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- My name is jonathan howe.

I'm 33 years old.

I'm from groton, new york.

I have been bladesmithing
for about four years.

I got into it because I am
also a martial artist,

And I make my own
practice weapons.

I'm looking around,
and it's just gorgeous.

I couldn't think of
a better place to forge.

But I have no idea
what to expect.

- My name is emilio carbajal.

I'm from weiser, idaho.

I'm 39, and I'm
a correctional officer.

It is chilly out here,

But that doesn't bother me
too much.

I forge outside all the time

In the winter and in the summer.

I'm just ready to go
start working some steel.

- My name is felicia howard.

I am 18 years old.

I'm from catoosa, oklahoma.

And I am a full-time bladesmith.

I'm not sure what we're doing.

And I don't know how
we're going to do it.

And I'm a little bit worried.

If I won $10,000,
I would repay my mom and dad

For that brand-new anvil.

I took out a "business loan"
from them,

And it would be great to
be able to pay that back.

Bladesmiths,
welcome to beautiful

Mystic seaport museum.

The three of you are here for
a very special competition.

Because for the first time
in "forged in fire" history,

This entire competition
will take place

Outside of our forge walls.

In this competition, we are
paying homage to the seafaring

Villages that have
played a huge part

In forging this country
into what it is today.

Now, if you can put
yourselves back 200 years,

These streets and this
water would be completely

Full of shipbuilders
putting together

Fishing vessels,
whalers, and even wartime

Vessels for the civil war.

Now, if you know anything about
putting these ships together,

You know that blacksmiths
played a huge part

In their construction.

Now, there are three
of you here today

That are going to
go head to head to head

In only two rounds
of bladesmithing competition.

But in order to come out on top,

You're going to have to
impress these guys behind me.

Because they are the ones who
will decide which one of you

Will leave here with the title
of "forged in fire" champion,

Getting that check for $10,000,

And who's going home
home empty-handed.

Now, bladesmiths,
let's talk about what

You're going to be building.

Today we're going
to be paying tribute

To those blacksmiths of old.

You're going to be making this.

Bladesmiths,
this is a blacksmith's knife.

And what makes it so unique
is its integral handle.

It is fully hand-forged
and requires

No additional material
other than the steel

That the blade is made from.

This is a five-hour round.

You're going to be making this
blade from start to finish.

But make sure that your blades
fall within these parameters.

Your blade length measured
from tip to where the cutting

Edge ends in a straight line
needs to be

Between 11 and 13 inches.

It needs to have
a fully integral

And skeletonized handle.

By the end
of the five-hour round,

Your blades need to be quenched,

Hardened, and wieldable.

And today you're
going to be using

Coal forges and hand hammers
just like they did

Centuries ago.

Doing all this work
by hand is a lot.

It is a very large knife.

And coal forging,
it's really hard.

Because you've got to, like,
keep the blower going

And then do the hammer.

There's a lot going on.

But I'll make it work.

Now, we still have the
topic to talk about,

What steel are you
going to use to make

Your blacksmith's knives?

And today you're
going to need this.

Now, bladesmiths,
what you're looking at here

Is a metal crate full of steel.

Now, some of it's good
high-carbon steel.

Some of it is not.

But I can tell you
that all of it

Has been sitting here in the
ocean for quite some time.

So you can expect to see
a little bit of rust.

I'm not overly thrilled
that the metal is starting

To rust, because there
could be cracks or flaws

In these pieces of metal.

So making a blade out of
metal that's already rusted,

Not ideal circumstances.

Now, at the end of
the five-hour round,

Your blades will immediately go
into the hands of our judges.

And they will be checked
for strength and durability

In a wooden wheelbarrow chop,

Then checked for edge retention
in a burlap bag slice.

So good luck, stay sharp.

Your time starts now.

So the mystic seaport museum,
unbelievable place.

- Oh, yeah.

When you look
at these tall ships,

All those metal parts
were made by a blacksmith.

- Lower, more.

This is the beauty
of this whole challenge is,

It really pays homage to
the blacksmithing community.

- Yeah, oh, yeah.

