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‐ Tonight, we continue
our second half

of the Summer Forging Games.

After two events...

Gene, you've been eliminated.

There are only
three of you left.

♪ ♪

Which means that you're
gonna come out of here

with something, but you'll
wanna come out of here

the "Forged in Fire" Summer
Forging Games Champion

who walks out of here
with $15,000.

The Summer Forging Games
continues now.

♪ ♪

[hard rock music]

♪ ♪

Bladesmiths, welcome
to our third event

in the Summer Forging Games.

After two events, there are
only three of you left,

which means there's good news‐‐

each one of you is going home

with at least
a thousand dollars.

There's more good news‐‐
in this third event,

the points awarded for
first, second, and third place

will be doubled.

20 points for first place,

12 points for second place,
and six points for third place.

If you find
you're a little bit behind,

this is a good time
to make up ground.

However, we're not
giving away those points.

We're gonna make you work
for them.

Here in the third event,

we're gonna have you forge
one of these.

♪ ♪

A Greek xiphos.

♪ ♪

Here to tell you more about it,

historic weapons re‐creation
specialist, David Baker.

‐ The Greek xiphos
is a double‐edged short sword

used by the Greek hoplites
and Spartan warriors.

Carried in a baldric
sword belt,

the soldiers would
use these swords

as a secondary weapon
when their spear

was thrown or destroyed
in battle.

This leaf shaped sword
was accurate and maneuverable

in close quarters,

allowing soldiers to strike
past their shields.

These deadly swords
can be seen wielded

in the 2004 movie "Troy."

♪ ♪

‐ We want you to demonstrate

the Summer Forging Games
Champion skills

by forging us your own version
of this blade.

Just make sure
that it falls within

the following parameters.

The length of your blade
must be

between 19 and 21 inches.

It must have a wasp‐waist,
be double‐edged.

It should have a guard,
a handle, and a pommel.

Over here
on our pantry shelves,

we've got some pristine steel.

We're not gonna tell you
what kind of steel

to forge this blade out of.

We're not even gonna tell you
what technique to use.

We want you to demonstrate
your utmost capability here.

Now, gentlemen,
you'll have just six hours

to completely forge,
shape, harden, temper,

and construct this blade
so that we can test them.

But I'm not gonna tell you
what the tests are.

‐ Holy moly,
that's a big sword.

We only have six hours
to make this thing,

and that's about six times
not enough time

to finish something like this.

‐ Good luck, bladesmiths.
Your six hours starts now.

♪ ♪

Never have we had smiths forge
for six straight hours

a complete finale weapon.

That includes shaping
the blade, shaping the handle,

and assemble their weapons.

‐ Yeah.

‐ I really need
to step up my game.

I need a first or second place
in this one.

I was really happy
getting second place

in the second event.

I really struggled
in that first event,

so I need to score some points

so I can continue to catapult
up in this competition.

I see some 15N20 and 1095

that we used
in the previous event.

I didn't have any problems
putting that together.

It's 10 layers of each,

so it's gonna be
a 20‐layer Damascus.

‐ Gary is very, very meticulous
about cleaning his steel.

‐ It's paid off for him
in the last challenge.

The fact that he got perfect
Damascus layers welded up...

The welds
are really nicely done.

So good job.
‐ Thank you.

‐ That dude can forge‐weld.

He can make a billet,
no doubt about it.

♪ ♪

‐ My game plan is to take
some 1095 and 15N20,

and stack them up,
and then cut it and restack it.

And that way,
I've got more layers.

♪ ♪

‐ Obviously, the guy
to beat over here is Chad.

‐ I finished first place

in both the first
and the second event,

but I can't take it easy.

Gotta get the 20 points
added on on this third event

so that I can stay ahead
of my competitors.

♪ ♪

‐ Going into this third event,

there's more points on the
table, and I want them all.

Right now, I'm in second place.

There's only two points
between Gary and I,

so I really need
to come through

and try to get closer to‐‐

Chad's got a huge lead
on both of us.

‐ Hopefully Matt doesn't do
his best work

and I'll have a chance
at getting the 20 points.

‐ Hey!

[laughter]

♪ ♪

‐ I'm choosing 1095 and 15N20.
Do some Damascus.

