Matthew Pham the main support was iron which isn’t good for blades that get pretty thin. Especially if they are to be made with holes throughout the blade.
While I agree, there is a reason spring steel is favored. I'm pretty sure had that material been readily available in the past, it would have been the gold standard then as well. And I for one just love Damascus so I can't really criticize anyone using it.
I think this is the normal mentality, and reality TV makes up the beef too. Think of how a random person would treat a stranger in a competition. He's more likely to behave with a basic respect or at least self control.
When the judges talking about your blade bending you know you have zero chance of winning, but with both blades having problems it was a hard choice for the judges to pick.
Yeah, I cannot remember what episode it was, but there was a sword that was so flexible that when it hit the pig it did not cut and basically bent around the pig. The other guy was looking like he had just won, but then on the first swing his sword cuts, hits the spine, and then shatters. Kinda a lame episode.
He had Asperger's or something. Notice when his opponents blade took a bend he giggled. Then when the second judge bent it back he showed concern and every time his own blade performed well he made a gloatful reaction. Kinda showed that he did not know how to provide any sympathy for his opponent or the situation he was in and cared only for leading the competition.
Do u know of any media or books that feature the akrafena (or African weapons in general)? I’ve grown fascinated with the sword but I’ve found only a few people focus on it
Dude! I've been watching Forged and Fire for a week now on TH-cam and today I recognize Brock who I've actually hung out with. His booth is a few doors down from mine at the Caroline Renaissance Festival. That's awesome!
I'm trying real hard to think of an episode where that wasn't the case. But most blades that end up with warps after the initial quench and the smiths don't do a second heat treat/quench end up bending or breaking during testing. Do the second quench guys!
Noise is vibration we pick up in our ear and transferred via electrical signals to the brain so we can perceive it as "sound", so technically accurate lol
I wish Brock won. Like i see he went the harder route with what he made his blade out of and made it look more historic and pretty. He tried to stick to what it 100% was made out of and looked like. But idk man
I've been binge watching forged in fire clips for 4 days now. 😂 To the point that when I eat, when my knife cuts meat, I whisper "it will cut." still working on KEAL tests but my dog keeps running away.
It's episodes like these where I wish we had a more fleshed tournament system. Sometimes you have 2 master smiths in the finals, and sometimes you have 2 average smiths. Although I understand that doing so would probably up the production costs too much.
Historic Fact: The Ashanti captured rival tribes and sold them to be shiped to the New World (the Americas) as Slaves and were a key player in the international slave trade.
@@russianbot3512 true, but let's also not forget that slavery in Africa was different than that which came to America. In Africa, most people were enslaved for a certain amount of time and released, while also having certain rights around their treatment. Chattel slavery (in which one is perceived as literal property) became more popular with the transatlantic slave trade. of course two wrongs don't make a right, but there were differences and important nuances to acknowledge in the overall treatment of slaves in Africa vs. Europe/the Americas.
@Bob Smith The nuances are important because the transatlantic slave trade resulted in much of the racial hierarchy/inequalities that are seen today between white and black Americans, and people of colour globally. Yes, all slavery is barbaric. Yes, chattel slavery was in Africa before European involvement. But it was far less common and became the main form of slavery once people were being sold to the Americas. And black people/people of colour (Natives were sold, too) became characterized as less than human to support this system in which slaves had no rights at all or hope of gaining freedom. Prior to helping with civil rights, "straight white males" added to the babarism of slavery and we are still dealing with the ramifications of that. I think that's important to note, but go ahead and keep praising yourself for ending universal slavery, as if people of all backgrounds didn't fight for that lol.
It feels great to watch this because, i am a Ghanaian and this makes me proud of my country, especially The Ashantis even though i am not an ashanti myself( i am an ewe. a prince, to be precise), but hey, great sword, makes me proud, peace out.
