Episode
Forged in Fire: The Jian Sword
Overview
Four smiths get thrown into the mix when they must Frankenstein a blade from one knife and combine it with a different weapon’s handle.
Details
- Series
- Forged in Fire
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2019-10-23
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
The Jian Sword is Episode 3 in Season 7 of Forged in Fire. It aired on 2019-10-23. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 2: General Patton's Sabre
In a Forged in Fire first, four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a parameter specific blade shape in just two hours. To add more fuel to the fire, the smiths are unaware of the weapon they’re making and how it will be tested.
Episode 4: The Rock-Throwing Crossbow
Four bladesmiths honor the forge’s legendary power hammer Big Blu by ripping it apart and forging competition choppers.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Sword Of Perseus
The smiths wrestle with steels of varying hardness to try to create a blade that would make the weapons God Hephaestus proud. Two smiths get through the brutal testing and head home to re-create the mythical Sword of Perseus.
Episode 5: Halloween Edition
In this frighteningly special Halloween competition, four smiths shiver to the bone as they salvage steel from the corpses of broken, decaying blades, and turn it into a zombie killer.
Episode 6: The Boa-Zande Sword
Four smiths must know the drill when they’re tasked with forging a canister damascus blade using different sized drill bits.
Episode 7: The Musketeer Rapier
Four smiths are tasked with transforming bits and pieces of old damascus steel into fossil damascus signature blades.
Episode 8: The Tizona of El Cid
Four smiths must face the music when they are tasked with creating San-Mai blades from musical instruments.
Episode 9: Military Tribute
In honor of Veteran's Day, four bladesmiths pay tribute in a special military themed competition, forging their blades from the biggest salvage yet--a panzer tank.
Episode 10: Revolutionary War Spontoon
Four smiths spring into action when they are tasked with creating signature blades from different sized springs.
Episode 11: The Barbarian Spatha
Four smiths must salvage steel from old weapons and combine them using the Hada technique to forge a Pugio - the dagger said to have murdered Julius Caesar.
Episode 12: Family Edition
Two families go head-to-head in an all-out battle not only against another household, but also each other. Loyalties will be put aside as the smiths fight forge welds, the heat, and the clock to make a canister Damascus blade from odd pieces of high carbon steel. After a fierce round of tests, the two remaining competitors return home to recreate the rapier inspired by Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride. Which smith will be there breadwinner and bring honor to their name with the title of Forged in Fire Champion along with the $10,000 prize?
Episode 13: Frankish Throwing Axes
Four smiths get ready for the ultimate showdown when they are tasked with forging a camp knife out of steel harvested from a barbecue. Temperatures run high as they must first figure out what steel is high carbon and what is mild. After their blades are grilled to perfection and have gone through an intense round of testing, only two smiths advance to their home forges to recreate a pair of Frankish Throwing Axes.