‐ It looks like all three
of our smiths

are going with the Damascus,
so there's a lot

of material management,
time management.

‐ Yeah, there's a lot more
time on the clock than normal,

but there's a lot
of complexities

to making this sword.

‐ This is a blade
that we have sent smiths home

and given them five days
at their home forges to create.

These guys have only six hours.

That is a testament to how hard
this competition has become.

‐ The most difficult part
of this build for me...

♪ ♪

Can't really put my finger
on just one.

♪ ♪

‐ I get my steel
to welding temp.

Now it's time to set my welds.

♪ ♪

It looks like it's going well.

I'ma cycle through that twice

and make sure it's set.

I did that last time.

It worked for me,
so I'm gonna do it again.

This steel's gonna take
some time to heat up,

so I head over to the pantry
and find out what I'm gonna use

for the handle,
the guard, and the pommel.

‐ It's smart‐‐while
your steel's heating up,

don't waste time,
go get to work.

‐ One hour in the third event
has elapsed!

♪ ♪

‐ I'm still drawing out
my billet,

trying to get it long enough
to where I can forge that sword

and still have enough
for a tang.

This is extremely difficult.

I mean, this is basically
like a dagger,

except it's an enormous dagger.

♪ ♪

It's gotta have
a leaf shaped blade

and it's gotta have
four bevels on this thing.

So there's four sides
that I have to grind,

four sides that I have
to keep straight.

It's gonna be a challenge,

but hopefully
we can get it done.

♪ ♪

‐ I totally need
to differentiate myself

from my competitors.

Gonna do an integral guard,
handle, and pommel.

[grunting]

‐ Matt's doing
something interesting.

♪ ♪

He's doing an integral pommel
and a guard.

That's really cool.

‐ It's a lot more work
on my part.

A lot can go wrong.

But I think in the end,
it's gonna be worth it.

♪ ♪

‐ We're coming up on three
and a half hour mark

in this event,
and Gary's got a bar of steel

that we usually give to guys
to kick off a three‐hour event.

‐ I don't have
that much time left.

Pride be damned‐‐
no matter what anyone thinks,

I need to finish this sword.

I got my billet formed,

and I'm gonna cut it into shape
and grind it.

‐ He's got a great billet.
He forge welded things out.

We think that
his steel is homogenous,

and he's just gonna grind
to shape.

‐ At least try to forge
your tip and tang in.

♪ ♪

‐ I know I've got
a long haul over here.

It's gonna take a while.

♪ ♪

‐ This integral handle,
integral guard‐‐

it's definitely got
its plus side

if everything works out right.

♪ ♪

Guess what?
It doesn't work.

I'm pissed off.

‐ And here we talk
about timing it.

Good initiative,
bad judgment maybe.

‐ Not where I wanted to be.

I know I have enough material,

but, man, I'm just not gonna
get as much guard as I wanted,

and it's a lot harder
than I thought.

♪ ♪

‐ Matt hasn't even started
on his blade yet,

start shaping it.

‐ Time's ticking.

I got a lot of sword to draw,
way more than I thought.

I'm not even close
to my finished dimension.

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

I might be starting over.

♪ ♪

‐ This integral handle,
integral guard‐‐

it doesn't work.

I'm pissed off.

‐ Matt ought to change up
his entire thing.

The problem I'm seeing is,

he's not going to be able to...

make that
a really viable guard.

‐ He should just stretch it out
and do a regular tang.

‐ Now I realize
that I need to pivot

on what my original plan was.

There's not gonna be a clearly
defined integral guard.

It's just gonna be more
of a blade stop for your hand.

‐ If he had isolated
that section earlier on

before he had drawn
that billet out,

he would've had more material
there to work with.

‐ Running out of time fast.
I knew this was gonna be hard.

I had no idea what
I was getting myself into.

♪ ♪

‐ Chad doing
some thermocycling.

‐ I don't know what
the tests are gonna be,

so I gotta prepare it
for everything.

I hope the test is like,
"Let's cut this silk."

Yes.
[laughs]

Realistically, I know it's
not gonna be something easy.

It's gonna be something brutal

because that's what J.
likes to do.

♪ ♪

‐ There he is.
He's in the quench.

‐ I get my blade in the oil

and I'm just gonna
let this thing sit.

At this point,
all I've really done

is work on my blade.

