Forged in Fire

We visit Texarkana, Texas and the Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing, where three of their top smiths will be put through the ultimate test.

We head to Bigfork, Montana to the New Agrarian School where three of their top smiths will be tested like never before.

We head to the heart of North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains to the world-renowned Clay Spencer Blacksmith shop.

We travel to Kalamazoo, Michigan to Combat Ready Art where three of their top smiths will be tested like never before.

On this special "On the Road" edition, we head back to our home forge where four of the nation's top smiths will go head-to-head in one final battle.

Four smiths face an intimidating terrifying challenge: when they must "frankenstein" together discarded pieces of scrap steel to make their blades.

Four smiths get cooking when they are tasked with forging a chef's knife. After a sizzling round of testing performed by a professional chef, only two head back to their home forge to build a brutal hog splitter.

Four smiths spring into action when they must forge signature blades from the metal found in various household items.

In a Forged in Fire twist unlike anything we've ever done before, four teams of expert builders are tasked with making some of the largest and most notorious siege weapons ever seen on the battlefield.

In this special Forged in Fire competition, two previous champions go head to head in a 5-hour forging round making their own signature "can mai" blades for the chance to compete against one of our titans of the forge.

Two previous champions battle it out for the chance to compete against one of our titans of the forge: Gladiator of the Forge Jesse Hu, Superchamp Collin Sage, or our Undefeated Judge Ben Abbott.

After facing off against a fellow champ, only one smith will remain and be tasked with making a M1917 Naval Cutlass, against either Gladiator of the Forge Jesse Hu, Superchamp Collin Sage, or our Undefeated Judge Ben Abbott.

Two previous champions will face off in a grueling 5-hour challenge, making a blade inspired by Hollywood for the chance to duke it out against one of our titans of the forge.

For the first time in years, our top champions will step back into the Forged in Fire arena to face their toughest competition yet: one of our expert judges.

Some of our top Forged in Fire champions head back to the forge to face their toughest competition yet: one of the judges.

Tasked with making the legendary Tizona of El Cid in eight hours, will this former champion be able to vanquish the toughest competition of all and beat a judge?

In this final "Beat the Judges" competition, two former Forged in Fire champions duel it out in a 5-hour round making a pichangatti to earn the right to go head-to-head with one of our formidable judges.

In the first of a three-episode event called the Champion's Cup, three winning smiths return for a shot at forging their name in Forged in Fire history.

In the second of a three-episode event called the Champion's Cup, three smiths return for a chance at becoming a two-time winner and having their name forged in history.

Doug Marcaida, Forged in Fire judge and edged weapons specialist, reveals his secrets of the forge in this special inside look.