It’s great to see two talented smiths bring their A game in the finals and it is too bad only one bladesmith can win.Ī favorite part of this episode is the strength test when the axes are thrown.Īxes in the episode : finale weapon pair of Viking War Axes I don’t see the point of a leather wrap where the axe is gripped. They performed better and ultimately that is more important. I didn’t actually like the aesthetics of the other set of axes as much. The judge noted that a curve allows the edge to bite in more than a straight edge. But the straight bit, while looking awesome, didn’t perform as well. The low layer Damascus and a long beard for each axe is beautiful. I really like the axes the first smith put together. There might be specialty axes that have a straight edge, but a curve blade is optimal for any use to which I’ve put an axe. Having an axe with a straight bit from heel to toe isn’t ideal for a throwing axe. I guess there's a matter of production times and budget since every smith works on the studio's workshop and can't travel back to their home forges to work on finale weapons.In this special “Viking Edition” of Forged in Fire the finale weapon is a pair of viking war axes. Even though they made a spear one time, they're not going around making Zweihanders or longswords for the finals, like in the US show. The scale of the whole show feels a little smaller though. In all 16 episodes, I think only 2 blades split in half. One thing I noticed is that most of the contestants seemed to have a lot of experience and the quality of the weapons was very consistent in terms of durability and hardness. For this purpose they usually have different automated rigs and stuff.įor the 2nd round, they attach handles and they do a second strength test and a sharpness/Kill test (usually against leather bags fish and things like that, not actual animal corpses or ballistic dummies). They do an actual strength test on every blade, with the "nude" tangs and all.
#WHERE TO WATCH FORGED IN FIRE CRACK#
But they don't eliminate one of the guys just because there's a crack or needs work. At the end of the 1st round, every blade is quenched and evaluated. The format for the episodes is pretty unique as well. There are some added challenges, like no power tools, make damascus steel, etc.
Regarding each episode, they usually have to reproduce a historical weapon. On the second season, they just had a regular 4-man match instead, and Doug Marcaida performed the KEAL test. They even had them taking lunch breaks or going to sleep in the studio which was kinda funny to watch. They had like 20 or 30 hours to make their weapon and the contestants apparently never left the workshop. The Final round in Season 1 pitted the top 2 contestants in a versus match.
They have a Losers round with the 2nd and 3rd places of each group, and the top 2 move on to the Final to compete against the pre-qualified contestants. The 1st place on each group qualifies for the Finals. After their 3 episodes run, they add up their points. At the end of the episode, they are evaluated and get points for their performance (1° gets 100, 2° 50, 3° 25, 4° 0). They make only 1 weapon per episode, divided in 2 rounds. Basically, there are 8 smiths in total, split in 2 different groups. The format is very different from the US version, and they changed some things between Season 1 and Season 2. They fly them to a the studio in Mexico (or perhaps Argentina) and whoever wins the whole thing, i.e., Finals, gets a 10,000 dollars prize. To select the contestants they have a casting all over Latin America (Brazil included) and even Spain. and the 3rd Latin America season was one of the contestants in S7 of the US show (the Ikalaka episode). I believe there's a 3rd season in the works, and even a Brazilian version.
#WHERE TO WATCH FORGED IN FIRE FULL#
I don't know if this is accessible in the US, but you can check the full episodes on this YouTube channel. Not just 25 for the 1st phase + 14 odd minutes for the final round, like in the US version. Since every episode is about 1 weapon, it's 40 minutes of watching how that weapon is made. Also, one of the judges is a Blacksmithing instructor from Argentina who provides a ton of insights on the process. I've watched both seasons of "Desafío Sobre Fuego Latinoamérica" and they're fairly interesting because you get to know the contestants a little better.
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