The guard, handle,
and pommel‐‐

it's gonna take a long time

to get those things
to fit together

and be comfortable
in the judge's hand,

so I've really gotta hurry.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm going in.
‐ Gary has quenched.

♪ ♪

Matt just quenched.

‐ As soon as I quench,
I check it.

It's straight.

I'm not even gonna
file‐check it.

I'm gonna move to the grinder.

‐ Bladesmiths, you have
60 minutes remaining

in the timed portion
of this event.

♪ ♪

‐ Before you quench,
this blade's too soft.

After you quench,
it's way too hard.

So tempering it allows you to
take some of the hardness out,

but not all the way
to the point

back to where you were
before the quench.

It's the happy medium
that keeps it from chipping

and from rolling over.

‐ This is the first time
we're requiring the smiths

to torch temper
their own blades.

‐ How does that work?

‐ Just slowly heat it
carefully.

You're gonna change the colors
in the blade.

What you're gonna look for
is like a golden straw color...

‐ Okay.
‐ Is what you want.

‐ If I don't really pay
attention to what I'm doing,

I could mess this thing up
big‐time,

and I don't have time
to start over.

♪ ♪

‐ It's time to start tempering.

I'm really trying
to slowly apply this heat.

I don't wanna rush this.

This is a make
or break situation.

‐ There's less than 20 minutes
left on the clock.

These guys are on
a marathon forging adventure

trying to knock out
this Greek xiphos.

These guys have to get
their handles constructed,

they got to get
pommels screwed on,

they got to get
everything sharpened.

‐ Round's almost over.

Loving the shape of my blade,

but this handle, I'm just not
really in love with it.

The major problem is that

there's no palm swell
in there,

so there's just not
a good grip.

So I'm gonna take
some paracord,

and I'm just gonna tie

about three or four
engineer's knots,

and I'm gonna epoxy
over the top of it,

and just smooth it down

and make sure it fits good
into my hand.

♪ ♪

‐ I see the clock
ticking down.

I need to move on to my handle.

This drill bit will not go

through the entire
handle piece,

so without even a hesitation,
I cut that sucker in half.

♪ ♪

I realize
I probably cost myself time.

Now I have to wallow it out
for the tang,

glue them together,

and get a mechanical
connection onto the tang.

This is a serious setback.

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

‐ Oh, man.

‐ I have to get these scales
onto this sword.

The only thing left I can do
is grab some paracord

and tie the handle
onto my sword.

♪ ♪

‐ He could shape that very
quickly, and then wrap it up.

‐ Problem is, all his focus
is on the handle‐‐

forget about sharpening
the blade.

‐ Ah, he's gotta sharpen
the blade still!

‐ And he still has
to torch temper it.

‐ If I don't finish this,

I'm coming out of this event
with a zero

and that is not acceptable.

This is do or die
at this point.

‐ Five, four, three,

two, one.

Bladesmiths, stop
what you're doing.

The timed portion
of this third event is over.

‐ Thank God.
[applause]

♪ ♪

This six‐hour event was brutal.

I feel like
I did everything I could,

and I'm really proud
of what I made.

♪ ♪

‐ Bladesmiths, welcome
to our third event testing.

Now, you guys worked really
hard these last six hours.

Let's see if your swords
can survive

our javelin chop
and sugarcane slice.

♪ ♪

Now what I'm gonna do is
I'm gonna take your swords

and I'm gonna beat them
repeatedly into these javelins,

and then try to cut
that sugarcane,

see if your edge held up.

It's gonna test everything
from the tip to the pommel.

Now Chad, you're up first.
Are you ready to go?

‐ Break it in half.

‐ [laughs]
Don't tell me stuff like that.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

‐ I'm nervous 'cause
sugarcane's tough

and I don't know what
those javelins are made of,

but I'm sure they're tough too.

So just anxious to see
what my blade'll do.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[rock music]

‐ [grunting]

♪ ♪

Nice job, Chad.

Edge is great.
No edge damage at all.

♪ ♪

The handle's comfortable.

It's a little bit small
for my hands,

a little harder to hold onto.

It's very forward heavy,

so a couple times when
I was trying to swing‐‐

the small handle
and a heavy blade,

I was kind of glancing
a little bit.

