrunner
right now?

‐ Chad.
Both blades, they're beautiful.

Just the grind,
the shape of the blade.

He opted to go
with almost like

a Bowie style knife
of throwing knife.

♪ ♪

‐ My plan is to heat treat
one knife and then the other.

I'm just gonna harden maybe
the last quarter of the knife,

'cause that's the part
that's gonna be

digging into the wood.

‐ Gary's blade is small.

Small knives,
when you throw them,

you just don't get the momentum
to get‐‐have them stick.

They tend to bounce
out of the target.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm feeling pretty good.

But, you know,
we're down to the wire,

so I'm gonna have
to keep hustling,

but I'm gonna work
till the last second.

I've got the edges
kinda profiled in.

It's time to start
working on the handles.

I wanna present a better knife
than I did in event one.

But the problem is, the buffing
belt took my edge with it.

‐ Oh, boy.

‐ I don't have time to fix it,
so here I am again,

uh, stuck with some bad
on‐the‐spot decisions.

‐ Five, four, three, two, one!

Bladesmiths,
stop what you're doing,

shut down your machines,
drop your tools.

This second event is over!

♪ ♪

‐ I'm frustrated,
I'm disappointed,

but I'm also relieved
because I was concerned

I wasn't gonna be able
to turn anything in.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, gentlemen.

Welcome to
the second event test

of our Summer Forging Games,

the knife throwing
triple threat.

♪ ♪

Now what I wanna learn
in this test is, one,

how quickly I can adapt your
knife to my throwing style.

Two, see how accurate
I can get

with your knife
in a short period of time.

And three,
see how tough they are.

All right, Gene,
you're up first.

You ready?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ All right.

‐ Going first is tough.
It's nerve‐racking.

You really kinda set the bar,
low or high.

My knife is hard,
it's strong,

and I just hope that
he hits that tip

and it stays in one piece.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[knife clangs]

[soft dramatic music]

‐ All right.
So, Gene.

Right off,
a lot of weight to these.

It's a fairly classic shape
overall for a thrower.

What I do appreciate is that
the handles are even in size.

The handles feel the same,
regardless of the knife,

which is really
what I was looking for.

But when we moved
to the harder target,

this knife did take
a bit of damage.

And you did lose
just the tip right there,

just pecked out a little bit.

But these didn't start out with
a lot of point of them anyway.

But, uh, they threw well.
Good job.

‐ Thank you, sir.

‐ All right, Chad, you're up.
You ready for this?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Okay, let's do this.

‐ I feel pretty good about
the knives that I've made,

but I have no idea
what they're gonna do.

Honestly, I just wanna get
some points in this round.

It'd be nice to get
the ten points,

but if I come up with
any points but one point,

it would be a win for me.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

[knife clangs]

‐ All right.
So Chad, I think you nailed it.

These are a great weight,
a great size,

feels super comfortable
in my hand.

They match really nicely.

This is something that's super
important in‐‐in throwing.

Your tips‐‐
they hit into the clay pigeons,

didn't lose any tip.

Just a great job
all the way around.

Nicely done.
‐ Thank you.

‐ Gary, you're up.
You ready for this?

‐ Let's do it.
‐ Okay.

‐ I'm not sure how
Dave is gonna react

to the orientation
of my handles.

They're a little bit thin,
so I'm‐‐I'm really nervous.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right, so right off, uh,
when I looked at these,

I was, like,
"Nah, I don't like them."

[chuckles]

I'm proven wrong again.
[laughs]

These actually throw
really good.

I did not think this skinny
drop handle would throw well.

It actually feels
better like that.

I was throwing them with
a curve, going up into my hand,

as opposed to down.

They throw really nicely,

they got a really
sharp point on them.

When it penetrates, it just
buries itself really nicely.

The back of the handle‐‐

there's a couple of spots
on here that I can feel.

Uh, they really drag
when it left my hand,

but they threw really well,
so good job.

‐ Thank you.

‐ All right, Matt.
You're up next.

You ready to go?

‐ Sure.
‐ Yeah, let's do it.

‐ I see three possibilities
of how this shakes out.

One, they stick.
Two, they don't.

Three, they shatter into pieces
and we have powder.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Nice.

[knife clangs]

‐ Nice work, dude.

‐ [exhales]
Thanks, brother.

‐ So, Matt.
These things are heavy.

These have what I like to call
"the brick factor."

[chuckles]
It's like throwing a brick.

Doesn't matter if you hit it
with a point or not,

whoever you hit is going down.

The blades themselves
don't quite match.

You've got one lean blade
and one wider blade.

But what I do like is
the handles match beautifully.

And they really fit
my hand well.

They do have
a very acute point.

