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[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Tonight
on an epic "Forged in Fire"...

is a Marvel's "Midnight Suns"
takeover.

♪ ♪

- [roars]

♪ ♪

Everything from the blades

to the challenges
and the tests

will be influenced
by the darker side of Marvel.

Will heroes prevail?
- [laughs]

- Or will evil take over?

- Oh, no.

- There, there, my sweet child.

- It all starts now.

[low dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- My name
is Jessie Whipperman.

I'm 37 years old
and I'm from Des Moines, Iowa,

and I've been smithing
for about five years.

All of my kids
have tried forging,

but they realize how hot it is,
how dirty it is,

and they decided that playing
video games is more fun.

If I had
a Marvel superhero name,

it would be the Foundry.

The Foundry's powers
melt the competition.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- My name is Paul Leal Jr.

I'm from La Vernia, Texas.

I'm 49 years old.

I served 22 years in the Army.

I run a program for vets
and first responders,

helping teach them how
to make knives.

If I were to be a superhero,

I would be Captain Damascus.

I take all their blades
and make them cooler.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- My name is Luke Terry.

I'm 18 years old
from Steubenville, Ohio,

and I've been blacksmithing
for eight years.

I'm a pretty big Marvel fan.

As a little kid
watching "Iron Man 1,"

him forging
his Iron Man suit--

such a hands-on, science-y,
engineering thing,

that is one of the things
that kind of launched me

into studying mechanical
engineering and technology.

I would have
to say my superhero name

would probably be
the Metal Bender.

I feel like it encompasses
so much of what I do,

so much of my personality,
so much of what I enjoy,

there's no way I wouldn't
be able to include that in.

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to The Forge!

You are about to take part

in a one-of-a-kind
bladesmithing competition

that has been specifically
designed to test

all of your skills
from tip to tang.

Now you're probably wonderin',
"What is going on?"

Things are looking
quite a bit different

today in The Forge,

and that's because
today's competition

has been taken over
by Marvel's "Midnight Suns."

Now this video game
features Marvel's darker side

as a team
of supernatural warriors

fight off ancient
demonic forces.

Now we've brought
that virtual world to life

here in The Forge
for a competition

where we're gonna ask you
to build some iconic weapons

carried by the heroes
of this game.

And then we're gonna put them
through our own very evil

and demonic test.

Now you may have noticed
that there's only three of you.

That's because this competition
will only consist of two rounds

of bladesmithing, and after
each one of those rounds,

you will present your work
to our panel of expert judges,

who will critique
and test your blades,

ultimately making the decision

as to which one of you
is leaving here

as a "Forged in Fire" champion,

receiving a check for $10,000.

Now guys, let's get into it.

Now to start things off,

we're gonna ask
you three smiths

to be the first to forge out

a very unique weapon
that before now

has only existed
in the digital world

and carried by a hero
of the "Midnight Suns."

- 'Bout time.

- Gentlemen, today,
you will be building this.

♪ ♪

This weapon here
is Blade's glaive.

Now as one
of the Midnight Suns,

Blade wields his weapon
to fight off

the underworld's army
of demons.

Gentlemen, you'll be building
your own unique version

of his blade
in the next five-hour round.

- [laughing] Oh.

This blade
has some kind of pointy

double-bladed,
crazy fantasy-looking weapon.

With all the curves
and weird spikes on this blade,

it definitely looks like it's
gonna be a difficult build,

especially in only five hours.

- You can use any steel here
in the pantry

and you can use
any method you choose

to build your blades.

Just make sure
that your glaives

fall within these parameters:

this weapon
features two blades

that have the same dimensions,

both blades need
to have a width

between 4 1/2
and 5 1/2 inches,

a length
between 5 and 6 inches,

they both need
to be skeletonized,

and connected by a handle

that is between
4 1/2 and 5 1/2 inches.

Now at the end
of the five-hour round,

the judges will fix your blades

into a mechanical device
that has been designed

to replicate
Fallen Hulk's rage.

Then to check for sharpest,

they'll be swung
through multiple fabric bags.

Now guys, there is one thing
I forgot to mention.

Back behind me here
at the pantry

there are six
"Midnight Suns" cards,

and throughout the first
30 minutes of this competition,

I will call each one of you up
individually

to grab one of those cards
and flip it over.

Now on the reverse side
of those cards

there's either a villain
or a hero from the game.

