Bladesmiths, welcome to the strength test--
the steel sheet stab and brass rod chop.
To test the strength of your tips,
as well as all your edges, I'm going to be stabbing
and chopping at these targets.
Remember, this test is all about what
these targets do to your daggers and not
what your daggers do to them.
Dorian, you're up first.
You ready?
You break it, you buy it.
I don't have that much money.
[clang]
Well, Dorian, it looks like your blade
got Superman punched right after the ring of the bell, man.
However, that doesn't mean that you're out of this competition.
Jarrod, Jimmy, both of your blades
have to survive at least one strike against our test media
in order for you to move forward in this competition.
If one of you fails on the first strike,
then we move into a deliberation.
So there's still a chance, Dorian.
Good luck, gentlemen.
Ben.
[exhales]
Well, Jarrod, you survived.
Your blade here is substantial.
Nice job.
Thank you.
Jimmy, you ready for this?
Yes, sir.
[exhales]
Well, Jimmy, your tip held up beautifully.
I can't even tell that it went through a piece of steel.
Nice job.
It's really a testament to the heat treat
you did on this blade here.
OK.
Dorian, unfortunately, your blade suffered
a catastrophic failure.
You cannot move forward with testing.
I'd like to invite you to shake our hands,
shake your competitors' hands, and then exit the forge.
Come on forward, my friend.
Good job, Dorian.
Thank you, sir.
I'm definitely bummed that all my work just kind
of went down the drain.
Thanks for all the hard work.
It was an honor.
I knew I had a soft spot in my blade.
You know, I did rush the heat treat process.
When you have that clock going, there's
those little details that will come back and bite you.
And that's what happened today during testing.
Jarrod, Jimmy, congratulations.
You guys have made it to the third and final round
of this competition.
Now it's time to shake it down to your bones,
as we send you back to your home forges to make one of these--
the horseman's tabar with a hidden dagger.
I've never had to make anything with something
hidden in the handle before.
So I have no idea how I'm going to put this together.
At the end of your four days, you'll
return to present your tabars to a panel of expert judges.
And after they've tested them, they'll
declare one of you the "Forged in Fire" champion,
who walks out of here with a check for 10 grand.
Do your best work, and we'll see you in four days.
Good luck, gentlemen.
Good luck, buddy.
Jarrod, Jimmy, welcome back to the Forge.
You guys have had four days to work on your tabars.
Jarrod, how'd it go for you?
Easy, smooth, worked out how I wanted.
I did a one-piece construction head
out of some 5160 spring steel.
The handle is schedule 80 oil field pipe.
Dagger blade's made out of schedule 160.
All right, Jimmy, tell the judges about your blade.
The head's made out of drive axle out of my truck.
Bottom was made out of the trailer hinge ball off of it.
And I decided, since we were doing all
that, I'd go ahead and make the dagger out
of a piece of spring out of it.
Gentlemen, now it's time to figure out which one of you
in our "Forged in Fire" champion.
The judges will put your blades through a series
of three tests.
There will be a strength test, a sharpness test.
And up first--
Doug.
Bladesmiths, welcome to the kill test.
Your tabars and hidden daggers look beautiful,
but it's time to find out how lethal they are.
To find that out, I will take your weapon
and deliver some lethal blows to this big carcass.
Jarrod, you're up first.
You ready for this?
Oh, I'm ready.
All right, let's do this.
[rock music]
Messed it up, dude.
That was awesome.
You killed it.
All right, Jarrod, your axe head here is very sharp.
It really digs into this carcass.
The dagger, it felt good to use it as a punch dagger.
It penetrated deeply.
Overall, sir, your weapon will kill.
[bleep] yeah, it'll kill.
This is awesome!
All right, Jimmy, your turn, sir.
Are you ready?
Let her rip.
Let's do this.
[rock music]
Oh, my god.
All right, Jimmy, let's talk about your tabar here.
Your axe head is sharp.
It penetrated very deep into this carcass.
Now, your dagger, it feels good in the hand as a punch dagger.
More importantly, it will kill.
Bladesmiths, welcome to the strength test-- the armored
warrior stab and chop.
Remember, this test is all about what
happens to your tabar and your hidden dagger
and not what happens to the warrior.
Jarrod, you're up first. You ready?
Get her done.
[rock music]
Well, Jarrod, you made a nice-looking axe here.
There's one little chip right here, but the rest of it
is still pretty sharp.
All in all, I think you did a great job.
Thanks, sir.
All right, Jimmy, you're up next.
You ready for this?
I was.
[laughs]
[rock music]
[exhales]
Well, Jimmy, your edge held up really well here.
There's no rolls or chips.
But there was one swing where the axe twisted in my hand,
and I think that's to do with the fact
that the oval handle here is just
out of alignment with the head.
It's about five degrees off.
But in all, your axe held up well in the strength test.
Nice job.
All right, bladesmiths, this is
the sharpness test-- the sugar cane
chop and the leather vest stab.
Jarrod, you're up first. You ready?
Yes, sir.
Let's do this.
[rock music]
All right, Jarrod, your edge is sharp.
Also, in stabbing, it punctured all
the way through, not an issue.
Overall, sir, the edge of your weapons will cut.
All right, Jimmy, your turn, sir.
You ready?
Let's do it.
Let's do this.
[rock music]
All right, Jimmy.
The one thing I noticed is the way this is wrapped.
It's twisted a little bit, and it rotates in my hand.
But it's sharp.
Also, your dagger here does puncture.
And overall, it will cut.
Jarrod, Jimmy, our new "Forged in Fire" champion is--
Jarrod.
Congratulations.
You're the "Forged in Fire" champion.
Jimmy, please surrender your blade.
JIMMY: It's kind of bittersweet.
Jarrod, I'm glad for him.
But at the same time, you know, it would've been
nice to bring home the victory.
It was challenging.
Good job.
I'm proud of you.
And it's real pressure.
But I had a blast here.
This was a great time, just the whole experience.
Jarrod, you are the new "Forged in Fire" champion.
And that's a title that comes with a check for $10,000.
Good job, brother.
[applause]
How are you feeling right now?
Feels great.
Hey, man, a man of thousand words.
Please present your weapon to the judges.
I just won "Forged in Fire."
Yeah, I'm pretty excited.
Planning on buying a house--
[laughs] as soon as I find a house,
and I can buy it with $10,000.
Probably not, but-- [chuckles]
[rock music]