Bryan David congratulations you've made
it to the final round of this
competition now we're sending you back
to your home fortress where you will
recreate an iconic weapon from history
that weapon is a Knights Templar
Crusader sword
good luck bladesmiths we'll see you in
five days what I am really stoked about
in building under the Knights Templar
Crusader sword is the fact that it's a
Knights Templar Crusader sword it
connects with Christianity and the
religious upbringing that I had it's
really going to be rewarding on a lot of
levels this is the steel I'm going to
use to make my sword the dimensions that
I'm shooting for are 36 inches in length
and at under three pounds I could cut it
in the Forge weld it I could split it I
could draw it all out but the plan is to
pull the sword out sort of like that
I have never unfolded metal this way
before and this is a big piece of steel
I think I can work with that
the main thing with this sword is to
remove weight so we're gonna work on
weight reduction and get the puller in
there
just a quick dirty they've to start
thinking about my heat-treat too I'm
gonna have to hook a burner up to the
Scorch people up in Alaska
more so than many we make a lot of our
own tools and equipment but really don't
do this at all it's good to take your
time make sure that you have all the
clearance that you need and that you can
get the piece into the tank
they don't want to rush anything main
thing is getting a good heat treatment
the abuse that they're gonna put this
through you could have a disaster going
into the quad chimay and it could come
out all twisted we'll just hope that
that doesn't happen
so far looks good
and it's hard so we got a successful
heat treat I'm happy it's now a live
played it just has to be finished up
almost see the light at the end of the
town some straightening it's the
beginning of day three I've got the
profile established there's a little bit
of beef here and there that needs to
come off okay good I'm feeling really
good about my blade at this point it's
to contour and Fuller's are cut there's
only one thing that I haven't done with
my sword and that's way it
who we are over three pounds just with
the blade anything more than three
pounds it places me at risk for
elimination by the time I had a pommel
five-point-five this wood that I'm using
right here is Alaskan yellow cedar
really nice wood four handles I like it
it's really light now I've gotta make
the palm you've got a long blade out
there you need something to
counterbalance that that's what I was
looking for ladies piece of wrought iron
over 100 years old
just the right diameter for the pommel
that's gonna add weight to the back and
give it some balance dad can't wait to
see how it feels right now oh yeah they
live very well look at the smile
having my celebratory ice cream my ice
cream cozy tomorrow I just expect to put
the final ride on the blade and we'll be
ready to do some testing
my blade is almost done I drilled my
pommel I drilled around the edge of the
Paolo ground a little bit on my frost
guard I've got my mast on to a round
three Pont but I don't have a punch on
my blade yet that has to happen today
this is holy water from chalice well in
Glastonbury UK this is where joseph of
arimathea allegedly hid the holy grail
not much enough to enough to bless the
peace though I'm ready to go and I'm
scared out of my mind man this is a long
blade and if it goes down the toilet I
will be gutted
I think we have a blade Booya
the blade is essentially done at this
point so it's time to move on to the
pretty part sticky gauze as I call them
inlays from Puli trees to the handle red
garnets into the face of the pommel this
will symbolize Christ's blood there are
four real religious artifacts included
with this piece not to mention my own
love for it I feel like I want to slash
at something this is the kill test a
Knights Templar sword an iconic weapon
battle tested throughout history to see
what kind of lethal damage your weapon
will do will take your sword and deliver
killing blows on this ballistic stunt
Brian you're up first I would love to
test your blade but as you can see I'm
still recovering from an injury so to be
my arm today
please welcome RJ mark Ida my brother he
will have the pleasure of wielding your
weapons
your sword is a little bit on the
heavier side but because of the pummel
you have over here it actually balances
it out there are areas that are sharp
and they're areas that are not as sharp
on the final blow that edge have proven
to be very sharp and actually wood
disembowel this ballistics dummy your
sword sir will kill all right David's
your turn you ready let's do it
that is one of the sharpest swords I've
ever come across
it's wicked scary the cuts last week
almost in half without a doubt your
weapon will kill awesome then gentlemen
to test the strength and durability of
your edges I'm gonna attack these fully
armored Knights but this test is all
about what the armor does to your sword
not what your sword does to the armor
Brian you're up first you ready
absolutely
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well Brian Gedge held up really well
it's a very obtuse grind that lends
itself to this kind of test the handle
was comfortable it's a nice shape I was
able to index very well it stayed
straight in the tests and didn't pick up
any damage well done thank you David
you're up next
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well Dave you have a much finer edge on
this sword and it's picked up a little
bit of rolling there's some edge
deflection right here you can hear it
but all in all I'm very good sorry thank
you sir
all right gentlemen next up the swinging
sandbag slice I will cut this rope with
one edge of your blade releasing that
sandbag and then cutting that with the
other edge of your blade let's see if
they still have an edge Brian you're up
you ready
first off there are sections of this
blade that just don't have much of an
edge that first cut and just skated up
the rope second cut bit in went right
through you can see how there's a lot of
tearing at the edge of that bag as
opposed to a clean slice through it I
would have loved to have seen a little
bit more edge especially on that front
half David you ready
absolutely okay
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your sword sharp very sharp pass through
the rope no problem
pass through the bag no problem as far
as the design of your sword would have
loved to have seen a counterbalance on
this this would be nice on a dagger it's
very small for this sword without that
counterbalance all that weight is so far
forward but it's a cutter
it's definitely sharp nicely done thank
you bladesmiths the judges have
completed their deliberation and they've
made a final decision you've both put in
a lot of work here but there can only be
one forged in fire champion and that
champion is
Dave congratulations you are the forged
in fire champion Brian unfortunately
your Crusader sword did not make the cut
Brian I really applaud the fact that you
brought a lot of yourself to that sword
in the end it came down to your sword
just wasn't as sharp as your competitors
and that's why we've got to let you go
understood Brian please surrender your
sword if its sword cut better than mine
you know it Smith me that's the way it
goes man in the end there can be only
one I may make another Knights Templar
Crusader sword I've still got two
thousand-year-old events at home I still
have holy water at home anything can
happen David congratulations you are the
forged in fire champion and that's a
title that comes with a check for how
much 10 grub that's right $10,000 good
job victory feels good in this
competition showed me that I can push
myself a little harder and now to get
more done looking forward to getting
back home first thing I'm gonna do is
fix my bike and go for a ride
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