Fans of the Forge

Its Tournament Time on Forged in Fire, and this week we got 2 back to back episodes in the Battle of the Branches $50,000 Military Tournament! For the first episode, for smiths representing the Army compete to make V-42 Stilettos, and then the remaining two smiths had to recreate the US ARMY Officer Saber! 

This one was very entertaining, with a great group of smiths and was a good kick off to the tournament!

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For this episode, the smiths had to create blades using 3 small springs, mixed with 1 really big spring, and then the final two smiths had to recreate the awesome kukri-ish Greek Kopis!

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We tallied your votes, and these are the smiths you voted for as your Fan Favorites!

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For this episode, our smiths were tasked with making Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knives. In the final round, the two remaining smiths had to recreate Genereal Yamashita's Gunto. It was a fun episode with difficult challenges, catastrophic failures and much more!

Follow the smiths in this episode:

Richey Crew - https://www.instagram.com/richeys_gun_and_forge/

Elijah Williams - https://www.facebook.com/ElijahWilliamsKnives/

Austin Hensley - https://www.instagram.com/hensley_handmade_knives/

Dan Linton - https://www.instagram.com/danlinton777/

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For this episode, we discussed who we would want to see on a Fan Favorite episode of Forged in Fire?

Who do you want to see on Forged in Fire for a fan favorite episode?? Leave a comment below!

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For this episode, smiths had to salvage parts from an old truck to make fully functional friction folders, and then finalists had to recreate the badass Javanese Kris! With Special Effects, and David Baker vs woven bags!

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It's time for our 1000 Instagram Followers/1000 YouTube Subscriber giveaway!

We are giving away some great items, including decorative mini crossbow bolts with tips forged by Forged in Fire Champion JD Hungerford, an ostrich egg from 2 time Forged in Fire Competitor Zack Lewis, a crocheted knife banner made by the lovely Theresa, and a bottle of Mixed Berry Habanero Hot sauce made by the also lovely Chris!

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1. Follow these three instagram accounts: 

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Zack Lewis : https://www.instagram.com/forge_n_feathers/

2. Comment on the Fans of the Forge Instagram post about this giveaway using the comment #fotfgaw

3. For a second entry, subscribe to our Fans of the Forge YouTube channel and send proof to the @fansoftheforge Instagram account via DM.

The winner will be chosen on April 30th, 2019!

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 It's QUIZ SHOW time! We recently heard ourselves mentioned quite a bit on the Knife Talk Podcast, and they also did a controversial quiz show themselves where Geoff Feder was accused of cheating! GASP!

https://knifetalk.net/unexpected-guests-tackle-footloose

https://knifetalk.net/tv-shows-cheating-relationships

Here's our take on their quiz show! Thanks to Mareko Maumasi and Spicy Mike Kerley for providing the bonus and video daily double questions

Enjoy!

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We got the Forged in Fire Champion from last week's Barbarian Sword episode, Ethan Lee to join us for an interview this week!

We talked about his episode of Forged in Fire, ninja turtles, knife-making and much more! Enjoy!

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For this episode, our smiths were Pinball Wizards! They had to salvage metal from a vintage pinball machine to make a knife. The two finalists then went back to their home forges to recreate the Barbarian Sword of Conan the Barbarian fame.

This was another good one, as season 6 continues with strong episodes!

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