But when I got it to bite,
it cut through really good.

I'm impressed.
Good job.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Matt, you ready?
‐ Yes, sir.

‐ All right.
I'm ready too.

♪ ♪

‐ My biggest concern is that
somehow, someway,

maybe the torch temper
wasn't perfect,

so we might have either
some deflections, some rolling,

maybe some chipping,
or some breakage.

Chad's sword performed well.

I really need to perform well

in order to get those
20 points, and I want them.

♪ ♪

‐ [grunting]

♪ ♪

All right, Matt.
Good job.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Your edge is still there.

You attempted to do
an integral guard on there.

What you got here will stop
a hand from sliding up,

but the other purpose
of the guard is

to keep the blade from
sliding down onto your hand.

That, you don't have.

But, as far as holding it
for the strength test,

it chopped, it sliced.

Good job.
‐ Thank you.

‐ And then there was Gary.
How are you feeling, Gary?

‐ Not too bad.
‐ Not too bad?

Good.
[laughs]

♪ ♪

‐ I'm really nervous
about this test.

I have no idea
what's gonna happen.

I wrapped that handle
in paracord.

I put a bow on this thing
for the judges.

I'm just not sure it's
the kind of present they want.

[tense music]

[blade trembling]

♪ ♪

‐ Okay, Gary, I guess
the time got away from you.

‐ It did.

‐ I've seen some interesting
handles over the years.

This is one of the top ones.
[laughs]

I mean, I‐‐seriously,
I can't get my hand around it

to be able to swing it.

It's loose, and you never
torch tempered it,

which was a requirement.
‐ Yeah.

‐ Not being able to hold
onto it securely,

and the fact that
if I start swinging this,

it might just shatter,
it's not really safe to test.

♪ ♪

‐ Gary, unfortunately,
we won't be testing your blade

in this event, and that means
that you get zero points,

but you're not
out of the competition.

There is still the longest shot
in the world

that you could win
the whole shebang.

Matt, Chad,
we still have to determine

which of you won
this third event,

so give me a moment.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm feeling a lot
of butterflies in my stomach,

anxiety, nervousness.

‐ It's finished, it's got
a guard, it's got a pommel,

which is what we wanted.

It's a comfortable handle.
‐ Okay.

Is craftsmanship
subjective here

with that integral handle
and the pommel?

‐ Well, it's
an integral handle,

so not really a guard on it,
not really a pommel on it, so‐‐

‐ Missed the mark on a couple
of the features of the blade.

Okay.
All right.

♪ ♪

All right, gentlemen,
our first place winner

in this third event...

♪ ♪

Is Chad.

Man, you've been running away
with this.

Congratulations, you just
earned 20 additional points.

And Matt, you got second place,

and that gives you
another 12 points.

All three of you bladesmiths

are participating
in our final event

and the title is
still up for grabs.

We'll meet you back
on the Forge floor.

Thank you.

‐ Zero points is disappointing
for sure.

I don't know what's gonna be
in store for the fourth event,

but I know I really need
to make a comeback.

‐ Bladesmiths, we are heading
into our fourth event

of the Summer Forging Games.

And in this fourth event,

we are once again
doubling the points

for where you place.

There will be 40 points awarded
for first place,

24 for second place,
and 12 points for third place.

Now let's talk weapons.
And yeah, I said "weapons."

We're gonna continue
to push you

to your absolute physical
and mental limits.

Ready to see them?

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

‐ One of these weapons.
‐ Oh.

‐ You must choose to forge
one of these four blades.

And then based on
the difficulty of the blade,

you will be awarded
bonus points.

For example, the Kachin dao,

one of the easiest shapes
up here,

is worth five bonus points.

The Katzbalger‐‐10.
The kora sword is worth 15.

And the Ngombe Ngulu
is 20 additional points.

That's in addition to the
points that you will be awarded

for where you place after
the blades have been tested.

‐ With seven points, I've got
a lot of ground to make up.

I need to decide a balance
between the extra points

and what I think
I might be able to make.

This is gonna be
a tough decision.

‐ You will have four days
at your home forges

to produce your weapon.

At the end of those four days,

you'll present your weapons
to the judges,

they'll test them,
they'll place you,

and then one of you will become

the very first
Summer Forging Games Champion

who walks out of here
with a Damascus medal

and $15,000.

