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The Best Episodes of Forged in Fire

Competitors re-create weapons from historical periods ranging from Japanese katanas to medieval broadswords to ancient throwing blades. Each entry is judged on its artistry as...
  1. Background image for Glaive Guisarme
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Glaive Guisarme

    S5:E17

    Four blade smiths must forge a Marine K-Bar all-purpose knife from multiple small blocks of steel. Ultimately, two smiths manage to reach the final round where they must recreate the iconic Glaive Guisarme polearm.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Pioneer Sword
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Pioneer Sword

    S5:E18

    Four smiths must forge a multipurpose weapon from old rescue tools; after narrowly escaping elimination, two smiths head back to their home forges to recreate a unique utilitarian tool, the Russian Pioneer Sword.

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Smallsword
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Smallsword

    S5:E20

    Four bladesmiths are tasked with forging friction folders from a huge steel coil; in the final round, the two remaining smiths head back to their home forges to create a blade that requires both precision and detail: the French smallsword.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Qinglong Ji
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Qinglong Ji

    S5:E26

    Four bladesmiths take a shot at forging a signature blade from the steel rings of a whiskey barrel. They must quickly adapt when they realize there may not be enough hardenable steel to go around. After an intense round of testing, the final two smiths head home to forge an instrument of Chinese warfare: the qinglong ji.

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Landsknecht Sword
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Landsknecht Sword

    S5:E29

    Four bladesmiths must craft a signature blade from a massive piece of elevator cable; the final two competitors return home to re-create a sword wielded by some of history's fiercest soldiers: the Two-Handed Landsknecht Sword.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Bardiche
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Bardiche

    S5:E37

    Four bladesmiths must build coal forges using materials scavenged from a storage unit and forge signature blades without any power tools; the remaining two smiths return home to recreate a bardiche, a brutal European pole axe.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Branch Battle: Finals
    9.2/10(19 votes)

    #7 - Branch Battle: Finals

    S6:E14

    Master bladesmiths are challenged to re-create some of history’s most iconic edged weapons, then a panel of judges tests the weaponry and decides who is the “Forged in Fire” champion.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Karabela
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - The Karabela

    S5:E7

    Four bladesmiths must kick their skills into gear when they’re tasked with forging blades out of steel from a chain and a sprocket, but only two will secure a spot in the final round, where they have five days to forge the iconic karabela saber.

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  10. Background image for The Zande Spear
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Zande Spear

    S5:E8

    Four blade smiths find the devil is in the details when they must combine two or more steels to forge J. Nielson's favorite blade, a Damascus European dagger. In a challenge where symmetry and precision can make or break a blade, two smiths produce knives that survive J.'s merciless tests. In the final round, they have five days to forge a fearsome pole weapon–the Zande Spear.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Steel Takedown Bow
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Steel Takedown Bow

    S5:E36

    Four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a Crusader's dagger from a thick rod of W1 steel; the final two smiths must create Robin Hood's steel takedown bow.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Massive Maguro Bocho
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #11 - The Massive Maguro Bocho

    S8:E8

    Four bladesmiths get cooking when they are tasked with forging a cleaver using only the steel from meat hooks. After two rounds of slicing and dicing, two smiths head back to their home forges to create the Maguro Bocho, a massive tuna knife.

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  13. Background image for Barbarian Sword
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Barbarian Sword

    S6:E6

    Four bladesmiths must forge a blade using steel harvested from a vintage pinball machine; two smiths advance and return home to build a weapon rooted in savagery: the Barbarian Sword.

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  14. Background image for The Messer Sword
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #13 - The Messer Sword

    S6:E18

    Bladesmiths face challenges when they forge a canister Damascus blade from three different steels using three separate cans; two finalists head back to their home forges to re-create two of history's most reliable hunting weapons.

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  15. Background image for International Championship / The Spadroon
    8.7/10(29 votes)

    #14 - International Championship / The Spadroon

    S4:E19

    Four of the top smiths from around the world compete in an international championship; two smiths return home empty handed, while two go on to recreate the Spadroon, a weapon that transcends borders, in their efforts to bring home the title.

