- Your weapons will now be piut through a series
of three tests.
Up first, kill test.
Doug?
To see what kind of lethal damage your weapon will do,
I'll take your [inaudible] design
and deliver thrusts and slashes on this deer carcass.
Nick, you're up first, you ready?
Guess so.
Let's do this.
Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good.
I'm just excited to see what's gonna happen.
I'm hoping this is the only big, dead animal
I have to deal with today.
[intense music]
First up.
Right here on your edge, it picked up a chip.
On the other side of this, you can feel
where the edge also rolled.
But, this weapon is sharp.
On the initial thrust, it's got a geometry
right there to penetrate deep into the carcass.
Your edge right here--
on slashing, it lacerated easily on the side
of this deer carcass.
On the third cut, the weight of this weapon is so balanced.
It's easy to lacerate all the way through.
Your weapon will kill.
Thank you.
All right, Alex, your turn.
His seems to do really well.
It stabs right through, it slashes real nicely,
so I'm excited to see what mine does.
And like, a little bit, like, throw-y up-y like,
to right there.
[intense music]
All right, Alex.
Your tip is sharp enough to lacerate all the way through.
On the slash of this edge, it's lacerated easily on the side
rib of this particular carcass.
On the wide swing, it did break half of the spine off.
It is, as you can see, a little bit on the wider side.
And with the heavy weapon like this,
a wide handle can make it hard to control.
But the most important thing, it will kill.
Thank you.
All right, gentlemen, it's time for the strength
test the pike chop.
That was intense.
I wasn't ready for that.
So to test the strength and durability of your weapons,
including the hook on the back, I'll be pushing
these pikes up into position then chopping
at them with the blades.
All right Nick, you're up first. You ready?
Yes, sir.
[intense music]
(WHISPERING) I'd say that's pretty good.
All right.
So, Nick, it doesn't look like your weapon took
any more damage to the edge.
The weight of your blade is very nicely balanced.
The good design-- definitely a strong blade.
Nicely done.
Thank you.
Alex, you ready?
Yes, sir.
I'm in and out of "I think I got this" too "I
have no idea what's going to happen" so, I
still feel I got a good shot.
I think I'm still in the running.
(WHISPERING) Kick ass.
Don't break it.
Be nice.
[intense music]
That was brutal, dude.
First off, your blade did take some damage, here.
There are very small chips and rolls.
Your flanges here are just wide enough
that when I pushed forward, I managed
to grab two rows of pikes and pushed
them back at the same time.
Balance is nice on it.
The shaft is pretty wide.
It's not too big, but it's right on the outside edge of what's
comfortable for my hand.
But everything held up, everything's solid.
Thank you.
Because Alex's blade picked a couple of chips up,
we're really even closer to even at this point.
Nick. Alex.
You've both done an incredible amount of work
on your finale weapons.
However, there can only be one "Forged in Fire" champion.
And that champion is--
[tense music]
Nick.
Congratulations, you are our next "Forged in Fire" champion.
Alex, unfortunately your weapon didn't make the cut.
David Baker's gonna to tell you why.
Alex, you both brought us beautiful weapons.
Both your weapons took damage.
Really came down to that large handle and the forward weight,
and it's that final point that sending you home.
Alex, please surrender your blade.
So, the final judgment.
I am not the "Forged in Fire" champion.
It was definitely a long road to get all the way here,
and it is disappointing.
But Nick won.
He absolutely killed it.
He made a great weapon.
I'm super happy for him.
It was a tight race, so.
It's been a fun experience, but it's since back to work now.