Second place gets a brass medal
and $4,000.

Third place, you get that
copper medal and just $1,000.

‐ I've done really well so far,
but I can't let up right now

'cause I could still
lose this thing.

There's a big decision
to be made.

I mean, I've gotta pick a
weapon that I know I can make,

I can‐‐
know I can make it well,

and I know I can make it fast.

♪ ♪

‐ Gentlemen, you're gonna come
out of here with something,

but you want
to come out of here

with the "Forged in Fire"

Summer Forging Games
Champion title.

Good luck.
We'll see you in four days.

♪ ♪

‐ So it's day one
of the fourth and final event.

‐ I'm choosing to make
the Kachin dao.

It's five bonus points.
It is a tribal sword.

It was used for beheadings.

I know I could get
more bonus points

making a more difficult sword,

but I wanna make the sword
that I know I can make,

and give me a chance to win.

In this first step,
I'm only gonna heat the tip up

'cause I wanna flare it out,

maybe work in that little bit
of a concave it's got.

I'm actually happy
with the shape.

But then I hold it up
to the light,

and I see a hole right
through the end of that sword.

Well, I got too thin.

Luckily, I'm not too far
into the first day.

I'm gonna have to ditch
this one and start over.

I'm gonna leave that other one

there by the forge
as a reminder.

[laughs]

I think this bigger bar of 5160
is gonna allow me

to not get too thin.

I think I did a better job
hammering this one out,

so I'm happy with it.

♪ ♪

‐ It's day one.

It feels really good
to be back home.

And I'm gonna go
with the Kachin dao

which is worth five points.

I was gonna go
with the Ngombe Ngulu,

but I actually
really like Kachin dao.

I've made similar to it.

♪ ♪

Going with the dao,
I'm definitely not gonna get

those extra bonus points,

but I'm just gonna go
with what I know.

I'm going with Damascus
for this build

because that's my strong suit,
that's my comfortability.

Pretty sure my welds are set.
I'm gonna start drawing it out.

I'm just gonna rotate,
get that heat real nice

and consistent
through the entire billet.

So I got my billet
drawn out to length.

I'm gonna start making
this profile by hand.

♪ ♪

So day one went great.

I have a rough shape
of the blade.

Couldn't be happier.
That's it for today.

♪ ♪

‐ It's day one.
I decided to shave.

I promised my wife
I would shave,

so gotta keep mama happy.

I decided to build
a Ngombe Ngulu

because I need those 20 points
to kind of secure my place.

I'm gonna use 15N20 and 1084.

I'm making
a double‐twist Damascus,

so I have to do
a couple twists

and weld it back together.

I don't know a whole lot
about the Ngombe Ngulu.

I know
that you're supposed to chop

people's heads off with it.

That's not really my style,

but I'll let them do
whatever they want.

I'm welding
my two billets together.

I got one twist billet,
one straight.

I go ahead and start
making the point,

and then I start making
that hook shape on the end.

Now that I have my blade
forged and shaped,

it's a great time
to do my quench.

♪ ♪

I got a good quench.

I didn't think that I was gonna
get this far today,

but thankfully I did.

‐ So it's day two.

I need to take some meat
off this blade.

It's too heavy to swing.

I want a nice balance
to this sword,

so I'm using my angle grinder

to take a lot of that steel
off of there.

♪ ♪

I'm really happy with the way
it feels in my hand right now,

and I can move on
to heat treat.

It's starting
to look like a sword.

♪ ♪

If I'm gonna win
this competition,

this has to go well.

♪ ♪

The blade came out
perfectly straight.

I can't be more happy
or relieved at this point.

She's hard.

‐ The morning of day two,
and I'm feeling pretty good.

First thing I'm gonna do

is I'm gonna start grinding
and cutting it.

Everything today is leading up
to a quench.

That's the most nerve‐racking
point in a build.

I got as much meat out
as I can.

It's time to quench.

I've never been so nervous
in my life.

You know, a lot of funky stuff
can go down

when you have a thin blade.

I put pretty much
everything I got into this.

This whole journey comes down
to this moment right now.

[bleep].

I notice that it's picked up
a bit of a warp.

This is not good.

I have three seconds
of malleability in this blade

before it's too late,

so I put it
on a flat steel table

and I start to flex it down.