If you flip over
and you have a hero,

everybody benefits.

And the opposite of that,

if you flip your card over
and you've got a villain,

things are getting quite a bit
more difficult for everybody.

But gentlemen, good luck
because your time starts now.

♪ ♪

So guys, here we are

in our Marvel's "Midnight Suns"
competition.

These guys
are about to build

one of the most wicked
fantasy blades

I've seen done
in The Forge here.

- It's definitely not
your everyday builds

for a lot of bladesmiths.

- That's one of the things
of fantasy weapons in general:

they always have this sort
of fanciful thing to 'em,

which make them
more challenging

'cause it's outside
the wheelhouse

of what most smiths
are gonna do.

♪ ♪

- I go with W1 round bar.

As Captain Damascus,

using mono steel
would be frowned upon,

but it's a weird-shaped blade
with curves in it

so I'm going to do it.

- All right.

I think all the smiths
are gonna end up using

a 6-inch piece of W1.

- Yeah.
- One of the important points

of this blade is to make sure
that metal is screamin' hot.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- 'Cause you're gonna put

a heck of a lot of stress
on that joint.

Working that metal cold,

that's where you're gonna wind
up with fractures

and cracks
and things falling apart.

- That was no bueno.

I go check the metal.

It's not even close,

so I go start checking
and rechecking the parameters.

If I start working this steel
before it is ready,

it could easily develop cracks.

Wow, that takes a long time.

So I'm waiting and waiting
for this steel to heat up.

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

How am I going to do this?

This is the first time
I have built anything

with this many curves.

It's an interesting weapon
because of its symmetry

on both sides, so how do you go
about making this happen?

- Cut your shape
out of two flat pieces,

then swing one over
and weld the middle.

- Oh, sneaky.

- That way you got
perfectly symmetrical pieces,

as opposed to trying to forge
perfectly symmetrical pieces.

- The most difficult part

is going to be trying to make
sure all of the curves match.

This is going to take all
of my skill set

to get this together
in five hours.

Close.

♪ ♪

- My initial thoughts?
I don't have a damn idea

how I'm gonna make this thing.
[laughs]

I am not familiar with W1,
but I know for sure

that big ol' bar
has enough steel in it.

- This is the first time
I've seen all three bladesmiths

actually write out their plan
on the table.

- They have a drawing
of the object to scale,

so it's gonna help them
with the whole design process.

- Making this blade
in five hours

is definitely gonna
be a challenge,

but I think
as long as I keep my head,

have a plan, I don't think
I'll have too many problems.

♪ ♪

- It's time.
- [laughs]

- Oh, this is my favorite part
about this competition.

I'm about to call up
one of these smiths

to either be the hero
or the villain

on The Forge floor.

Hey, Luke!

Come on up, buddy.
Your turn to pick a card.

- Awesome.

Definitely a little nervous
going up there.

Nothing they throw out there
could be too, too hard, right?

- What do we got?

Oh.

- [roars]

- All right, guys, listen up!

Luke drew the Lilith card,

meaning each and every one of
you have to turn in your blades

under three pounds
or you will be eliminated.

- So add that parameter
to the list.

I really hope the other guys
aren't too mad

that I drew
the first villain card.

Time to put it on a diet.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- This new parameter
may be a little tricky,

but there's no knife
should weigh three pounds

that's that small.

Finally, this metal
is hot enough to start moving,

so I just start working it down
into my cone shape

and that way I can move on
to Big Blu

and gettin' that overall link
to where I want it to be.

We got this, man.

- Paul, you're up!
Time to pick a card.

- [laughs]

I feel lucky today.

♪ ♪

- [laughing] Oh, no,
we got another villain.

- [roars]

- You have picked
the Fallen Hulk card,

meaning he has smashed Big Blu
and it's down for 30 minutes.

- No.

- [bleep].
- Wow.

- Oh!
- That's a rough one.

- This smashes all my plans.

Sorry, fellas.

I was about to use Big Blu
to draw out this blade wide,

so I don't know what I'm gonna
do for the next 30 minutes.

Weld, weld, weld, weld.

- So guys, here we are

in the Marvel's "Midnight Suns"
competition,

where Paul has picked
the Fallen Hulk card.

- [roars]

- Meaning
he has smashed Big Blu

and it's down for 30 minutes.

- Oh!

- That's a rough one.
- No.

This smashes all my plans.

