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[dramatic music]

- Over the years,
we’ve seen hundreds of smiths

walk through our doors
to compete for a chance

of becoming
a "Forged in Fire" champion.

- Oh, yeah!

- But now, for the first time,
we’re going to them.

♪

We’re scouring
the bladesmithing hotbeds

of America,
looking for the country’s

best shops and their top smiths.

Just like how barbecue
is different in Saint Louis

than it is in Texas,

blacksmiths have unique styles
and techniques

that originate from the shop
they call home.

♪

Each week, one of our judges

will travel to one
of the nation’s top forges

to put their local style
to the test

and handpick
their top bladesmith

to come back to our home forge,

where each forge’s champion
will battle

for $20,000 for themselves
and $10,000

of forging equipment
for their shop.

- It’s anyone’s game.

- This is "Forged in Fire:
On the Road."

♪

For our next stop,
we are traveling

over 1,000 miles with our
resident edge weapons expert,

Doug Marcaida.

- We’re heading
to Combat Ready Art

in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Once a manufacturing hub
to automobiles,

paper, and railway supplies,
the area has been transformed

into a thriving art community.

And the forge I chose
specializes

in making blades and props
for theater and stage combat.

Now, three of their
top smiths will compete

to represent both this shop
and me for their chance

at becoming
a "Forged in Fire" champion.

♪

- My name is Jackson Scythe.
I am 19.

One summer, my parents asked me,

"What are you gonna do
this summer?

"You’re not gonna, you know,

sit
and just play video games."

So I said,
"I want to try blacksmithing."

My dad found Combat Ready Art.

I just come here
every couple of weeks

for a couple of hours
and do some blacksmithing.

The whole building
is just all about creativity.

If you look around this room,

there’s just
tons of art everywhere.

It’s beautiful, honestly.

- My name is Breanna Lanier.
I’m 32 years old.

Here at Combat Ready Art,
they really love for you

to put your artistic spin
on things.

I’m really excited
to test my skills,

so I’m really looking forward
to this challenge.

♪

- My name is Blake Maddox.
I am 32 years old.

Bladesmithing has
always been something

that I’ve been interested in.

When I was in college,
I got to take some

metal sculpture classes.

From there, I was able
to do some welding,

and that was really what
kind of sparked my interest.

And having the ability
to come here

and start bladesmithing
at this forge

was really just what took it
to the next level.

♪

- Well, bladesmiths, I know
I speak for all three of us

when I say we are excited
to be here with you

at Combat Ready Art
in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Now, hosting us today
at the forge

is your instructor, owner,
and lead blacksmith here,

Jon Reeves.

And judging this competition
is the person

you will be representing
in the finals, Doug Marcaida.

Now, the three of you
are about to take part

in a two-leg tournament,
the first of which

consists of two rounds.

At the end of each
one of those rounds,

there will be an elimination.

But for whichever one
of you three

who comes out on top of this
first leg,

you’ll join us back at our forge

for the final leg
of the tournament.

Now at that point,
you’re gonna go up against

three other smiths
fighting for a check

totaling $20,000 for yourself,

and if one of you three wins,
an additional $10,000

worth of forging equipment
for Combat Ready Art.

- Awesome.

I think it would be amazing
to be able to kick back

$10,000 to Combat Ready Art.
They deserve it.

They work really hard,
and I’d love to see

some more tools in there.

- Now, bladesmiths,
I know you’re all

very familiar
with this facility here,

the artistry
that’s gone into it.

And since this forge
is known for making

both beautiful and functional
blades for theater

and stage combat, we decided
that we’d embrace that theme

by having you build this...

♪

William Shakespeare’s
Lady Macbeth’s dagger.

Now, we’ve got two daggers here.

Before you get ahead
of yourselves,

we’re not going to ask you
to make two daggers

in five hours.

We only want you
to make one of these.

Just make sure your blades
fall within these parameters.

Along with having
a double-edged blade,

it needs to be
between 9 and 11 inches

from tip to guard.

And much like
in the name of this forge,

it needs to be combat ready
and featuring a handle

and be quenched, hardened,
and ready for testing

by the end of the five hours.

- I’m a little frightened
because

I’ve made a dagger once,
but it was half the size.

And it was definitely not
in five hours.

This is not nearly enough time.

- Now, when the five hours
is up,

I’m gonna ask you to pass
your blades over to Doug,

and he’s going to put them
through a series of tests.

First off,
to check tip retention,

he’s gonna stab it
into a wooden 4-by-4.