I just keep pushing,
and I get it out.

♪ ♪

I think I got it.

‐ So it's the morning of day
two, and the plan for today

is to hopefully get
all the handle done.

I'm gonna use this Thuya wood
for my main handle,

and then,
for my two round globes,

I'm gonna use
this African blackwood,

so that ought to make
a pretty cool contrast.

This handle's got
two wooden globes as a pommel,

so that's probably gonna take
a little bit of time.

So I get the handle
roughly ground.

Now‐‐kind of tricky part,
that's making those globes,

but I think I've got an idea.

I'm gonna weld this bolt
onto my tool rest,

and then I'm gonna slide these
over it,

and I should be able
to make a perfect circle

by spinning this.

♪ ♪

[laughs]
It worked!

‐ So it's day three.
Feeling pretty good.

Today, I need to do
some finish work,

get a handle on it,
see how far I can get.

‐ This is a piece of ironwood.

It's got a nice,
dark finish on it.

It'll go really well
with the look of this blade.

♪ ♪

As I'm doing all this work
on the handle,

I think, "It doesn't matter
100% on how this looks.

I need to concentrate on the
performance of this blade."

It needs to chop, it needs
to not break in half,

and that handle needs
to be firm and secure.

♪ ♪

Got the handle glued up.
Pins are good.

All I have left is to do some
finish work on this handle,

and this thing's
gonna be ready to test.

‐ Wow.
‐ Hey, Elizabeth, how are you?

‐ I'm good, how are you?
‐ Check it out.

Well, having
a Kachin dao around

might be a good
intimidation factor

for some of these
potential suitors that come by

that wanna date my daughter,
so, you know,

I might have to make one
just to hang it on the wall.

What do you think
about me making knives?

‐ It's really cool, honestly.

Like, I walk out,

and there's always something
new you're working on.

‐ What do your friends think?
[music stops]

‐ They think that
you're kind of weird.

[laughter]

‐ Morning of day three,

and today is bringing
everything together.

Handle work‐‐gonna sharpen it,
gonna etch it, assemble it.

I'm almost done.

It's hypercritical
that this thing fits upright.

I put everything I have
out there,

so definitely want it
to be great.

So I have all my different
components done.

Now all I have to do
is etch it and assemble it.

♪ ♪

[whistles]

That's what I'm
talking about, people.

This has been
a forging marathon.

Back‐to‐back‐to‐back
challenges.

These events have been
really tough,

but I think this Damascus blade
deserves a Damascus medal.

And that's it.

♪ ♪

‐ It's the morning
of day four,

and the plan is I'm going
to put a edge on it,

and then test it
on some rocks.

♪ ♪

Now let's do some testing.

♪ ♪

I think that it will withstand
the strength test.

The Summer Forging Games
were incredibly tough,

but overall, it's something
that's gonna give me a shot

to win $15,000.

[music fades]

[rock music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths.

Welcome to our fourth
and final event

in the Summer Forging Games.

Now heading into this
after three events,

here's where things stand.

Chad, obviously you're
in the lead.

You've got 40 points.

Matt, you're bringing up
second place with 21 points.

And Gary, you're pretty
far back in the rear

with just seven points.

However, nobody's out
of the running for first place

because heading into
this fourth and final event,

we gave you guys the option
to earn bonus points

by choosing the difficulty
of the weapon that you forged.

Chad, you chose the Ngombe
Ngulu worth 20 bonus points.

Tell the judges about
the construction of your blade.

♪ ♪

‐ I made two billets
of 15N20 and 1084,

some Thuya wood for the handle

and two round globes
of African blackwood,

and a nickel silver pommel.

‐ All right, all right.

Gary, you chose the Kachin dao
worth five bonus points.

How did it go?

♪ ♪

‐ I used 5160 for the blade,

ironwood for the handle,
and a brass pommel.

‐ All right, all right.

And Matt, you also chose
the Kachin dao

worth five bonus points.

♪ ♪

‐ I used 15N20, 1080.

The handle is cocobolo,

and I used some aluminum
for accents in the pommel.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths,
we are now entering

the performance portion
of this fourth and final event.

At the end of this event,
we're gonna be placing you guys

from first through third place.

There will be three tests.

