Name: Napoleon's Saber
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Four smiths are tasked with forging signature blades by salvaging materials from a go-kart; the two remaining competitors have just four days to recreate the sword favored by Genghis Khan.

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In this kung fu competition, four bladesmiths square off in the dojo, where they make a matching set of three kunai throwing knives; two head back to their home forges, where they are tasked with re-creating the legendary 9-ringed broadsword.

Kung Fu Edition

It's anchors aweigh, as four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a pirate's boarding axe from a treasure chest; two return to their home forges to re-create the legendary weapon carried by history's most notorious pirate.

Blackbeard's Cutlass

Bladesmiths are tasked with making canister damascus; they harvest their cans from an old barber's chair. The remaining two competitors head back to their home forges to recreate a weapon that's as fierce as it is fine: the Bhuj.

The Bhuj

Four bladesmiths must start at the bottom when they are tasked with creating ladder pattern damascus knives from a real ladder; the remaining two smiths head home to re-create a battle sword.

Napoleon's Saber

The odds are stacked against four bladesmiths when they each forge a chopper in a distinct Damascus pattern; two smiths return home to re-create one of the most widely used and dangerous medieval weapons, the falchion.

The Falchion

Four bladesmiths must scavenge a construction site to salvage their own knife-making materials; after a critical error sends one competitor home, the three remaining bladesmiths move on.

The Boar Sword

Four bladesmiths are given a special assignment when they are tasked with forging Doug Marcaida's favorite blade, the Karambit; Two bladesmiths return home to re-create a weapon that's both deadly and debonair: The Cane Sword.

The Cane Sword

It's a battle royale for four bladesmiths when they are tasked with forging signature blades with an integral knuckle duster from a steel cage and barbed wire; Two bladesmiths must recreate one of Scotland's most famous and feared weapons.

The Lochaber Axe

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.

Astronaut Knife

Bladesmiths are tasked with forging blades from old toys using the san mai technique; two smiths return to their home forges to re-create an iconic American blade: the M1832 foot artillery sword.

The Foot Artillery Sword

Four bladesmiths are dispatched to the snowy winter tundra to forge a kukri with steel harvested from an old snowmobile; provided with no power tools, the smiths must fight to forge their blades with just hand tools and the dreaded coal forge.

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Master bladesmiths are challenged to re-create some of history's most iconic edged weapons, then a panel of judges tests the weaponry and decides who is the "Forged in Fire" champion.

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