Now, to finish things off,

he’s gonna check
your edge retention

and sharpness
in a water bottle slice.

So good luck.

You’ve got five hours,
and that time starts now.

♪

This place is outrageous.

How long have you been running
Combat Ready Art?

- We have been in this space
now for 13 years.

I got into the world
of weapons and theater.

My early days
in working in theater

and picking up a prop sword,
thinking, what a piece of junk

this is, and that drove
my first designs of weapons,

for weapons
that could take the abuse

that an untrained performer
will unleash.

♪

- Smiths have
the option of choosing

any of the steel on the table.
- Yes.

We have a good selection
of steels, both 5160 spring.

We have leaf spring.

We have 1095 knife steel

and a beautiful selection of L6.

- So Breanna grabbed
a bar of 5160,

welded up a work stick onto it.

She’s the first into the fire.

- I choose the 5160
because that is something

I’ve actually used before,
and I think

it will be enough material
without being

too much material
to get the length I need.

- What kind of temperatures
does this coal forge reach?

- We figure it reaches
upwards of about 2,800.

- Holy smokes.

OK, so burning
is an absolute possibility.

- And 2,500 is failure.
- Yeah, OK.

- Stick my steel in
until it gets

to a bright yellowy color,
but not a white color.

- With the heat that Breanna’s
got this fire going,

are you concerned about
the steel burning at all?

- Yeah, at those temperatures,

it’s one of those you just can’t

leave it alone for a second.

We’ve seen so many smiths
burn their steel that way.

- Oh, you’re [bleep] kidding me.

I got a little more heat
than I wanted there,

just melted a spot.

♪

- So, John, tell me a little bit

about your coal forge here.

- We have what is
a traditional coal forge,

and that allows us to have
six to eight people around it

without a problem.

- You know what’s interesting
about this forge,

is that it seems
that all the contestants

have to work together in order
to keep the fire going.

- Yep, it is part
of the experience.

- Sorry, I feel like I’m
gonna be in your way all day.

- It’s all good.

- I’d call this,
like, a community forge.

- Yeah, it is.

- We all come together
in the same spot.

- It’s warm.

- I was like,
"I’m feeling it already."

- I’ve worked a lot with 5160,

so I’m just gonna choose
to go with that.

I haven’t made
a dagger quite this thin,

but I’m ready to give it a go.

I got to get it in the fire.

- John, tell me a little bit
about this shop.

I mean, everywhere you look,
there is just amazing art.

- It developed out of working
with a local tattoo artist.

We came up with this
Edgar Allen Poe theme.

And the skulls, we actually
made all of those skulls.

- I feel like this is
like a dark version

of "Where’s Waldo."

There could be so much hidden
inside the artistry here.

- Yeah, I’d go with that.

- And all this time,
I thought that all the skulls

were just a homage to George

from our ballistics study group.

- Oh, there’s probably
one up there that is.

- When he is in his jelly form,
I call him Jelly George.

When the gel falls off
and it’s all skull and bones,

I call him George Bones.

♪

- So Jackson picked up the 1084,

and it looks to be
about 2 inches wide,

definitely enough
to make his dagger.

- Yes.

- This is my first time
trying to make

anything under a time limit.

I am much more comfortable
just taking my time,

trying to get
everything perfect.

Did I seriously
just lose the piece in there?

Like, are you kidding me?
Where the heck did it go?

- It looks like Jackson
can’t find his piece of steel

under all that coal.
That’s not good.

If it’s in too long,
it could burn.

- Oh, I think I see
it. There it is.

Found it.
- Whew, crisis averted.

- The pressure of being
in the competition

just keeps me going.

I’m just trying
to get things done.

♪

- So tell me more
about this facility.

- We did not want to have that
kind of white, dirty wall shop,

right, that we have
behind us or anything.

[laughter]

And so we came up with a haven

for artists of all kinds.

- I couldn’t help but notice

when we walked through
this building,

you are far from alone here.

There’s other artisans
all over this place.

- The Park Trades Building
is an old factory.

It used to be
the Sand Wax Paper Company.

That in the ’70s
became a haven for artists,

and we currently have over
90 studios in the building.

And it’s everything
from papermaking

to pottery to glass blowing.
- Everything.

All right, bladesmiths,

you’ve got four hours remaining.

Looks like Blake’s working in
what will be his tip already

in the beginning,
setting himself up to go

do some drawing on the hammer.

- We’re up here all the time,
and it’s the home forge,

so I just feel like
it’s any other day right now.

- He’s got a nice triangle
shape built at this point.