First thing to do is
go run over to the crate

And open her up and see
what kind of steel we have.

Now, what's a good way for them

To go and find out what the best

Steel is out of this basket?

You could try to spark test it.

I grab a bar of
7 or 8-inch steel.

I don't want to move
too much mass,

Because I have to hammer
it by hand.

- You can see those sparks.

They're complex sparks.

It's got a big explosion
at the end of the spark.

It tells me it has carbon in it.

I'm happy.

The problem with salvaging metal

Is that you never really
know what you're getting.

So I grab a couple pieces,

And I take them over
to my angle grinder,

And I spark test both of them.

Well, look at those
sparks coming off of this.

The square stock seems to
spark a little bit brighter.

So that's the one
I end up going with.

- Yeah.

- Oh, there you go.

Looks like felicia
went with a big old hook.

That's potentially going to put
her in a really good position.

- Yeah.

Because now she
doesn't have to work

That steel down to a tip.

I'm going with this nice,
large hook.

Because I kind of figure
it would work just like

A railroad spike knife.

Definitely a high-carbon steel,
so I got that going for me.

Guys, this is a beautiful,
unbelievable place.

- Oh, yeah.

This competition is going
back to blacksmithing of old.

Yeah, I mean,
we're sitting right in front

Of the blacksmith shop.

This is the james d. Driggs
shipsmith shop.

My name is noah thomas,

And I am a blacksmith
and a boatwright.

We keep history alive
by demonstrating, practicing,

And teaching the crafts
and trades that fueled

The maritime industry.

You are standing in
a legitimate shipsmith shop.

It wasn't primarily used to
service the whaling industry.

And we still demonstrate
those crafts today.

We still make the tools
that they would

Have made in this shop here.

All three of our smiths
basically

At the same exact time
have come to their coal forges

And are getting them lit.

I'm comfortable coal forging.

That's how I started.

I have a hand-cranked blower.

I'm used to a blow dryer,
so I don't have

To sit there and crank on it.

Now, how much attention
does the coal forge need

To continue to be hot enough
to heat up the steel?

If you leave it
without doing anything,

The whole coal forge
can just go out.

You've got to restart it again.

This is going to be fun
for five hours

Cranking on this blower.

Yeah, it's going to suck.

I got the coal forge started.

So I can get my blade drawn out.

When I started bladesmithing
I actually inherited

An old siren crank coal forge
from my grandfather

Using "found metal."

So this competition with a coal
forge is like being at home.

It looks like jonathan's
kind of making a volcano.

Well, he's got a mound,
and he's digging a hole

In the center.
Is that good technique?

- You can do it that way.

But if you don't let
everything come out the top,

You kind of make a cave with
burning coal on the inside.

And it kind of reflects all
the heat back into itself.

And that's when things
really start to burn.

So you've got to be careful.

The dangers if coal forge
are that the temperatures

Are never the same.

I can crank it higher and create

A lot more heat than you
can in a propane forge.

Or if I let it die down,
I can lose a lot of heat

And take longer
to heat up the metal.

I want the cave to
stay as a structure

So that I can just
put the metal in,

Take it out,
and not lose any heat.

All right, bladesmiths,
one hour has elapsed.

You've got four hours remaining.

- These smiths have a lot of
steel to move with hand tools.

This five-hour coal forge
challenge is really endurance.

It is difficult to do by hand.

It's frustratingly slow.

Trucking right along like
a truck with no gas in it.

But I don't want to rush,
because I could overheat

My knife and get cracks.

So I'm going to have
to take my time.

Oh, no!

There's a crack in it.

It's got a crack in it.

Ohh!

- Crack.

How do you guys
think that felicia

Ended up with that crack?

- Overheating it in the forge?
- Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

She pulled that piece
out of steel out of the forge,

And there was a section
that just was still burning.

And these coal forges
have the ability

To superheat the steel,
to actually burn the steel.

So you really have to pay
attention to maintaining

Just the correct amount of heat.

This crack is way
far up into the blade.

And I just cannot
move forward with that,

Because it could break.

I really don't want
to start over at this point.

