@JustinBieber maybe do just a tiny bit of research. Doug says KEAL instead of kill to keep the show family friendly. He made up the actronym, and it stands for Keep Everyone ALive.
5 things I've learn about watching this show. 1. The skill it takes to make these weapons 2. The respect amongst all the competitors 3. The history that goes behind these weapons. 4. The sportsmanship 5. It will Keel! Thank you TH-cam for Recommending me this show!
There's a reason why blacksmiths were shown respect even by nobles back in the medieval era. Their craft was a demanding one that required a great deal of experience, skill, and a drive to keep getting better. In a way, a Knight's "best friend" wasn't his brothers-in-arms or his weapon, it was his blacksmith, as without that blacksmith, he wouldn't even have a weapon to fight with in the first place. Blacksmiths need skill, patience, and experience....but they also need a great deal of physical brawn as well (especially in the medieval era, where the conveniences of modern machinery to help in the craft did not exist), as they would have to manually hammer the metal (or whatever other material they were working) into shape. Back then, you certainly would not want to get into a brawl with a blacksmith, they could likely hit you with strength comparable to a sledgehammer if the need arose.
Instant karma 🤣 if you look closely the dude was grinning at 1:44 right after his opponent's claymore bent and proceeded to brag that he had made a good sword 😂
That dude had terrible edge alignment when he hit the pig and bent the sword, he almost slapped the pig with the blade instead of cutting it with the edge
nope the blade was just not sharp enough that it bounced off animal skin, curved downwards and bent itself. Epic fail that a claymore cant cut effectively leather.
Something about Scott absolutely makes you want to root for him. Watching his bent-back-into-shape blade slice into that sheet metal felt like watching the game-winning goal at a super bowl game
*Fun facts about Forged in Fire* 1. The meat is donated to a wolf 🐺 sanctuary 2. The losers only "surrender" their weapons for the show; they get to keep them. 3. The show pays for air travel and boarding, so less experienced smiths can afford to compete.
actually they surrender weapons to the set because of some law thus making it a prop and some law prevents the travel of the weapon and by labeling it as a prop they can transport the weapon to the studio
@@vodkacola5182 nope, in the Japanese ono episode, the losing smith commented on the video and he has the ono for sale on his website. Production only holds on to the weapons until broadcast.
@Lord Sakazuki I've only found forged in fire during the last couple of months during lockdown, so this is the first time I've personally heard it. And I must say I am loving this show, and it doesn't matter when people start the show, as long as they enjoy the show that's what important, so I think "fake fans" is a bit much to say, people start shows at different times so people find out these things at different times
29:32 - I feel really bad for the guy that lost, his sword was obviously better, but then one tiny flaw in a part that wasn’t even the blade lost it for him.
The pommel is a very vital part of the overall weapon though. Holds the entire hilt together. That falls off, and the entire sword can and will fall apart pretty quick
For real, he lost to the derpiest sword possible... He made a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and lost to the guy whose strategy was "they asked for a sword so I made a sword-shaped hammer".
@@Kusabiii He might have tried to glue it on cheaply or something when he should have tacked it with a good weld or at least stronger bond. Definitely some oversight for the all around test of the entire structure..
@@Kusabiii most pommels would be peened on, which means that the tang sticks through the pommel a small distance, and then it is hammered into flatness. This stops the pommel from ever breaking off but means that you can't ever remove it.
There was one guy who literally won cause... all the other blades broke. He was like, "I didn't want to win this way..." I said, "Bro! You won 10k! Be excited, man!"
This show always seems to lack the bombastic and overly confident people, even the people who have a good amount of confidence seem ready to be humbled.
29:32 i actually feel so bad... The guy literally made an extremly sharp and beautiful sword that also got NO DAMAGE FROM THE IGE BLOCK? But because of a stupid pummel he s out... Just sad :( he actually made one of the most sharp and ressistant sword
@@tunners its a failure but not catastrophic failure. Blade could still be used and all you'd have to do is re-attach the pommel and add some stuff to make it not fall off again. Also if I can swing a sledge hammer as hard as possible on to an extremely hard surface without losing my grip the sword flying across the room probably wouldn't happen by people who know what they're doing with it. Now if the handle itself was falling apart/off I could see that being a catastrophic failure
Generally I do not believe that the people in the show want to take chances to try and fix the weapon or keep testing. It would be 1. Against the rules as you can’t change it or make sure it’s safe and strong at all after the deadline is done. And 2. The judges are not allowed to fix the weapon at all, only allowed to test the weapon.
I'd rather talk about how many of them but especially this one have no idea how to properly use the tools they are stress testing thus resulting in far more failures and more dramatic failures then should ever have happened in the course of the testing..
judge have enough experience to know if blade have any big mistake, weapon have any obvious problem will not be test. We only see the weapon which don't have seen problem fail in the test
it's nice to see a competition like this where, forget about good sportsmanship, each craftsman admires the others craft, and respects it. it's refreshing to see.
Wow, with the claymore double failures I actually disagree with the outcome for the first time in the show. BOTH failed really badly. I really think the 10k should be split. 5k easy.
No doubt I love Forged in Fire So much stress and pressure and baking heat the contestants have endure Plus being filmed and seen from all over the world
The man using the baton intentionally shattered a blade at 22:55, I watched the first one and he smacked above the nut all 3 times. The second blade he tested, he struck WAY past the spot the blade was making contact, and put way more pressure further up the blade and snapped it.
My favorite part about that is when the other guy said "my blade may have broken but at least it cut. I got this in the bag". And despite saying that he still lost XD.
I mean both shiuld have been disqualified. Yes you can straighten up a bent blade, but if it bends during battle you dont really have the time, a broken blade is as bad so for all i care they both failed.
I wish the testing was more controlled. So that each blade had the same amount of stress applied. That said, respect to everyone taking part of this program. Great to see so many dedicated and skilled people in one place.
