IN A LITTLE
BIT.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO THROW
IT TO KAYLEE WHO WAS TELLING US
ABOUT HER ART FORM THAT IS
BEING REVIVED.
TO MAKE IF YOU THINK BLADES
MISSING IS A DEAD ART, THINK
AGAIN FOR COLIN MILLER, IT'S A
PROFESSION AT 19-YEAR-OLD, PUT
YOUR HAIR UP YOU ARE ABOUT TO
ENTER THE INFERNO.
WITH SOME KINDLING, A BLOWTORCH
AND A HUNK OF MODEL.
YOU HAVE YOURSELF A RECIPE FOR
A NOT SO AVERAGE TEENAGE
LIFESTYLE.
FOR COLIN MILLER IT'S ABOUT THE
FORGE.
IT HAS TO BE A NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY.
WHAT STARTED OUT AS A
CURIOUS OBSESSION.
I STILL BELIEVED I COULD
MAKE KNIVES BETTER THAN THE
KNIVES I COULD AFFORD.
IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
HE IS ONE OF THE REASONS I
WANTED TO MAKE SWORDS.
I WAS 14 AT THE TIME.
AND I WAS MAKING WORK AT THE
LOWER END OF PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
STUFF AND HE WAS LIKE IF YOU
STICK WITH THIS YOU CAN BE ONE
OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND I
WAS JUST LIKE WHAT?
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO GIVING
IT MY BEST SHOT.
WITH A COLLECTION OF 100
HANDMADE KNIVES, HE MAKES IT
LOOK EASY.
ONE OF MY LITTLE BROTHERS
WANTS TO BE A BLACKSMITH.
HE SAID IT LOOKS EASY.
AND COMING OUT IN THE SHOP
AND SAFETY GLASSES AND EARMUFFS
AND LET HIM WATCH AND HE NEVER
SAID HE WANTED TO BE A
BLACKSMITH AFTER THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
AT 19 YEARS OF AGE HE KNOWS
HIS YOUTH COMES WITH SOME
TRADE-OFFS.
I HAVE MORE TIME OBVIOUSLY
THE CONS, NOT THAT MANY.
ONE IS MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T TAKE
ME SERIOUSLY WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT I RUN INTO OCCASIONALLY
ABOUT A LOT OF THE TIME PEOPLE
SEE MY WORK AND MY WORK SPEAKS
FOR ITSELF AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE
MAKING JUDGMENTS ABOUT ME.
PROPELLED HIM ONTO AN
INTERNATIONAL STAGE WITH A RIDE
ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL, FORGED
IN FIRE.
BUT BEFORE BLADE SMITHING
WAS AN INTERNET SENSATION.
HERE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO
UNDERSTANDS NOT TO WASTE TIME.
IT'S FUNNY EVERYONE THINKS
SINCE I AM YOUNG YOU START
BECAUSE YOU ARE WATCHING
YOUTUBE OR TV.
I STARTED BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING
OUTSIDE AND DIDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING BETTER TO DO.
HE IS FORGING AND TRYING TO
KEEP HIS LIMBS INTACT.
THE FIRST SHEET I MADE AT 13
OR 14 I HAD NOT MADE ANY
BEFORE.
I DID NOT GO OUT AND BUY REAL
LEATHER.
BECAUSE WHY WOULD I?
I KILLED A ONE TRUCK AND
SCANNED IT AND MADE A SHEATH
OUT OF WOODCHUCK HIGH THEY HAVE
I WANT TO DRAW THE KNIFE OUT,
AND SHOW THE KNIFE TO SOMEONE I
DRAG THE EDGE OF THE BLADE
ACROSS MY FINGER AND CUT MY
FINGER ALMOST OFF.
I CUT IT DOWN TO THE BONE.
I HAD EIGHT OR NINE STITCHES.
THE NERVE DAMAGE STILL BUGS ME
SOMETIMES.
IT HURTS.
YOU GET USED TO IT.
WHAT HE WILL SETTLE WITH?
QUITTING.
IT'S MORE OF AN ART THAN A
SCIENCE.
I DON'T SEE MYSELF QUITTING
EVER.
AT LEAST UNTIL I DIE.
SO MIKEY HAS A SUPPORTIVE
FAMILY WHICH HE ATTRIBUTES HIS
SUCCESS TO.
HIS DAD HELPED HIM BUILD THAT
WORKSHOP AND HELPED HIM BUILD
HIS FIRST ANVIL.
HE CREDITS HIS MOM'S HOME
SCHOOLING FOR GIVING HIM EXTRA
TIME IN THE SHOP.
YOU HAVE A GREAT ROAD AHEAD
OF HIM.
VIKING AND CELTIC BLADES ARE
HIS FAVORITES TO MAKE GREAT YOU
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