my biggest question is since they give him the steel to make the first blade, and they have to surrender it when they leave, do they get to keep the blade they made for the final showdown? since the smith supplies everything
... They did allow tempering off the clock in between rounds...
He said he'll do one especially for INGO, but has a NDA, so he has to careful in what he says. So stay tuned.
I was hoping for a report...
I get asked about three to five times a week if Ive seen the show. When I say that I haven't, whoever it is tells me I absolutely must watch it. For this reason alone I will never watch it.
i think the ultimate forged in fire competitors would be
1 jay nielson
2 Jason knight
3 david baker
4 ben abbot
all are blade smiths, all can make knives, one has won on the show twice, and the other 3 sit and pass judgement on the other makers, lets see what they can do in 6 hours!
since we know what ben abbot is capable of, we can change him out with a first round looser, someone who had no chance of making it to the second round
keep doug marcaida as a judge, and if ben abbot isn't a competitor, he's the second judge, and as a surprise judge, it's either a random winner for a past show, OR wil willis! I think he's seen enough to be a fair judge, he knows what they're looking for in a quality blade. or they could have 2 judges for the first round, and the one they don't pick becomes the 3 judge for round 2 and the home forging
the 10 thousand dollars for the winner would be donated to a charity of the winners choice.
I know it'll never happen, but that episode would be on my dvr forever!, but I think it'd be a pretty good show don't you?
I get asked about three to five times a week if Ive seen the show. When I say that I haven't, whoever it is tells me I absolutely must watch it. For this reason alone I will never watch it.
Wouldn't mind taking a blacksmithing class from that Nagel guy, though, just to see what it's like. I could probably find someone more local or go down and visit Gamez down in SC and take a class from him (he used to be on here a lot and now blacksmiths for a living).
I'd love to see Ilya Alekseyev compete on Forged in Fire. I've watched every video he's done on Man at Arms: Reforged. That guy is amazing to watch.