I was about
to use Big Blu next.

- Sorry, fellas.

- Now I'm stuck with a hammer
to draw out this blade wide.

- Paul's got his hammer out,

but he's widening out the base
of that blade at the handle

before he puts any bend in it.

Bending it over's gonna be hard

without having it crumple
on him.

- [groans]

It's not easy to hold.

My fingers are starting
to cramp to a point where

I gotta stretch 'em
in between heats.

Come on.

But Captain Damascus
wouldn't give up,

so I just whack at it
and whack at it

as hard as I can, waiting for
Big Blu to come back into play.

- Blade would be proud.

- Now that I've got
the handle pressed out,

I can start putting
the grooves into it.

- Jessie is starting to try
to bend his blade

right on the horn.

- That's a good idea.

- I'm just going
back and forth

between the anvil
and my drawing.

Everything is looking good,

but I'm a little worried
about my time.

I'm gonna have
to move quickly.

- He'll have to be careful,

because when you bend something
quite aggressively,

you often get microcracking
right in that corner.

♪ ♪

- All right,
last but not least, Jessie!

Your turn to pull a card,
boss!

- We've already pulled
two villain cards.

I don't wanna be the guy that
throws in another parameter.

[groans]

♪ ♪

- All right, guys,

you should all be thanking
Jessie right now.

He's got the Wolverine card,

adding 20 minutes to the clock.

- Thank you.

- We got the bad cards out
of the way for you.

- [laughs]

That softens the blow of losing
Big Blu for half an hour.

- What were you for Halloween
this past year?

- I was Wolverine, actually.

I made big ol' claws
and the whole nine yards.

It was a lot of fun.

- My son and I used
to have superhero ideas.

I think the worst I ever had
was Frozen-Solid Man.

He could freeze himself solid.

- [laughs]
- I know. It's...

[both laugh]

- I finally get this forged out
to shape

so now I'm starting to feel
really good about this blade.

- So now 30 minutes
have elapsed

since Hulk came in
and destroyed Big Blu,

which means it's back up
and runnin'.

- Big Blu, it's go time.

Bam.
Big Blu is online.

I start spreading that metal
and it moves fast.

Paul is getting the width
compared to the other two.

- Yeah,
now that he's got that width,

see how it's rolling over?

- Holy smokes.

- Trying to make this curve
is challenging.

It keeps wanting to warp on me,
so I hit it and hit it...

and then have
to re-flatten it out.

[sighs]
Even curves.

- One trick really is to not
heat that handle section

because if you heat the section
you're gonna try to curve

and the handle,
as you start hitting,

it just bends right
at the interface,

at that thin spot
on the handle.

- Finally getting this metal

to where I think
I've met parameters.

It looks good, but I'm still
feeling the cramps.

They're getting worse.

- The smiths seem
to be tiring rapidly.

- Big Blu was down early on,

so they gassed themselves out
with the hand hammers.

- I still have quite a bit
to do in this round

and I don't know how much
is actually gonna prevent me

from holding this blade
and finishing it.

♪ ♪

- It's taking me a bit longer
to meet parameters

than I'd previously hoped.

Time to work
on my skeletonization.

My plan for skeletonization
is to drill two holes

roughly centered
on each blade,

hog out the material
in the middle

with an angle grinder,

and that'll be that.

- Since we're not telling them
how to skeletonize,

they could make multiple holes
and then use a rotary tool

to connect those holes,
removing that section,

burn it out with a torch.

Lots of ways.

- I'm feeling pretty good
so far.

Everything's going according
to plan.

Oh, yeah.

[sander grinding]

- I have the blade skeletonized

and now I gotta hog off
as much material as possible

before I quench.

- Now he's only got one
of the blades

in the forge right now.

This should tell you guys he's
gonna quench one at a time.

- You don't need to have
that center piece harden.

There's no reason for it.

♪ ♪

There you go.
- All right.

- You got one quenched blade.

- There's no warps or cracks
so I quench the second one.

♪ ♪

Everything looks good.

I haven't weighed my blade yet.

[bleep].

And I am slightly under
four pounds.

I don't have a handle
on this blade yet

and it needs
to be under three pounds,

otherwise I'm going
to be eliminated immediately.

So I am feeling the clock.

- Bladesmiths, you are now
officially halfway through

this "Midnight Suns"
competition.

You've got
2 hours and 30 minutes left.

