Forged in Fire: Cutting Deeper

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  • Premiered: Sep 2016
  • Episodes: 71
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Season 2
2x1
Deer Horn Knives
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 18, 2017
Four bladesmiths tee up for a never-before seen challenge, harvesting steel from a vintage golf club to forge signature blades; in the final round, the remaining smiths must forge a pair of iconic double bladed weapons; enhanced.
2x2
Cavalry Saber
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 23, 2017
Four bladesmiths must transform the barrel of a gun into a lethal knife; after a round of testing, the final two smiths return home where they have five days to forge one of the most legendary blades in combat history, the cavalry saber; enhanced.
2x3
The Katzbalger
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 2017
The competitors must forge two blades in the first round, pushing them to their limits and leading to a hospital trip; after the second round, the two remaining smiths have five days to create a 15th-century combat sword, the Katzbalger; enhanced.
2x4
Judges Pick
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 2017
The judges pick past bladesmiths to represent them; first, the smiths must use steel from N.Y.C. streets to forge signature blades; in the final round, the competitors have five days to forge a sword that originated in West Africa, the Ida; enhanced.
2x5
Makraka
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 2017
Facing a new twist in the first round, four bladesmiths must forge a karambit, a curved knife that resembles a claw; the final two competitors have five days to forge one of the deadliest weapons in African history, the makraka; enhanced.
2x6
Fans' Choice
Episode overview
Air date
May 09, 2017
Chosen by fans, four bladesmiths return for a second shot at victory; the smiths must use their best forging techniques to make a signature blade using barbed wire; the final two smiths craft a Filipino weapon of war, the Panabas; enhanced.
2x7
Judges' Picks Night
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 2017
The judges pick the best "Forged in Fire" weapons produced thus far on the series.
2x8
Akrafena
Episode overview
Air date
May 16, 2017
Smiths are tasked with forging a Kukri, the signature blade of master smith and judge, Jason Knight; after two rounds of mishaps and mischief, two smiths forge ahead in the final challenge to reproduce a distinctive African sword, the Akrafena.
2x9
Fan Choices Night
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 2017
Fans pick the best "Forged in Fire" weapons produced thus far on the series.
2x10
Talwar
Episode overview
Air date
May 23, 2017
Smiths are tasked with using mystery steel to forge a blade; the smiths fight to the finish amidst injuries and setbacks, but only two make it to the final round; the finalists have five days to recreate the sacred but lethal Talwar sword; enhanced.
2x11
Fan Favorites Night
Episode overview
Air date
May 25, 2017
Fans choose their favorite moments from the series, "Forged in Fire."
2x12
The Cinquedea
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 06, 2017
Four bladesmiths must utilize questionable steel from mining tools to forge blades in their signature styles; ultimately, two smiths survive to forge an intricately designed and deadly Italian sword, the Cinquedea; enchanced; updated.
2x13
Zulu Iklwa; The Boar Spear Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 2017
Four bladesmiths must use the steel from a suit of armor to create signature blades; after a tense round, only two move on to create a weapon historically used for both combat and hunting -- the boar spear; enhanced; updated.
2x14
The Charay
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 13, 2017
The competitors must demonstrate edged-weapon mastery when they are tasked with turning salvaged junkyard steel into weapons; two smiths forge ahead to the final round to recreate the legendary Charay sword; enhanced.
2x15
Sword Breaker Redemption
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 18, 2017
Four competitors return to the forge for a second chance; they must forge their signature blades using recycled steel from a jackhammer; then, the finalists must recreate a distinctive 16th-century blade called the Sword Breaker; enhanced; updated.
2x16
Second Chances
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 27, 2017
The smiths must transform a steel train spring into a weapon; two competitors will move on to forge a Viking battle ax; then, smiths salvage material from a car to forge a blade; two finalists will have five days to create a Viking sword; enhanced.
2x17
Champions Night
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 04, 2017
Competitors forge deadly weapons of war; in the final round, the remaining smiths forge the Japanese Katana; four smiths must combine high carbon steel and wrought iron to forge a functional weapon; the finalists must forge the Ethiopian Shotel.
2x18
Tabar
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 09, 2017
Four bladesmiths must take an ordinary garden lawnmower and use its metal to create one of their signature blades; then, two finalists must create a Tabar, a deadly battle axe from Southern Asia; enhanced.