I've made a lot of progress.

So I have to take off,
like, 2 1/2,

3 inches of material.

It's a lot of material, okay?

The upper hand she had was
in the selection of the steel

That she got that had
the tip kind of already

Worked into it.
That's gone.

- Yep.
- Yeah.

- That's heartbreaking.

That means I'm going
to have to essentially

Start drawing out a whole
new chunk of the blade.

But I'll make it work.

- Emilio is killing it.

He's really moving metal.

When I work steel,
I want it pretty hot.

But it's hard to gauge the
colors because of the sunlight

Right now.

But I'm just kind of going
off what colors I can see.

I need it hot enough
that it's easy to move

But not too hot
to where it burns it up.

Oh, look at that.

Do you see the pieces
fall off right there?

- It just burned off.
- That's scary.

It got so hot
it just fell apart.

- Yeah.
- Yep.

I pull out the steel
from the forge,

And part of the steel
is missing.

I just spent an hour and a half

Working with the steel
to get to this point,

And I burned it up.

I'm in a bad spot right now.

I don't know what to do.

We are here
at mystic seaport museum.

All three of our smiths are
really moving some steel now.

- Oh, look at that.

Did you see that piece
just fall off right there?

I pull out the steel
from the forge,

And part of the steel
is missing.

Ooh.

I don't think emilio
has enough material.

I don't think that there's
enough material there

For an 11-to 13-inch blade
plus handle.

I don't want to give up
on it quite yet.

I want to see
if I can make it work.

So I want to draw it out
and keep forging.

So I'm moving this metal and
trying to get it to length.

Drawing this piece of steel
out is taking me a lot longer

Than I had hoped it would.

My arm's getting tired.

And all that's running through
my head is, oh, my gosh,

I might not finish this.

But I keep at it,
and I keep heating it up

And hammering it out.

And slowly but surely
it does move out to length.

But... and I still have a lot
of work and not a lot of time.

Bladesmiths,
you have 2 1/2 hours left.

We are halfway through.

Oh, man,
felicia is looking tired.

- Oh, yeah.

This has got to be the
most exhausting competition

We've put smiths through.

As I'm working
the shape of the steel,

This is moving a lot slower
than I was hoping it would.

My shoulder feels dead.

I'm currently worried about
not making it in time.

But I don't have the energy
to be concerned about it.

Oh, dear.

We may have a new problem.

There's not one but two
cracks here in the edge.

Oh, yeah, that's a problem.

Guys, felicia,
she is identifying some more

Issues with her steel.

So she's not out of the woods.

- This is fine.

I'm going to go ahead
and chop it off.

What's actually causing
these cracks is my shoulder

Feels a little, like, dead.

So what I'm working
on right here is hot.

But where my impact
is ending up is actually not.

So I'm going to stop doing that.

I'm happy to get rid
of those cracks.

If it does it again, that'll
be a pretty serious problem.

But at the moment, I just
need to get back to work.

Emilio's starting
to get more length.

But I think at some
point here real soon

He's going to realize
that he doesn't have...

- There is nothing...
- Enough steel.

- There for a handle.

I keep hitting the tongs
instead of the metal.

I'm wasting tons of time
on this little piece of steel.

I don't want to go home
for missing parameters.

But I don't want
to give up on it quite yet,

Because I don't think
I can complete

A brand-new blade
in the time limit.

But I think I have an idea
to fix the situation.

So I'm going to try
to forge weld

Some more steel to my tang.

So I'm going to try
to do a scarf weld.

A scarf weld is
where you forge down

One area of one
piece of metal and do

The opposite to the
other side and stack them

On top of each other.

Am I seeing
what I think I'm seeing?

- Yes, that's exactly it.

Emilio is going to be adding
some steel to that handle.

- Excellent.

I mean,
if this goes well for him,

He'll have enough material to
draw that out and do whatever

He wants with the handle.

- Come on.

It's hard to do a scarf weld
in the coal forge,

Because I've got to get
both pieces of steel

The same temperature
at the same time.

- Oh, damn.

- It cools down so fast that
it's just very, very difficult

To get that weld to go.

