All language subtitles for Forged.in.Fire.S09E14.720p.WEB.H264-SPAMnEGGS

- Here in The Forge, we have
seen hundreds of smiths

create some of the most feared
edged weapons in history.

Now in honor
of History's mini series event

"Colosseum,"
we have decided to transform

our forge into
a Roman gladiators arena.

Over the next few weeks,
we are doing a competition

series unlike anything
you've ever seen.

This is Gladiators of The Forge.

Over the course of five episodes

and ten battles,
we will see bladesmiths

go head to head
in sudden death competitions.

The winner will become
the Gladiator of The Forge

and earn a check for $5,000.

Then they'll
have the opportunity

to go back into
the arena and fight again.

Now if they keep winning,
they will earn

more and more money with
bonuses along the way.

After two battles,

one gladiator
has reigned supreme.

- Congratulations,
you are a two-time

Gladiator of The Forge.

You now have $10,000.

- Right now nothing's for sure.

It's daunting.

There's a lot going on,

both physically and mentally.

It's tough.

- Tonight, we will find out
if Kurt has what it takes

to earn his third
Gladiator of The Forge title,

bringing him one step closer
to that prize of $75,000.

Or will a new competitor come in

and knock him out of the arena?

- I'm here to win.

- The Gladiators of The Forge
competition continues now.

- My name is Kurt,

and I'm a two-time

Gladiator of The Forge.

Being Gladiator of The Forge

is cool.

And if I can be the only ever

Gladiator of The Forge,
that would be even coole.

I absolutely want another win.

If I didn't want another win,

I wouldn't be here
doing another eight hours.

I'm exhausted.

- My name is Jesse Hu,

I'm from Phoenix, Arizona,

and I've been making knives

for three years.

From the outside,

I look really unintimidating.

I'm 160 pounds, fairly scrawny.

I feel like I might be
very easy to underestimate.

But with all
this money on the line,

I'm not gonna go
down without a fight.

- Kurt, Jesse, gentlemen,
welcome to The Forge.

The two of you are about to
take part in the third batte

in our Gladiators of The Forge
competition series.

Now, Kurt,
you know how this goes.

But, Jesse,
this round is going to consist

of eight hours
of bladesmithing competition

where you're going to build
a blade from start to finish.

Now once that time is up,
you're going to be asked

to turn your blades over
to our panel of expert judges,

who will put your blades
through a series of tests.

At the end of that testing,
they will decide which one

of you has earned a title

of Gladiator of The Forge.

And that win will come
with a check for $5,000.

Now Kurt, you are
currently standing with two

Gladiator of The Forge titles.

You've racked up $10,000.

If you win every single one
of our ten competitions,

you will also get
a bonus check for 25 grand.

That's a total of $75,000.

Jesse,
you're the challenger here.

You're here
to dethrone our current

winner and take your first

Gladiator of The Forge title,

and hopefully win $5,000.

Now if you do,
you will have the chance

to move forward
in the competition

and potentially
earn some more cash.

- I'm here to win this
competition as many times

as I can, because
that's what I came here to do.

- Now first things first
gentlemen, we need to find out

what blade from our
ever-changing wall

of Roman gladiator weapons

you guys will both
be building today.

And what technique
you're both going

to be using to build that blade.

In order to find that out,
we're going back

with an old-fashioned coin flip.

I have an authentic
Roman coin here.

And if you win, you will have
the opportunity to pick first.

Now Jesse,
do you want heads or tail?

- I want heads.

- You want heads,
all right, ready?

We have landed on heads.

Do you want to pick the weapon
you're both building?

Or do you want to pick
the forge welding technique?

- The weapon.

- You want to pick the weapon,
all right.

What are you thinking?

- I'm thinking the kopis.

- The kopis traces
its origins back

to seventh century BC Greece.

But proved such
a powerful fighting weapon,

it stood the test of time
and remained popular

throughout the Roman Empire.

Featuring a wide
recurve blade that

was designed
to deliver deadly slashes,

and then an enclosed guard
that protected the hand,

this one-handed weapon
proved popular

with cavalry soldiers
and gladiators alike.

The kopis previously
made an appearance

in the "Forged in Fire" arena
back in season five,

when the competition came
down to the finest details.

- The reason I chose
this blade was because

I didn't want to make
anything else up there.

I've never made
any axes or hammers,

but the kopis I feel like
I can do really well.

- All right gentlemen,
your blades

must meet these parameters.

