Episode
Forged in Fire: The Foot Artillery Sword
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Forged in Fire
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2019-07-03
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
The Foot Artillery Sword is Episode 20 in Season 6 of Forged in Fire. It aired on 2019-07-03. The runtime is 42 min.
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