- It has to be immediate.

- Yeah.

As I'm trying to line up
these two scarves...

Damn it it's not working.

It's taking me too long,
and I'm losing temperature

I try one more time.

It's not working.

Augh!

I'm getting frustrated
with this little piece.

The longer that I try
to do this forge weld

The more time I'm losing.

I'm going to start over.

- Oh, man.

- Oh, no.

- Oh, that hurts.

- I'll go with this again.

- That's a tiny,
tiny little piece of bar stock.

He's starting over halfway
through in a coal forge round

Where you're hand-hammering
everything.

That's going to be
a factor in this next half

Of the competition
for emilio, especially.

- I have no time to waste.

I've got to kick it
into another gear.

Otherwise,
I won't get a blade done.

Jonathan has moved on
to the tang of his blade.

And he's going to start
working that tail end

And getting that handle
all worked in.

I think one of the
big issues is getting

A handle that's comfortable.

A lot of people that don't
make these kind of knives

End up with something
that's just a thin rod

That's been bent around.

As I'm looking I don't
know that I have enough time

To thin this thing
out to a handle

That I can fold over on itself,

Which is the right way.

So I make the decision
that I'm going to

Cut down the middle
and just spread out the metal

And make a gap in between 'em.

Jonathan's idea
to take that drift

And... and cut the skeletonized
section of the tang

Is kind of biting him.

It's looking pretty mangled.

Not exactly what he's
eyeballing, I don't think.

The handle's a little bit bumpy.

But I think I'll be okay
smoothing those out

So it's at least not painful
to the judges.

Not super impressed
with my work.

But one of the parameters
is having an

Integral skeletonized handle.

For a moment I did question
whether or not I should

Actually forge a handle.

But I heard jonathan down
there with his angle grinder,

And I feel like that's
actually a great idea.

So I'm just going to split it,
then kind of spread it open.

But it's so freaking thick.

I'm not sure how much
time that's going to take,

But it's the best I got.

So I'm just going
to pound on the steel,

Just trying to get this done
as quick as possible.

I choose a round hammer face
to move the metal

In all directions quicker.

- Watch when he cranks this.

A jet of flame will start
coming off the top of that.

Now, does that superheat
the outside of the steel

And not evenly heat the inside?

Yeah, you can be burning
the outside by the time

The inside has gotten hot.

I need my steel hot enough
that it's easy to move.

So I'm cranking away at it.

I just got to get this bar
moving right now.

- Almost.

Emilio, he's doing great.

He is super-efficient.

Time is dwindling.

It's a little scary.

There we go.

So I finally transferred
all this material.

And so that I can actually
start to

Get this quenched and tempered
so that I can move on.

I feel a little
crunched for time.

But it's "forged in fire,"
so that's the whole point,

I guess.

All right, bladesmiths,
you have one hour remaining.

Finish up.

Guys, take a look
at emilio steel here.

He's almost got
the length that he needs.

- Yeah.

- Emilio is a freaking monster.

That guy...
There's no stopping that man.

At this point,
I'm really, really tired.

But this second blade shape's
coming together pretty quick.

Now I've got to focus
on this tang.

I've seen a couple
blacksmith knives.

The ones I've seen
have the rat tail handle.

So I'm going to forge it out
and use the horn to shape

The curve on the handle.

- Emilio now is on the horn.

And look how much
he's moved just

By hammering on that horn.

- It's just crawling out.

He's getting length
with every strike.

There it is.

- I got my handle figured out.

I'm going to prepare
the blade for a quench now.

I got to say, emilio's
just cruising this go-round.

It's phenomenal to see
what he's got going on.

He's well on his way
to getting done.

I need this quench
to go really good.

There's no more time
to make another knife.

It's do-or-die and now or never.

Emilio restarted halfway
through the competition,

The first one to have
a quenched blade.

- Wow.
- Outstanding.

I don't hear any pings,
cracks, anything.

And I'm happy with it.

Time limit on this
is... it's a crunch.

And I'm feeling pretty nervous.

Quenching a blade coal-forging
is less than ideal.