♪ ♪

- Ooh.
- Uh-oh.

- Whoa.

Luke just quenched
screamin' hot.

- Yeah, one side
was screamin' hot

and the other side was right
about where you want it to be.

- And the file bites.

Only one of my blades
is hardened.

[bleep].

Okay.

- Luke is back in the forge,
guys.

- Luke may be file checking
while it's still hot

and thinking
it didn't get hard.

The second quench
can be detrimental.

You're just growing grain
at that point.

♪ ♪

- Luke just quenched again.
- Yep.

- Damn it.

And it bites again.

I'm starting to feel the panic
set in a little bit.

- Luke's back in the fire.

- What?
- What are you doin'?

- The grain side in there
has to be like asphalt.

That's gonna, in turn,
make it a very brittle blade.

- Look at the color.

- Oh.
- Whoo.

- Holy crap.
- One quench was hot.

Two quenches, very hot.

This one was the surface
of the sun.

- Something's clearly
not right.

After three quenches,

this blade is still not
completely hard.

[bleep].
- Oh, no, no.

He's done file checks,
he's quenched three times.

What's going on?

Why is he going
for number four?

- Decarburization on the edge
of that blade probably

is making the file bite in.

He should take that blade
to the grinder,

grind all that black
off of there.

He was probably just filing
forge scale off.

- There's times
you gotta trust science.

- Yeah.
- If you get that blade hot

and drop it in oil,
it's gonna be hard.

- Yeah.

- If I don't get this thing
quenched now, I'm screwed.

- Here we go.

- Everybody,
cross your fingers.

All of our smiths
have been tasked

to recreate Blade's glaive

in a five-straight-hour
forging round,

where they gotta build
the blade from start to finish.

We're coming really close
to the two-hour mark

and Luke is back in the fire,

going for number four, guys.

- [bleep].
Quenching over and over

just opens you up to warps,
cracks.

It is a huge risk
to do a fourth quench.

- Here we go.

- Everybody,
cross your fingers.

- Oy, four hot quenches.

- It's hard enough.

All it needs to do is survive
the testing and beyond that,

there's not a whole lot
I can do.

- Bladesmiths,
you have two hours remaining!

♪ ♪

- I decided to focus
on shaping this blade

before I go the oil

because it will make it
way more difficult

to shape when it's hard.

I think my blade
is looking good,

but because
it's a weird-shaped blade,

I decide to torch quench

and that will give me
the edge I want.

- What's a main difference
between doing a torch quench

and doing the forge quench?

- You're heating
such a small area.

I mean, it would be like trying
to cook a steak

with a book of matches.

- [laughs] And he's still--
- You can do it,

but it's gonna take
a long time.

- Well, we're just looking
at extra steps added in

in an already short
time period.

- Yeah, and not knowing how
to set your tools up properly

can cost you a lot of time.

[dramatic music]

So you want that flame--
it's a very, very blue flame--

not white like that.

- Oh, no.

♪ ♪

- And see,
that's way too much gas.

- If I can't get this torch

to stay
at the perfect setting,

I'm not gonna get enough heat

to quench this blade.

♪ ♪

- There,
that's the flame you want.

♪ ♪

- Whoo.
Come on, come on, come on.

- That looks red enough
to quench.

- Here we go.
All right, so Paul now has

one of his edges
torch quenched.

- Now I just have to do it
one more time.

All right, all right,
all right.

Finally, I got my hard edge,
and this is a big relief.

I feel like I'm caught up.

That should do it.

♪ ♪

- I've met the weight parameter
now

and I'm checking my knife
against my sketch and...

[bleep].

I am under parameters
for the height.

I gotta heat the tip
of these blades up

so I can hammer out the curve
to widen them out.

- Oh, he's moving it.

He doesn't have the width.

He's gotta bend it open.
- Oh, no.

- I am going to bend the tip up
into the position it needs

to be
to have enough blade height.

- Oh, this could be tragic.

You could really shear
that blade right off.

- It's always difficult
to watch smiths

take a couple steps back
and then have to run forward

to get to the end.

- I have to hit parameters.

A quarter of an inch
will send me home.

[bleep].

- Gentlemen, you're down
to the final 60 minutes!

- I've done enough grinding
at this point.

It looks good enough.

I'm worried about
how much time is left

to make a handle.

I see this Micarta.