@Lord Sakazuki I stopped watching because the last few weapons I've actually watched the shows that feature them. So in fact, I am a real fan of the show. You're not, because you're watching compilations on youtube instead of full episodes. How's that for a half-assed conclusion?
one person makes an arguably worse sword, the other's pommel popped off. "Hey you with the much more accurate representation of what this sword should be, you lose"
"To test your strength and durability of your blades, we're going to shoot a tank shell at it from an M1 Abrahams." Dont get me wrong, I love this show to pure insanity, but some of the strength tests are humorous.
They have forge real weapons, not a decorative replicas. So on battefield this weapons have to kill man wearing chain mail, few seconds later using same weapon you have kill man in plate armor, seconds later you have chop shield and kill man. After few hours later when battle is over your weapon have to be still exist in one piece.
@@trilokyamohanchakra6351 Knife is something more than weapon, its universal tool. If knife survive in one pieces few hits hammer an industrial nut, propably it willbe survive cuting the wood, spliting, batoning, choping meat and willbe sharp ebnought yo cut paracord. You wana knife made from tin from the can or real knife? You ever hear about crash test the cars, qualitative tests of lots of products? You take random item from random banch and you tasted it what strenght its need for destroyed it. If it willbe more than some number its good, if it willbe crash on below minimum number whole part should be withdrawn, melted and make again.
The Scottish claymore episode, he angled it a bit to the spine of the sword. (BTW, the middle of the sword is also called "spine" if I recalled correctly)(Also please don't blast me if I get it wrong!) This is evident by the second cut with the second claymore which is not his fault as that type of sword is heavy to swing with one hand. It is approximately 2.5 - 3 kg. Normal one handed swords tend to be 1-1.5 kg so close to double the weight with your wrists will be a complete disaster for your wrist. Your shoulders and back can carry more so u can put it on your back.
@@branchcore he aimed it well but the sword wasnt sharp enough to slice so it deflected off the pigskin. Epic fail for a claymore to bounce off effectively leather armor.
Edge alignment is crucial when slashing, expecially with straight swords, with which is more difficult to do so. Total respect for the judges but I've seen a lot of bludgeoning and not so much slashing.
I was hoping to see this comment... Didn't notice it as much later, but that first segment really hurt my soul. I didn't want to believe it so I played it back slower and sure enough he swung it really hard with a really bad angle to bend it like that.
@@diegopagani6549 I mean to be fair if they made perfect edge alignment most blades would cut through anything short of steel as long as they are even semi-sharpened so it kinda makes sense that you wouldn't give it perfect edge alignment, the problem for me is that it's practically impossible to replicate the attack so for "sharpness" / "kill tests" as long as the blades are close whoever gets a luckier swing wins it.
you know what i like about this show. The winners mostly support the looser with a pat or something. I can appreciate that. Know that some of these weapons are really unusual(not something typical that a blade/sword maker makes) so they can relate to the pain that can go into building something of that nature. Respect to the winners and to the loosers alike.
I love how the competitors are almost always supportive of each other. And when another competitor's blade breaks, they all look devastated by it. I don't remember I've ever seen anyone upfrontly happy and wishing anyone else's blade would break so they would win. (Except for that one guy who is also in this vid but lost.) Especially the one with Will and Bobby. When Will's blade broke, Bobby looks like it was his own that broke.
@@anonymouslee2083 Plus, they know how much time and effort goes into constructing those weapons, and by extension, they know how they would feel had it been their own weapon that broke/failed.
@@boosterprime5757 You can pause the video and go frame by frame with the , + . keys, you can clearly see the blade is nowhere near aligned when it hits the pig. Even the very best make mistakes sometimes... 👍
@@falconfightteampresents5992 well on the first sword the handle was too rounded and therefore rotated in the grip and causing a poor edge alignment. The second sword had good edge alignment, but it broke on the spine, which means the sword was made bad
Being commonly used by soldiers on the location knows as “Shipment”, where they’d appear out of nowhere and rush the enemy who, without having enough time to react or to just realize how ridiculous the situation they find themselves in is, is killed mercilessly, only to respawn and go through the same events multiple times.
I agree with you as much as the next person, but sadly it was a failure due to the overall structure of the blade's design. The other blade still had its integrity and was still functional even with its weight as a drawback, but the pommel was the counterbalance to the losing blades key structural balance. The blade was deemed too dangerous to use after that. The hosts understood and were saddened that he had lost to the other blade which seemed to be leading to failure, but things happen.
@@benjaminthompson4370 A pommel is a very important part of a sword though. Without it, not only can the handle potentially slip off the sword, leading to very dangerous situations, it also throws off the balance completely, making it neigh impossible to wield
Well its not a catastrophic failure. It did not seem that the pomel had any part in the structural integrety. It wont be as balanced as befor but well his oponents wasent balanced from the start
@@daniplaysoneasy-9454 for sure. The "winner's" sword at that point was basically a baseball bat and would have never survived the upcoming sharpness test.
That pommel cold be mended in seconds, and it would have been the winning sword. It still had the taper and all. Just put a bit of epoxy or glue on it.
@@fletcher4098 Like you talk about your secret to your friends and after you talk about it you tell your friends to be quiet and not tell others,But unfortunately your friend violates your words and he tells the others your deepest secrets, even though you are 100% sure that he will not reveal your deepest secrets. And the Swordsmakers are too overly confident about their artificial swords, and finally "Boom" your sword breaks And you get depressed for a moment. *(Bad English)*
I’m actually pretty sure it is a recreation of what happened when the blade broke. There have been a couple of times where I can see the way the fragment fell the first time doesn’t quite match up to the second close up shot.
Most of them are using this as advertising for a bladesmithing business, even the ones that fail in a major way can be "Here's what I can do with three hours, I want eight to make yours. And, of course, the finalists can point to a lot more. They do not want what they intend to use as promotional to show them in a bad light. Plus, of course, they just found out how hard it is to make a winning blade under those time pressures.
One did, I think its just to like, seperate the strength of the actual blade, make sure its not brittle or has any micro cracks- I think literally only a perfectly forged nlade would surivive with no damage
If it was used as a test on this show chances are you shouldn't do this to a real knife. Blacksmiths tend to make almost unbreakable stuff (mailbox out of 1/4 inch steel, it was never vandalized again.) So you need an absurd test to test their breaking point.