He could go on the press here,
get it out to length,

and then hit the grinder.
He’s getting pretty close.

- He is quite good
at getting that point.

- I’ve not done
many of this style.

Just staying
in the parameters for sure,

instead of freestyling.

I’m really happy with
the way my blade’s shaped.

My next step is I’m gonna
head over to the grinder

and then start
to work my center line.

But before I grind,
I am going to let it cool down

because I could get a crack.

♪

- The window cooling method
is very common in here.

- It’s thinking outside the box,

literally.
- Yeah.

- I mean, they’re all
very versed in the tools.

- We have a window,
and it’s colder outside.

- I just worry about
the people walking by.

- You know, I’m looking
at some of the equipment

you have in your forge,
and a lot of them

have their own names.
- Yeah.

- Tell us a little bit more.
- Yeah.

What are the different names?

The only one I’m seeing
right now

is the Tell-Tale Heart.

- The Tell-Tale Heart,

which is our inline
treadle hammer.

And then we have...
All of the anvils

are named after various women
in the Poe history.

- But wait, there’s Nevermore.
- There is.

Nevermore is over there.

♪

- Some things
are going really well,

and I’m just trying to focus
on the length I need.

So the dagger has to be
between 9 and 11 inches.

- And Mr. Squishy
gets a workout.

- Yeah.

- I’m going to make,
like, a more thin dagger

just ’cause it’s
what I think Lady Macbeth

would be carrying.

Most women back then carried
daggers on their thighs.

So it’s a little thin,

or than like
a big fighting dagger.

- The one thing I’m noticing,
as they’re drawing out,

the steel’s getting
fairly thin fairly quickly.

We asked for 9 to 11 inches,
so management of that steel

to make sure
they can meet the parameters

is gonna be something
they have to think about.

- I got the length, but I think
mine’s gonna end up

being real, real thin
by accident.

I got a little overzealous.

I am nervous,
but we’ll see what happens.

♪

- Jackson’s doing a great job
of it working the steel now.

He’s definitely got
the shape he’s going for.

- Once I get my tip established,

I need to start
drawing this blade out.

I need to meet that parameter.

So I use the mix
of the treadle hammer

and the press
to get it drawn out.

- There we go.

I’m excited to see
the treadle hammer work.

Holy smokes.

[laughter]

How is that possible?

- What do you mean,
how is it possible?

- He’s barely putting
any force into it,

and it’s just smoking the steel.

- 90 pounds, the hammer.
- It’s a 90-pound head.

- Yeah.
- It is a beast.

I’ll take Big Blu on any day

because that’s better exercise.
- Yeah.

- And dancing.
- You get one leg...

- You can switch.

♪

- Looking at Breanna’s design,
if you’re watching

the way she’s grinding on it,

the coal fire she has
isn’t symmetrical.

And with daggers,
you really need to have that.

Whether it tapers to a point,

or it’s parallel lines
that go to a point,

it still needs
to be very symmetrical.

- Ah, I just ground
my knife too short.

- Not catastrophic,
but definitely

not what you wanted
to happen right now.

- No.

- And this could be really bad
’cause I don’t meet parameters.

Right now, my knife is short.

- And this is why you aim
for the longest parameter.

- Right.
- And you can always pull back.

You cannot add steel
after the fact.

- I’ve never done anything
like this in my life.

I made it too thin
to fix any of the flaws

that I’m currently looking at,

and I don’t have
enough material,

and I panicked.

[grunts]
[bleep].

I need to go out.
- You all right?

- Yeah, I just need
to go out for a second.

- Breanna, she stepped out.
- [sighs]

- Oh, no.

- We’re here
in Kalamazoo, Michigan,

making Lady Macbeth’s dagger.

But Breanna is running
into a lot of trouble

and is now under parameters.

- My knife is short.

I’ve never done anything
like this in my life.

I just need to go out
for a second.

And I panic.

- Breanna, she stepped out.
- [sighs]

- Oh, no.

- I’m OK.
I’m just panicking.

[chuckles]

- No, I’m just gonna panic
a little bit,

and I’ll be fine.

I’m just gonna make it work.

I don’t want to give up,

so I just get to work.
- Reset. Take a breath.

I think that’s probably
the best use of the...

- Smart move.
- Yeah, very much so.

- Take a knee.

- So what are her options
to get that 9 inches?

- I think the first option is
what I think I see happening,

which is stretching that handle
first to get some length,

and then hopefully working
that ricasso area

at the shoulder and getting
the length she needs.