To be fair, it's a pretty terrible weapon design to begin with, both in material components and construction. Victims likely died of tetanus just as much, if not more so than from blood loss with this weapon.
Thats not fair to their actual skill level...being told to make any weapon like this in 4 days is quite a task and doesnt prove the bladesmiths actual skill
@@nickkeirn4638 I don't think he was being too harsh. If someone is carrying a drinking horn in their hip in the forge, then their focus is clearly more on posing than smithing.
Both designs look great, but with a major historical flaw: this weapon/symbol of authority is meant to be used the opposite way. The edge should be inside, i.e. on the inward curved portion of the blade, as a sickle. Strange that nobody notice that. Great episode thought. G.JEAN, African arts historian.
Yeah. I was cringing the entire time. Either he's stupid and never ties it up while he works, or he's vain enough to take the risk only while the camera is around. I'm not sure which is worse.
I wonder if the contestants who failed a test have a chance to talk with the judges afterwards and get advice on how to improve the strength or sharpness whichever one failed?
personally think they made the wrong call here. the other dude had pieces missing from his blade while the other only bent. You can re-harden and temper a blade, you cant fix chips unless you reforge the while sword
Page looked liked he almost died in side after the strength test when the just pointed out the rising metal on his blade and there wasa chance he was about to get DQ'ed. Went in to the test with the thought he has it after the other blade bent some badly only for that to happen, if it was me I would shaking on the inside. Still good on him for winning though.
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where r da cmmts
I love that the one guy brock came in wearing chainmail.
5:27 "I don't see the judges hit anything harder than that"
*Enter J Nelson*
I know right, I was just thinking 'has this guy seen the show?'
as soon as he said it, I thought to myself "have you even watched an episode FiF ?"
Hahahahahaha
Never underestimate the judges or their god like strength.
As soon as he said that I thought "I hope its an ice block" haha
I think I became addicted to watch forged in fire🤣🤣😇
Haha same here 😇😇😂😂
Yes especially to hear Doug say " You Sword ...it will KEEL".
Now I am thinking that I will join the forged in fire because I became very expert how to make the swords and knives 😊😊😊😊😊😊
me to 🤣
All credit goes to Quarantine
When Brock said he was gonna use iron I was like oh that’s gonna bend.
I didn't help that he put a diamond shaped hole in the middle of the blades length either. That's exactly where it bent.
There’s a reason why most swords are made of steel and not pure iron. Having said that, I’m pretty surprised at how well it held up in the tests
For iron, it did very good.
He used high carbon steel for the edge, so it shouldn’t have bent that much assuming good heat treatment. Unfortunately, that was the problem.
Matthew Pham the main support was iron which isn’t good for blades that get pretty thin. Especially if they are to be made with holes throughout the blade.
"I don't see the judges hitting it any harder than that."
Um, you have watched this show before, right?
Sometimes i get the Feeling noone of the contestants ever watched a single Episode because they repeat mistakes Made before
J. Neilson hella merciless when he tests the strength lol if I remembered well most catastrophic failures happened at the hands of J. Neilson 😂
Gotta give respect for someone trying to actually use a new material rather than the exact same grade steel as everyone else
While I agree, there is a reason spring steel is favored. I'm pretty sure had that material been readily available in the past, it would have been the gold standard then as well.
And I for one just love Damascus so I can't really criticize anyone using it.
0:20 this man looks like all the pawn stars combined. Including rick chum and corey and the old man
4:41 probably the quickest cutting test in human history
The guy with the gold really cought the Ashanti spirit.. An Ashanti man without gold is like a shoe without laces.🤣
I love how every smith has respect for each other. Not something you see in competition very often. Let alone reality tv.
Brock was (and is)a true gentleman
I think this is the normal mentality, and reality TV makes up the beef too. Think of how a random person would treat a stranger in a competition. He's more likely to behave with a basic respect or at least self control.