The blade length needs
to be between 16 and 18 inches

and your belly needs to be
at least 2 and 1/4 inches.

Now as far as the hilt goes,
you guys both need to have

a functional guard
and an animal head pommel.

All right, Kurt,
since you lost the coin toss,

that means you must choose
the forge-welding technique.

What have you got?

- So, with a belly that big,
I think some

raindrop Damascus will look
really good on that blade.

- Ooh.

- I think it's a really
cool pattern and maybe it'll

give Jesse kind of
a run for his money.

- All right, gentlemen,
you will have

eight hours to build your kopis

with raindrop Damascus pattern.

Bladesmiths, good luck,
your time starts now.

That was a pretty risky pick
with the kopis.

I think that's the most
intricate blade

we have on the wall right now.

- I think this
is the most detailed

of any of the blades up there.

- And this is coming
from a competitor

who hasn't been here.

So, it's going
to be interesting.

- Going into this competitio,

exhaustion is definitely
a concern of mine.

So I'm making sure
that I'm not getting lazy

and skipping steps.

I don't want to get complacent
with what I'm doing.

I'm hanging in there
but it's tough.

- This being
Kurt's third battle,

we get to know
a little bit of the bladesmith,

and we do know
that when it comes

to patterned Damascus
he can do the job.

- I end up starting
with 18 layers,

because I don't think
I'm going to need all 20 pieces

for this blade.

And last battle,
Brian was eliminated

because his blade was too heavy.

- I cannot, no.

- So I want to make sure
that I do anything

that I can
to avoid these problems.

- Currently, I'm a sophomore

at the University of Michigan
and I'm double majoring

in electrical
and mechanical engineering.

Oh, my god, that's so nerdy.

Coming in this competition,
I'm a little bit nervous.

I'm up against Kurt,
who's already won twice,

which means he'll be
thinking more calmly than me.

But otherwise,
I think I've prepared well

for the competition.

- Jesse is moving
faster than Kurt

has at all in this competition.

- Jesse might be giving Kurt
a run for his money.

- Bladesmiths,
one hour has elapsed.

Kurt is taking some time
to make everything

right and even.

I think very soon
we're gonna see

a cleanup, a cut,
a restack, and a weld.

- Oh, good,
get up to at least 50 layers,

'cause then that
raindrop starts to become

multiple rings,
as opposed to what

we tend to see as
"puddle Damascus,"

where we have a round mark,

but not really
a lot of definition.

- So right now
I stretched my billet out,

I'm going to cut it up
into five pieces,

which will overall
give me 90 layers,

and will make that raindrop
Damascus stand out a lot more.

- Jesse's out of the forge,

doing a hammer set first
before heading to the press.

- I got started
smithing by watching videos

and being really bored,

and also trying to avoid doing
Chinese school homework.

- Jesse looking for the press.

Just evening everything out
to a nice long rectangle,

hopefully he'll
cut and stack too.

- 20 layers is too little
for an intricate raindrop.

So I decided that
I have to stack it up

at least three times,
which will give me 60 layers.

- What I like about this
is that both competitors

are not going
with the minimal standards

to make that raindrop Damascus.

They're trying to add
more layers, I love that.

- I want to get close

to the final length
of the blade.

That's when I want to start

putting in the raindrop pattern.

- So how exactly
do you get to a proper

raindrop Damascus pattern?

Well, if you think
of the different layers

of steel having
different colors,

then you cut
a round V-shaped hole,

not all the way through,
just partly through,

then you
flatten those layers out.

Now you see
these concentric rings.

And if you do that
all over the place,

it looks like
raindrops on a puddle.

- I want to cut deep enough
that when I forge it back out,

it will show up, but not so deep

that I could have
all these voids

in my blade that could
develop weak points.

So there's that happy medium
that I'm hoping I can nail.

Too good.

- Whoa, Jesse also got
all of his drops drilled in.

- So after I have
all these holes drilled,

it's time
to flatten out the billet

and get the actual
raindrop pattern.

And then once I have that,
it's time to start

forging out the blade.

The kopis is a really
unusually-shaped blade,

and the belly height is actually

one of the parameters
that I have to follow.

The belly of the kopis
has to be the thinnest part,

so I do my best to make
the belly as thin as possibl.

Ah, okay.

I've got my blade
forged out pretty close.

So I go over
to the grinder and I begin

roughing out the profile.

- Gentlemen, you have
four hours left on the clock!

- Once I'm comfortable
with the shape of the blade

and the bevels,
I'm getting ready to quench.

