Episode
Forged in Fire: Astronaut Knife
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Forged in Fire
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2019-07-17
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Astronaut Knife is Episode 21 in Season 6 of Forged in Fire. It aired on 2019-07-17. The runtime is 42 min.
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