@@axoltol5363 If they knew the tests being conducted they would design around it. Some guys get unfair advantages because of a random specific trait they went with based purely on preference. Someone else chooses to make a more flexible blade for whatever reason it will perform better/ worse then a rigid blade in whatever random test. Most of their tests are stupid and not practical, it's often not a measure of skill. It's mostly who designed and forged something better suited to a random destruction test.
29:30 Drew didn't deserve that...even when he saw that his opponents blade wasn't doing as well he never got cocky or overconfident. He only mentioned his concerns about his own blade, man thats tough.
@@koreancowboy42 still without a pommel the sword has no balance, it doesn't matter how sharp it is. You can say what you want but every sword needs a pommel
Pommels are mostly so that your weapon doesn’t slip out of your hand as easily. it has something to catch onto so that it doesn’t fall out, there is also the issue of balance, mostly so that the weapon isn’t forward heavy, so I get your point
@1:36 I don't know if it's just the camera angle or if Doug really did it but it looked as though as rather than hit edge-on, Doug struck the pig with the flat of the blade instead. Such a strike on a weapon like that would definitely explain the bend and why the sword would later go on to pass the proper sharpness test with flying colours. It could've been an accident, again it could've just been the camera angle but from even the slow motion clip it does look like a flat-strike rather than a slash.
@@koreancowboy42 i think the problem was more that it's such a challenging blade, due to it being so big, and the fact neither of them had ever made a blade of that size
@@koreancowboy42 it’s because they are purposely forced on time so they are more likely to compromise or make mistakes, it’s a competition of pushing them to their limits
@@drpepperbidet and the fact that the blade must be long and quite thin from what I see and I personnaly think it’s quite hard to have a sword like this hold up and made in such short time
I love how supportive they are of each other. I was watching another show where tattoo artists had to compete against each other and it was the complete opposite lmao
I really like this show. Smithing is something I've always wanted to do. This compilation is really well done. It doesn't just show the failures it shows a bit of what leads up to them and what happens after.
I love this show. But i must admit that the human variant on the testing is very unreliable. Should be a mechanic kind of testing always applying the same force, pressure, the same angle, etc.
I would argue that it's more reliable than a mechanical test, while yes angles and force are one factor, there's also the feel in the hand and weight distribution that can only be tested in this way
Whats funny about the first test is Doug hit the pig with the flat of the blade. He didn't hit it with the edge. I believe some of these tests are flawed because the wielder is not that familiar with the weapon. I'm not saying Doug or the others aren't proficient but when you test so many different styles of weapons you can't be familiar with all of them. Just my .02 cents. It shouldn't have bent anyway, but when it was tested for sharpness it was fine.
Yeah, you can see in the slow-motion replay that the cut was badly aligned, leading to the weapon slapping the carcass, rather than cutting it. I feel like if they used a diagonal cut, rather than a horizontal cut, it would improve the testing since, as it stands, those "baseball bat" swings they use are absolutely destroying perfectly good work.
Did anyone notice how Dave usually compliments the weapons the bladesmiths make but with the claymores he just says "You delivered your Scottish claymores." Can't blame him though, they both failed pretty hard.
30:00 Seeing that piece of junk broadsword beat the other guy’s just because his pommel couldn’t hold up is honestly sickening. Thing came blunt, with a bend, no edge and weighed a ton. What a joke.
Why though? They only have to give a basic run down of a blades history for 1 minute, they don’t go into advanced detail, the rest of it is all to do with swords in general
@@DoktrDub the history channel is owned by Disney is why nothing on it now really has anything to do with actual history and is instead basically reality tv now... gone are the days of the history channel having to do with actual history and information
Telling a man that his blade won't keel is enough to make a grown man cry.
The blade might no kill, but those words do...
They will not heel
The comment above me is a prime example of “I wish that was my comment.”
10k heals a lot of emotional wounds.
@ozymandias nero nulifidian Iowa is basically middle of the USA. Lots of farms.
"Yes but you kealed my will to live good sir." lol D:
2:09
"It...will not keal."
*Top ten rarest events in the universe*
@JustinBieber No he shouldn't. Im pretty sure Doug has an accent. That's why he says kill like "keel."
JustinBieber stop ruining everyone’s fun
@JustinBieber maybe do just a tiny bit of research. Doug says KEAL instead of kill to keep the show family friendly. He made up the actronym, and it stands for Keep Everyone ALive.
Agreed
We did not need to naruto run into area 51 for a episode where he says it will not keel
5 things I've learn about watching this show.
1. The skill it takes to make these weapons
2. The respect amongst all the competitors
3. The history that goes behind these weapons.
4. The sportsmanship
5. It will Keel!
Thank you TH-cam for Recommending me this show!
There's a reason why blacksmiths were shown respect even by nobles back in the medieval era. Their craft was a demanding one that required a great deal of experience, skill, and a drive to keep getting better. In a way, a Knight's "best friend" wasn't his brothers-in-arms or his weapon, it was his blacksmith, as without that blacksmith, he wouldn't even have a weapon to fight with in the first place.
Blacksmiths need skill, patience, and experience....but they also need a great deal of physical brawn as well (especially in the medieval era, where the conveniences of modern machinery to help in the craft did not exist), as they would have to manually hammer the metal (or whatever other material they were working) into shape. Back then, you certainly would not want to get into a brawl with a blacksmith, they could likely hit you with strength comparable to a sledgehammer if the need arose.
@@gamester512 The fact that I never kill blacksmiths in Dark Souls, even on evil playthroughs, is a nod to that.
I collect blades. Knives and swords and all in-between. This show has made me appreciate them the way they should be and not as just some cool weapon.
i learned a 6th thing: ice blocks are the weapon killers
@@gamester512 blacksmiths didn't make weapons they were more household objects, that would have been more the sword/insert name smith here
2:38 When your catastrophic failure is worse that your opponent's catastrophic failure.
Instant karma 🤣 if you look closely the dude was grinning at 1:44 right after his opponent's claymore bent and proceeded to brag that he had made a good sword 😂
that broken piece of blade almost hit him right on the head.
@@albertsmith99 it was going straight for the neck.