"So I think Thor's favoring me today"- No Varg, he is not.
maybe it was Loki disguised as Thor in order to give him a false sense of confidence.
Hey, he is the God of Hammers.
When the judges talking about your blade bending you know you have zero chance of winning, but with both blades having problems it was a hard choice for the judges to pick.
Yeah, I cannot remember what episode it was, but there was a sword that was so flexible that when it hit the pig it did not cut and basically bent around the pig. The other guy was looking like he had just won, but then on the first swing his sword cuts, hits the spine, and then shatters. Kinda a lame episode.
So a bend is worse than the blade starting to break?
@@logosofgame4273 that episode was the one about the Scottish claymore.
I love the sportsmanship that the winner had. It is nice to see "good" winners, that is very important to youth who watch and understand.
Marry me!
@@rome5628 Yeah, no I am old enough to be your mum. So it is 100% a no. But thank you for asking.
He had Asperger's or something. Notice when his opponents blade took a bend he giggled. Then when the second judge bent it back he showed concern and every time his own blade performed well he made a gloatful reaction. Kinda showed that he did not know how to provide any sympathy for his opponent or the situation he was in and cared only for leading the competition.
Proud to See, Ghana our "Ashanti Kingdom" mighty sword is been Represented at Forge in Fire🔥🔥💯💯🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Do u know of any media or books that feature the akrafena (or African weapons in general)? I’ve grown fascinated with the sword but I’ve found only a few people focus on it
The guy in chain mail is the most classical looking black smith I’ve ever seen on this show
Lmaooo he looks like a NPC off Diablo
Classical would be a leather apron rather than a chain mail lol
Tyrfingr I didn’t know this! Thanks for sharing
Dude! I've been watching Forged and Fire for a week now on TH-cam and today I recognize Brock who I've actually hung out with. His booth is a few doors down from mine at the Caroline Renaissance Festival. That's awesome!
Anyone think that Brock looked like link from legend of Zelda at the beginning?
Im glad he lost souly based on his outfit
he looks like a complete idiot with this mail without clothes under
He completely looks staight out a d&d catalogue 😋
@@Seelenschmiede made my day^^
A bit cringe watching the dude frankly
I'm trying real hard to think of an episode where that wasn't the case. But most blades that end up with warps after the initial quench and the smiths don't do a second heat treat/quench end up bending or breaking during testing.
Do the second quench guys!
6:22 this guys smile tho ,made me pray for the bended sword to win .
African weapons always look cool
I'm happy happy to see a weapon from my country
Slaves have internet wtfff😂😂
That was the Weirdest weapon I have seen on this show
@@Satan_Himself That's below the belt.
@@Satan_Himself Hey not cool this shows how stupid you are😑
@@Satan_Himself wait, most from Ghana have never had slave ancestors in their recent history
“I didn’t feel any bad noises” 😂
Was looking for this comment 😂
When holding a blade like that in the oil while it is boiling, the noise that is bad is sometimes hard to hear but you can really feel it.
He wore chain mail! Did he think they would test the blades on him!?
@@beyondtoxinz3152 Christian? He's trying to be viking so bad.
@@beyondtoxinz3152 That's Thor's hammer
No I think he thought he would look cool
@@bif1498 also if someone was to think it was a cross necklace it would appear to be upside down
Jason Timmons
Emphasis on “thought”
I watch 3,4 videos of forged in fire daily before sleeping. 😁😂😍
"Cut around corners now" 😂
2:37
"I didn't feel any bad noises"
Noise is vibration we pick up in our ear and transferred via electrical signals to the brain so we can perceive it as "sound", so technically accurate lol
“I don’t see the judges hitting it any harder than that …” famous last words
Lmao 'it'll cut round corners.'
Doug would be a great detective in a tv show the camera would zoom in with the weapon in his hands and his signature line " it will keeell "
The fact I can watch a show where the contestants are decent and classy to each other makes me want to watch as much as the actual contest.
