8.1/1020 votes#1 - Long Road to Redemption (1)
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2019
Seven competitors return to the forge for a second chance at glory and redemption; they'll have to create four different weapons and survive four rounds of testing; the smiths begin outside using the dreaded coal forge.
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8.3/1016 votes#2 - Long Road to Redemption (2)
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2019
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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8.0/1013 votes#3 - Washington's Colichemarde
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2019
Four bladesmiths honor American presidents by forging a replica of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Rider Bowie; the remaining two smiths move on to their home forge to re-create George Washington's colichemarde.
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8.2/1017 votes#4 - The O-Katana
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2019
For the 100th episode, four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a chopper and must choose from a mammoth pile of metals and materials from all previous 99 episodes; the two finalists head home to re-create the O-Katana.
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7.8/1014 votes#5 - The Hussar Saber
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2019
Four smiths must use the canister method to forge a signature blade, but welding failures and abandoned canisters leave some of the competitors scrambling; two smiths return to their home forges to create the Austro-Hungarian Hussar Saber.
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8.8/1013 votes#6 - Barbarian Sword
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2019
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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8.0/1013 votes#7 - The Javanese Kris
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2019
Four bladesmiths must forge friction folders from a rusty pickup truck; the two smiths left standing head back to their home forges to re-create an exotic weapon wielded by ancient Southeast Asian warriors: the Javanese Kris.
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7.2/1012 votes#8 - General Yamashita's Gunto
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 4/24/2019
Four bladesmiths are tasked with re-creating the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife by combining three sizes of W1 round stock; two smiths must forge Japanese Gen. Yamashita's gunto.
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7.9/1012 votes#9 - The Greek Kopis
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 5/1/2019
Four bladesmiths must forge signature blades from different sizes of spring steel. Competitors toil with the canister Damascus technique with varying degrees of success, and one smith sets a “Forged in Fire” record. Two smiths survive an intense round of testing and return home to recreate a legendary weapon: the Greek Kopis.
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8.6/1019 votes#10 - Branch Battle: Army
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 5/8/2019
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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7.8/1015 votes#11 - Branch Battle: Air Force
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2019
In Round 2, four airmen from the U.S. Air Force must forge a bolo knife using the san mai technique to combine high carbon steel with helicopter parts; two smiths return home to forge an Air Force NCO sword.
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8.7/1013 votes#12 - Branch Battle: Marines
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2019
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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7.8/1014 votes#13 - Branch Battle: Navy
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/2019
Four U.S.Navy officers must forge a multipurpose naval Mark 3 dive knife with metal from a giant anchor chain; two sailors return home to re-create the intricate and iconic naval officer’s sword.
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9.2/1019 votes#14 - Branch Battle: Finals
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 5/22/2019
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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8.3/1011 votes#15 - The Nagamaki
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 5/29/2019
Four bladesmiths are in for a workout when they are tasked with forging signature blades from gym equipment. The competitors flex their skills, battling forge welding failures and warps. After a severe round of testing, the two remaining smiths have only four days in their home forges to recreate one of Japan’s deadliest swords: the Nagamaki. Who will master every detail of this giant weapon and emerge as the Forged in Fire Champion, earning the $10,000 prize?
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8.7/1010 votes#16 - Attila's Sword of Mars
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 6/5/2019
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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8.2/108 votes#17 - The Partizan
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 6/12/2019
Four bladesmiths must dismantle a forge and use that steel to construct a blade.
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8.8/109 votes#18 - The Messer Sword
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 6/19/2019
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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8.3/1010 votes#19 - The Ram Dao
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 6/26/2019
Four bladesmiths are dispatched to the snowy winter tundra to forge a kukri with steel harvested from an old snowmobile; provided with no power tools, the smiths must fight to forge their blades with just hand tools and the dreaded coal forge.
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8.0/1011 votes#20 - The Foot Artillery Sword
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 7/3/2019
The bladesmiths need to forge blades using the san mai technique; After the elimination round, two smiths are left to recreate the M1832 Foot Artillery Sword.
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7.8/1011 votes#21 - Astronaut Knife
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 7/17/2019
On the 50th anniversary of the first steps on the moon, bladesmiths compete to re-create a space-age M-1 NASA survival knife out of ball bearings; only bladesmiths with NASA-worthy engineered blades will to return home and construct a spiked mace.
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8.1/109 votes#22 - The Lochaber Axe
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 7/24/2019
t's a battle royale for four bladesmiths when they are tasked with forging signature blades with an integral knuckle duster from a steel cage and barbed wire; Two bladesmiths must recreate one of Scotland's most famous and feared weapons.
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7.7/109 votes#23 - The Cane Sword
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 7/31/2019
Four bladesmiths are given a special assignment when they are tasked with forging Doug Marcaida's favorite blade, the Karambit; Two bladesmiths return home to re-create a weapon that's both deadly and debonair: The Cane Sword.
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7.9/107 votes#24 - The Boar Sword
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 8/7/2019
Four bladesmiths must scavenge a construction site to salvage their own knife-making materials; after a critical error sends one competitor home, the three remaining bladesmiths move on.
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8.7/109 votes#25 - The Falchion
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 8/14/2019
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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The Best Episodes of Forged in Fire Season 6
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Long Road to Redemption (1)" is the best rated episode of "Forged in Fire" season 6. It scored 8.1/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/2019. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Long Road to Redemption (2)".