If I was on the battlefield using the man's blade and it broke instantly, I would be dead.
Hand on the shoulder 2:01
The guy in the red skull cap in the beginning was so happy he won "I've never won anything" that's truly a heart warming moment man wanted to cry
I now me to
I did cry he deserved it man
So wholesome
Bro, for real, I gasped when the second sword broke. I just couldn't believe it
I was actually crying
When the first contestant said he was happy because he's never won anything in his life, my heart broke a little. I'm so happy he won
My thoughts exactly, but I also thought aloud he earned that!
I thought.... what a nerd.
Just kidding
He is not the only one who has never won anything in there life. There is a lot of us out there with the same situation.
Well, he won the sperm competition. That's only what matters
A bent blade is obviously better then a broken blade.
Scott : Congratulations!
*Jonathan's claymore shatters*
Scott : To me.
I laughed out loud.
Lol this has the same energy as “call an ambulance! call an ambulance! but not for me.”
@Lucas Greyson I’ll say, I think that Scott’s claymore would be the one calling the ambulance for I think johnathan (his claymore at least)
He won, but at what cost? He might be the only one whose blade didnt keel.....
My parents thought I was on drugs laughing at this comment
There are only a handful of things that will make a man cry, but Doug telling you that your blade won't keel will destroy a mans soul.
Madolina Degocelli what
Yes,,, imagine failing the first and easiest test
That dude had terrible edge alignment when he hit the pig and bent the sword, he almost slapped the pig with the blade instead of cutting it with the edge
nope the blade was just not sharp enough that it bounced off animal skin, curved downwards and bent itself. Epic fail that a claymore cant cut effectively leather.
Or saying “catastrophic failure” lmao
Something about Scott absolutely makes you want to root for him. Watching his bent-back-into-shape blade slice into that sheet metal felt like watching the game-winning goal at a super bowl game
I agree! Also, "game winning goal at a super bowl game" is probably the funniest phrase I've ever heard lmao
*Fun facts about Forged in Fire*
1. The meat is donated to a wolf 🐺 sanctuary
2. The losers only "surrender" their weapons for the show; they get to keep them.
3. The show pays for air travel and boarding, so less experienced smiths can afford to compete.
Nice to know. I've been wondering what they doing with all that meat.
Thank you for that.
actually they surrender weapons to the set because of some law thus making it a prop and some law prevents the travel of the weapon and by labeling it as a prop they can transport the weapon to the studio
@@vodkacola5182 nope, in the Japanese ono episode, the losing smith commented on the video and he has the ono for sale on his website. Production only holds on to the weapons until broadcast.
@@watchdealer11 ohhh because after broadcast they can technically disregard the prop and return the losing weapon to it's owner
@@vodkacola5182 yeah, also it could lead to spoilers and they need B roll/close-ups of the weapons
I never thought I'd ever see the day I hear "it will not keel"
@Luke B.
😆
Keal, as in keep em all alive :)
And he looked so disappointed
This is a true comment
@Lord Sakazuki I've only found forged in fire during the last couple of months during lockdown, so this is the first time I've personally heard it. And I must say I am loving this show, and it doesn't matter when people start the show, as long as they enjoy the show that's what important, so I think "fake fans" is a bit much to say, people start shows at different times so people find out these things at different times
23:27 I'm a child for laughing at this...
It's ok, I laughed too.
My husband laughed. I added, "Well, that blade ain't a Rolex. It took two licks." Then my husband high fives me.
No you are not… i laughed too😂
The historical backgrounds add so much depth and understanding to the functionality and use of these weapons
*Sharp metal blade literally explodes and flies across a room full of people*
Judges: “we have a problem”
29:32 - I feel really bad for the guy that lost, his sword was obviously better, but then one tiny flaw in a part that wasn’t even the blade lost it for him.
The pommel is a very vital part of the overall weapon though. Holds the entire hilt together. That falls off, and the entire sword can and will fall apart pretty quick
For real, he lost to the derpiest sword possible... He made a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and lost to the guy whose strategy was "they asked for a sword so I made a sword-shaped hammer".
I was actually wondering, aren't most pummels screwed into the grip? How did it even come off?
@@Kusabiii He might have tried to glue it on cheaply or something when he should have tacked it with a good weld or at least stronger bond. Definitely some oversight for the all around test of the entire structure..
@@Kusabiii most pommels would be peened on, which means that the tang sticks through the pommel a small distance, and then it is hammered into flatness. This stops the pommel from ever breaking off but means that you can't ever remove it.
30:24 "I didn't wanna win like that, but I feel pretty good" spoken with honor yet pride
He said it the moment I was reading your comment.
There was one guy who literally won cause... all the other blades broke. He was like, "I didn't want to win this way..." I said, "Bro! You won 10k! Be excited, man!"
It always saddens me to see a weapon break on this show, Considering the amount of effort that is put on each weapon.
And most of these smiths do put in time and passion into what they made
This show always seems to lack the bombastic and overly confident people, even the people who have a good amount of confidence seem ready to be humbled.
@@rya3190 I would say that's the nature of being a blacksmith. You have to be ready to be humbled in that trade.
@@bakatsugu that's fair, though I always suspected that there was enough drama going on that they didn't need the Blacksmiths to be "extra"
isn’t a spear supposed to be for piercing and throwing?
29:32 i actually feel so bad... The guy literally made an extremly sharp and beautiful sword that also got NO DAMAGE FROM THE IGE BLOCK? But because of a stupid pummel he s out... Just sad :( he actually made one of the most sharp and ressistant sword
He should’ve won the pommel falling off is not a catastrophic failure
The other guy feels bad too.. he said "I didn't wanna win like that"
A catastrophic failure is when the blade is no longer safe to use. Without a pommel, the sword could possibly go flying across the room
@@tunners its a failure but not catastrophic failure. Blade could still be used and all you'd have to do is re-attach the pommel and add some stuff to make it not fall off again. Also if I can swing a sledge hammer as hard as possible on to an extremely hard surface without losing my grip the sword flying across the room probably wouldn't happen by people who know what they're doing with it. Now if the handle itself was falling apart/off I could see that being a catastrophic failure
Generally I do not believe that the people in the show want to take chances to try and fix the weapon or keep testing. It would be 1. Against the rules as you can’t change it or make sure it’s safe and strong at all after the deadline is done. And 2. The judges are not allowed to fix the weapon at all, only allowed to test the weapon.
why is it hearing "it will not keel" so cursed
because it wont keal
Nikola Mladenović cause they all “keel”
33:20 mač vs Bosanska glava 😂
Because it will not kill
That's usually what those blades back in the day were forged for so if it won't kill then it's pretty much useless.