[energetic rock music]

- All right, so using
the treadle hammer,

trying to get some length.

Looks like she’s getting
a little bit, but is it enough?

- If we’re talking a half
an inch or so, very doable.

- It takes a while,
but it actually does work.

I’m happy
that I got the length I need.

- All right, bladesmiths.

You’ve got 2 hours
and 30 minutes remaining.

- For me, right now,
the dagger...

I’m just really trying
to keeping it symmetrical.

I’m not really planning on
doing the bevel on the anvil.

I’m gonna go
to the grinder with that.

I want to keep
the blade straight.

♪

- We gave them
a difficult blade to build.

They’ve got two edges,
so that’s four bevels.

They’ve got a tip.

And symmetry is important.
- Very important.

- Very important.

- It is one of the hardest
profiles to grind.

- Absolutely.

- The center line
is a little different.

I’ve only done this a couple
of times, back and forth,

trying to keep flip
and make sure

you keep count on which side
you just did

so that the line stays centered

and, you know,
you’re not chasing

that line back and forth.

♪

- The dagger has to have
four different bevels,

and it has
to all be symmetrical.

And that’s a delicate balance.

♪

I’m happy with how it looks.

- I would suspect Jackson
is getting ready to quench.

- Awesome.

- To get a good quench,
I have to get it

to the right temperature.

If I quench a blade
that’s too hot,

I could very easily
warp it, crack it.

If I quench a blade too cold,
it won’t harden.

Only problem is,
the heat’s pretty focused

so I kind of have
to move it around a lot.

If I poke the tip
out the other end,

then it’s not getting heat,
and it’ll cool off.

So I have to move it
back in for a second.

Quenching.

♪

- Jackson was struggling
so hard in the beginning.

And by not giving up,
he’s now the first smith

to quench his blade.

- From what I can tell,
it looks good.

I think I did all right.

- Talk to me about the anvils.

They look a little bit
different than the ones

we have in our forge.

- These are called
cavalry anvils.

And the two
coming out of the side

are bending forks
for bending even knife handles.

- Oh, OK.

- So you can work
those small details.

- Interesting.

- So they tend to be
a slightly more versatile anvil

because of that.

- Bladesmiths,
you’ve got 90 minutes left.

- I have a lot
of things left to do,

and I really need
to get this blade quenched

within the next 20 minutes.

♪

The colors are looking great.

It’s a good range
of where I want to be,

and I think I’m gonna quench.

- All right,
Blake’s quenching out too.

- I didn’t hear anything crack,
so I feel good about that,

but there’s a slight kick
towards the handle

where the guard’s gonna be,

but I think I’m gonna do that
on the grinder later.

I need to switch gears and
start focusing on my handle.

- We got zero handles attached.
Getting kind of close here.

♪

- I have a ton
of work left to do.

I have to do the finish grinding

to create a sharp blade.

I still have to create a guard,

weld the pommel in,
and then grind the handle

so it’s usable.

- All right, so Breanna
is back in the coal forge.

It looks like she’s heating up,
preparing for a quench.

- The blade is really thin,

so there are certain parts
that are heating up

faster than others.

- Oh, no.

She just quenched that blade,

and it was really hot
at the tip.

- I quenched it, and the tip

of my knife falls off.
- Oh, that’s bad.

- [bleep], there it is.

♪

[dramatic music]

- So, we got just over
an hour remaining

here in Combat Ready Art forge
in Kalamazoo, Michigan,

but Breanna is running
into a lot of trouble

and is now, unfortunately,
under parameters.

- Oh, that’s bad.

- We’ve seen time and again,

when you have a thin blade
like Breanna’s,

the tip could just break off.

And she already stretched it out

just to make parameters.

She’s gonna have to thin it out
even more now,

and she’s not in a good spot.

- I don’t care.
I’m just gonna finish it.

I’ll finish the blade.

I’ll grind it to a tip instead
of having a forged tip,

and see how it goes.

♪

- This is stressful because
my handle’s not attached yet,

and I’ve wasted a ton of time
on the whole thing.

But my hands
are also very sticky,

so it makes it very difficult,
but I’m just gonna

do my best to get it done.

It’s being a little difficult.

I’m trying to get it together,

and I’m just getting glue
all over my hands.

If I can’t get a handle on,
that could end up being

what decides who goes on.
Oh, my God.

I’m pretty much winging it
on the handle at this point.

- How do you guys feel about
the competition thus far?

- It’s coming along,

but a lot of times,
they don’t give enough time

to work on the handle,
and that’s what we’re holding.

