Hello, blacksmiths.
Welcome to the strength test.
To test the strength of your edge
as well as the overall construction of your knives,
I'm going to bash them into these fire bricks.
Remember, this test is all about what
the bricks do to your knives and not what
the knives do to the bricks.
Derick, you're up first.
You ready? - Sure.
Why not?
Well, Derick, most importantly,
your forge weld held up.
[inaudible] I like the feeling of your handle.
The weight is good, but you now have a serrated blade.
The fire bricks did some chipping on your blade here.
Karl, are you ready?
100%.
Just do it slow.
Slow and easy?
[laughter]
That's not happening.
Well, Karl, I like the weight of it.
There's some chipping and rolling at the edge here.
You now have a serrated blade as well.
Everything held up.
It's all tight.
Nothing came loose on it.
Well done.
Thank you.
Tony, what are you thinking?
Tear it up.
Dude.
Well, Tony, your edge held up pretty well,
but that's to be expected.
There's so much mass in this thing.
There is some edge deflection here and a little
chipping, but not too much just because it is such a stout,
stout blade.
But everything is still tight.
Well done.
Thank you.
Blacksmiths, to find out if your blades are still sharp,
I will take your weapon and slash
across these grinder belts.
You will need a sharp edge.
Derick, you're up first.
You ready?
Sure.
Let's do it.
All right, Derick, there's a lot of rolled edges in here.
It's sharp enough to cut through the first
and a little bit of the second belt,
but it did not cut the rest.
So your blade, sir, will cut, a little.
All right, Karl, you're up next.
You ready?
100%.
Let's do this.
All right, Karl, during the test with those bricks,
it dulled the edges.
In slashing with that, it cut even less on the first belt.
Overall, sir, your blade will cut even less.
All right, Tony, it's your turn.
You ready?
Tear it up.
Well, Tony, I was really concerned
watching your edge earlier, how thick it is like an ax head.
That, coupled with testing this on the bricks earlier,
really took out all the edges that you had there.
It just bounced off.
So unfortunately, Tony, your blade will not cut.
Blacksmiths, the judges have made their final decision.
For one of you, the road to Tournament of Champions
and $50,000 ends right here.
Tony, your blade didn't make the cut.
Tony, while every blade took some damage in a very grueling
strength test, the obtuse edge you put on yours
made it so it didn't cut, and it's for that reason
we're sending you home.
Yeah, understood.
Tony, please surrender your blade.
I feel like I represented blacksmiths well.
I accomplished some tasks that were virtually impossible
in very little time, and I feel like I'm going
home a winner no matter what.