Gordon Ramsay: " Unfortunately your dish suffered a catastrophic failure"
WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE!!
*pulls out sword*
Gordon Ramsay: any last words
but it will keel!
This dish will keal
This dish is DRY!!!
The pure joy in his voice when he says “it will kill” reminds me so much of the “I love refrigerators!” guy
😂
Yo lol love it XD I love refrigerators... and blades
Can we talk about how brave these judges are to swing blades, full-force, not knowing if they will shatter?
Good point
I'd rather talk about how many of them but especially this one have no idea how to properly use the tools they are stress testing thus resulting in far more failures and more dramatic failures then should ever have happened in the course of the testing..
Right ... I see a person for first time who choff by the side of a knife
judge have enough experience to know if blade have any big mistake, weapon have any obvious problem will not be test. We only see the weapon which don't have seen problem fail in the test
Seems pretty dumb not to use safety-gear to me
it's nice to see a competition like this where, forget about good sportsmanship, each craftsman admires the others craft, and respects it. it's refreshing to see.
I think only blacksmiths will show that kind of appreciation. Hard not to, making a claymore's some serious work, how can you not show admiration? :D
Wow, with the claymore double failures I actually disagree with the outcome for the first time in the show.
BOTH failed really badly. I really think the 10k should be split. 5k easy.
I love how respectful everyone is. Such a great show!
this show in not professional at all. for the public it is funny, but it has nothing common with real blacksmithing profession
@@wojtekwu253 cry about it
@@wojtekwu253 give examples
“Your blade has to make it through three licks on that nut, you think you got what it takes?” 23:44 very unfortunate phrasing my man.
LMAO
23 04 he didnt strike the knife against the nut
You have to rewind like 20 seconds.
Big industrial nuts
23:25
I honestly love this show. Best American show I've seen. A fantastic competition, yet the competitors are so sporting and friendly. Just brilliant!
No doubt I love Forged in Fire So much stress and pressure and baking heat the contestants have endure Plus being filmed and seen from all over the world
Rare
If you like this show I recommend deadliest warriors
The man using the baton intentionally shattered a blade at 22:55, I watched the first one and he smacked above the nut all 3 times. The second blade he tested, he struck WAY past the spot the blade was making contact, and put way more pressure further up the blade and snapped it.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who realized that. Yeah the guy definitely hit it in the wrong place.
I wouldn't go as far to say he did it on purpose but yeah, not exactly a controlled test.
Thank you I had to rewind cause I thought it looked strange. The guy kind of got screwed over
Yeah it’s not controlled at all
It started on a slant but hit with the blade bring flat. I think it would of broken either way.
The first winner says: congratulations, after his blade bend......5 minutes later he wins, because the other guy messed up even more.
My favorite part about that is when the other guy said "my blade may have broken but at least it cut. I got this in the bag".
And despite saying that he still lost XD.
I think that guy was the worst loser on the show, but even then he wasn't that bad lol
I mean both shiuld have been disqualified. Yes you can straighten up a bent blade, but if it bends during battle you dont really have the time, a broken blade is as bad so for all i care they both failed.
@@trajano777 and they both made a better claim more than you
@@trajano777 you can still parry and run away. You also have a secondary blade. You can fix the bent blade with ur foot later. Only takes a minute.
I love this show. No one is a sore loser. Everyone walks away congratulating each other, no one protests, nothing. The comradery is incredible.
I bet that's what would happen but they could edit it out
I wish the testing was more controlled. So that each blade had the same amount of stress applied. That said, respect to everyone taking part of this program. Great to see so many dedicated and skilled people in one place.
Guy: "I'm pretty sure my blade will destroy that block of ice"
Block of ice: "Hold my beer."
Too bad it broke and it cost him.
On the last chop too.
I counted 11 chops on the ice too... so close
that sucks because his knife took out the most ice
His did do the most dmg before it broke tho
Why is nobody talking about when Wil said “it’s gotta survive at least three licks on that nut” ??
Dirty Dan LMFAOOO
it definitely stood out
@Lord Sakazuki I stopped watching because the last few weapons I've actually watched the shows that feature them. So in fact, I am a real fan of the show. You're not, because you're watching compilations on youtube instead of full episodes. How's that for a half-assed conclusion?
unattainable standards for men 2020 edition
Timestamp?
one person makes an arguably worse sword, the other's pommel popped off.
"Hey you with the much more accurate representation of what this sword should be, you lose"
That's what I thought, I mean the other guy didn't even have the balance right and he lost coz few threads came lose
Better an arguably worse sword than a sword that has the pommel, which holds the blade and handle together, come off.
@@veritasmod7013 exactly, one more swing with the sword without a pommel and its likely the blade is just gonna fly away.
@@1999moniz it’s a throwing sword. you throw it straight to the trash
You can sharpen a dull sword, you can't do much with a sword that's falling apart
"To test your strength and durability of your blades, we're going to shoot a tank shell at it from an M1 Abrahams." Dont get me wrong, I love this show to pure insanity, but some of the strength tests are humorous.
Well yep.. it’s about REALLY pushing those limits lol
True but it's more fun that way
They have forge real weapons, not a decorative replicas. So on battefield this weapons have to kill man wearing chain mail, few seconds later using same weapon you have kill man in plate armor, seconds later you have chop shield and kill man. After few hours later when battle is over your weapon have to be still exist in one piece.
