Forged in Fire: The Messer Sword SLICE AND DICE (Season 6) | History

John Jeff you gentlemen are entering the final round of this three round competition now we're sending you back to your home Forge to recreate this iconic weapon from history that weapon is the Messer and by knife [Music] it gonna be a challenge good luck bladesmiths we will see you in four days so back at my home Forge and I'm really excited about that but I get four days to make two blades and that's insane I don't have time to do one at a time this is gonna be two irons in the fire and swapping them in and out you know I'd much rather be able to concentrate on one thing but this is forged in fire baby got the blades all forged out one of the parameters for the sword is that it has to have a fuller putting these Fuller's in is probably the most nerve-wracking part and get them too deep get them off centered screwing these Fuller's up could mean they want it starting over tomorrow I'm finally home I'm ready to roll take it once check it twice check it ten times today I want to start with my bye knife so I know how much time I have to work with to make that long Messer blades got to be between here and here this home we don't mess up his links I've managed to forge you out to by knife things are going a lot quicker and I ever expected they would be I'm liking it so I'm gonna start attacking the long vest I've never done anything quite that size come here you big monster it's scaring the bejesus out of me still got my fingers crossed that I've got the length of one I'm ready to quench two quenches twice to work twice to worry yes sir the message sword is up to temperature and it's time to clinch here comes the real test please be hard yes hell yes this is my baby now so let me take care of it today I need to get the messer heat treated if it cracks I don't know that I'm gonna have enough time to make another one that's 18 hours of busting my butt comes up to this right now the only Plan B I can think of is cry [Music] it's called the sigh relief this song gun is great no that worked great starting day 4 and a lot more tired than I was they won I'm getting the parts together for the messer sword I'm doing the final fit and grind on them dual wield the thing just makes you feel like a badass when you're holding I mean I have to chop something with it so to test my messer sword I'd do an antler chop antler is some tough stuff and if it survives it it should survive anything hopefully it doesn't break I'm getting what I want I'm still trying to get it a little sharper for slicing but for chopping man that's freaking awesome alright bleeds miss this is the pig carcass slice and dice I will take your weapon to deliver killing blows on this big carcass John yup first you ready for this let's make some bacon but this is not an easy test to pass this is where I find out did I make a sword or a couple pieces of scrap though oh yeah yes all right John your Messer is sharp it's a little bit forward heavy but the weight lends itself to chop the pig in half now you're by knife razor-sharp those cuts alone we're cutting deeply with every move and overall sir it will kill yes all right Jeff your turn you ready yes sir let's do this all right Jeff your messer beautiful balance it's not forward heavy activity is something I can wield forward same balance on the recovery when I'm pulling back to cut now you're by knife the edge is razor sharp with every cut and stab that it does overall sir your weapons they will keel thanks sir alright gentlemen now to test the strength and durability of your blades I'll be chopping into our log here now remember this is not about what your messes are going to view that log or what that log might do to your Messer's and then I'm gonna take your buy knives and we're gonna do a tip test by driving that tippier blade into that log I John you're up you ready do your worst okay [Music] all right John well let's start with your master your edge still sharp blades still straight true your blades got a lot of weight to it your handle is a little confusing when you're swinging this having that bead right there my hand kind of wants to go all the way up to the guard and having this the well further back sort of pushes my hand a little bit back behind where I'd like it to be as far as your buy knife goes not a mark on it really well done thank you sir all right Jeff your turn you ready yes sir okay I'm gonna start with your Messer what I really like about this blade is the way you balanced it puts all that weight right back in my hand where I want it your knife it's a really pretty piece it's very comfortable in the hand but just a little brittle on the tip but they are both beautiful pieces nicely done thanks sir all right blade Smith's the Rope slice surprise now unlike the strength this is all about what your edge will do to different materials we have out here John you're first you ready for this please do sir do this [Music] all right John we're in the first cup with your buy knife it's a light knife it doesn't cut all the way through it's started to unravel and of course your mess or finish that off on these tubes this cut cleanly all the way through your weapon sir will come thank you alright Jeff it's your turn you ready sir yes sir all right Jeff first up your buy knife despite the fact that just the tip broke off the edge is razor sharp with one cut it cut cleanly through the rope you're a Messer once again the balance just feels so good in the hand it's such an easy weapon to wield and slice overall sir your weapons will cut thank you sir they're gonna be judging both of these weapons not just one the knife broke but the sword performed above and beyond it's anybody's game I think bladesmiths the judges deliberation is complete they've made their final decision our new fortune fire champion is Jeff congratulations you're the new forged in fire champion John unfortunately your blades did not make the cut John while Jeff's by knife's tip broke on the strength test it outperformed yours on the sharpness test a combination of the balance the forward weight and your handle design well that's the reason we're sending you all me John please rid of your blades somebody has to win and I wish it could have been me but I honestly feel that judges made the right decision Jeff's Messer was a work of art and he deserved a win what I loved about this is that it stretched me far beyond but I thought I could do and I did it Jeff congratulations you're the new force of fire champion and that's a title comes with a check for $10,000 how do you feel right now that one dated sir please present your blade to the judges I'm happy I can't even describe my emotions right now forged in fire champion baby bringing it back to Kentucky hell yeah yes you

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Length: 10min 27sec (627 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 12 2019