brian walter congratulations both of you guys are moving forward into the next round
in round three of the competition we're gonna be sending you guys back to your home forges
to build an iconic weapon from history and that weapon is
the sword of saladin this 12th century sword belonged to saladin a powerful muslim leader
and the first sultan of egypt and syria believed to be forged from steel far superior than any
other weapon of the time the sword is rumored to be the sharpest in history featuring a thin
edge geometry the lightweight curved blade is designed to effortlessly deliver deep cuts
and lethal chops with the help of this deadly weapon saladin founded the dynasty that ruled
much of the middle east for the 12th and 13th centuries the sword is a prominent feature of
a statue of memorializing saladin that stands in front of the ancient city of damascus and syria
i'm absolutely excited it's a lot longer than what i normally build but yeah we can do this
you guys will only have four days to complete this weapon so we'll see when you get back good luck
we're back here baronowski nike tool in good old springville new york i'm ready to get after
it my biggest concern is time management when you're on a time challenge like this
every minute is precious curve's going pretty well i'm done with my forging
head straight to the grinder and start cleaning this thing up make it look right time to quench
that's the sound of success right there back at my home forge making a sword with a with a bend in it
and such a steep arc like this is is worrying me a little bit uh i've not done a heat treat
on something of this shape before close i'm a little worried about the heat treat and away we go
oh yeah that's it i got the quillian on it i like it and i get pommel built pretty much
the shape i want this is a emerald dyed box elder burl i wanted to look jeweled without
actually being jeweled i got everything pretty well rough fit here i'm just kind of
pecking away at it going slowly nobody is going to be able to complain about that handle
at all this has been a hell of a ride but i hope that can uh bring me home to bacon
bladesmiths welcome to the keel test to find out what kind of lethal damage your weapons will do
i'll take your version of saladin's sword and deliver some lethal blows on this ram carcass
brian here first you ready for this no but i guess you got to do what you got to do absolutely let's
do it to see that animal sitting there with the horns hanging out uh it's nerve-racking
it's pretty hard on a blade so i'm not sure what's gonna happen
all right brian let's talk about your version of saladin's sword here i noticed you have something
inscribed in there what is that that is saladin in arabic very cool very cool now your edge
you have a sharp edge this is a very tough ram carcass on the neck chops it cut deeply
and of course on the body it cut through in three slices overall sir your weapon will kill thank you
sir all right walter your turns are you ready let's make some ram chops all right them bones
and a ram those those are no joke their hides are as tough as leather their fur is abrasive
like sandpaper this is a legit test i'm slightly freaking out on the inside right now exactly
all right walter first up your edge this is a wicked sharp grind
actually when he sings to me when i just touch it and pull it out it is sharp cutting through hair a
thick spine and into the meat overall sir your weapon will kill thank you sir
all right gentlemen you know what time it is it's time for the strength test
now saladin's army in the 12th century would have faced off against men wearing chain mail
carrying shields and probably a helmet now to test your blades construction
overall durability i'll be hacking into our armored warriors here brian you're up go ahead
wow all right brian blades this sharp and with this kind of edge geometry often take
a fairly substantial rolling when they go up against armor
yours really didn't i mean there's a three spots i can feel if i run my fingernail along it
just beautiful job well done thank you sir all right walter you're up let's do it okay oh nice
all right walter there's a little bit of a glinting and a little bit of a rough spot
here here and maybe here other than that this blade still has a wicked edge on it
curvature's really really nice you nailed it scale right on well done thank you sir you bet
close race all right bladesmiths welcome to the sharpness test to find out how sharp your
weapons are i will take your weapon and i will cut through these egyptian rugs
now i'm looking for clean cuts brian you're up first you ready yes sir let's do this
all right brian let's talk about your blade here it is razor sharp as i
punctured and cut through the carpet there were very clean cuts overall sir your edge
it will cut thank you all right walt are you ready absolutely let's do this so that ring
all right walters talk about your weapon here razor sharp it was easy to penetrate
very easy to drag across these are very clean cuts overall sir your weapon you will cut thank you sir
all right gentlemen the judges have made the decision today's champion is
walter what what it's just a jock i can't believe this now unfortunately brian that
means you did not win today this is the closest decision i have ever had to make ever
brian you brought us an absolutely beautiful weapon it tested fantastically it felt fantastic
in my hand we made this decision based on the smallest of details and it came
down to the curvature of the blade yours just has a little wobble in it the other doesn't
it's that close you should be incredibly proud of that blade and it was an absolute
pleasure to be able to wield it thank you very much brian unfortunately that means you didn't
make the cut today i'm gonna have to ask you to head off to fourth floor bro it's been an honor
i'm a little disappointed to not be in the winner's circle but very proud of the fact
that dave said it was one of the hardest decisions they've ever had to make feel i did pretty good
well walter congratulations buddy you are the fortune fire champ and you'll be going out of
here with a check for ten thousand dollars how do you feel i don't even know right now
i won i can't believe it 10 grand there's nothing to sneeze at but i want to take a portion of it
and donate to some kind of cancer organization cancer's taken a lot of people away from me
that i care about took my dad and i want to be able to give back a little bit what a wild ride
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