@@prasaite but banging on the knife with a hammer on the surface of an industrial nut...... Yes seems realistic
@@trilokyamohanchakra6351 Knife is something more than weapon, its universal tool. If knife survive in one pieces few hits hammer an industrial nut, propably it willbe survive cuting the wood, spliting, batoning, choping meat and willbe sharp ebnought yo cut paracord. You wana knife made from tin from the can or real knife? You ever hear about crash test the cars, qualitative tests of lots of products? You take random item from random banch and you tasted it what strenght its need for destroyed it. If it willbe more than some number its good, if it willbe crash on below minimum number whole part should be withdrawn, melted and make again.
doug looked so sad when it didnt keel. broke my heart ;-;
but he's winning ;-;
The Scottish claymore episode, he angled it a bit to the spine of the sword. (BTW, the middle of the sword is also called "spine" if I recalled correctly)(Also please don't blast me if I get it wrong!) This is evident by the second cut with the second claymore which is not his fault as that type of sword is heavy to swing with one hand. It is approximately 2.5 - 3 kg. Normal one handed swords tend to be 1-1.5 kg so close to double the weight with your wrists will be a complete disaster for your wrist. Your shoulders and back can carry more so u can put it on your back.
Maybe doug shouldn't have slapped the pig with the sword.
@@branchcore but he didnt
@@branchcore he aimed it well but the sword wasnt sharp enough to slice so it deflected off the pigskin. Epic fail for a claymore to bounce off effectively leather armor.
Edge alignment is crucial when slashing, expecially with straight swords, with which is more difficult to do so. Total respect for the judges but I've seen a lot of bludgeoning and not so much slashing.
I was hoping to see this comment... Didn't notice it as much later, but that first segment really hurt my soul. I didn't want to believe it so I played it back slower and sure enough he swung it really hard with a really bad angle to bend it like that.
@@OhmIsFutile I did the exact same things as you, I swear I had a slight heart attack when I saw that first swing 😂
The judge swings like an beginner. Plenty of slaps, not many cuts and it seems to be a running issue with the show
@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 Yeah definitely a running issue, it's not the first time that I see such messy swings
@@diegopagani6549 I mean to be fair if they made perfect edge alignment most blades would cut through anything short of steel as long as they are even semi-sharpened so it kinda makes sense that you wouldn't give it perfect edge alignment, the problem for me is that it's practically impossible to replicate the attack so for "sharpness" / "kill tests" as long as the blades are close whoever gets a luckier swing wins it.
you know what i like about this show. The winners mostly support the looser with a pat or something. I can appreciate that.
Know that some of these weapons are really unusual(not something typical that a blade/sword maker makes) so they can relate to the pain that can go into building something of that nature.
Respect to the winners and to the loosers alike.
I love how the competitors are almost always supportive of each other. And when another competitor's blade breaks, they all look devastated by it. I don't remember I've ever seen anyone upfrontly happy and wishing anyone else's blade would break so they would win. (Except for that one guy who is also in this vid but lost.)
Especially the one with Will and Bobby. When Will's blade broke, Bobby looks like it was his own that broke.
Makes sense. Any experienced smith is no stranger to the heartbreak of a broken blade.
@@anonymouslee2083 Plus, they know how much time and effort goes into constructing those weapons, and by extension, they know how they would feel had it been their own weapon that broke/failed.
As fellow smiths i know they know full well how it feels for your own blade to break.
That first claymore bending wasn't entirely the contestant's fault... The guy performing the cut test against the pig just had poor edge alignment.
Why don't you head down to the FIF studios and tell Doug he doesn't know what he's doing.
@@boosterprime5757 You can pause the video and go frame by frame with the , + . keys, you can clearly see the blade is nowhere near aligned when it hits the pig. Even the very best make mistakes sometimes... 👍
@@marko247 but.. but... he mispronounces the word kill funny. He couldn't have messed up his swing!!
@@boosterprime5757 buy my ticket, I'd before than happy to.
Doug is a quack
I agree the guy swung badly but even with a bad swing a quality blade shouldn't be bending like that. At all.
When Doug had two Claymores malfunction back to back, the look on his face was priceless. He looked like he had been robbed of his fun! 1:46 and 2:47
Doug: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
@@juandavidortizsuarez9846 The day has been KEAL'd
I mean, did it to himself, those were two freaking awful strikes
@@falconfightteampresents5992 well on the first sword the handle was too rounded and therefore rotated in the grip and causing a poor edge alignment. The second sword had good edge alignment, but it broke on the spine, which means the sword was made bad
@@juandavidortizsuarez9846 Hahaha thank you for making me chuckle.
"The claymore was used by campers in call of duty"
Oh yeah
well you should have played better.
Being commonly used by soldiers on the location knows as “Shipment”, where they’d appear out of nowhere and rush the enemy who, without having enough time to react or to just realize how ridiculous the situation they find themselves in is, is killed mercilessly, only to respawn and go through the same events multiple times.
They tried to do that with me, but I'm one of those anti campers, anyone who camps, gets bayoneted.
Or by Demoknights
The sportsmanship in this show is amazing. You never see this kind of enthusiasm and support anywhere else between competitors.
33:18
Oh it did more than bend it. Thing thing phased out of reality.
lol
It looked like it was trying to do the worm
29:00 This is not a failure, it's a feature... It allows you to end your opponent rightly.
Unclear to me why it wasn't included in the keel test in the first place 🤷♂️
Skall...
@@OptimalMario exactly.
I agree with you as much as the next person, but sadly it was a failure due to the overall structure of the blade's design. The other blade still had its integrity and was still functional even with its weight as a drawback, but the pommel was the counterbalance to the losing blades key structural balance. The blade was deemed too dangerous to use after that. The hosts understood and were saddened that he had lost to the other blade which seemed to be leading to failure, but things happen.
@@YBPhoenix dude. It's a joke about pommels don't come with serious stuff to here.
Honestly the strength test at 23:00 is just crazy
28:50 imagine your sword is winning your opponent in every single way until your pommel went off
I can’t believe they made him lose they’ve let other people slide for having parts break before
His sword was the better weapon. I can tell you that the other guy's sword is practically unusable as a weapon.