Up first, the KEAL test.
Doug?

♪ ♪

‐ Bladesmiths, this is
the KEAL and slice.

♪ ♪

Now to test the lethality
of your weapon and sharpness,

I will deliver some killing
blows on this ballistics dummy

and try to slice some sandbags
from the heavens.

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

‐ Yes, sir.

The first test
is the KEAL test,

and I feel real good
going into it.

I know my blade's
plenty beefy enough

that it should cut
right through

and not have any bending
or breaking.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[rock music]

‐ All right, Chad,

let's talk about
your Ngombe Ngulu right here.

Your spine's very obtuse,

so a lot of the weight
is very forward on this,

lending it to be
a forward chopping weapon,

but on a recovery,
it takes some effort.

But, because of that,

it digs in very deep
into this ballistics dummy.

As you can see, it almost took
the whole shoulder off.

Your weapon here, sir,
will KEAL.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ All right, Gary,
your turn, sir, you ready?

‐ Absolutely.

I'm nervous.

I haven't had a first place
in any of the events,

so I really need this sword
to perform

and give me a chance to win.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[foreboding music]

Oh.

‐ All right, Gary.

The balance of this blade
feels good in my hand.

The weight of your weapon
lets the weapon do its work.

I don't have to control it

because I'm not trying
to wield a heavy weapon.

Your edge is very sharp.

As you can see,
there goes one shoulder.

Overall, sir, it will KEAL.

♪ ♪

All right, Matt, your turn,
sir, you ready?

‐ Yes, sir.

Gary and I made
the same weapon.

That means that it's gonna be
head‐to‐head basically

'cause the points
are the same on that.

So it's really gonna come down
to whose performs better.

This is nerve‐racking.

♪ ♪

Yeah!

♪ ♪

‐ All right, Matt.

Kachin "wow."
Your edge is sharp.

The balance that you have here

allows for a deep cut,
using momentum as I'm moving.

There is a little bit of
a glinting on your edge there

chopping through bone, but
the edge is still razor sharp

and it decapitated the head.

Your weapon, sir, it will KEAL.

‐ All right.

♪ ♪

‐ Bladesmiths, welcome
to our strength test.

I'ma take each of your swords

and bash them
into these clay pots,

skulls, and my favorite,
the ice block chop.

Chad, you look excited.
You ready to go?

‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Okay.

♪

‐ I know nobody thinks that
their blade's gonna break,

but if it happens,
I'm not gonna get any points,

and all the progress
that I had made

by winning
the first three events

is all gonna be for nothing.

♪ ♪

‐ [grunting]

[grunting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Nice job, Chad.
‐ Thank you.

‐ Steel held up great.

You still got an edge on there.

I don't notice any chips,
or glinting, or anything.

But handle construction
is not my favorite.

Actually, just swinging it
that much,

it started hurting
the palm of my hand.

I think it swelled up here
and tapering back.

But you survived.
Good job.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Hey, Gary.
Ready to go?

‐ Let's do it.

♪ ♪

‐ [grunting]

♪ ♪

‐ Oh.

♪ ♪

‐ Nice job, Gary.

Your edge still looks good.
No damage at all.

The handle is semi‐comfortable.

Could've used
a little more finishing.

I like the little skull
and crossbone you put on there.

It's a nice extra touch.

But it's all still tight.
Good job.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Matt, I know
you're ready, right?

‐ Let's do it.

♪ ♪

‐ [grunting]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

All right, Matt, you survived,
but there's a couple problems.

You've picked up
a pretty significant bend

in your blade up here.

It's pretty thin coming up
into this area,

and it was just a bit
too much for it.

The edge on your blade
is still there.

It's not as sharp
as it was, though, before.

Other than that, you survived.
Good job.

‐ Thanks.

‐ All right, gentlemen, the
final test of the final event:

the sharpness test.

Now we have three
different bags up here,

three different materials.

This test is all about the edge
of your blade

and what it does
to these targets.

Chad, you're up first.
Are you ready?

‐ Yes, sir.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

‐ So right off, Chad,
it's a beautiful weapon.

On the first bag,
I cut with more of the head,

and it cut deeply.

The second bag‐‐
there's a section right here

that's not very sharp.

It just didn't cut
into that bag.

