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Forged In Fire

Any and all knives or other edged things. Special preference for BUCK knives
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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:07 pm

OK, another one I never heard of .... a Haladie .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haladie .... I enjoyed seen the "Old Guy" come out on top

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Post by PMC » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:29 pm

He was old school, slow and steady.

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Post by RanchRoper » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:50 am

It's amazing how much the balance affects the end product. Some look really nice but when they test them, they don't handle very well.
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Re: Forged In Fire

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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:43 pm

RanchRoper wrote:It's amazing how much the balance affects the end product. Some look really nice but when they test them, they don't handle very well.
agree .... I find it to be really interesting to see how they shape red hot metal

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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:09 pm

2017 Forged In Fire season premier 9PM Eastern tonight on the History Channel

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Post by JEBar » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:31 am

to kick off the new season, last night they had back to back new shows .... I enjoyed both of them

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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:07 pm

in tonight's episode to qualify for the finals the contestants have to make 2 push knives .... the finalists will then have to make a Katzbalger ... :P

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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:02 pm

good show tonight .... finally a blade I've heard of, a Calvary Sword .... it was interesting to watch the bladesmiths forge them

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Re: Forged In Fire

Post by JEBar » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:50 pm

in tonight's show they had to forge a Karambit in order to get into the finals .... yep, another blade I've never heard of .... http://www.karambit.com/karambit-knife-overview-basics/.... then the finalists had to make a Makraka .... well, at least I'd seen one of these but sure had no clue about matching a name to the shape .... http://deadliestwarrior.wikia.com/wiki/Makraka.... good show, I enjoyed it

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