With the sunlight, the
temperature is not going to be

Easily indicated by color.

So that's why I have my magnet.

I'm checking the magnetism
to make sure that it

Loses the magnetic ability.

Then I know that I've got
a good enough temperature

To quench.

All right,
jonathan's quenched too.

- We've got two quenched blades.
- All right.

- That's awesome.

- Beautiful.

There were several moments
where I had my doubts

That I'd make it as far.

But I reached this point,
and I'm feeling pretty good.

If felicia has any hope
of getting this done,

She's got to quench
real soon so she has time

To grind it down,
get it into a functional blade.

At this point, I need to
get quenched and move on.

Guys,
felicia just quenched, guys.

- That's great.
- Wow, that's awesome.

- Wow.

All righty.

I have a hardened blade.

Now all of our smiths have
quenched and hardened blades.

What do they have to
do to get them finished

And ready for testing?

Grab those angle grinders
and put an edge on it.

- So after the quench, I'm
grinding off the forge scale,

Kind of clean it up.

It looks really good.

I got two big cracks.

Oh, yeah, it's bad.

With these cracks,
there's a very good chance

That when this knife
hits something

It will crack or break.

Emilio's just noticed a couple

- Cracks in his blade...
- Oh, wow.

- Straight up from the edge.

Oh, and we don't
have any welders here.

- Nope.
- Just the angle grinders.

I don't know if I can fix
this situation.

We are here
in mystic seaport museum.

All three of the smiths back
at their work tables now

Grinding away trying
to finish these blades up

In the final 30 minutes.

I got two big cracks.

Emilio's just noticed a couple

- Cracks in his blade...
- Oh, wow.

- Straight up from the edge.

- Wow.

Emilio has really
overheated that.

- Right.

- Oh, yeah, it's bad.

With these cracks,
there's a very good chance

That when this knife
hits something

It will crack or break.

I'm going to try
to grind them out.

As I grind,
they're just getting deeper.

The more material I take off
this blade, the more likely

It's going to break in testing.

I'm going to leave it thick.

I really hope it will survive
an impact

Against the wheelbarrow.

There's not much I can do,
so I'm done.

- Is emilio done?
- Yep.

This blade does look good,
but we'll see

How it does in testing.

We've got 10 minutes left,
bladesmiths.

I have a lot of grinding to do,

Because my edge is still
very fat.

Ideally, as I'm grinding,
I'd like to put

A hollow grind in the edge
so that it can

Resist the chopping while still
maintaining a sharp edge.

I have so much metal here
that my hollow grind isn't

As hollow as I want it to be.

I'm still able
to remove a lot of metal

With the angle grinder.

It's just a slow process.

- My time is dwindling.

I could obviously
stay on this grinder

For another hour
and a half or so,

Because my blade
is a piece of crap.

But I have, like,
five minutes left.

So I'm going to try and grind
as much as I can.

All right,
bladesmiths, finish up.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Bladesmiths,
turn off your tools.

This round is over.

Great fight, everybody.

Talk about working
to the last second.

- Yeah, right?
- Yeah, I love it.

Felicia just had to get
that little grind in.

- I love how my blade looks.

It came out way better
than I thought it would.

But with the cracks I'm
hoping I can survive testing.

All right, bladesmiths, in
the past five-hour challenge

You were asked to
make blacksmithing knives

That were made from steel
fished out of the ocean.

It was clearly
a very difficult challenge.

But all three of you
presented blades

That are suitable for testing.

Now, we are going to change
things up quite a bit here.

Instead of two separate
tests to check for strength,

Durability, and sharpness,

We've got a dynamic test
that's going to check it

All in one go.

Now, after this testing
is complete

Only two of you will move
forward in this competition

To the final round, which means
one of you is heading home.

For the testing I'm going
to hand you guys off to ben.

- All right, bladesmiths,
welcome to the dynamic strength

And sharpness test.

I'll be chopping
into this wheelbarrow

And cutting through
these burlap sacks.

Jonathan, you're up first.
You ready?

- Yes, sir.
- All right.