And the third bag,
that cut really deep.

But it's sharp.
Nicely done.

‐ Thank you.

‐ All right, Gary.
You're up next.

Ready to go?
‐ I'm ready.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

‐ Gary, your Kachin dao,

it does exactly what
it's supposed to do.

It's got a good edge on it,
cut beautifully.

Nicely done.
‐ Thank you.

‐ All right, Matt,
are you ready for this?

‐ Sure.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[clears throat]

‐ Matt, the blade,
right where it took that bend,

is not very sharp.

I can run my finger on it
without worrying about it.

You can see the cuts
are kind of torn.

It's a ragged cut
as opposed to that clean cut.

And on the last bag,
it barely cut it.

But will it cut?
Yes, it will.

♪ ♪

‐ All right, bladesmiths.

This concludes the weapons test
in this fourth and final event

of the Summer Forging Games,

and the judges and I
need to deliberate

about your placement
in this competition.

Thank you very much.

♪ ♪

All right, gents,
after three events,

we know where
our bladesmiths stood

coming into this fourth
and final event.

But now, it all comes down
to this for the $15,000.

♪ ♪

Let's talk
about the performance.

‐ Well, Matt's blade
took the most damage,

and it definitely affected

his performance
in the sharpness test.

♪ ♪

‐ Right where it took that bend
is not very sharp.

‐ All right, what do you think
of Gary's blade?

‐ Gary's blade ain't the
prettiest thing in the world,

but it did everything
we asked for.

It's well balanced,
comfortable to hold onto,

no bending, breaking, anything.

It did what we wanted.
[grunts]

♪ ♪

‐ Well, let's compare that
to Chad's Ngombe Ngulu.

‐ Chad's blade is beautiful.

Unfortunately, the forward
weight on that makes it hard

to wield, especially
with the handle construction.

It's just not comfortable
in all our hands.

‐ Yeah, there's a dull spot
right at the base of the curve,

and it really showed up
in the sharpness test.

‐ All right, so beautiful
blade, not so great

when it comes to the
functionality of the weapon.

All right, judges,
I need to know

if you made
your final decision.

both: Yeah.
‐ Good.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

All right, gentlemen,

the judges' deliberation
is complete

and here are the placements
after our fourth event.

Our third place
contestant is...

♪ ♪

Matt.
You got 17 points.

And the winner of our fourth
and final event is...

♪ ♪

Gary, congratulations.
‐ Oh.

‐ Chad, that means
that you got second place.

Gentlemen, here are
the standings overall

for the Summer Forging Games.

Our third place finisher is...

♪ ♪

Matt, with 38 points.

You did fantastic work
out here, my friend.

Come forward
and claim your medal.

‐ All right.

I'm really proud
of the weapon that I made,

but I just got outclassed.

I'm taking away more
than some prize money,

more than this medal.

I mean, I got to work
on the Forge floor.

Couldn't be happier
with this journey.

‐ Second place
in the Summer Forging Games

with 52 points is...

♪ ♪

Gary.
Good job, brother.

Come forward
and grab your medal.

‐ I just can't believe
that I won that final event

and got second overall.

I pushed myself harder
than I thought I could.

Overall,
just an amazing journey.

‐ With 84 points at the end
of this competition is Chad.

‐ Thank you.
‐ Congratulations.

You are the Summer
Forging Games Champion.

How about that, huh?
‐ Hmm.

‐ Chad, you can come forward
and grab your Damascus medal.

Congratulations.

‐ I am
the "Forged in Fire" Champion.

Being the champion
means a lot.

It means that I can turn out
very oddly shaped weapons.

I feel real good.

‐ Gentlemen, you all did
fantastic work

in our very first
Summer Forging Games.

Be proud of yourselves.
Good job.

[applause]

‐ Good job, man.

‐ Chad, you're leaving
with $15,000!

‐ All right.

‐ Gary, you're leaving
with $4,000!

And Matt, you get a thousand.

‐ I'll take it.
‐ Good job, guys.

‐ Thanks, guys.
‐ Everybody's a winner!

‐ [whistles]

‐ It feels really good
and I'm happy.

What's next for me?

I'm gonna go home,
wait for my money to arrive,

buy a grinder, and then I'm
gonna take my wife on a date.

[laughs]

♪ ♪