This is the most important step,

because without the quench

and hardening your blade,
you have something that

looks like a blade
but it's not a blade.

- Kurt's quenched.

- Hotter than heck.

- I immediately hear some
sounds that I'm not happy with.

It sounded like
there was a crack.

- Uh-oh.

- I'm really hoping that
it's not a crack,

but I might have to start over.

- Things are looking
a little questionable

for Kurt right now.

- If I had
to start over right now,

I don't know if I'd be
able to finish a blade.

- The heat is on
in the third battle

of our Gladiator
of The Forge competition.

- Every step of the way
so far, guys,

our smiths have
been neck and neck.

So basically what we're
running into is our curret

gladiator has
met a worthy opponent.

- Kurt's quenched.

- Hotter than heck.

- It sounded
like there was a crack.

- Uh-oh.

- If I had
to start over right now.

I don't know if I'd be
able to finish a blade.

- Things are looking
a little questionable

for Kurt right now.

- I'm not seeing anything,
which is very relieving.

I think what I was feeling

was some of the oil splashing

up on the tang

and just popping,

but it's strong
all the way through.

And it kind of settled
my nerves a little bit.

- Now that I've got
this blade rough ground,

it's time for the heat treat.

$5,000 is riding on this quench.

- All right, we've got
two quenched blades.

That was an immaculate color.

- The quench could
not have gone better.

I test it with a file,
skates like nobody's business.

- He seems happy with it.

- Jesse's proven he's
a force to be reckoned with.

- Kurt, Jesse, guys,
you have two hours left!

- So I start working
on this animal head pommel.

I draw what looks
like it might be a horse.

I don't know what it's gonna
look like when I'm finished,

but right now
I'm kind of going for a hors.

- Well, they need
to do some fine grinding

on that pommel
to make it into an animal head.

They need to have it
identifiable as the anima.

- It's gonna be a fun game
of What's That Animal?

- Kind of resembles a wolf face.

- That's an animal.

- You know what?
I'm gonna call it Cody.

'Cause my dog's name is Cody.

Honestly, the pommel
looks like her head,

and she's always on her back
wanting belly rubs.

So it's the old belly rub kopis.

Totally intentional, planned
that from the beginning.

- Now that I've
got a quenched blade,

it's time to start
working on the handle.

I have all my pieces,
but they're just blocks

at this point and I need
to start shaping them.

So I begin working on the
wooden part of the handle.

This part's super tricky,
because I have to get the wod

to fit basically exactly
to the pommel and the guard.

Ahh.

- Uh-oh.

- Ah, nope.

- Jesse was
working on his handle,

ground too small
and had to completely restart

with those scales.

- I'm staying unusually calm.

But I know
in the back of my head,

there's this demon
trying to break free

from its cage and
send me into panic mode.

And I could not let that happen.

And so after
the first one fails,

I decide to make a template
out of this new wood

that I have now cut into scales.

And then I draw another
outline on to those scales

so that I know roughly where
I need to take material off.

- It's one of the things I think

maybe comes from
being an engineer.

- That's
a problem-solving craft.

This is a room full of problems.

- Three of the biggest ones
are sitting right here.

Yep.

- Ugly, but it'll do.

- Gentlemen, you are
down to the final 20 minute.

- All three competitions now,

I've come down to the wire
every time so far.

So I'm still struggling
with that handle fit up.

- This handle is
a lot more detailed

than any of the other
handles he's already done.

- There's a much
bigger gap between the handle

and the guard
than what I wanted.

- If you do have gaps,
fill them.

Mix some
sawdust with some epoxy.

Because any one
of those small areas

can really bite a piece of skin.

- I'm running out of time,
my handle's not pretty.

It doesn't look
nearly as good as I wante.

So I'm now back to... I'm going
to be spending every minute

and I'm going
to have a gap in my handle now.

- There's so much to do
and really

not that much time to do it.

I'm trying not
to make an unfixable mistake.

A bad-looking handle
could be the difference

between me
winning and me losing.

- This particular sword needs
a lot of effort on the handle,

a lot of time needs
to be spent on this handle.

- I also need
to get this animal head

to look like an animal head,

because at this point
it's just a block.

And as far as I know,

no animal has block
as it's head.

- Five, four, three,

two, one.

Bladesmiths,
turn off your machines,

put down your tools.

This competition is over.

- Good job dude.
- Nice job.

- I do have some pressure
to hold on to the title.

It's almost
a pride thing at this point.

But I know that there's issues.

The blade itself is very strong.