- My biggest concern is,
I don't want to lose my edge.

I certainly don't want
my blade to break.

If I can maintain the edge
and cut at the same time,

I'll be happy.

Whew.

Well, jonathan, you did
what we asked you to do.

You got a skeletonized handle.

Biggest thing I have about this
is, the shape of the handle,

It's kind of bumpy
where it should be flat

And flat
where it should be bumpy.

So it's kind of...

Rides really hard
into my hand here.

But the edge is sharp enough.

I don't see any
indication of any damage,

Breaking, or chipping.

- Nice job.
- Thank you, sir.

All right, emilio,
you're up next.

- You ready for this?
- Yeah.

- Cool.

- I see cracks in my steel.

It's a sign of somewhere there's

Damage inside the blade.

I'm pretty nervous
about the wheelbarrow.

But I'm hopeful that the knife
makes it through the test.

Well, emilio, the obvious thing,

Your blade broke in two.

There's a dark spot
you can see at the top

On both halves here.

And that's where
there was a crack that existed

Before I started testing.

The grain is pretty big,
likely from overheating it

In the forge,
but before it broke,

That was
a really good-looking blade.

I think you did
a phenomenal job.

But as it stands, it just
didn't take the impact.

- Yep.

All right, emilio,
unfortunately,

It did come apart.

But, emilio, you're not
out of the fight yet.

Felicia, in order to move
forward in the final round

Of this competition,
your blade will

Have to survive seven strikes.

Are you ready?

- Sure.

- All right.
- Ben, take it away.

I just saw emilio's blade break.

And I'm still not 100% sure
that my knife will survive.

It can break gloriously,
and I could lose.

It's just terrifying.

I just saw emilio's blade break.

So all I have to do
is survive seven strikes.

Don't break. Don't break.
Don't break.

Don't break. Don't break.

It's just terrifying.

Well, felicia, congratulations.

Your blade made it
through all seven strikes.

Now, emilio, you are
an absolute monster out there.

At 2 1/2 hours
into the competition

You completely restarted,
and you turned this blade in.

It's a beautiful piece,
but unfortunately

It did suffer
a catastrophic failure.

For that reason, we cannot
continue testing your blade.

We want to say thank you
for coming out.

But your time in this
competition has ended.

- Thank you.

Thank you, man.
Thank you.

- Thank you, emilio.

- See you, guys.

It was a very tough competition.

I felt a little disappointed.

But it is what it is.

Being here at the mystic
seaport museum was great.

There's just a ton
of history here.

I may not be the
"forged in fire" champion,

But I will next time.

Well, jonathan,
felicia, congratulations.

Both of you have made it
through the first round

Of this competition,
which means you're going

Into the final round
back at your home forges,

Where you'll be building
an iconic blade from history.

Now, bladesmiths, do me
a favor and take a look

Over your right shoulder.

That ship right there
is the "charles w. Morgan."

And is the last wooden
whaling ship in existence.

Now, on that ship,
whalers would be out at sea

Using a variety of tools.

For this final round
of competition,

We want you to build a
specific one of them.

Bladesmiths,
you will be building this.

This is the flensing knife.

Dating back to the 18th
century the flensing knife,

Also called the mincing knife,

Was a vital tool for
the american whaling industry.

This blade featured a long,
curved,

Very sharp edge design

To remove blubber
from large whales.

The flensing knife
was used routinely

On board massive whaling ships,

Which acted
as floating factories

Harvesting blubber
and boiling it down

In their onboard furnaces
to create high-quality oil

That helped turn america
into an industrial powerhouse.

One of the last remaining
wooden whaling ships

In existence
is docked right here

At the mystic seaport museum.

The length of your blade
needs to be between

17 and 19 inches
measured from tip

To where the cutting edge ends
in a straight line.

It needs to be curved.

It needs to have an
integral socket and a pole.

Now, the overall length
of this needs to be

Between 60 and 62 inches.

At home, I don't have
presses, no power hammers.

It's all done by hand.

So moving the metal,
shaping it is going to be

A lot of work,
but I'm up for a challenge.

- Well, good luck, bladesmiths.

