WIL: Up first, the kill test.
Doug?
To see what kind of lethal damage your weapon will do,
we'll deliver slashes and thrusts
on this ballistics dummy.
Collin, you're up first.
You ready?
Have fun. Let's do this.
To help me today, I'm bringing back one of Marcaida
Kali's chief instructors.
Please welcome US Staff Sergeant Chris Manns.
After the failure in round two,
I'm hesitant to say that my sword is going to be awesome.
I want to see what my sword does.
And only then will I feel better about my mistakes in round two.
[chuckles]
All right, Collin, your Kabyle flyssa is very sharp.
On the initial thrust, it penetrated deep and easily
through this whole ballistics dummy.
The handle is comfortable.
It's easy to slash in and thrust out.
Overall, it will kill.
Good job.
Thank you, sir.
All right, Daniel, your turn. You ready?
Yes, sir. Let's do this.
I'm feeling a little nervous about the kill test.
Win or lose, I just hope my sword doesn't break.
All right, Daniel, your weapon is wicked sharp.
On the initial thrust, it penetrated deep.
And on the way out, with your belly being forward,
it lacerates out easily.
Now, because you have such a very skinny handle right here
and there is no pummel with a counterweight,
all the weight is in front.
The balance just makes the blade rotate
with a small handle like this.
But in terms of damage it will kill.
Thank you. DOUG: Good job.
All right, gentlemen, now the sharpness test.
To test the sharpness of that blade
and to see if it still has an edge,
I'll be cutting through these fish.
A clean, sharp blade should pass right through those fish.
A dull blade is going to knock those fish out of the way
or give us a jagged, torn cut.
Collin, you ready? - Yes, sir.
OK.
And I'm just thinking, please just slice through this thing.
All right, Collin, right off, it's definitely a sharp blade.
It cut very nicely.
Your handle is a bit on the fat side.
But it's definitely a cutter. Good job.
Thank you, sir.
- Daniel, are you ready? - Yes.
MAN: OK, great.
I feel that Collin and I are still neck and neck.
I think that I've got a good edge on him.
But all you can do is hope for the best at this point.
All right, Daniel, this blade is wicked sharp.
And those cuts-- you can see, they just
blew right through the fish.
My problem is, this is so small, I had
to fight to keep it in my hand.
These flyssa often have a very small handle.
But what saves that is having that
pummel keeping your hand from coming
off the back of that blade.
It's an amazing cutter.
It's just very difficult to hold onto.
WIL: Daniel, Collin, there can only be one "Forged in Fire"
champion.
And that champion is Collin.
Congratulations, you are our new "Forged in Fire" champion.