But it's whether it's
comfortable to the judges.

- All right bladesmiths,
welcome to the strength test.

To test the strength
and durability of your blades,

as well as their
overall construction.

I'm going to be chopping
onto these Roman busts.

All right Jesse, you're up
first, are you ready for this?

- Yes.

- Cool.

- I've seen Ben
test blades before,

and he definitely
doesn't hold back.

I'm worried that my
blade would either break

in half, crack,
or just spontaneously combus.

- All right Jesse,
your edge is perfect,

like it never saw that bust.

The overall shape
is really good.

My main concern
is with the handle area,

this distance top and bottom
is just a little bit

too small,
so it's rubbing on my knuckle

as I'm holding it
but it's not overwhelming.

All in all, nice job.

All right, Kurt.

You know what's up,
you ready for this?

Does it matter?

- Not really.

- I'm concerned about
the weight of my handle.

I'm also concerned
about the finish.

Jesse's blade looks like it's
got a much finer finish to i.

So hopefully I can
outperform him in this test,

because I do
want to hold the title.

- I'm concerned about
the weight of my handle.

I'm also concerned
about the finish.

I do want to hold the title.

- All right Kurt,

first off your edge
held up great.

The pattern you
have on here is beautiful.

It's a really nice
raindrop pattern, well done.

Moving back to the handle.

The handle is blocky,
which kind of isn't

a very comfortable
handle to hold and swing.

Also it's got
a gap in the middle

and the inside edges
of that gap are sharp.

They're sharp enough
that they're rubbing

pretty hard on my knuckle,

but all in all,

your blade held up great in
this strength test, nice job.

- Thank you.

- All right gladiators,
this is the sharpness tes,

the animal hide slice.

Jesse, you're up first,
are you ready for this?

- Of course.

- Let's do this.

All right Jesse, let's talk
about your kopis here,

your edge is razor sharp,
it cuts so cleanly

on this animal hide.

Overall sir, your weapon...

it will cut.

Kurt, your turn sir,
are you ready?

- Slice it up.

- Will do.

All right Kurt, let's
talk about your Kopis here.

Now your handle construction,
if I do put my hand in there

my knuckle can get in there
and there's some sharp edges

in there that can cut some skin,

but your edges cut
very well on this animal hide,

and overall sir, your weapon...

It will cut.

- Thank you Doug.

- Well, gentlemen,
I would say that both of your

kopises performed extremely
well during that test,

which means that our judges have

a very difficult
decision to make.

So while they discuss,
I'm gonna ask the both of you

give us a minute, please
step off The Forge floor.

All right gentlemen, we got
two high performers here.

Doug, what are you thinking?

- Now when it comes
to the blade itself,

I really have
to give it to Jesse,

it's very clean
in its construction.

I like the way he designed
that, the scale of it.

- Ben, what are you thinking?

- Well, they both had issues
with their handles.

But for me the blade
shape on Jesse's

is much more elegant
than the blade shape on Kurt's.

- Okay, Dave,
what are you thinking?

- One to me feels like
a finished weapon.

And the other one
feels like it's close

to being finished,
but it's not there yet.

- Gentlemen,
you have a decision to make.

Dave, you made yours?
- Oh, yeah.

- Doug.
- Yes I have.

- Ben, how about you?
- Yes sir.

- All right guys,
we'll call them in.

Gentlemen, right off the bat,
I want to say

thank you so much for working
so hard in this competition.

Now Kurt, this could be
number three for you.

Jesse, this could be your first
Gladiator of The Forge title,

$5,000,

and a chance to move
forward and continue winnin.

But after a closer look
at your blades,

our judges did make
a final decision.

And the winner of this battle

in the Gladiator of The Forge
competition is...

Jesse.
Very, very well done.

Now Kurt,
you did a phenomenal job.

You're a pleasure to watch.

But unfortunately,
this blade didn't make the cut.

And Ben's gonna tell you why.

- Well Kurt,
this decision came down

to the handle and your
handle was sharp corners

on the inside, was less
refined than your opponent.

And that's what
we based our decision on.

- Well Kurt, we all
want to say congratulations

on your two wins,
you have $10,000

in your pocket for only
16 hours of work.

That's... that's a lot of money,
man.

And you've got
a ton to be proud of.

But unfortunately, your time
in this competition has ended.

I'ma have to ask you to please
step off The Forge floor.

- Thank you gentlemen.

I might not have
won this challenge.

But I am proud
of everything that I've done.