We will see you
right back here at mystic

Seaport museum in four days.

- It is day one,
and I'm in catoosa, oklahoma,

At my home forge.

I'm going to be
doing a monosteel.

I'm using o1 tool steel,

Because I use it
almost exclusively.

I think we're going to
try and start our socket.

I've decided that
I want the socket

On the outside of my shaft.

And so I just want
to draw that out to width

And get it wrapped.

All righty.

So the parameters are
3-inch minimum for the width.

So as I'm drawing it out
the width,

It makes the tip
of the blade arch up

Giving me the bend
required by the parameters.

It's the end of day one, and I
have finished the forging part

Of my flensing knife.

- I'm back in my home forge to
make the flensing whale knife.

I'm making the socket first.

The difficult parts
of making this knife

Are going to be incorporating
the integral socket...

Because it's forged from
a single piece of steel.

There is no seam,

No connection point
between the socket

And the knife.

And that junction
is a crucial part.

Because one, they test it.

There's a strong chance
that it could break there.

So as I am hammering it,
I have to make sure

That the temperature
is still good.

Because if I hit on cold metal

It could cause stress fractures

That can show up later.

So I finished the socket,
and I still have more time.

So I'm going to start
working on the blade,

Getting it inline
with the socket,

Starting to put
the curve into it.

Got the socket forged in.

Got the curve started.

Overall,
it's in pretty good shape.

It the morning of day two.

And I am ready for quench.

I am a little nervous
going into quench,

Because being such a long blade

It is going to be difficult
to keep it straight.

I'm going to try moving it
through the fire

In an attempt to evenly heat
it up to prevent warpage.

It's taking a fat minute
to actually warm up,

A lot longer than I anticipated.

Almost.

Eh, that's pretty significant.

It is pretty warped.

And so I think I'm going
to have to requench it.

I just love redoing work,
you know?

It's so much fun.

Since I already quenched it,

There is a risk
of overstressing your steel,

Which can cause fracturing.

But that warp could prevent
it from performing well.

We're going to go for it
and see what happens.

- The blade is greatly warped.

So I'm going to have to
requench it.

There is a risk of fracturing.

But I've got to fix that warp.

It's straight.

It worked out pretty great.

So tomorrow I'd like
to work on the handle.

Day three, I've got
the blade hardened,

Quenched,
tempered all yesterday.

So today is all about
starting the handle.

So I've got this
6-foot piece of hickory.

I need to remove
a bunch of material

So that I can actually slide
into the integral socket

On the blade.

And then I can start removing
material on the handle

To make it comfortable.

I need to make sure
everything's tight.

Because if it's too loose,
when they go to test it,

It could just fall apart.

I'm pretty happy
with how it's fitting.

But I want to get it all
the way up to this collar

Here before I call it good.

The socket is smaller than
I had originally intended.

So I need to remove
a bunch of material

So that I can actually slide
into the integral socket

On the blade.

I'm calling that good.

It is the morning of day four.

And I got the handle
finished yesterday.

And today is fit and finish.

Next, we're going to work
on our cutting edge.

There have been
a lot of challenges.

But I'm pretty
happy with the build.

Yeah, it's pretty sharp.

I am super excited
to see some testing

On something really soft
and gentle, like cake.

That would be great.

- Day four.

I have an entire final day

Just to do the fit
and finish work.

I'm feeling
really good about things.

It's ready for the handle.

Nice, tight mechanical fit.

I'm pretty confident with
the construction of my weapon.

There is a bit of epoxy in there

To keep the wood
from moving around.

And I have two brass pins
for the mechanical

Combination advantage.

Being a martial artist,
I have to test it.

I want to know how it feels.

Overall, I just want
to play with it.

Ooh, that is sharp.

John and felicia, welcome back

To the mystic seaport museum.

Now, you both spent four days
at your home forges

Putting together
your flensing knives.

They look great.

But after today only one of you

Will hold the title
of "forged in fire" champion

And get a check for $10,000.

In order to do so,
we need to put your blades

Through a series of tests.

But before we do that,
I want to hear about them.

