Four custom knife makers compete to make the best usable knife through a series of challenges.
Cast: Wil Willis, J. Neilson, David Lain Baker, Doug Marcaida
Four smiths face an enormous challenge when they must salvage steel from five tons of junk; two smiths head to their home forges to build the longest weapon in the show's history, a nine-foot Friauler Spiess.
The Gladiators Of The Forge: A Champion's Quest
Four bladesmiths must forge a knife out of thin sheet metal; two smiths move on to re-create a serrated Indian sabre; judge Dave Baker revisits five of the most intense championship rounds featuring the top blades of Africa to come out of the forge.
Four smiths must forge signature blades from W-1 steel without the aid of any electricity (i.e., in candlelight during a "blackout"). The two finalists return to their home forges to recreate the blunt-tipped Sword of Mercy, the English blade still used today for coronations.
Four smiths have to create a knife from the most mangled mess of a vehicle ever seen on the forge floor; the two surviving smiths return to their home forges to re-create a matched set of curved katars.