It's the perfect size,
so I'm gonna go with it.

- It's a pretty bloody
simple handle,

but until you impact something,

you never really
fully understand

what that handle feels like
and how it's gonna react.

- Because the handle
is basically a rectangle,

there's not a whole lot
of contouring I can do

at this point.

But I make sure
to add some grips

into the Micarta,

just to give it
a little extra something.

Having a comfortable handle
on a blade

is almost as important
as making sure it's sharp.

I like that.

- [roars]

- I don't wanna go
with just the colorful handle.

I need something that's strong,
so I head for the Micarta.

It'll be easy to work with,
easy to grind on.

- You just get an idea of how
strange of a weapon this is,

watching Paul grind
and turn his whole body around.

♪ ♪

- Bladesmiths,
you've got 30 minutes left!

- Now that I'm in parameters,

I put so much heat
on the tip of these blades

that I have to quench again.

- Jessie just quenched
that blade in a temperature

that it was way too low,
so I mean,

he's not hardening that blade.

He's just sort of de-tempering
it at this point.

- It's not even close.

- This entire competition
might come down

to the way these smiths have
heat treated these blades.

- I get the second tip quenched
and I am very frustrated

with how much time it took me
to fix that mistake.

- Jessie needs the Midnight
Suns to come in and save him

from all the evil forces
that have been seeping in

to this forge.
- [laughs]

- Come on.

Once I have everything
epoxied,

I start shaping the handle.

It is very awkward grinding
this while it is clamped up.

But I don't have
much time left.

I gotta work fast.

- We've done
some really basic challenges,

where we said,
"Copy this knife,"

and had it go
so far off the rails

that we didn't know what
we were looking at,

and these smiths have each made

a really nice representation
of that glaive.

- I had my doubts, but these
are good-looking blades.

- Absolutely.

- I don't believe
that I finished in time.

- Five, four, three, two, one!

Bladesmiths, turn off your
machines, put down your tools!

This "Midnight Suns"
competition is over!

- Whoo-ee.

♪ ♪

- I'm pretty proud
of my blade.

It's not the prettiest,

but I've never made something
like this before

and I'm pretty confident
it will hold up.

♪ ♪

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to the strength test,

the Fallen Hulk smash.

♪ ♪

In the "Midnight Sun"
video game,

Hulk falls into
the demonic forces

and is actually
a villain.

- [roars]

- To recreate
his destructive power,

I'm gonna fix
your Blade's glaive

onto this mechanical apparatus
and fire it out

to these three different
targets:

steel chain, bones,
and a steel shield.

Jessie, are you ready?

- Absolutely.
- All right. Let's do this.

♪ ♪

- My heart is somewhere
in my stomach.

None of these things look like
they would be good on a blade.

♪ ♪

- [roars]

[low tense music]

♪ ♪

- All right, Jessie, first up,
it's got a hefty weight to it,

but you did come
under three pounds with this.

Your blade didn't take
any damage during this test.

Overall, no jiggling,
nothing came loose.

Good job.

- Thank you.

- All right, Paul, your turn.
Are you ready?

- I'm ready.
- All right. Let's do this.

[dramatic music]

I'm imagining the worst
at this point,

knowing that they throwing
Hulk in the mix

just terrifies me

and it looks like it's about
to do some serious damage.

♪ ♪

- [roars]

♪ ♪

[roars]

[low tense music]

♪ ♪

- All right, Paul.
First up, it's wieldable.

It's got a nice weight to it,

but your edge took a little bit
of a chip on the impact.

But the other blade is clear.

Nothing going on with this side
of your edge.

So overall, your Blade's glaive
survived Fallen Hulk's smash.

Good job.

- Thank you.

- Luke, it's your turn, sir.
Are you ready?

- I'm ready.
- All right. Let's do this.

- I'm definitely feeling
a little nervous

going into testing.

Because of how many times
I quenched my blade,

I'm at higher risk of cracks,
chips.

Fingers crossed
mine will hopefully survive.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [roars]

[low tense music]

♪ ♪

- All right, Luke, first up,
it is a very light weapon.

It's wieldable.

Now, you did four quenches
on this.

On the inside
of your blade here,

you have a crack
that's on that area

on both ends of your blade.

But in this particular test,
it survived.

Good job.
- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- Gentlemen,
welcome to our sharpness test,

the bag slice.