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  16. Background image for Knights Templar
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    #15 - Knights Templar

    S4:E22

    Four brave smiths are thrown for a loop when they must forge together rusty chain mail and high quality steel to produce Knights Templar Crusader Daggers in Round 1.

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  17. Background image for Viking Edition
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #16 - Viking Edition

    S4:E23

    Four brave competitors march into a dry moat where they must resurrect old swords and forge them into a Viking Seax, using the time-tested coal forge. With hammers in full swing and multiple obstacles in their path, the smiths exhaust every ounce of their strength to produce weapons fit to withstand any test imaginable. In the final challenge, the remaining two smiths voyage home to recreate a pair of deadly Viking War Axes in their final fight for the coveted title of Forged In Fire champion.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Branch Battle: Marines
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Branch Battle: Marines

    S6:E12

    In the third round of the Battle of the Branches, four Marines are tasked with forging the KA-BAR. As an additional challenge, these smiths must adapt and overcome to forge together metals from a massive anchor using the San Mai technique. After a punishing round of testing, the two surviving smiths return home to forge the Marine Corps Officers Sword.

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  19. Background image for Attila's Sword of Mars
    8.7/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Attila's Sword of Mars

    S6:E16

    Four bladesmiths are tasked with forging fantasy blades from a meteorite, battling difficult forge welds they create their one of a kind blades. The final two head to their home forges to re-create a legendary weapon: Attila the Hun's Sword of Mars.

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  20. Background image for The Falchion
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #19 - The Falchion

    S6:E25

    The odds are stacked against four bladesmiths when they each forge a chopper in a distinct Damascus pattern; two smiths return home to re-create one of the most widely used and dangerous medieval weapons, the falchion.

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  21. Background image for The Bhuj
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #20 - The Bhuj

    S6:E27

    A quartet of bladesmiths are tasked with making canister damascus using barbershop tools, but before the knife making can begin, they must harvest their cans from an old barber's chair.

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  22. Background image for Judges' Home Forge Battle
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Judges' Home Forge Battle

    S8:E7

    For the first time, Judges Ben Abbott, J. Neilson and David Baker are thrown into the fire for a grueling home forge battle against each other. Given two weeks, each judge will construct a blade unlike anything they've made before, all while filming the process themselves. With bragging rights on the table, will the judges' work hold up to their own critical eyes and survive testing or will a mistake get the best of them?

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  23. Background image for Casino Challenge
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Casino Challenge

    S8:E21

    The stakes are high when the forge floor is transformed into the Forged in Fire Casino. Four smiths must leave it all up to chance and allow the Wheel of Forging to determine their challenge in this competition. After the smiths press their luck in a brutal round of testing, two smiths risk it all one more time att he wheel to determine their final weapon. Two smiths will leave it all out on the floor but only one will hit it big as Forged in Fire Champion, taking home a jackpot of $10,000!

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  24. Background image for Branch Battle: Army
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    #23 - Branch Battle: Army

    S6:E10

    In a special five-part competition, top bladesmiths from each branch of the U.S. military compete to earn a spot representing their branch in a battle; four U.S. Army soldiers must forge a special forces V-42 stiletto; two smiths are dispatched to their home forges to build a U.S. Army officer’s sword.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Tabar-Shishpar
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Tabar-Shishpar

    S4:E20

    Smiths are asked to forge blades from pipe wrenches; two competitors advance to the final round during which they must recreate a rare axe-mace hybrid known as the Tabar-Shishpar.

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  26. Background image for Long Road to Redemption (2)
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Long Road to Redemption (2)

    S6:E2

    In the second half of the Road to Redemption competition four former smiths remain, each competing for a second chance to become a Forged in Fire Champion. For the first time ever, the two finalists must choose their weapon which they will create at their home forges. Which smith has the knowledge, skills, and craftsmanship to outlast the others, win $20,000, and earn the most elusive prize of all: redemption?

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Best Episodes Summary

"Glaive Guisarme" is the best rated episode of "Forged in Fire". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/26/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pioneer Sword".