MASSIVE MALFUNCTION During Blade Test! | Forged in Fire (Season 8)

I'm Travis Roby I'm 50 years old I'm a truck driver by day and played Smith by night I love blade Smith and because I can go out to the garage and I get in the zone just focus on what I'm doing it's nice to see something that you create come out of the steel and last forever my name is Cameron LaFrance I am 20 years old from Warner Robins Georgia I got into Metal Works thanks to my father he early on was saying I'd be a welder or someone who plays with fire it's really what sparked no pun intended my drive for working with metal and Fire my name is Mike Powell I'm from Hastings Florida I make blades as often as I can usually a couple hours in the morning before work and then as much time as my wife will let me on the weekend she sacrifices a lot of art one-on-one time for me to be in my shop making blades if I win the 10K I'm going to get my wife something nice that we can enjoy together voice Miss welcome to the forge you guys see we've got a bunch of different Tools in here and I want you to each use at least two of them to Source your steel for your blades we've got hammers we've got chainsaws we've got band saws monkey wrenches you name it with whatever tools you guys choose I want you each to create a pry bar knife which means one end needs to be wedged and work as a functioning pry bar you need to be set up for a Full Tang and we want to have a blade that measured between 11 and 13 inches keep your eyes on the clock do your absolute best work you will only have three hours in round one of the competition and that time starts now right off the bat my game plan is to get a hold of those bandsaw blades I know I want to make a canister and I don't want to try to put any thick heavy tool steel or the Hammers or any of those bits into the can I wanted that thin material that I could get in there with that powder first thing is get white out in that can and let that white out start drying so that I know my can is going to separate I absolutely have no intention on leaving that on there so I'm looking at the steel and it's some good some bad but I see the bandsaw blades and the hand saw I know for a fact that that's harmable Steel I looked over at the crate and I see some pipe wrenches so I decided to switch over to the pipe jaws and using the leftover of that hand saw I plan to do a layered Damascus Billet you want to go ahead and put the band saw blades in the center core where my Edge is going to be make sure I got more than enough for this blade as I'm looking to see what's left I decided to go with the handsaw and files and make a canister Damascus I'm going to take it casual and that's my plan just slow and easy have to get this can off of this Billet so I take it over to the chop saw and I'm going to cut the ends off so I can actually see the seams let's see here I find the seams luckily this thing actually starts peeling I've got enough of this can off that I think I can take this thing to the grinder now and grind what's left off of there yes it's in the Forge I'm thinking man if I put it in a press I can see it separate a little bit maybe I can get the press to help me I think he got some of it peeled so for my design I want something that's going to have a nice strong spine I need the edge on the tip for prying and something that's not too thin for chopping so I cut the tip off I'm starting to foraging the bevels it's got an angle so that you can wedge in and pry with it so I get on my ruler and I'm measuring my blade up and as I'm looking at it I'm like maybe an inch and a half short I'm in trouble I've got to stretch this thing out so the hammer I'm using I brought it's called a flatter and it keeps things flat instead of running over to the post place you give it a couple whacks I've used it time and time and again at home and it works fantastic before quench I'm at 11 and a quarter not a lot of room but it's there I'm gonna get this blade quenched I like the sound of that I'll take this thing to the grinder I'm gonna get as much done as I can before that clock at zero I got my blade to length and I got my handle sorted out enough and so I get ready for my quench nope as I'm trying to skate the file I feel a digging so I go in for a second glitch I got a lot of voices in my head that tell me not to do this but I've got to get a hard blade [Music] it's not skating third time's the charm oh boy that's bad I'm starting to think did I choose the right steel against better judgment go for a third quench and this time it skates a little better than before that's just gonna have to work the judges won a pry bar knife so I'm going for a Cleaver type blade or the flat end on that 90 degree corner and I'll be good if I get it up to temperature I get into quench I don't hear any cracks I don't hear any pings I'm good bye five three two two machines put down your tools round one is over well guys congratulations the three of you are moving forward into round two of our competition where you'll fix any issues you guys have with your blades and add handles turning into fully functioning knives now unfortunately for you guys other than pin stock the pantry is off limits but the good news is somebody left me a chainsaw oh all right gentlemen this log here is the only material you guys have available you guys have two hours in round two to complete your handles and that time starts now first thing in round two that I'm gonna do is get my handle scales established so I take my chisel and start beating the ever living crap in the center of the log finally pop finally my plan is to split the wood as much as I can without having to grind too much you know it's whistle to break off the pizza that he has they look like pretty good little scales already I've got my scales cut I'm trying to drill these holes I'm still having no luck at this press doesn't want to cut it all it's not a [ __ ] man I don't want to mess around with this thing so I'm like well I'll sharpen this bit I do it at home all the time I get back to the Press the bit cuts right through like butter no problem Hallelujah problem solved just like that now that I got both my scales I'm going to fit up my handle I'm praying it with each tap that it does not crack one thing done time for the next so I put the epoxy in the first scale I'm lined up and I pick up the other scale and automatically I grab it swipe with some epoxy oh crap I'm on the wrong side oh this could be all bad I take everything to the grinder and I just cleaned it up the glue is off the handle and now I'm just going to put this thing back together and get it together right I'm looking a bit delamination right at the end of the tip and I know that it's going to be tight I can't grind too much I have less than a half inch room I cannot go below parameters I have got to get this blade just right get rid of that I refuse to go home on parameters five four three two Bulls round two is officially over bladesmiths Welcome to our strength test our ladder pry and Shop I'm going to take your blades drive them under these metal plates and try to pry them off then after that I might just beat the hell out of the ladder for a while how's that sound absolutely don't act so thrilled remember you signed up for this Mike you're up first you ready to go absolutely let's do it all right let's go I'm like you survived good job biggest problem I had though is this tip it didn't come to a like a chisel point or anything like that so it's harder to drive it under that plate handles a little lean but it's not uncomfortable and everything's still together and tight good job thank you Cameron oh I'm sorry I'm sorry I thought you'd like dead in my eyes it scared the crap out of me I'm sorry foreign [Music] Cameron you survived good job this isn't ground down to a zero Edge or even close so it was a little trouble driving it in but once I got it under there that plate popped right off no problem your Edge is still good good work thank you very much your turn buddy he looks thrilled not good okay Travis you never know what's going to happen these competitions that was the last thing I expected your blade held up great no problem there but your handle scales came off you can see that the male threads aren't even coming about halfway through you might have a thread holding each one that's about it and that's why your handle came apart Travis you were able to fix the issues with the blade after round one but unfortunately your handles fell off during the testing phase and unfortunately that makes the tool no longer testable and for that reason we're gonna have to ask you please leave the forge good fight I'm disappointed in myself I should have known better I'll just go home and get back to the forge and keep on doing what I love to do I made it this far I made a solid blade I'm happy I'll be all right

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Id: 4NAhMO1gPsM

Length: 11min 44sec (704 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 13 2023