Now, in the game
"Midnight Suns,"

when a demon is killed,
he turns to black ash.

So to test the sharpness
of your blade,

I'll be cutting these bags
full of black ash,

and Jessie, you're up first.

Are you ready?
- Absolutely.

- Okay.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [screams]

♪ ♪

- [snarls]

[low tense music]

♪ ♪

- All right, Jessie,
your Blade's glaive,

it's got some heft to it,

but killed some demons
pretty good.

[laughs]

It's very sharp.
Very nicely done.

- Thank you.

- All right, Paul.
You ready?

- I'm ready.
- Okay.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- [screams]

♪ ♪

[low tense music]

- All right, Paul.

First off,
what I like is the depth

of these curves,
because it really allows me

to slash and not worry about
hanging up on things.

Honestly, it's a great shape.

Looks good, feels good,
and it cuts great.

Good job.
- Thank you.

- All right, Luke.
You're up next.

You ready?
- Let's do it.

- Okay.

[dramatic rock music]

♪ ♪

- [screams]

♪ ♪

- All right, so Luke,
right off the bat,

your edge definitely
does the job,

but there's a couple things
going on

with the design
of your glaive here

in that the handle's
all the way to one side,

which makes it fine
for holding this way

'cause that keeps me off
of that,

but if I hold it the other way
and I'm on this handle,

that is right in the meat
of my hand.

If I were continuously
using this blade,

I think this being right
in the meat of my palm

would eventually create
a hot spot.

But for this test, it is sharp.

Nicely done.
- Thank you.

- Well, gentlemen,
right off that bat,

you all should be
extremely proud of yourselves.

You took Blade's glaive,
a weapon that only exists

in the virtual world,
and you brought them to life

in this forge,
but guys, as you know,

only two of you can join us
in the final round

of this "Midnight Suns"
competition.

And after discussion,

the judges did make
a final decision.

The bladesmith leaving
The Forge is...

[suspenseful music]

Luke.

Unfortunately,
your blade did not make the cut

and Doug's gonna tell you why.

- Luke, you should be
very proud of your work.

This was not an easy build,
but at the end of the day,

it came down to your handle.

It's a little bit blocky.

You didn't round the edges,
and it creates some hot spots.

Also, the inside curves
of your blade

have visible cracks,

and that's the reason
you're not moving forward.

- Thank you.

- Well, Luke, I hope you had
as much fun buildin'

this fantasy weapon
as we had watching you make it.

Unfortunately, your time
in this competition has ended.

I'm gonna have to ask you

to please step off
The Forge floor.

- Good job, man.
- Thank you, guys.

The handle heavily affects
the usability of my blade,

so that is definitely enough
to send someone home.

I've had a great time
working under the guise

of the Marvel-themed episode.

I'm definitely looking forward
to checking out

the game "Midnight Suns."

It seems really cool.

- Jessie, Paul, gentlemen,
congratulations.

You are now vaulting
into the final round

of this Marvel's
"Midnight Suns" competition.

Now it's down to the two
of you, battling it out

for the title
of "Forged in Fire" champion

and a check for $10,000.

In this final round,
we're sending you back

to your home forges to bring
yet another iconic weapon

from the "Midnight Suns"
to life.

To tell you more about that,
I wanna introduce you

to the game's
creative director,

Jake Solomon.

- Bladesmiths,
we are so excited

for this next build,
a weapon that has never existed

in the Marvel Universe
before now.

Bladesmiths, you need
to go home and build this.

♪ ♪

The Hunter's iconic blades.

♪ ♪

Bladesmiths,
this pair of lethal swords

belongs to the Hunter,
an original superhero

that we created in close
partnership with Marvel.

The Hunter is the first
customizable hero

in the Marvel Universe.

Bladesmiths,
we are really excited

to see you bring
these virtual blades to life.

Good luck to you both.

- Well, thanks, Jake.
I agree, man.

I cannot wait to see these
blades be brought to life.

When you bring your blades
back,

make sure they fall within
these parameters:

the larger of the two blades
needs to have a blade length

between 32 and 34 inches,

the smaller needs to be
between 20 and 22 inches.

Now they also need to feature
the iconic Hunter's sword's

both pommel and guard
and have a white handle.

- It feels pretty cool
to be making another weapon

from a video game,
but when I hear

that it's two blades,
I am screaming internally.

- Gentlemen,
this is a very difficult pair

of blades to build.

