Forged In Fire

[JEBar]

has anyone followed the Forged In Fire ===> http://www.history.com/shows/forged-in- ... 05020217:s <=== on the History Channel .... their new season starts on Jan 10 at 10PM eastern .... granted there is some drama involved but its really interesting watching the contestants forge various types of contemporary and historic blades, axes, spear points and such .... the process for producing Damascus steel is fascinating

[Les]

I've watched the past couple of series, but the new one hasn't screened here yet. It's really interesting to see the contestants turning various lumps of metal into functional weapons. It's definitely one of my favourite shows.

[RanchRoper]

Great show. I love it. Who doesn't like great big knives?

[RetiredSeabee]

I saw it for the first time the other night after Vikings. It was definitely better than watching Cupcake Wars.

[PMC]

I love watching it.

[daytime dave]

Momma taped it because it looked interesting to her. She showed it to me last night and we watched it. They made a Viking sword at the end. One guys was good and one was horrible. The knives they made before that were neat.

[JEBar]

that wasn't a bad show but it was far from their best .... the range of edged weapons that the finalists have had to make in past seasons has covered the world .... some I'd never even heard of ... most of the bladesmiths on the show are very talented

[JEBar]

starting at 4PM Eastern today (1-7-17) is running 3 hours of Forged In Fire reruns ... they are making a Nepalese Kuri, a Moro Kris, and Khanda .... OK, I admit that if I hadn't of already seen these episodes .... I will be watching them again

[JEBar]

in tonight's episode they brought back 4 prior champions .... they had to make Pata (sword) .... I'd never heard of such a thing .. .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_%28sword%29 .... good show

[JEBar]

tonight's challenge was making a "Naginata"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naginata

per Spock, Fascinating

[JEBar]

OK, another one I never heard of .... a Haladie .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haladie .... I enjoyed seen the "Old Guy" come out on top

[PMC]

He was old school, slow and steady.

[RanchRoper]

It's amazing how much the balance affects the end product. Some look really nice but when they test them, they don't handle very well.

[Sir Henry]

I watch very little TV unless it involved a baseball or football.

[JEBar]

It's amazing how much the balance affects the end product. Some look really nice but when they test them, they don't handle very well.

agree .... I find it to be really interesting to see how they shape red hot metal

[JEBar]

2017 Forged In Fire season premier 9PM Eastern tonight on the History Channel

[JEBar]

to kick off the new season, last night they had back to back new shows .... I enjoyed both of them

[JEBar]

in tonight's episode to qualify for the finals the contestants have to make 2 push knives .... the finalists will then have to make a Katzbalger ...

[JEBar]

good show tonight .... finally a blade I've heard of, a Calvary Sword .... it was interesting to watch the bladesmiths forge them

[JEBar]

in tonight's show they had to forge a Karambit in order to get into the finals .... yep, another blade I've never heard of .... http://www.karambit.com/karambit-knife-overview-basics/.... then the finalists had to make a Makraka .... well, at least I'd seen one of these but sure had no clue about matching a name to the shape .... http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Makraka.... good show, I enjoyed it