Bladesmiths welcome to the strength test to test the strength and durability of your edge as well as your overall construction of your knives
I'll be chopping and stabbing into these paint cans
Remember this test is all about what the cans do your knives not what your knives do to the cans Brian
You're up first. You ready? Yeah, man, let's do this
Well, Brian your blade held up it's all in one piece still your handle construction is kind of square
it's a little bit blocky and
The finger wells and swells are set up so that my hand is about a half an inch away from the guard
But that all being said well done
Thank You deke you're up you ready go for it
First things first your edge held up really? Well. It's still sharp
The handle is really small. It was kind of wobbling around in my hand as I was swinging it
But all in all I like the weight of this I like the shape of it. Well done. Thank you. You're up Alma
How you feeling get after it? All right
I'm like a freaking Pollock painting
Well Bubba, it's all in one piece
But in some of the chopping this fine edge you put on here did take a role in several spots
But it feels good to swing. Your grind lines are nice. I like your pattern
That's a nice knife. Well, don't you?
Alright gentlemen, it's time for the sharpness test a fan favorite the Apple sliced
This test is all about what your knives do to these apples
I expect to see a good clean slice all the way through them but a dull knife might error just crack those apples open
Brian you're up first. You ready?
All right, Brent
So down here, you've got a good sharp edge and you can see it
the first couple of apples got some good clean slices
But as we get further into those apples
You can start to see where they've fractured and broken away
And that's because this section of the blade right here just doesn't have much of an edge anymore
I'd like to see it sharper but it is a sharp knife. Nice done Hey. All right deke here up next. Are you ready?
Go for it. Oh good
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All right deke part of the cuts are clean and part of the cuts the Apple actually cracks
You've got sharp sections on this knife here and here sharp
Will cut apples you bet but there are definitely some spots on this blade that are not as sharp as others
All in all nice and done. Thank you Bubba
You ready get after it. Okay
So Bubba if you look at these apples see how it's clean right here and then cracked clean right there and then crack
most of those apples you can see that they're cut maybe the first
Quarter or third of the way through and then they're just fractured out of the way, so it's still got an edge
It's just not really a sharp edge
Bladesmiths the judges deliberation is complete. They've made their final decision. The bladesmith leaving Forge is
Bubba your blade didn't make the cut that mark Heidi's gonna explain baba you put in a great effort
It should be proud of yourself
However, your blade did the most damage to the strength test and as a result it suffered in the sharpness test
That's the reason we sang y'all
Bubba please surrender your blade
Damn edge rolled I
Wish I'd have put a little bit of a stouter edge on my blade
That's what I would have done different, but I enjoyed every part of it
It was just the best experience I've ever come across in this field
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