First we need a name...

[MagenDavid]

So I was sitting there with my girlfriend last night while she watched Project Runway. Unfortunately the volume of the TV caused me to hear some of the drama. So in between shots of bourbon to try and purge the memory and rounds of Russian Roulette because the bourbon wasn't working, I had an idea.
An idea for a reality show competition. We need a group of people far less likely to act like dramatic prima donnas. We need knifemakers.
A group of promising young knifemakers are brought together and given new challenges each week. The results are judged by a group of ABS master bladesmiths.
Who else thinks this idea has potential?

 

[Cpl Punishment]

Gives a whole new meaning to "American Choppers"!!

 

[oldschool45]

With all the spin offs from Deadliest Catch, Discovery would probably spring for a pilot season.
Cpl, thanks I'll be laughing at your comment all week.

 

[Wolf_1989]

My knife making skills became obsolete as soon as folks switched over to that newfangled
stuff called bronze

 

[MagenDavid]

Gives a whole new meaning to "American Choppers"!!

I think this as a name already outclassed my whole idea for pure awesome.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

So who does the sheaths, Gehakte Leder?

 

[MagenDavid]

Not during week 6, that challenge is making sheaths.

 

[PayetteRucker]

Not during week 6, that challenge is making sheaths.

It'll be a feature length episode-they'll do a rerun the week before so that they can run ads for the one episode two weeks straight... then of course all rights to the maker's marks, their products, forges and souls will have to be signed over to Discovery Channel, and their knives will cost 499.98 apiece...

 

[Nicholas]

The obvious name would be, "The Cutting Edge."

 

[MagenDavid]

I thought about The Cutting Edge, but that's also a movie about ice skaters. That makes the movie lose some appeal.

 

[BrewCity59]

This is a GREAT idea for a show....How about:

So You Think You Can Forge?

 

[Nicholas]

Or:

Forge Ahead!!!

 

[MagenDavid]

So You Think You Can Forge?

This. Then we can challenge our knifemakers with something like making a blade by stock removal.