That’s what I got to grab on to.

- Especially when it’s
a more complicated handle,

as these are.
- Yep.

- I’m trying to get pins in this

and just get it together.

There’s a lot of work
left to do.

- So Blake’s got his guard slot,

and he’s welding it to his tang,

but that’s got
to be a risky move.

There’s a lot of heat
at that critical junction

between the tang and the blade.

- It’s a lot of heat,
a lot of cooling off.

We’ve seen it in the past.

If he took
the hardness out of it,

too much heat,
or the heat with the quenching

just made it brittle.

So hopefully,
that’s not the case.

- We could see
a complete failure.

- We could.

♪

- Ooh.

- I am choosing to use

some wooden scales
for the handle.

So I need to make sure my handle

is definitely comfortable.

And I know Doug’s
not gonna go easy on it.

Just running out of time.

I’ve only got 34 minutes left.

Just a little stressed.
I gotta get this glued on.

And I need to still finish
my cutting edge,

but need to make sure
I have a handle first.

- Getting close.

We’re getting the handles
glued up,

final shaping the handles,

making sure
we’ve got viable blades

that meet the parameters.

- So the glue’s
still wet on this.

I’m not comfortable with it,

but I’m choosing to clamp it

and take it
straight to the grinder.

I don’t have the time to wait.

- All right, bladesmiths,

you’re down
to the final 15 minutes.

- I know I’m already behind,

so I’m just trying
to not look at the clock

and focus on my work.

I still have to make a handle

and then grind the handle
so it’s usable.

- I’m getting really nervous
about Breanna.

She’s only got
about 15 minutes left.

- I don’t know.

At this point, this is where
everything is ramped up.

I mean,
they’re gonna be rushing.

I’d say all three of them
are in survival mode right now.

- I’m gonna hammer for a second.

♪

[grunts]

Unfortunately, I broke it.
I was being too rough.

[bleep].
Not this.

I don’t have time for this.
- There’s gonna be setbacks.

But those setbacks,

compiled into
a time competition,

make it a whole lot
more difficult.

And especially when we get down
within the final minutes

of competition, then it really
starts messing with your head.

- A lot of it boils down
to time management.

♪

- I decided
I’ll weld the pommel on

and then kind of sand
some wooden scales

to kind of sandwich
my handle together instead.

I want to see how far I can get.

Five minutes is not
nearly enough time,

but I’m not gonna quit.

[groans]

- We see the handles
come secondary

almost every single time.

- It’s so important to look
at the blade as a whole.

- Without the handle,
you haven’t made anything.

♪

- Oh, no.

Breanna’s scroll saw blade
just broke.

- What else could go wrong?

I don’t want to give up,
so I just get to work.

♪

- Five, four,

three, two, one.

Bladesmiths,
turn off your machines.

Put down your tools.

This round is over.

- The clock strikes zero.

I’ve got a blade that’s
shaped within parameters.

I’m stoked that I got
my handle to where it is.

I feel pretty confident.

- Bladesmiths,
to test or not to test?

That is the question.

The answer, of course,

is that we are testing
your daggers

for overall performance
and its construction.

First,
I’m gonna take your dagger.

I’m gonna hammer it
into this piece of wood

and try to pry it out.

Then I’m gonna test its edges
by chopping into the wood

and check
for sharpness by slicing

through these water bottles.

Jackson, you’re up first. Are
you ready for this?

- I think so.
- All right.

Let’s do this.

- It is a awesome experience
to see Doug Marcaida

handling my dagger.

It’s really
nerve-racking though.

If it breaks, I’m going home.

♪

[metal thudding]

♪

[metal thudding]

♪

[bottle pops]

♪

[bottle pops]

♪

[water sloshing]

♪

- Jackson, let’s talk about your

Lady Macbeth dagger, your blade.

It does have a symmetrical line,

but toward the end over here,
it curves a little bit

on one side
compared to the other.

For daggers,
you want that symmetry.

But on the tip retention test,
it survived nicely.

No issues whatsoever.

It dug in deep, no chips.

Your edges held up
also on the chop test.

Now, your handle construction,

a little bit
on the spindly side.

But in the tests,
it performed very well.

And overall,
you have a sharp, strong blade.

Good job.

Blake, are you ready for this?
- As ready as I will be.

- All right.
Let’s do this.

- I am definitely nervous to see

what’s gonna happen
to my blade after this.

I’m just really nervous
that I could get a crack.

I’m really
not looking forward to this.