In profile, I would've
loved to have seen a‐‐

a little bit leaner,
but man‐‐I mean, it's‐‐

it's hard to argue with, uh‐‐

uh, how easy it was
to get accurate with these.

As far as being tough,
your points are still there.

Well done.
‐ Thank you, sir.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths.

The second event in the Summer
Forging Games is complete,

and the judges need
to have a deliberation.

I remind you
that after this deliberation,

the person with
the lowest points

will be eliminated
from the games.

Bladesmiths,
we need The Forge floor.

Thank you.

‐ The only concern I have is
I don't really have a say over

how the judges feel or‐‐
or what is done.

There's things I wish
I would've done,

but it is what it is.

It's in the hands
of the judges now.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, judges.

This is a very serious
decision.

These are
the Summer Forging Games.

If Gene scores just one point,
he's heading home.

♪ ♪

on the end.

‐ As a matching set,

the handles are
the same contour,

but the blades do not.

It doesn't have
much of a tip at all.

It's kinda rounded over here.

And in the performance,
it was one that,

uh, stuck least compared
to the other blades.

‐ And Gene's was the only one
that took any damage,

and it rolled the tip‐‐

what little tip he had
rolled over.

‐ Let's move on
to Chad's blades.

‐ Chad gave us some‐‐
some really well‐crafted work.

Damascus came out nice.

Tapers everywhere,
nothing sharp.

I could take these out
in the field and throw them,

cut up game with them, do all
kinds of stuff with these.

They came out really nice.

‐ Let's talk a little bit
about what Gary's done here.

This guy had to make up
some ground.

How did he do?

‐ I mean, we were all looking
at these, pretty goofy, like‐‐

Never seen a throwing knife
with a handle like that.

Thought Gary was a little
confused, at first.

But you threw them just fine,
they stuck well.

They match up.

I mean, it's odd,
but it's about match.

‐ Right.
‐ So, good job on him.

‐ So Matt came out
of that first event

in second place
with six points.

How did he do here?

‐ Off the bat, it's heavy.

You know, you're throwing‐‐
like, you said,

it's like throwing a brick.

But looking at the handles,
these handles match.

The points match.

Other than that, you can
also see the Damascus pattern.

But that's it.

It's not really
a finely refined blade.

The saving grace,

they were accurate
when you threw them.

‐ Right.
‐ All right, judges.

So let's just talk a little bit
about the differences between

Gene's blades and Matt's
for a second.

Neither one of them was really
a clearly matched set,

but the handles matched.
Blades did not.

These were heavy,
Gene's were a lot lighter.

Dave, you were more
accurate with these.

‐ I think this handle shape

is more conducive
to an accurate throw.

‐ Okay.
‐ The wider handle shapes,

they certainly exist in‐‐
in throwing knives.

And if that's what
you're used to throwing,

you'd probably be
more accurate with those.

But with that
rounded tip on there,

you're never gonna get them to
dig very well into any target.

‐ All right, judges,
I need to know.

Have you made
your final decision?

‐ Oh, yeah.
‐ Let's bring in our smiths.

♪ ♪

All right, bladesmiths.

The second event in our Summer
Forging Games is complete.

The judges' deliberation
is complete,

and they have ranked your work.

In first place,
Chad, congratulations.

That's ten more points
to you, buddy,

giving you a point total
of 20.

In second place, Gary.
Our come‐from‐behind guy,

you came out of that first
round with just one point,

and now you've made up
another six points,

giving you seven total.

Our third place finisher is...

♪ ♪

Matt, congratulations.
That's three points to you.

Adding to your six
from the first event,

that gives you
nine points total.

And our fourth place
finisher is Gene.

You came in third
on the first event,

and here, coming in fourth
in the second event

gives you one point,
for a total of four.

Gene, you came out
with the least number

of points after two events.

Unfortunately, at this time,
you've been eliminated

from the Summer Forging Games.

‐ My knives performed poorly.

The other bladesmiths
did a better job,

and I'm cool with that.

‐ It was a good fight, man.
‐ Thank you, sir.

I've learned a lot,
and I'm just excited

to go back home,
put that new knowledge to work,

become a better bladesmith,
and hopefully come back one day

and show these judges
what I'm capable of.

♪ ♪

‐ Bladesmiths,
welcome to our third event

in the Summer Forging Games.

In this third event,
the points will be doubled.

However, we're not giving
away those points.

Oh, no‐‐we're gonna
make you work for them.

Here, in the third event,

we're gonna have you
forge one of these.

♪ ♪

Next time on
"Forged in Fire"...

Welcome to our third event

in the Summer Forging Games.

♪ ♪

‐ The guy to beat
over here is Chad.

‐ I'm not even close
to my finished dimensions.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

♪ ♪

‐ It is still anyone's game.

♪ ♪