So now I'm passing
on the title to Jesse

and I really hope
he runs with it.

He seems like
a very talented smith,

and I have high expectations
for him.

- Now Jesse, you knocked
the leader off his pedestal.

You are now
the Gladiator of The Forge

and you're getting
a check for $5,000.

Now Jesse, you've got
a big decision to make.

You just spent
eight hours fighting it ot

in The Forge
and you came out on top.

But do you have
what it takes to get back

in the coliseum
and get back in the battl?

Of course.

That's fantastic.

- It's unbelievable.

I don't know how I got here.

- Well, congratulations again
on your winning the 5 grand.

We will see you in The Forge
for the next battle.

- I just won 5 grand,
I'm going to be doing

my absolute hardest
to keep winning,

because that's
what I came here to do.

- My name is Ben Banister.

I am 23 years old

and I got into blade smithing

because a buddy of mine

offered me a job at a forge

in Colorado Springs.

Looking at Jesse,
knowing that he has already won

one competition,
that tells me this guy knows

how to make something
that's able to compete.

I'm gonna give it my all
and we'll see what happen.

- Bladesmiths,
welcome to The Forge.

Jesse, you currently have one

Gladiator of The Forge title
and the chance to move

forward and earn
a substantial amount of money.

If you win five or more times,
you will also be

receiving that
bonus check of $10,000.

Now Ben,
you're the challenger here.

If you win today,
you will get the title

of Gladiator of The Forge
and along with that

the opportunity to continue
on into the next battle

racking up more titles,
and more cash.

Now gentlemen,
here's how it's gonna go.

In the next eight hours
you will build a blade

from our wall of gladiator
weapons from start to finish.

All right Ben,
how we're going to find out

what weapon and what forge
welding technique

you guys are both going to use
in this competition,

I'm going to flip
our Roman coin here.

Now Ben, since you're
the challenger here,

I'm going to give
you the option,

do you want heads or tails?

- Let's go with tails.

- All right, if this
coin lands on tails,

you get first choice.

We got tails.

- Right on.

- Now again, you have the choice

of the weapon
or the forge-welding technique.

- The weapon.

- All right, we've got
quite the assortment here,

all of which look
pretty daunting.

What are you thinking?

- I see some blades
up there on the wall,

like this crazy sleeve
with a blade coming out of it.

I don't want to make that.

My mind is pinging
back and forth.

Which one do I want to choose?
Which one do I want to choose?

- I see some blades
up there on the wall,

like this crazy sleeve
with a blade coming out of it.

I don't want to make that.

Let's go with the xiphos.

- The xiphos, all right.

- The xiphos is a leaf
blade double edged sword

and just super cool and very
iconic for the gladiators.

- The xiphos first saw battle

back in seventh century
BC Greece.

But was so effective,
it also saw action

in the hands of gladiators
in the Colosseum.

Featuring a short
double edge leaf-shaped blade

with a sharp tip.

This weapon was designed
to inflict brutal thrusts

and slashes against an enemy
in close quarter combat.

The xiphos was
previously featured

in season three
of "Forged in Fire,"

where a loose pommel

ultimately cost one smith
the competition.

- Your blade length
measured from tip to where

the cutting edge
ends in a straight line

needs to be
between 19 and 21 inches.

The base width
of your blade needs

to be no less
than 2 and 1/4 inches.

It needs to be
double edged and leaf shaped,

and finally, your hilt
needs to feature

a guard and a pommel.

Now Jesse, we got
the weapon out of the way,

that means you get to choose
the forge-welding technique.

What do you want to do?

- I want Damascus San Mai.

- Damascus San Mai,
ooh, that's a tall order.

That means you will
have layered Damascus

clad on a high carbon
steel center.

Gentlemen, that's gonna
be quite the task.

- I chose this technique because

Damascus San Mai sounds
very intimidating.

I'm just banking on like,
the shock factor.

- We have eight hours
on the clock for this battle.

Good luck, stay sharp,
your time starts now.

- We have a new Gladiator
of The Forge champion.

- Yeah, we do,
and a new challenger.

Now I'm excited
to see Jesse continue on.

There's a chance that
he could go a very long way,

knowing that he already
beat a battle champ.

- Now it remains to be seen,
will Ben follow suit?

- San Mai is difficult.

Damascus San Mai...

Now you're adding
multiple forge welds.

So what that tells me is,
Jesse is not scared

of a challenge
and I respect that.

- All right guys,
a vote of the thumbs.

How do you guys feel about
the xiphos as a decision?

