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Four bladesmiths take an ordinary garden lawnmower and use its metal to create one of their signature blades; two will make it to the final round during which they must forge a Tabar, a battle-ax from Southern Asia.

Forged in Fire

Tabar

The bladesmiths must create a weapon in their signature style from a large pile of mixed metal that is welded together; two return home to forge the mysterious Khanda.

Khanda

The bladesmiths must turn failed blades from last season into fully-functional weapons; two bladesmiths go home with just five days to forge the legendary Cutlass Sword.

The Cutlass

Four bladesmiths are challenged with taking high carbon steel and wrought iron and forging a fully functional weapon; two will move on to the final round where they'll have just five days to make the Ethiopian Shotel.

The Shotel

The bladesmiths are tasked with the challenge of shaping four very different types of metal into a fully functional deadly weapon; two will have just five days to make one of the most lethal weapons in military history, the Nepalese Kukri.

Nepalese Kukri

In a race against time, four bladesmiths have to salvage material from a car and forge a blade; two will make it to the final round where they will have just five days to create a Viking sword.

Viking Sword

The blade smiths are asked to forge three or more metals into a blade of their signature style; two move on to the final round returning home to make a legendary spiked shield; only one emerges to be crowned the Forged in Fire Champion.

Spiked Shield

Four blade smiths face grueling challenges when the electricity and power tools are taken away from them; only two will survive and move on to the final round where they'll have just five days to create the iconic Scottish Claymore.

The Scottish Claymore

The bladesmiths are given a twisted challenge when they are asked to create a weapon from cable steel; after two rounds only two are left to return home and forge an Egyptian Khopesh.

Khopesh

The bladesmiths have to choose wisely as they are asked to dumpster dive for the right steel to be turned into a hardened blade of their choosing; after five days at their home forges, the smiths return their war hammers in hand.

The War Hammer

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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.

S2 E8 | The Cutlass