Good luck.

We will see you here
in four days.

[upbeat rock music]

- We're here
at the home forge

and I'm ready
to rock and roll again.

So I think
the most challenging part

about this is going
to be having

to make two identical blades,

but one shorter
than the other.

I wanna put my touchmark
on it as Captain Damascus,

so we're gonna make
Damascus billets

with 80CrV2 and 15N20.

Girl, that's a monster billet
right there.

I wanted to make both blades

out of one billet instead
of two billets.

I thought
that would take more time.

Little kisses.

At least three times.

[metallic clinking]

So far my progress
is coming a little slower

than I thought.

I've got two billets cut out.

Tomorrow I will take turns
getting them stretched out

and profile 'em.

♪ ♪

- And I'm back here

in my hometown
of Des Moines, Iowa,

and I'm ready to start
this build

of Hunter's iconic blades.

♪ ♪

I decided to go
with mono steel 8670

because I feel like spending
more time making sure

that the handle
is the best handle

the judges have ever seen.

♪ ♪

It's the end of day one.

I got both
of my blades forged out

and I got some grinding done.

I feel like I am ahead
of schedule right now.

- Yesterday I got both swords
profiled,

so today I need to start
on my handle material.

To tackle these brass guards,

I plan on using the mill.

All right,
if I get this milled,

I can get this handle material
to sit in.

They're a little difficult

because they're a matching set,

one of 'em being smaller
than the other.

With only one day left,
the time is ticking.

I still have
to quench my blades,

but if things go smoothly,
I think I can make it up.

Havin' a pool at the forge
is sometimes

is just what you need
to cool off and regenerate.

- It's the morning
of day three.

Yesterday, I worked
on a lot of grinding

and then I got to the quench.

Today, I'm going to start
cutting the faux ivory

for my handles and the brass.

Margin for error
will be very thin.

I really want my handles
to shine

since I am not bringing
Damascus blades.

♪ ♪

Now I'm just making sure

that everything pieces together
properly.

The biggest handle
I've ever done by far.

It's the end of day three.

I have finished cutting
all of my brass

and ivory to shape--

that everything fits up
properly tomorrow.

I am ready
to finish this build.

- So it's the morning
of day four.

Today is going
to be finishing the handle

on the second sword.

Once I get those pinholes
drilled,

I'll be able
to quench my blades.

♪ ♪

That looks good.

All right, I'm ready to start
heat treating.

Going into that quench
is always scary.

You could always come out
with a crack, a warp.

I need to make sure
I get this right

because this could be
a major problem for me

at this state in the game.

♪ ♪

Oh, yeah, good and straight.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

All right, two hard blades.
Looking good.

I still have to glue the
handles up and put my edge on.

♪ ♪

So as the clock comes
to an end,

I need to hurry
and get the paint rays

put on the blades.

'Bout the best I can do
with what I got.

That's it for now
from Captain Damascus.

We'll see you back
at The Forge.

- It is day four,
the last day.

I am feeling pretty good,

just putting
on the finishing touches.

I'm going to be using
the Dremel

to add some embellishments
on the brass guard and pommel.

I want the handles
to be the star of the show.

♪ ♪

I'm excited to have the judges
test out my blades

and I'm sure that it'll cut
through anything

that they put in front of it.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Well, bladesmiths,
welcome back

to the final round of testing

in our Marvel's "Midnight Suns"
takeover competition.

You both brought back a pair
of Hunter's iconic swords,

and guys, I gotta say,
they both look great.

But before we test these blades

to find out which one of you
is going out with the victory,

I wanna hear about 'em.

So, Jessie,
tell us about yours.

- Both my blades
are made out of 8670.

They both have brass guards
and pommels

with faux ivory
for the main handle.

- They look absolutely great.
- Thank you.

- Paul, how 'bout you?
How'd yours go?

- Mine came down to the wire.

I used 80CrV2 and 15N20
to make Damascus blades,

a lot of brass
and some faux ivory material

for the handle.

- Very, very impressive,
but gentlemen, as you know,

only one of you can leave
this competition

as a "Forged in Fire" champion.

In order to find out
which one of you that is,

we're gonna put your blades
through a series of tests.

To start things off,
we got the KEAL test.

I'm gonna hand you off to Doug.

♪ ♪

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to the KEAL test.

Unfortunately, healing powers
is not my greatest suit,

but delegation of work is.

