Fans of the Forge

Recently, we were truly surprised by a sudden bump in subscribers. It led us down a rabbit hole of YouTube Algorithms and Analytics as we tried to decode the mystery of the sudden rise of our Tour de Forge video featuring Jason Knight.

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For this episode, smiths were given a plethora of steels to choose from to use for canister/canoe damascus. In the final round, the two remaining smiths have to recreate the Hussar Saber. This was a solid episode.

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The Knife Talk Trifecta is complete! And it's our first international interview!

 We sat down with Craig Lockwood, owner of Chop Knives and creator of Knife Talk Podcast, to talk about knife-making, podcasting, angle grinders, Blade show, and more!

It was a great conversation. Thanks for joining us Craig!

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For this very special Living Room Edition wrap up we talk about Forged in Fire episode 100, where our 4 smiths got to pick from 99 different materials that has been options on the previous 99 episodes of the show! They made choppers, and put them to the test against special anvil shaped ice blocks and burning ropes! On top of this, there was a number of callback clips to previous episodes.

The two finalists had to recreate the O-Katana, and they had to stand up to the bullet test, ballistics dummy kill test, and a bamboo slice cut test.

This was a fitting celebration for 100 episodes.

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We recently chatted with JD Hungerford, the Forged in Fire Champ for Season 5 Episode 28 - The Steel Crossbow! We chatted about his episode, his part in our 1000 IG follower giveaway and much more!

Thanks for chatting with us JD!

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For this episode, our 4 smiths had to recreate the Rough Rider Bowie. 3 of the smiths were outside parameters and had to go into Sudden Death Tests to see who went to Round 2. In round two, they had to add some badass coffin handles to their blades, and in round 3, the remaining smiths had to recreate Washington's Colichemarde. This was a standard but fun episode!

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Andrew K Smith: https://www.instagram.com/andrewksmithknives/

Joshua Nicolaides: https://www.instagram.com/nicolaides_blade_works/

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This one is all about Knight Fight! The History Channel show that currently follows Forged in Fire. It follows combatants in the ACL (Armored Combat League) as they vie for the title of Knight Fight Champion. 

While we will not be doing full wrap ups for these episodes, we do recommend you check them out if you are into weapons and people in armor being bashed by said weapons.

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For this episode, our 4 remaining smiths are back to try and win $20,000! They must recreate the Jambia knife, and then the finalists got their choice of the weapon they wanted to make, after learning what the tests will be. It was a great conclusion to the 2 part episode and we appreciated the change in the formula. 

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Matt Berry 

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David Sowards-Emmerd

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Rae Lynn VanderWeide

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Chris Price

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Aaron Morrison

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Marc Setzer

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Zack Lewis

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For this episode, 7 smiths, yes, 7 smiths showed up and competed on coal forges to make throwing knives. 1 was eliminated during inspection, the next during throwing knife testing. The remaining 5 smiths went home, built their best competition chopper and returned to the forge for testing. The remaining 4 smiths will be back next week to try and win $20,000!

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Matt Berry 

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David Sowards-Emmerd

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Rae Lynn VanderWeide

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Chris Price

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Aaron Morrison

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Marc Setzer

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Zack Lewis

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Chris, Theresa and Sean recently sat down to chat with Geoff Feder of Feder Knives, who is the co-host of Knife Talk Podcast. He makes knives, among other things, based out of Peekskill, NY.

Geoff is an outspoken bladesmith, who went to school for art and sculpture. He works with well renowned chefs, to make custom knives as well as making knives for the common knife user. 

He's got a great personality and style, and we had such a great time talking about how he became a knifemaker, his preferences for materials and methods in knifemaking, his opinions on Forged in Fire and fame, and much more.

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