@@exander3636 true
@@benjaminthompson4370 A pommel is a very important part of a sword though. Without it, not only can the handle potentially slip off the sword, leading to very dangerous situations, it also throws off the balance completely, making it neigh impossible to wield
Well its not a catastrophic failure. It did not seem that the pomel had any part in the structural integrety. It wont be as balanced as befor but well his oponents wasent balanced from the start
18:35 Doug looked so disappointed that he didnt even talk and just put the weapon away
Well, the Smith did sum it up well himself.
Every single blade: ''I don't fear anything, *stares at the ice block*, but that thing is terrifying''
30:00 I feel sorry for him, beautiful blade just that pommel failed
I was too!! Gorgeousweapon! Would've won
@@daniplaysoneasy-9454 for sure. The "winner's" sword at that point was basically a baseball bat and would have never survived the upcoming sharpness test.
Without the pommel, the sword is no longer weildable because of balance issues. More dangerous to user than the target
That pommel cold be mended in seconds, and it would have been the winning sword. It still had the taper and all. Just put a bit of epoxy or glue on it.
@@Kriegbaum1000 bro u know the other guy could do the same if his opponent would be given a chance to fix it.
When the guy says "This blade will kill" he always makes a face that makes him look like an utter psychopath.
*keal, not kill
@@bananaknight8575 Kill, keal, keel, write it however you want, he still looks like a psycho when he says it.
@@Interceptor00X that's the funny part
His name is doug
For real 😂
6:49 "...easy to conceal."
Dude looks like Bilbo wielding a human pocket knife. "More of a letter opener, really."
I always love how humble these guys are when their blades break. True gentlemen.
23:28 "Very poor choice of words"
Lmfaoooo
I thought the same thing
I was looking for this 🤣
😂
Hit the back of the spine to give the nuts three good licks.
That guy on 30:53 is so humble and friendly and even when he's sword broke, he was still calm and seemed like he did not lost hope in himself.
I’m pleasantly surprised by how many good sports there are on this show. I wish more of these types of shows would have more of that.
"I'm confidend that i made a very good blade" top 10 anime betrayals
what
@@fletcher4098 Like you talk about your secret to your friends and after you talk about it you tell your friends to be quiet and not tell others,But unfortunately your friend violates your words and he tells the others your deepest secrets, even though you are 100% sure that he will not reveal your deepest secrets.
And the Swordsmakers are too overly confident about their artificial swords, and finally "Boom" your sword breaks And you get depressed for a moment.
*(Bad English)*
He's no Hattori Hanzo.
I wish they would show us the tests with a control weapon; with a perfect example of the weapon made by a professional.
21:51 That was literally the most awkward thing I've ever seen.
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
They deliberately chose to show that too.
I’ve seen more awkward moments, watch my wife devour a bowl of ice cream
**blade snaps**
Producer: "Camera man 1! Quick aim at the landing zone of that blade before .2 of a second passes!"
I know it’s a joke but I think it’s a recreation of how the blade broken part flew of and landed
I’m actually pretty sure it is a recreation of what happened when the blade broke. There have been a couple of times where I can see the way the fragment fell the first time doesn’t quite match up to the second close up shot.
I love when Doug goes so wild even the other judges are stunned.
And Jay hates ice. He really, really hates ice.
"It's a battle and I wanna win it!"
*Proceeds to stab the other blade Smith with the blade*
“See? My blade can keel!”
“I feel like a million bucks but I guess $10000 will do” -top ten words to live by
You know he planned to say that for months
"Should've had the pig made of steel, would probably have cut better." Easily best line in the entire show imo
I bet No one noticed Dave was even wearing a Scottish Kilt in the Scottish Blade Test. He was so looking forward to this weapon.
God, watching a weapon bend or crack is one of the most soul-crushing things. Let alone if it breaks entirely.
“This is gonna be spectacular”
Blade: “yeet!”
I love the sportsmanship in this show. The losers always seem to take it pretty well and the winners don't boast in anyone's face
Most of them are using this as advertising for a bladesmithing business, even the ones that fail in a major way can be "Here's what I can do with three hours, I want eight to make yours. And, of course, the finalists can point to a lot more. They do not want what they intend to use as promotional to show them in a bad light.
Plus, of course, they just found out how hard it is to make a winning blade under those time pressures.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard “it will not kill” and it emotionally hurt me
Keel
KEAL
23:29 "it has to make it through at least three licks on the nut" bud you didn't have to say that lmao
There's something slightly disconcerting about a guy covered in "blood", smiling and saying "it will kill..."
😂
Nah
It will keal*
@RivaniUC keal*
Keal= keep everyone alive
The strength testing by bashing them on steel nuts. The goal was to break them right ?
I can't imagine many blades surviving that.
One did, I think its just to like, seperate the strength of the actual blade, make sure its not brittle or has any micro cracks- I think literally only a perfectly forged nlade would surivive with no damage
Even then it'll still take some blade issues. Especially the edge, no matter the steel quality.
If it was used as a test on this show chances are you shouldn't do this to a real knife. Blacksmiths tend to make almost unbreakable stuff (mailbox out of 1/4 inch steel, it was never vandalized again.) So you need an absurd test to test their breaking point.
@@axoltol5363 If they knew the tests being conducted they would design around it. Some guys get unfair advantages because of a random specific trait they went with based purely on preference. Someone else chooses to make a more flexible blade for whatever reason it will perform better/ worse then a rigid blade in whatever random test.
Most of their tests are stupid and not practical, it's often not a measure of skill. It's mostly who designed and forged something better suited to a random destruction test.
@@friendlyoldbum9182 doesn't help that the last strike on the second guys blade was a good 4 inches away from the nut. Massively unequal testing
Test dummy:Hits pig from the side
-“It hit the spine and exploded” 😂
29:30 Drew didn't deserve that...even when he saw that his opponents blade wasn't doing as well he never got cocky or overconfident. He only mentioned his concerns about his own blade, man thats tough.
Yep, stupid very dumb how he didn't win. The pummel fall off so what?
The blade is still sharp, straight.
@@koreancowboy42 still without a pommel the sword has no balance, it doesn't matter how sharp it is. You can say what you want but every sword needs a pommel
@@demochris1786 yeah, since the other oversized unbalanced, heavy, chunky and dulled from the test sword had one, youve got a good point there mate.
