Forged in Fired TV show

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gtblade

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Out of town this week and. Noticed on the hotel tv the show Forged in Fire, looks like it's been around for a few years.

Looks pretty cool with some impressive work. Watching them do the heat treat adds a little drama.

Anyone watch the show?
 
Sounds like a hot show. Metal work of some kind?
Edit:- searched the title.... I don't watch any tv anymore. :yawn:
Blade making eh? :)
 
I watch it. It's lots of fun but I would like to see the kind of work the contestants do in their own shops without all the time pressure on them.
 
I've seen a few. I could stand for them to not over dramatise everything. Yes, I understand they do that for TV. I find it just wrecks it for me.

I agree with the Colonel, I would like them to showcase a few pieces of the smith's work while they are interviewing them.
 
I have watched it a lot. It is fun to see. I enjoy seeing the part near the end when they each have to go back to their shops to create a blade. I find it interesting to see how sparse some of their shops are and how they are able to create some really nice blades with very little equipment (in some cases).
 
My buddy Chase Wilder from Wilder Forge is on the next episode on the 4th of Oct! I am pretty stoked :-)
 
I am far more into the tool side of knives than the weapons side. Being the History Channel they are 110% focused on knives as weapons. Sure, they do some cutting and chopping but in the end they are always asking for the contestants to make weapons. If they had episodes in which they competed over who made the best drop point hunter, fillet knife or 10 inch gyoto I would be much more interested. That said, I have still watched every episode and I watch very little TV in general.
 
And I do learn stuff....like when my blade goes into the quench I need to shout "HiiYaa" or something like that amid the flames to be sure that I impart my spirit into the blade.:D
 
I've only seen it a few times, like every episode. And I've met several of the guys that have been on it. Having a BIG Gun and Knife Show near me twice a year, I get to see a lot of interesting blades, and their makers. A lot of these guys have somewhat interesting personalities, as well. I don't find too much to fault in the show, myself. It's TV, after all. And no matter HOW you slice it, waaaaay more entertaining than trying to Keep Up With The LARD-ASS-ians
 
I have been watching it since the beginning.
I gotta admit I liked the first seasons better. They are now going into some obscure weapons for the last part of the episode. Hunga munga?
My 9 year old watches it with me and is always waiting for Doug marcaida to say:
" It will keel"

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It really pissed me off that he kept saying, "this weapon will kill." I mean that's not helping the knife community at all.
 
I have no problem with the weapon aspect of the show. Pretty much every tool we have now has a historical counterpart as a weapon or implement of war. Weapons evolved from need, and people have been using them on each other for eons. Too many people too close together for too long always triggers strife. To deny this is to deny what we are all about. Survival of the fittest. Intelligence over brute strength. Mother Nature saw fit not to give us claws, but the ability to make our own. Violence is the human condition. It used to serve an admirable purpose in nature, had a reason, that being one of population control, and promoted the strongest and smartest. It no longer serves that purpose, violence is now generally mindless and wasteful, and driven by urban decay. It has always been so. Weapons are a fact of nature, since the first primitive bashed some other primitive's head with a rock.

I like knives. I usually use general purpose knives, they can do many things. But I also have knives whose design and execution are single purpose. They are weapons, they're my claws. I appreciate them, and respect them for what they are. Examples of mankind's ability to improve on the works of others, elegantly simple, something sharp with a handle.
 
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