- It's probably
the least difficult one to do.

But it's also
the least flashy one to do.

- Now, they chose to do the
xiphos in a Damascus San Ma.

How do you feel
about that pattern choice?

- I like it.

The trick is, Damascus San Mai,
is a process.

- I'm choosing to do two
separate stacks of ten layers

because I need two
outside billets

that I can then
put onto my 80CrV2.

I'm going to do those both
at the same time so that once

I'm done with one
I'm done with the other

and I can start my San Mai
as fast as possible.

- I'm a little bit less nervous

than coming into the first
battle, because I know

where everything in the shop is,

and I have $5,000 worth
of confidence.

For my Damascus,
I'm using ten layers of 1095

and ten layers of 5920.

- So we've got the same
amount of layers from both

of our smiths but Jesse
has all 20 in one stack,

whereas Ben has
two stacks of 10.

- Now with Jesse we know he
works fast, and we know he can

definitely make Damascus
and form a blade.

- I'm feeling good.

The only thing that
I'm unsure of,

is how good Ben is in the forge.

- All right, Ben's going
to set his welds on the press.

- I don't see any problems,

and I'm ready to start
drawing them out.

I'll line up my billets
next to my 80CrV2,

and I can check the length
and also the width,

because with San Mai,
if they're too wide,

they'll squeeze in on each other

and I can cause a big crack
along the blade.

- I like that he's
really cleaning up the edges

and making
everything symmetrical.

It's going to help
with that second weld.

- I want to be quenched
in about three hours.

I'll see if I can hit that goal.

Right now I'm just trying to get

my billets welded together.

- Bladesmiths, you have hit the

two hour mark,
you have six hours left!

You know what
I love right now is,

we started off with Kurt who won

two of these battles,
an extremely talented smith,

he got beat by Jesse,
who just matched him

the moment he stepped
into the battle.

And now we got Ben
who stepped in,

neck and neck
with the new champion.

- It's really cool.

- Everybody just keeps stepping
up to the challenge here.

- Yeah, we keep raising the bar.

- Jesse setting
his weld by hand again.

- Again,
what you're comfortable with.

- The billet is really solid.

So I go over to the press
and start

drawing the billet out.

My plan is to draw
this 20 layer Damascus billet

out to a length of 2 feet,

cut it in half,
and then sandwich my 80CrV2.

- Looks like Jesse's
done with drawing out his

billet and he's got
a chop saw cutting it off.

- I'm just
really fascinated to see,

are these guys going to reduce
the width of their billet

back to one and a half
to match the core?

Or are they going
to get that core, stick it on,

and kind of be a little nervous?

- Ugh.

My Damascus pieces are a lot
wider than my 80CrV2 pieces.

So it's crucial that I get
these centered correctly.

- He's got a lot
of overhang on either side

of that center material.

If he presses that down
until it welds up,

chances are there's going to
be a cold shut right in there.

- Yeah, I'd grind it down.

- Yeah, exactly,
get a clean billet.

- Yeah.

- There's a lot
of risk in not making

these billets
the exact same size,

but I'm starting
to feel the clock now.

- I'm feeling pretty good
about this forge weld,

and now it's just drawing
it out to that 19 inches.

- Ben's at the point
with that billet of his,

that he should
fuller that thing.

- The leaf blade is difficult
in and of itself.

Having it wide at the base,
then coming down

into that skinnier neck,
and then widening

back out into that leaf.

You've got to move metal
and you really have

to understand how metal moves
to get shapes like that.

With the power hammer die,
I'm able to stretch that steel

out pretty nice,
getting it closer

to that final shape that I want.

- All right guys,
you have four hours remaining!

- As I'm drawing the billet
out on the forging press,

I think the welds
have set really well,

but I can't tell because
of the overhanging layers.

Ugh.

There's a cold shut
around my entire billet.

But I don't know how far
this cold shut goes,

until I go to the grinder
and start peeling it.

- He's got
to knock those flanges off.

That overhang has got to go.

- If I keep grinding
and the cold shut

never disappears,
I have to start over

and that's time I don't have.

It's time
for the moment of truth.

- Well guys,
we're now in the fourth battle

in our Gladiator
of The Forge competition,

we have a new
reigning champion with Jesse.

So he may have come
into this one

feeling extremely confident.

Things changed.

- There's a cold shut
around my entire billet.

If I keep grinding and the
cold shut never disappears,

I have to start over,
and that's time I don't have.

I'm beyond relieved.

The cold shut only
goes along the edge.