So, jonathan,
tell us about your blade.

- It went well.

My blade is made out of
5160 steel with brass pins,

Integral handle, and
a stabilized hickory handle.

- Awesome.
- Felicia, how about you?

- It was an adventure.

My blade support's
out of o1 tool steel

And also on an oak staff.

Well,
both your blades look strong.

They look sharp.

But we have to find
out which one of you

Is taking home the win today.

And to do so
we're going to put your blades

Through a series of tests.

And first up, I'm going
to give you to doug.

Bladesmiths, welcome
to the dynamic keal test.

Jonathan, you're up first.

You ready for this?

- Yes, sir.

- Let's do this.

- Going first is awful.

It's so nerve-racking.

And bones are not easy
on blades, so I'm nervous.

All right, jonathan,
let's talk about

Your flensing knife here.

First up, the handle here.

It's nice and ovoid.

And it really fits my hand
for a grip and good retention.

Your edge held up nicely.

No issues.

Nice balance.

Wieldability
and lethality is good.

And overall, it'll keal.

- Thank you.

All right, felicia, your turn.

- Are you ready?
- Sure.

- Let's do this.

Going into this,
it's a little scary.

Since I had to requench
my blade a couple of times,

The edge might
break off or roll.

I could win, or it could break
gloriously, and I could lose.

Going into this,
it's a little scary.

Since I had to requench
my blade a couple times,

It could break gloriously,
and I could lose.

- Okay, then.

All right, felicia,
let's talk about

Your flensing knife here.

First up,
it's a very light weapon

That you have designed
over here.

I like the way it feels
with the handle here.

Your edge cuts very deep
into this ballistics dummy.

But during the test, you have
two points right here where it

Took a little bit of a chip.

But I like the way it feels.

And overall, your flensing
knife, it will keal.

- Thanks.

All right, bladesmiths,
welcome to our

Dynamic strength test,
the fish and dock pole chop.

Jonathan, you're up first.
Are you ready for this?

- Yes, sir.
- Okay.

Ooh.

- Dude.

- All right, jonathan, your
blade was cutting beautifully.

It was holding up nicely.

But I started to feel
it loosen a little bit.

What really caused
that break was the pin.

The pin is very close to
the edge of your shaft here.

All that stress goes
right into the pin

And-or right around
the shoulder.

And you can see this
is where it broke.

Well, jonathan,
the test was going so well.

We thought you were going to
make it all the way through.

But unfortunately,
your blade did

Take a catastrophic failure
on the seventh strike

On the dock pole here.

You're not out of the fight yet.

You know how this goes.

Felicia, in order to take home
the title of "forged in fire"

Champion and get a
check for $10,000,

Your blade will have to survive
all of these fish and seven

Strikes on the poles.

- Are you ready?
- Sure.

- All right.

Dave, take it away.

- Here we go again.

Having already
taken edge damage,

I don't know if my blade
can handle seven strikes.

Can totally see my blade
just shattering

Around the post,
flying off into the water.

I am not optimistic
that my blade will survive.

- Everything held up.

- Felicia, congratulations.

Your blade made it through all
of the strikes in our tests.

Now, jonathan, you're
clearly a talented smith.

You fought so hard through
this mystic seaport challenge.

But unfortunately,
because your blade

Did suffer a catastrophic
failure during a test,

Your time in this
competition has ended.

We want to say thank you for
coming out and trying so hard.

- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you, jonathan.

- Thank you, guys.
- Thank you, jonathan.

I'm very disappointed
my handle broke.

But I had a wonderful time.

I mean, it's just beautiful
here at mystic seaport museum.

I learned a lot,
met a lot of great people,

And got to see my work
put through the wringer.

Well, felicia,
that means you are the new

"forged in fire" champion.

You are the youngest
female champion.

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

Well done.

- I'm pretty stoked.

Yeah, it's a little more
clout than I expected.

So that's nice.

I get some exposure

Being a woman in a very
man-saturated market.

I'm so excited.
It's so cool.

Like, I won.

Now I can actually
repay my mom and dad

For that brand-new anvil.