♪

- I’m just really nervous
that I could get a crack.

I’m really
not looking forward to this.

[dramatic music]

[metal thudding]

♪

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- Oh!
- Aw.

♪

- All right, Blake.

We have a little bit
of a problem here.

On the chop, your handle broke.

Now, a lot of that
could be because

you actually used a lot of heat
in welding your handle on.

So that juncture
right there could have

made it very brittle,
and that’s what caused it

to break on impact.

♪

- Blake, a broken blade
is absolutely never

how we want to see testing end,

but unfortunately,
that’s exactly

what happened to your dagger.

And unfortunately,
that is considered

a catastrophic failure,
and we cannot continue

testing your weapon.

However, Breanna,
although you worked

your ass off through
the entire five-hour round,

unfortunately,
you were unable to affix

a handle to your blade,
therefore missing parameters.

So because of that, Blake,
you will be moving forward

to the next round.

And Breanna, unfortunately,
your time

in this competition has ended.

I’m gonna have to ask you
to please step off

the forge floor.

- Despite not being
able to finish,

I am proud
that I didn’t give up.

I’m happy
that I got this opportunity

to see where my skills are at
compared to other blacksmiths.

Definitely something new,
definitely just

a different experience
I never could have

predicted in a thousand years
I’d be a part of.

I think Blake and Jackson
will represent

Combat Ready Art really well,

and I think they’ll do great
in the next competition.

♪

- Gentlemen, congratulations.

The two of you
are now moving forward

in the second round
of this tournament.

And gentlemen, we want you
to build another iconic weapon

from Shakespearean history.

We want you to build this.

♪

This here is Macbeth’s sword.
- Nice.

♪

- During the 11th century,
the real Macbeth

reigned as the King of the Scots

for only 17 years, but his
legacy famously lives on.

Though based on fiction,
William Shakespeare’s play

features one of the greatest
duels of all time,

where Macduff notoriously
decapitates Macbeth

in the final battle.

This interpretation
of Macbeth’s sword

is a faithful rendition
of Scottish swords

from the 11th century.

Featuring a wide,
double-edged blade,

this sword is deadly enough
for cutting and cleaving

anyone and anything in its path,

making it an ideal weapon
for a king.

♪

Well, gentlemen,
the ones you bring back to us

in four days need to fall within

these following parameters.

The blade length needs to be
between 28 and 30 inches.

Now, you also need to have
3 to 4 inches

of unsharpened ricasso
and a base width of the blade

no less than an inch and 7/8.

You need to have
a functional cross guard,

a hand and a half handle,
and a functional pommel.

- I’ve never made anything

this large in the forge before.

The one thing
I’m most worried about

is being able to draw steel
out to 28 to 30 inches.

- There’s a lot
on the line here.

$20,000 could be yours,
and an additional $10,000

worth of forging equipment
could come back here

into John’s forge.

So bladesmiths, we’ve got
a unique situation here.

Because you guys both
work out of this forge,

you’ll both be making
your swords here

at the same time.
So good luck.

We’ll see you both back
at our home forge in four days.

♪

- Going into the next round,
I’m excited and nervous

for the opportunity
to win $20,000

and be able to kick back
to the forge.

I have a bit of a game plan

that I’m gonna try to stick to.

My goal today is
to try to get my shape pulled,

and I’m ready to get going.

I can’t get this thing warm.
It won’t stay lit.

- Put more fresh coal
on it as well.

- It is a bit weird to have
my competitor in the same room

as me, especially with the money

that’s on the line here,
you know?

We’re still having to fight over

some of the same equipment.

So it does make
it a little tough

that we’re both in there
working at the same time.

♪

- I made a dagger
in the first round.

It wasn’t my best work,
but, hey, it stuck together.

Now I need to make a sword
for the second round.

My plan for today is just
gonna try and forge out

as much as I can,
just stretching it out.

So I’m making the largest blade
I’ve ever made in my life.

With this material,
I could probably make ten

of what I’m used to.

Once I get my tip established,
I’m moving down blade.

There’s too much material
there to move my hammer.

I’m gonna give my arms a break
and go over

to the treadle hammer.

Treadle hammer
is gonna to help me move

more steel quicker
than my arms can

and also thin out my blade.

- Really getting pretty nervous.

With a link like this, you know,

it leaves a lot
of room for warping.

♪

I am not as far
as I had intended to be today,

but I’m not also as worn out
as I thought I would be,

so I’m feeling pretty good.

- How’s it going
over there, Jackson?

- It’s going.
It’s a bit heavy.

