what you have there are two stacks of
high carbon high quality steel the red
is 15 and 20 the yellow 1095 now I'm
sure you know that you're probably gonna
have to combine those into some kind of
Damascus pattern it's time to find out
about our parameters your tang must be a
through threaded tang keep in mind that
in the second round you'll be attaching
handles to those plates to turn them
into fully functional weapons or 3-hour
forge time starts now everybody asked
well how long did it take you to make
that I don't know I made two it was
right the challenge in Damascus steel is
just making sure that you've got a good
wail from the start what you want to do
is get your layer and get them peated up
hot enough they look just like you
frying grease in a skillet a lot of
people think that melts together no
that's not true they're wantin to go
together but you've got to put pressure
on it and when they do they'll bond so
in the first hour I want to make sure
that I get my twist pattern Damascus
made that's gonna be the hardest part of
this challenge to make sure the bill
it's stacked get it drawn out put it in
the vise and twist it up making Damascus
is difficult because your Forge welding
which is a very ancient technique
there's a lot of things that can go
wrong with a Damascus so it's pretty
tricky you big marks worried right now
well I'm up against three master Smith's
I'd be pissing my pants
I'm somebody who enjoys challenges
crossing that point of no-return I
really enjoy
they fought an MMA fight I wrote a bull
once also if you look for a reason to
say yes to something life will be more
fun after cutting the bar into four
pieces and stacking it up press it down
and throwing it out again
I think I may have bitten off more I
could chew but one good thing about
making shark's tooth is you know you've
got good welds in it because you have
tested them severely nine eight seven
six three two one bladesmith shut down
your machines drop your tools this round
is over I'm not feeling really good
right now because I forgot to thread the
time that's so disaster
alright bladesmiths the first round of
our picked your pattern Damascus
challenge is over now it's time for the
judges to take a closer look at your
work mark you're up first
please present your blade to the judges
so what I like about your design is that
you have false edge that should back up
the tip you got the thread in good job
thank you like the fact that I can see
the pattern in your blade all the way
across there's a just a bit of a warp
it's more pronounced on the blade it'll
be interesting to see if it in the
source thank you
Billy Bob you're up next he's got a
really nice shape to it Billy Bob
I like the fine point it should be a
nice stabber
I like the pattern you put in there it's
very easy to see the raindrop biggest
thing with this would be you know just
getting that tank straightened out good
job
Thank You Dwight you're up
old Dwight overall it's a fine-looking
blamin I can see the pattern of your
ladder pattern Damascus it looks good
thank you
kills me that that's not threaded will
happen just focus on trying to get it
done and just run out time this is in my
opinion the best finished blade here I
mean that's just a really good
all-around knife shape there thank you
Steve you're up first and foremost
amazing kudos for trying such a
difficult pattern thank you the pattern
isn't quite as visible as I would have
liked it what there's no threading on
this one either correct you do
understand that this is one of the
parameters and not having it is
something that's serious
I absolutely understood bladesmiths in a
competition where failure to meet a
single one of our parameters is grounds
for immediate elimination two of you are
on the chopping block it's time for one
of you to leave a forge
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Steve your blade did not make the cut
David Baker will explain Steve we put
these parameters in place so we can
judge the knives equally two of you did
not meet those parameters yours was just
the least finished of the two and that's
the reason we're sending a home
you