2x19
The Moro Kris
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 11, 2017
The bladesmiths must forge signature weapons using everyday steel objects such as ball bearings and shovels; one contestant puts finishing his weapon before his own safety; two competitors have five days to forge the mystical Moro Kris sword.
2x20
Master & Apprentice
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 18, 2017
Masters compete alongside their apprentices as they take turns on the forge floor, fusing their skills to forge a cleaver using the arduous jellyroll technique; in the final round, the smiths must forge a Congolese chopper, the Nzappa Zap; enhanced.
2x21
Redemption Night
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 22, 2017
The smiths use an age-old technique to create their signature weapons; then, four new smiths must forge a bayonet blade and engineer it to attach to a rifle; the final two are sent home to forge the legendary African blade, the Zulu Iklwa; enhanced.
2x22
Ngombe Ngulu
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 25, 2017
Bladesmiths must forge blades from a giant elevator cable; only two smiths will return home to recreate the African Ngombe Ngulu, known as the executioner's sword; enhanced.
2x23
The Shamshir
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 01, 2017
Four competing bladesmiths are tasked with forging a bowie knife that will require a d-guard in the second round; only two manage to make it through to the final round where they must recreate a deadly saber called the Shamshir; enhanced.
2x24
Judges' Selections
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 06, 2017
Four bladesmiths forge blades using pieces of steel harvested from monstrous power tools; next, the competitors create their signature blades by using the Hada technique; the judges pick a past smith to represent them in a battle for supremacy.
2x25
The Kachin Dao
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 2017
Four bladesmiths forge blades using pieces of steel harvested from monstrous power tools; next, the competitors create their signature blades by using the Hada technique; the judges pick a past smith to represent them in a battle for supremacy.
2x26
The Shotel
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 13, 2017
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 will have just five days to make the Ethiopian Shotel.
2x27
Khanda
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 20, 2017
The bladesmiths must create a weapon in their signature style from a large pile of mixed metal welded together; two return home to forge the mysterious Khanda.
2x28
The Gladiators' Scissor
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 2017
With a variety of steels to choose from, the smiths are forced to create a canister Damascus billet from which they must forge a dagger; only two enter the final round where they must recreate an ancient Roman weapon known as the Scissor; enhanced.
2x29
The Kampilan
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 29, 2017
Four bladesmiths head to a scrap yard to create their signature blades using harvested metal and a coal forge; in the final round, the smiths must re-create a fearsome battle weapon known as the kampilan.
2x30
The Kpinga
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 12, 2017
The bladesmiths are forced to layer a complex Damascus pattern into their signature blades; after an unforgiving round of testing, two smiths are locked in a dead heat to recreate a three-bladed African throwing knife called the Kpinga; enhanced.
2x31
Sword Breaker Redemption Night
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 19, 2017
Smiths forge blades with fire and their bare hands; finalists must create the Scottish Claymore; smiths must create signature blades using a mystery technique; two finalists must reproduce a Japanese Naginata; competitors use steel from a jackhammer.
2x32
Fan Selections
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 2017
Bladesmiths must forge weapons using everyday steel objects such as ball bearings and shovels; finalists forge the mystical Moro Kris Sword; smiths combine high-carbon steel and wrought iron into weapons; fans bring back their favorite smiths.
2x33
The Yatagan
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2017
The smiths are tasked with turning the rusted steel of a 1971 Mercury Cougar into their signature blades in three hours; the finalists have five days to create an elite military weapon known as the Yatagan; enhanced.
2x34
International Championship
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 2017
Four of the top smiths from around the world compete in an international championship; two smiths return home empty handed, while two go on to recreate the Spadroon, a weapon that transcends borders, in their efforts to bring home the title.
2x35
Weapons of Japan
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 2017
Competitors design and forge deadly edged-weapons of war; the finalists must forge the Japanese Katana; four smiths must use a randomly chosen mystery technique to forge signature blades; the finalists must reproduce the Japanese Naginata.
2x36
Tabar-Shishpar
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 2017
Four bladesmiths must forge their signature blades from pipe wrenches; two competitors advance to the final round during which they must recreate a rare axe-mace hybrid known as the Tabar-Shishpar.
2x37
Weapons of War
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 2017
Smiths forge weld blades for friction folders from cubes of steel; finalists return home to forge a German Zweihander; smiths must forge two blades in the first round; the finalists strive to create the Katzbalger, a 15th-century combat sword.