Wielding your weapons today
is my brother, RJ Marcaida.

♪ ♪

Jessie, you're up first.

- I am very proud
of the blades that I made

going into testing.

I'm feeling pretty confident
right now.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

[suspenseful music]

- All right, Jessie,
both your long and short sword

are very comfortable to wield.

They've got
a very nice balance.

Now, your edges are very sharp.

They cut deeply
into the pig carcass.

Your weapons, sir,

they will KEAL.

- Thank you.

- Paul, your turn.
So you ready?

- I'll fire up the grill.

- All right,
we'll see you there.

- One of my favorite tests
to watch

is the slicing of the pig.

Of course one
of my favorite things

is also cooking of the pig.

But I just hope
this thing holds up.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

- All right, Paul.
First off, for the long sword,

despite having the brass here
and what I would think

is a counterbalance,
it is forward-heavy.

Now, where my hand is,

right above here on the handle

it digs into your palm.

The shorter sword
is much easier to wield

because the handle
matches nicely.

But these are deep cuts
on the pig carcass

and overall,
both your weapons will KEAL.

- Thank you.

[suspenseful music]

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to the strength test.

[monster snarls]

To test the strength
and durability of your blades,

I'm going to be bashing them
into that big thing

and also check
for edge retention

by cutting through these bags
and jugs.

But I'm not gonna
do this alone.

The Midnight Suns work best
as a team

so I'm gonna enlist the help
of my teammate, Dave Baker.

Jessie, you're up first.
You ready?

- Give it hell.
- All right.

- [growls]

♪ ♪

- [growls]

♪ ♪

- All right, Jessie, man.

This is a beautiful set.

For the smaller sword,

it took some dinging
on the edge,

but the weight is really nice

and Dave really enjoyed
swinging this one.

On the longer one,

it took some serious bending
in the test.

It's kicked off from the handle

and then it kicks back over
at the tip there.

It was obviously sharp.

I mean, both of these swords
cut like they're supposed to,

but there's no getting around
this significant bend

in the longer one here.

All right, Paul,
you're up next.

You ready?
- Do it to it.

- All right.

♪ ♪

- [growls]

♪ ♪

[growls]

♪ ♪

- All right, Paul,

so in "Midnight Suns"
the video game,

Hunter carries these,
one in each hand,

and uses them in battle
and I don't know how long

I could swing this thing,
to be honest with you.

It's just got
so much mass to it

and it's difficult to control.

Also, your edge
on the small one

took quite a bit of packing.

It's quite dull here,

which changed the way
that they cut.

They're just not
the cleanest cuts,

but they do smash.

Nice job.

- Thank you.

- Well, bladesmiths,
you started off

by making Blade's glaive
and ended

with two
Hunter's iconic swords.

But in this competition,
only one of you

can come out on top
as a "Forged in Fire" champion

of our Marvel's
"Midnight Suns" takeover

and getting a check
for $10,000.

Today's "Forged in Fire"
champion is...

[suspenseful music]

Jessie.
Congratulations.

Paul, you impressed the judges,

but unfortunately your blades
did not make the cut

and Ben's gonna tell you why.

- Paul, the fit and finish
on your handles

is a little less refined
than your competitor.

That, coupled with the fact
that your long sword

is extremely heavy
and difficult to wield

and your short sword
took some damage

in the strength test,

are the reason
we're letting you go.

- Well, Paul, it's been
a pleasure watching you work

in this Forge,
but unfortunately

at this point in time
I'm gonna have to ask you

to please step off
The Forge floor.

- Thank you for having me.

Good job.

- Unfortunately,
being Captain Damascus,

I took a gamble,

deciding to make the blades
out of Damascus steel.

Had I had those hours back,
I could've used that

to shave some weight
from that long blade,

but I'm extremely proud

of what my blades were able
to do.

- Jessie, congratulations.

That makes you
the "Forged in Fire" champion

of our "Midnight Suns"
competition takeover

and you'll be receiving a check
for $10,000.

[applause]

- This whole experience
has been a blast

and I would definitely
do it again.

Marvel theme,
giant demon thing,

the judges are testing
at the same time,

this is amazing.

- How do you feel?

- Speechless.
- [laughing] Yeah?

- I'm Jessie Whipperman,

and I'm a "Forged in Fire"
champion

and it feels amazing.

♪ ♪

[metallic clink]