I wish Brock won. Like i see he went the harder route with what he made his blade out of and made it look more historic and pretty. He tried to stick to what it 100% was made out of and looked like. But idk man
I love the respect from the competitors, at least from what I’ve seen
It’s the pirate guy from dodgeball good to see he’s still working out
those holes in the blade killed it
I've been binge watching forged in fire clips for 4 days now. 😂 To the point that when I eat, when my knife cuts meat, I whisper "it will cut." still working on KEAL tests but my dog keeps running away.
Is this an r/cursedcomment?
Brock is like a fusion of Thor and Link (Legend of Zelda)
Thor and Link *from Wish
The guy with long hair is very metal.. get it?
- so proud of that one😊😊😊
The fact that these competitors names are my middle and last names😅😅
I’m Ghanaian and actually from te Ashanti tribe having blood relation to some royals in Ghana 😊😊
I didn't expect that the vocalist of dragonforce is also a bladesmith 🤔
I am addicted to this show! Btw the blade do be sharp thought
It's episodes like these where I wish we had a more fleshed tournament system. Sometimes you have 2 master smiths in the finals, and sometimes you have 2 average smiths. Although I understand that doing so would probably up the production costs too much.
Dude's got style
Historic Fact: The Ashanti captured rival tribes and sold them to be shiped to the New World (the Americas) as Slaves and were a key player in the international slave trade.
That is what I call the black market
Russian Bot still wrong that they kept up slavery for hundreds of more years, the US was one of the last countries to abolish it
@@russianbot3512 true, but let's also not forget that slavery in Africa was different than that which came to America. In Africa, most people were enslaved for a certain amount of time and released, while also having certain rights around their treatment. Chattel slavery (in which one is perceived as literal property) became more popular with the transatlantic slave trade. of course two wrongs don't make a right, but there were differences and important nuances to acknowledge in the overall treatment of slaves in Africa vs. Europe/the Americas.
@Bob Smith The nuances are important because the transatlantic slave trade resulted in much of the racial hierarchy/inequalities that are seen today between white and black Americans, and people of colour globally. Yes, all slavery is barbaric. Yes, chattel slavery was in Africa before European involvement. But it was far less common and became the main form of slavery once people were being sold to the Americas. And black people/people of colour (Natives were sold, too) became characterized as less than human to support this system in which slaves had no rights at all or hope of gaining freedom. Prior to helping with civil rights, "straight white males" added to the babarism of slavery and we are still dealing with the ramifications of that. I think that's important to note, but go ahead and keep praising yourself for ending universal slavery, as if people of all backgrounds didn't fight for that lol.
@@russianbot3512 I was taught about the Ashanti in college, but not in highschool. Shame
🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 we made it to forged in fire 🔥🔥🔥
That was the Weirdest weapon I have seen on this show
Yeah bro🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Erick Velazquez sure but it will KILL.
Yeah bro
It’s a cool weapon
This whole thing was just sad.
I’m Ghanaian ☺️
Brock looked devestated during the challenges. I'm not sure using iron was the right move here
7:37 it’s not every day the strength test FIXES a bent blade! 🤣
Nice finish 🏁 , he win !!
Yes finally something from home
BROCK: I don't see the judges hitting any harder than that.
J NEILSON: Hold up Wait a minute Something ain't right
These were pretty rough. Nuts.
It feels great to watch this because, i am a Ghanaian and this makes me proud of my country, especially The Ashantis even though i am not an ashanti myself( i am an ewe. a prince, to be precise), but hey, great sword, makes me proud, peace out.
I love this show man
Akofena, that is the right name ✌🏽
Well that guy surely likes hammering
Last week I saw someone with a suit. Now theres a chainmail. Cant wait for the first furry 😂
This was a tough competition that for sure 😅😄👏👍 !