2x38
Ultimate Champions Edition
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 2017
Five former champions return to earn a spot at one of the four anvils; the four remaining smiths are given miniature cubes to forge their signature blades in the infamous canister Damascus challenge.
2x39
The Ottoman Empire
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 2017
Smiths must turn the steel of a 1971 Mercury Cougar into blades; the finalists return to their home forges to create the Yatagan; smiths use the metal of a garden lawnmower to create blades; finalists create a Tabar, a South Asian battle ax.
2x40
Knights Templar
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 2017
Four smiths must forge together rusty chain mail and high-quality steel to produce Knights Templar Crusader Daggers in round one; two smiths return to their home forges on a quest to recreate the iconic Knights Templar Crusader Sword.
2x41
Roman Era Weapons
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 2017
The smiths must create a canister Damascus billet from which they must forge a dagger; separate sets of finalists are challenged to re-create an ancient Roman weapon known as the Scissor and a falcata.
2x42
Butterfly Swords
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 2017
Four new contestants attempt to craft a blade of their signature style from a pile of tools both old and new; the stakes are doubled when, for the first time ever, they must forge two swords in the final round.
2x43
Ultimate Champions Night
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 11, 2017
Bladesmiths get the option to add high-carbon steel to their knives, then must create a signature blade using a randomly chosen mystery technique; two remaining smiths return to their home forges to reproduce a Japanese naginata.
2x44
Fan Favorites Strike Back
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 18, 2017
Smiths are tasked with shaping four very different types of metal into functional weapons; they'll have five days to create one of the most lethal weapons in military history, the Nepalese Kukri; next, two smiths must forge the Japanese Katana.
2x45
Medieval Weapons
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 26, 2017
The smiths dumpster-dive for the right steel to be turned into a hardened blade of their choosing, then must forge a war hammer; four smiths must forge together rusty chain mail and high-quality steel to produce Knights Templar crusader daggers.
2x46
Night of Ultimate Champions
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 2018
Smiths must use high carbon steel to forge hatchets; finalists create an ancient Indian weapon used to stab and slice; smiths must create blades out of high carbon steel while also forging the hammers they'll use to make it.
2x47
The Pandat
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 12, 2018
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2x48
The Kpinga
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 2018
The bladesmiths find the odds stacked against them when they are forced to layer a complex Damascus pattern into their signature style blade; broken blades and tears fall throughout two challenges and an unforgiving round of testing.
2x49
Warrior Weapons
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 04, 2018
The smiths must forge together rusty chain mail and high-quality steel to produce Knights Templar crusader daggers; the bladesmiths must create a signature blade using a randomly chosen mystery technique; enhanced.
2x50
The Rhomphaia
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 11, 2018
The bladesmiths must achieve one of six Damascus patterns for their first round blade; when time runs out, only two competitors enter the final challenge to re-create the fearsome Rhomphaia sword.
2x51
Rookies Edition
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 2018
For the first time, a bladesmith will be sent home before the first forge is ever lit; forging a blade from a mystery box of steel; the two remaining bladesmiths are sent to their home forge to create the 16th century weapon known as the War Golok.
2x52
The Schiavona
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 2018
The bladesmiths must harvest steel from farming tools; blades with a hidden lanyard hole; only two smiths return to their home forges to recreate a decorated and deadly Schiavona sword for a chance to claim the title of "Forged in Fire" champion.
2x53
Sica Sword
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 03, 2018
Enhanced episode. The smiths get locked and loaded to forge a signature blade out of a 50-caliber flintlock pistol. Despite giving it their best shot, it's a struggle turning a gun into .. show full overview
2x54
Jumonji Yari
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 10, 2018
Four bladesmiths must forge a functional friction folder; a folding knife must be versatile enough to handle any test imaginable; only two smiths push through to the final round where they must re-create a Japanese trident, called the Jumonji Yari.
2x55
Greco-Roman Weapons
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 14, 2018
The smiths stack and weld metal from a piece of construction equipment repeatedly trying to forge beautifully crafted and durable blades under specified parameters; re-creating the fearsome Rhomphaia and Sica blades.
2x56 Show finale
The Kabyle Flyssa
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 17, 2018
The bladesmiths are challenged to salvage parts from a cannon to make signature blades; in the final round, the two remaining smiths must re-create the North African Kabyle Flyssa.

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