@@vraspus well i don't know forging but if i was forging i have to know all weapons they're ponmel etc
Pommels are mostly so that your weapon doesn’t slip out of your hand as easily. it has something to catch onto so that it doesn’t fall out, there is also the issue of balance, mostly so that the weapon isn’t forward heavy, so I get your point
@1:36 I don't know if it's just the camera angle or if Doug really did it but it looked as though as rather than hit edge-on, Doug struck the pig with the flat of the blade instead. Such a strike on a weapon like that would definitely explain the bend and why the sword would later go on to pass the proper sharpness test with flying colours. It could've been an accident, again it could've just been the camera angle but from even the slow motion clip it does look like a flat-strike rather than a slash.
he twisted his hand causing the blade to hit flat. you can see the cross guards turn before the strike
Doug is good with kali, but longswords, not so much. His edge alignment is often poor.
Really appreciate you guys included the whole segment and not only the clip of the blade malfunctioning, thanks
That first guy was so happy when the one bend, but then ... xD
That's what happens when you cheer an opponent's mistakes
22:55 that wasn't fair. he hit the part of the knife that was hanging over the edge of the nut. he didn't do that for any of the other hits.
That happens bcoz its a longer blade.
İ agree i rewatched it its not about length!
Doug: Jonathan you're up, are you ready?
Jonathan: Absolutely.
Scott: Hold my bent claymore.
The first clip was more like who was the worse blacksmith instead of who is the better blacksmith...😂
Lol true but I don't understand how they make a bad blade? Like wut??? What steel were they using or they just didn't focus enough of it.
@@koreancowboy42 i think the problem was more that it's such a challenging blade, due to it being so big, and the fact neither of them had ever made a blade of that size
@@koreancowboy42 it’s because they are purposely forced on time so they are more likely to compromise or make mistakes, it’s a competition of pushing them to their limits
@@drpepperbidet and the fact that the blade must be long and quite thin from what I see and I personnaly think it’s quite hard to have a sword like this hold up and made in such short time
5:27 It's just very awkward that a champion's sword can't even KILLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
keal
KEEL
I love how supportive they are of each other. I was watching another show where tattoo artists had to compete against each other and it was the complete opposite lmao
Ink masters. Yeah seen bits of it
I love the sportsmanship these blacksmiths have. They respect each other's work, because they know the time and effort put into them
Becuase the fault is only on your own theres 100% no reaspn to get mad at the other smiths
@@cagethelonewolf we all know even on other gameshows though people will still find a way to be bad sports
18:23 when you relize that a tribe without electicity makes better weapon than you
I really like this show. Smithing is something I've always wanted to do. This compilation is really well done. It doesn't just show the failures it shows a bit of what leads up to them and what happens after.
"I didn't want to win like this" well said brother
All these guys are so respectful to one another. They lose with honor and also win with honor.
Love how they smash cast iron objects with the weapons 2 dozen times and are surprised when they chip or break 🤣🤣🤣
That first one was extremely intense
I love this show. But i must admit that the human variant on the testing is very unreliable. Should be a mechanic kind of testing always applying the same force, pressure, the same angle, etc.
I agree but these are mostly mid evil weapons so i get these tests but yea i feel some improvements should be made
These types of tests are like those done to actual bladesmith weapons when a bladesmith is going from apprentice to journeyman.
Wow, it's almost as if these weapons were wielded by humans.
I would argue that it's more reliable than a mechanical test, while yes angles and force are one factor, there's also the feel in the hand and weight distribution that can only be tested in this way
But the tests are always done by the same person so I think its fine
Whats funny about the first test is Doug hit the pig with the flat of the blade. He didn't hit it with the edge. I believe some of these tests are flawed because the wielder is not that familiar with the weapon. I'm not saying Doug or the others aren't proficient but when you test so many different styles of weapons you can't be familiar with all of them. Just my .02 cents. It shouldn't have bent anyway, but when it was tested for sharpness it was fine.
Yeah, you can see in the slow-motion replay that the cut was badly aligned, leading to the weapon slapping the carcass, rather than cutting it. I feel like if they used a diagonal cut, rather than a horizontal cut, it would improve the testing since, as it stands, those "baseball bat" swings they use are absolutely destroying perfectly good work.
“This is gonna be spectacular” yes sir it was spectacular to see a blade shatter
"it is going to be spectacular"
yea, spectacularly broken
Did anyone notice how Dave usually compliments the weapons the bladesmiths make but with the claymores he just says "You delivered your Scottish claymores." Can't blame him though, they both failed pretty hard.
No those blades broke because of user error.
They are also not claymores they are long swords I don’t know how this show can be so inaccurate and be on the history channel.
13:07
your father when he realized you got an F instead an A+
I can’t believe I was so reckless, unnecessarily hitting so many pots with the master sword.
31:32 I wasn't ready for that cap. 😂🤣 What a mad lad.
Its pretty refreshing and I really love how the judges are positive with their critiques and when they send the eliminated person home.
30:00 Seeing that piece of junk broadsword beat the other guy’s just because his pommel couldn’t hold up is honestly sickening. Thing came blunt, with a bend, no edge and weighed a ton. What a joke.
still in one piece.
Tae Kim would you rather have a car that’s missing a hubcap or a car that’s a total piece of garbage but has all its hubcaps
@@impartialknockback so you don't know that that pommel has a meaning to be there. you should do some learning
@@impartialknockback a pommel isnt like a hub cap though, it's more like a whole wheel assembly coming off while you are going 70mph.
The Navaja was absolutely impressive - the force the blades were delivering on a relatively intricate mechanism was inspired.
They need an actual historian on this show and then I remembered it's on the "History" Channel.
Why though? They only have to give a basic run down of a blades history for 1 minute, they don’t go into advanced detail, the rest of it is all to do with swords in general
@@DoktrDub the history channel is owned by Disney is why nothing on it now really has anything to do with actual history and is instead basically reality tv now... gone are the days of the history channel having to do with actual history and information
@@richardgrace4500 ,
Perfect example is the Ancient Aliens series...