- It is a bit awkward.

♪

- I get my blade
pretty much drawn out.

I start measuring a lot.

I didn’t want to finish
and realize,

oh, I didn’t make
one of the parameters.

So I’m just gonna measure it
as much as I really need to.

I’m liking
the progress I’m making.

I like the shape so far.

It looks like a sword.

I just have some straightening
to do tomorrow,

and I should be good
for doing grinding.

Not too bad.

♪

- It’s beginning of day two.

I have my blade
shaped like I want.

My main goal
for today is to quench.

♪

- If I’m not quenched
by the end of the day,

then I am seriously behind.

I’m pretty nervous
about this quench.

This is the biggest thing

I’ve ever tried
quenching before.

♪

- So the quench is definitely
the most nerve-racking thing

about this process for me.

I’ve never heat treated
a blade to this length.

I could end up with cracks.
I could end up with warps.

Here goes nothing.

♪

Well, I’m glad
to get that over with.

[laughs]

It’s looking fairly straight.

It was definitely
the most stressful part

of this process, in my opinion.

All I have left to do
is shape the handle

and do some sharpening.

Sounds pretty good to me.

- Oh, my God.
Blake already quenched.

I have to catch up.

♪

Oh, that’s warped.

I need to fix this warp somehow,

or I will be in trouble.

[bleep].

[dramatic music]

- Well, it’s warped.

I need to fix this warp somehow,

or I will be in trouble.

I don’t have time
to pick them up,

so I just stand on it.

I end up melting my shoe
on it a little bit.

Oh, well.
They’re old, so...

It’s not straight.

It’s straighter
than it was, though.

I’ll deal with it later.

♪

- How’s it going, Jackson?
- Going.

- Nice, that’s looking
pretty good.

- I put a big warp in it.
- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, look at that.
- Aw, man.

Well, good luck.

So it’s the start of day four.

I’m pleased where my blade’s at

at the moment.

Now I’m gonna start working
on my guard.

I’m not planning on
welding the guard on.

In the last round,
one of the reasons my dagger

may have broken
is because I heated it up

too much when welding the guard.

So I’m gonna use a steel epoxy.

♪

- The warp
on my "Macbeth" sword is,

like, super noticeable.

I don’t really have time
to fix it today.

I need a mechanical connection
for my handle.

A downside to using
the plasma cutter

to put a hole through my handle,

I am not very accurate with it,

and they’re not gonna have
the greatest fit

with the pins,
but I think it’ll work.

♪

- I am very proud
of what I made.

At the end of the day,

regardless of how it holds up
in the test,

I’m super stoked
on my final product.

I would love to be
the representative

of Combat Ready Art
at the final.

And that being said, I just...
I would love

to see one of us from
Combat Ready bring it home.

Not too shabby.

- I’m pretty content with how
my guard looks, how it feels.

I need to fit
the handle, pommel,

and clean up my blade
to finish it.

I think this sword will
give me a chance at $20,000.

♪

- Blake, John, Jackson,
gentlemen,

welcome to our forge.

Now guys,
we started this competition

back in beautiful
Kalamazoo, Michigan,

at John’s Combat Ready Art,
where you guys

made Lady Macbeth’s daggers.

Now, we gave you four days
to build Macbeth’s sword.

I think both of you guys
did a great job.

Now we’ve got to find out
which one of you

is going to stay
in this competition,

in the fight
for $20,000 for yourself

and $10,000 in gear and supplies

to go back to Combat Ready Art.

Before we test those blades,
I want to hear about them.

So, Blake, tell us about yours.

- I’m pretty proud
with what I turned out.

♪

My blade is 5160
with a brass guard,

and the pommel is
a piece of stainless steel

from a sailboat rudder,
and went with Osage orange

for the handle.
- Fantastic.

Jackson, tell us about yours.

- My blade is 5160.

I made my guard
out of a piece of a sawblade,

spalted maple handle,
and then hexagonal stock

for the pommel.
- Fantastic.

Well, gentlemen,
we’ve got to find out

which one of these swords
is gonna launch

its smith into the final leg
of this tournament

against three other smiths
that we picked up

across America,
and for that testing,

I’m gonna hand you over to Doug.

♪

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to the KEAL test.

Well, your Macbeth swords
look dramatic.

♪

But are they lethal?

Well, to find that out,
I’m gonna take your weapon,

deliver some thrusts and slashes

on this ballistics dummy.

Blake, you are first.
Are you ready for this?

- I’m ready.
- All right.