It does not go through
and I am still in this.

It's time to start
forging this blade to shape.

- Well, both of our smiths
now have their second billet.

They've done their weld sets.

It's a tight race.

- Ours basically
look the same right now.

- I know, I guess
we're making the same blade.

- So once I get my billet
drawn out and to shape,

I start cleaning it,
and all of a sudden...

Ooh.

- It smacked me
right in my face.

Whew.

- What kind of gladiator
battle would it be if nobody

got smacked in the face
a time or two?

- I was fine.

Put the belt back onto
the sander and just kept going.

Everything looks
pretty symmetrical.

So now I'm ready
to start getting

this thing prepped for quench.

Quench is a really big deal,
especially with San Mai,

a lot of things can go wrong.

Those three billets
can just want to pop

away from each other,
so it's really

important that
I nail this quench.

- Ben's in the oil.

- You didn't see
any yellow on that blade,

it was all an orange color
that I would guess

it's a couple hundred
degrees above ideal.

- Looks straight.

I feel good.

So now it's just letting it
cool down,

and ultimately starting to put
my bevels in once it cool.

- Jesse's opened up
the back of his forge.

We're looking at
a quench here pretty soon.

- I'm more than halfway
through the eight hours.

If this quench fails,
I'm screwed.

- Here we go.

That's two blades
quenched almost simultaneously.

These guys are neck and neck.

- I heard no pings
or pops during the quench,

and I take it out.

File test it,
and it skates like ice.

Perfect.

Now that I'm quenched,
I take the blade over

to the grinder
and begin hogging off material.

Why is it called hogging off?

Why can't it be like cowing off?

- Now I'm ready
to get my bevels ground in.

Leaf blades are double edged,
and so it's not

only two bevels,
but four bevels.

So it's just time consuming
making sure

that everything's
nice and symmetrical.

I'm looking at Ben's profile
from here, something feels off.

Is it because the belly
is right close to the tip?

- Yeah, there's not
as much taper to the point,

so that swell is
a little bit further forward.

- Well, how's that
gonna affect testing?

- It'll make it more
forward heavy for sure.

- It is a little heavier
than I want it to be.

But the clock
is always on my mind.

- Gentlemen,
you have 90 minutes left!

Looks like Jesse is adding a rod

of mild steel
to the end of his tang.

Now what does
that tell you guys?

- It tells me I'm a happy man,
I've been waiting

to see somebody do that forever.

That's what he's going
to peen over and it's just

so much easier
to peen mild steel

than it is hardenable steel.

- How important is that weld
if you're putting

mild steel
on the back of your tang?

It's crucial.

- As I'm grinding off the welds,

I see that I do not
have clean material.

Ugh.

If this weld is weak,
my pommel is going to fly off

when they test it,
and I cannot have that.

- Ah.

- Yeah, not good.

So I decide to just start
over and put a new piece on.

This time, I spent
a little bit more time

trying to get
these welds perfect.

- You know what
I like about Jesse,

is though he's
very precise in his work,

he focuses on the right things
as far as I'm concerned.

- I grind off the welds
and it is perfect.

It looks like one
homogenous piece of steel.

Thank God that worked.

If that didn't work,
I was completely screwed.

But I'm starting to panic.

I have so much to do
in so little time.

- Looking at my handle,
I realize it's a little

too long so I gotta shorten up
the handle so that

the whole piece is
the right size for a handle.

Eventually I get it,
it slides all the way up.

So that means it's time
to work on my pommel.

- Wait a minute.

Look how small it is.

- Ooh.

- This is potentially going
to be a really spindly handle.

- My handle's feeling good.

Now I'm ready to go
put an edge on this thing.

- To peen the pommel on,
I put my blade

into the vise
with everything in place.

I heat up that
little piece sticking out

of the pommel
and begin hammering it on.

- Jesse's peening it over

and there's sparks
going everywhere.

- If I use too much force
to peen it on,

I could misalign
my handle pieces.

I could break off the rod
that goes through the pommel.

A lot of things can go wrong.

- Doesn't take much.

- I finish peening my piece
and now it's time

to start finally
grinding my handle to shape.

This is the least time I've
ever had to shape a handle.

I have to make sure that
there's no sharp edges

on my pommel or guard that
could cut a judge's hand.

With just seconds
left on the clock,

I sharpen the blade
as best I can.

- Five, four, three,

two, one.

Bladesmiths,
turn off your machines,

put down your tools,
this battle is officially over!

- Good job, man.
- Heck of a matchup.

