[music playing]
Bladesmiths, with six of you left,
we're going to test the strengthen and durability
of your knives by throwing them five times each into this wall.
Matt, you're up first.
You ready?
I guess I better be.
You better.
[knife hitting]
[music playing]
Oh.
[knife hitting]
Oh.
I'm looking at the grain structure.
It's pretty tight.
So that should add some toughness to it,
but obviously, not enough.
You know, aside from that, it was
kind of a needle-- a little bit difficult to control
the spin on it.
Well, I'm roadkill again.
Matt, your blade broke on the fifth and final throw.
That doesn't mean that you're out of this competition
because only one smith will be eliminated after these tests.
Each of you five remaining smiths
will have to survive five throws in order
to advance in this competition.
So let's get it started.
Dave, you're up.
How you feeling?
Good.
For now.
[laughs]
[music playing]
[knife hitting]
Your knife held up well.
It's not perfectly balanced, but the tip is in good shape.
Well done.
Thank you.
Ray, you're up.
Are you ready?
Ready as I'll ever be.
[knife hitting]
[music playing]
[knife hitting]
It's still in one piece, one very heavy
piece, which made it a little bit
difficult to throw correctly.
But you held up, so well done.
Thank you.
Chris, you're up.
Yeah.
[knife hitting]
Oh, very nice.
Nice.
[knife hitting]
RAE: You're good.
Well, Chris, your edge, your tip, everything held up well.
It's all still in one piece.
But more importantly, wow, that's
a nice looking throwing knife.
Well done.
I mean, it's elegant.
It's sleek.
I'll take a set of three.
Thank you very much.
Aaron, you're up next.
You ready?
I guess.
It's showtime.
I'm either going home, or I'm going to the next challenge.
[knife hitting]
[shudders]
[music playing]
[knife hitting]
[knife breaking]
Oh!
Well, that sucks.
Well, Aaron, it broke right at the pinch
where you bring in the blade into the handle here.
That being said, the grain structure in there
is beautiful.
That usually leads to a very tough blade.
But with the ability to overheat and get
some surface cracking on there, it can
lead to a failure like this.
Yes, sir.
Aaron, your blade suffered a catastrophic failure after
three throws against the wall.
Matt, you'll be moving forward in the competition.
Aaron, your fate lies in the strength of Mark's blade.
Now, Mark will have to survive three throws in order to move
forward in this competition.
How you feeling?
Tear it up, man.
[exhales] God, this is bonkers, mate.
Bonkers.
MARC: This is nuts.
All I can think of is please don't break, please
don't break, please don't break.
I only need my knife to make it through three throws.
That's it.
[knife hitting]
Oh.
[music playing]
Marc, unfortunately, your blade
suffered a catastrophic weapons failure
on the very first throw.
I'm going to ask you to please leave the forge.
I'm mostly upset because I know I can do better work.
This stuff I've turned in, it's not as good as what I can do.
I'm just so thankful to be back and hang
out with these amazing smiths.
This was an experience of a lifetime again.
[music playing]