Let’s do this.

- My heart’s pounding.

I really didn’t have
a whole lot of time

to work on my cutting edge
at the end,

so I am extremely excited
and extremely nervous

to see how everything goes
with the test round.

♪

♪

- All right, Blake.

Let’s talk about
your sword here.

First up, your edge is sharp
and took no damage.

It’s a good start
to the masterpiece.

Your handle
construction is smooth,

but one thing
about your handle here

is that it’s actually
much more comfortable

to hold it this way
as it is this way.

But I like how it feels
and how it moves

with the movement.

Overall, sir,
your weapon will KEAL.

- Hell yeah.

- All right, Jackson.
Are you ready?

- Yep, I’m ready.
- Let’s do this.

- Doug is about
to test my sword,

and the thing I
worry about with this

is the comfort
of the handle for Doug.

I’m hoping it holds up.

♪

♪

- Who would have thought
the old man

would have so much blood on him?

Jackson, let’s talk about
your Macbeth sword here.

First off, before we started,

your blade
already had two bends.

You have one at this juncture
and another one up here.

It’s almost like
an S-bend on that.

But it didn’t get any worse.

Your edge... your edge is sharp.

It was easy
to wield and cut deeply

into the ballistics dummy.

Overall, your weapon,
it will KEAL.

- Thank you.

♪

- All right, bladesmiths.

This is a dynamic strength test,

the paint can bash
and the sandbag slice.

Blake, you’re up first.
You ready for this?

- Yes, Sir.
- All right.

Let’s do this.

♪

- I’m definitely nervous
going into the strength test.

This is what got me
in the last round.

It snapped off
right at the guard.

[metal thuds and rings]
- Oh.

- Aw.

It’s definitely haunting me.

I’m extremely nervous
to see how things go.

♪

[dramatic music]

- In the last strength test,
my dagger snapped off

right at the guard.

It’s definitely haunting me.

I’m extremely nervous
to see how things go.

♪

- All right, Blake.

Let’s talk about
your sword here.

I love the balance
you have on your sword.

Your edge suffered no damage
cutting into these paint cans,

and they slice nicely
on the sandbags.

Overall, your weapon...
It is strong, and it will cut.

- Thank you.
- All right, Jackson.

Your turn.
You ready?

- I’m ready.
- Let’s do this.

♪

- All right, Jackson.

Let’s talk about your sword.

Your edge suffered no damage
cutting into these paint cans,

and they sliced nicely
on the sandbags.

Color me impressed.
- [chuckles]

- But your blade earlier
had a little bit of a bend,

and it did get worse.

There’s some movement
that happened during the test.

Your edge did not have
any damage, though.

And overall, you have
a strong and sharp sword.

Good job.
- Thank you.

♪

- I’m feeling
a little nervous, but I mean,

we’ll just see what happens.

- Well, gentleman,
Doug chose your forge,

Combat Ready Art,
in Kalamazoo, Michigan,

to represent him in the finals

of our "On the Road" tournament.

You both turned in
impressive swords,

but unfortunately, only one
of you can move forward.

And the blacksmith
moving forward

in this competition is...

Blake.

Congratulations.

Now, you fought
very hard, Jackson,

but unfortunately, your blade
did not make the cut.

And Doug is gonna tell you why.
- All right, Jackson.

You should be proud
of your work.

You presented us with
a sharp, strong sword,

but it did show up
with some bends,

and one of those bends
actually moved

during the strength test.

That brings to question,
the heat treat.

- Well, Jackson,
from the very beginning,

it was clear
that you put everything

you had in this competition,
and we want to say,

thank you for coming out,
but unfortunately,

your time in this tournament
has ended.

I’m gonna have to ask you
to please step off

the forge floor.
- Good job.

- Good job.

- I agree with Doug’s
assessment of my sword.

It was very difficult,
but I did make it this far,

and I’m proud of that.

My sword came in
with some warps,

and during the testing,
it moved, which is not good.

I’m going home, but I’m
gonna keep making blades

and doing blacksmithing.

♪

- Well, Blake, congratulations.

That means
you are moving forward

in the final leg
of this tournament,

still in the fight
for $20,000 for yourself

and an extra $10,000

that could potentially
go to John.

Come on up here
and shake our hands, man.

- I appreciate it.

I’m super stoked.

I’m very pleased
with what I created,

but I’m also really curious
what these next rounds

are gonna have for us.

It’s pretty surreal.

I’m proud to be
the representative

of Combat Ready Art
at the final.

So let’s see what we do.

♪

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