- Eight hours to make
a sword is exhausting.

It was a lot harder
than I was anticipating.

The fact that Jesse
and I both finished

is super fun and I can't
wait for testing.

- All right gentlemen,
it's time for our

strength test,
the Roman pot chop.

And Jesse, you are up first,
are you ready?

- Yes.
- Yes.

- This test is
a little bit concerning to me,

because it's ceramic,
ceramic hates steel.

You usually use ceramic
to dull your blades.

So I don't know
what's going to happen.

- This test is
a little bit concerning to me,

because it's ceramic,
ceramic hates steel.

So I don't know
what's going to happen.

- Okay Jesse,
right off when I grab thi,

that handle's
a good, good size for me.

As far as your edge holding up,
I mean, I can feel

some loss of sharpness, but man,

where I didn't hit a pot,
it's definitely a sharp blade.

But I think you did
a great job on the balance,

the look of this is sweet,
and the scale is right on.

Nicely done.

- Thank you.

- Ben, you ready?

- Yes sir.
- Okay, cool.

- After Jesse's weapon performs

really well against those pots,

now I'm just praying that
my blade can hold its own.

Definitely nerve racking.

- All right, Ben, right off,

could use a
little bit more handle,

but I like the transitions
you've got

from handle to pommel
and from handle to guard.

As far as
the edge of your blade goes,

you got a lot of rolling.

There's a couple of spots
that there are actually little

sharp burrs, but everything's
right and tight.

Felt good.
Held up well.

Nicely done.
- Thank you.

- Gladiators of The Forge.

Looks like it's
coming down to this.

This is the sharpness test,

the flying sandbag slice.

Jesse, you're up first,
are you ready for this?

- Yeah.
- Let's do this.

All right Jesse,
let's talk about your

xiphos sword right here.

It's got a great,
nice feel to it.

The balance of this
is really good

and talking about your edge,

it slices, and I can move
around with your weapon.

Overall, sir, your xiphos...

It will cut.

- Thank you.

- All right, Ben, your turn,
so are you ready?

- Let's do it.
- Let's have some fun.

All right Ben,
let's talk about your

xiphos sword here.

Your handle, it's smooth.

It's just a little bit small
for my hands.

I'd rather have something
girthier in there

so that when I'm wielding this

I really have good control
of it.

But the areas where
you suffered a little bit

of rolling were not an issue.

It cut nicely on these bags.

Overall, sir, your xiphos...

It will cut.

- Thank you.

- Gentlemen,
from the moment you stepped

into this coliseum, it was clear

that you came here
ready to fight.

But in this competition,
only one of you

can come out of this battle

as the Gladiator of The Forge
and receive a check for $5,000.

Now, Jesse, if you win,
that is your second win

in this competition, putting
you at a total of $10,000

and keeping you
in the running for the most

amount of money ever given out

in "Forged in Fire" history.

Now Ben, if you win, you knock
out our reigning champion,

you get a check for $5,000,
a Gladiator of The Forge title,

and you have the chance to move
forward into the next battle.

The winner of this Gladiator
of The Forge battle is...

Jesse, you did it again,
congratulations.

Now, Ben, you are clearly
a force to be reckoned with.

But unfortunately your blade
did not make the cut,

and Dave Baker's
gonna tell you why.

- Ben, you're a heck
of a gladiator and the design

you were headed
towards was great.

But those rough
grinds on the handle,

the handle being small,
and the damage you took,

all added up
to sending you home.

- I understand.

All of us want to say
thank you so much for coming

to this battle
and fighting so hard,

but unfortunately at this time,
I'm going to have to ask you

to please step off
The Forge floor.

- Thank you gentlemen,
for the opportunity.

Jesse, congrats.

- Good work man.
- Great job man.

- I absolutely agree
with the judge's decision.

Jesse turned in
an incredible blade.

I'm happy that I was able
to complete the challeng.

But ultimately,
Jesse did end up on top.

Jesse, you're an incredible
smith, a great guy.

Go on and win
the entire thing, brother.

- Jesse,
that makes you a two-time

Gladiator of The Forge,
you are now

at a total of $10,000,
congratulations.

Thank you.

I just won two battles in a row.

I am so happy, and I have
$10,000 in my wallet now,

and I still have
the opportunity to win more.

I'm gonna have to email
my professors and tell them

I can't come to class because
who knew I would be here?

I'm here to win.

My plan is to go
as far as I can,

hopefully to the end of all
of the gladiator battles.

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