Episode
Forged in Fire: Blackbeard's Cutlass
Overview
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Details
- Series
- Forged in Fire
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 2019-09-04
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Blackbeard's Cutlass is Episode 28 in Season 6 of Forged in Fire. It aired on 2019-09-04. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 27: The Bhuj
A quartet of bladesmiths are tasked with making canister damascus using barbershop tools, but before the knife making can begin, they must harvest their cans from an old barber's chair.
Episode 29: Kung Fu Edition
In this special kung fu competition, four bladesmiths square off in the Forged in Fire dojo where they must make a matching set of three kunai throwing knives. Only true smithing masters will be able to create three completely identical knives in a short three hours. Each smith has their own strategy of attack, but only two make it through and head back to their home forges, where they are tasked to recreate the legendary 9-Ringed Broadsword. Which smith has the chops to defeat the competition, earning the title Forged in Fire Champion, and a check for $10,000?
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Episode 24: The Boar Sword
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Episode 23: The Cane Sword
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Episode 20: The Foot Artillery Sword
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Episode 19: The Ram Dao
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Bladesmiths face challenges when they forge a canister Damascus blade from three different steels using three separate cans; two finalists head back to their home forges to re-create two of history's most reliable hunting weapons.