So cool to know historical artifacts 😊
Winner should’ve been DQ’d for the tiny misplaced diamond cut outs
When he had to gently tap the bend out of his blade, I knew there was no chance of him winning.
they did not do a good job on this sword. I'd love to see it redone by better blade smiths
To be fair, it's a pretty terrible weapon design to begin with, both in material components and construction. Victims likely died of tetanus just as much, if not more so than from blood loss with this weapon.
Thats not fair to their actual skill level...being told to make any weapon like this in 4 days is quite a task and doesnt prove the bladesmiths actual skill
@@mylesmacdonald9320 agreed. He was being a little harsh and unless you can make that in 4 days better yourself no complaining allowed 🙏
@@nickkeirn4638 I don't think he was being too harsh. If someone is carrying a drinking horn in their hip in the forge, then their focus is clearly more on posing than smithing.
The vibes were just weird and tense here
Both designs look great, but with a major historical flaw: this weapon/symbol of authority is meant to be used the opposite way. The edge should be inside, i.e. on the inward curved portion of the blade, as a sickle. Strange that nobody notice that. Great episode thought. G.JEAN, African arts historian.
Wait what
@@joshuafrimpong244 True....from what I understood spending hours on the subject😅
@@dimambo1 thanks for letting me know
watching a Viking surrender his blade saddens me to no end
It held up quite well for being mostly iron
Wasnt impressed by the quality especially for a finale.
Was almost certain Brock's hair would catch fire while he was forging the blade
All that hair loose around rotating machines made me real nervous 😬
Yeah. I was cringing the entire time. Either he's stupid and never ties it up while he works, or he's vain enough to take the risk only while the camera is around. I'm not sure which is worse.
oh me? im just here for my daily dose of it will keel and yeah lol KEEL
It will keel ! 😂😁👍
Very nice 👌
That's the funniest dude so far, wears a tunic and then comes back in chainmail!!!
He really should have made the holes on the end of the blade
Ghana 🇬🇭
I wonder if the contestants who failed a test have a chance to talk with the judges afterwards and get advice on how to improve the strength or sharpness whichever one failed?
That guy was dressed like a cross between Robin Hood and a pirate.
💕💜💕💘💙
The Mighty Ashanti Kingdom
😂😂🇬🇭
You really don't think the judges will hit it any harder than that have you never watched an episode of forged and fire
personally think they made the wrong call here. the other dude had pieces missing from his blade while the other only bent. You can re-harden and temper a blade, you cant fix chips unless you reforge the while sword
Want to quench your thirst for blood?
Choose Akrafena
I had a friend in grade school who's name was Ashanti, I wonder if she knew how cool her name was
It literally means 'disturbance' in my language
She was always a bit disturbed herself so that makes sense
Ashanti is a tribe and region in Ghana West Africa. they are mostly akans
If Doug made a sword it would cut through the fabric of reality
This show sir will "keal" 🔪
rock i love your outfit well done looks really good your sword too
So that's how Rick Harrison looks with long hair
I swear I’ve seen every 5 & 10 min episode /:
The judges at least gave Brock a chance after the bend
Page looked liked he almost died in side after the strength test when the just pointed out the rising metal on his blade and there wasa chance he was about to get DQ'ed. Went in to the test with the thought he has it after the other blade bent some badly only for that to happen, if it was me I would shaking on the inside. Still good on him for winning though.
I didn't see any bad noises , TF😂
Doug marcaida reminds me of Andy Serkis for some reason
Brock looks like Alexandra daddario and it's making me feel things for him.
Nice brock had a buster sword
🇺🇸👍what kind of conditioner do you think guy uses?
My country being represented
Am I the only one that thought Brock should've won?
No chips, or delamination on the blade just a bend that was easily straightened out.
Why there are no full episodes??
There are, but you have to buy them
I don’t feel any bad noises...Made no sense😂😂😂
That dork "blade master" broke the dudes sword with a side hit again... how incompetent can one be?
Theo von is a forge master. Lmao