3/20/2024 0 Comments Forged in fire season 6 episode 18Making really "good" tongs is actually kinda hard, and making them totally by hand is very tedious due to drawing out the reigns. Tongs are like one of the first things I learned how to make. I could make a halfway decent pair of v-bit tongs with a power hammer in maybe 30 minutes at the absolute longest, which would include time to punch and drift a hole for the rivet, make a rivet, and set the rivet (would be much faster if I drilled the hole and used a pre-made rivet that I could set cold). I could make functional (but shitty) tongs in probably one or two heats at most. ![]() However, now that I've been blacksmithing for about a year I can say that that episode was pretty fucking sad how no one could make tongs. At the time I thought it was interesting and must be a hard challenge. There was an episode where they had to start by making tongs. Until then I'll continue yelling at you from my couch! If I ever move out of suburbia, I'm absolutely taking up the hobby. Massive respect for you all who pound out the steel. Some judges decisions are very close bordering on questionable, but I respect their picks- they're the ones handling the weapons not me. Other than those two episodes, I don't recall any specific irks. I've seen people eliminated for far less but whatever. But that's basically the same as a knife that can't cut. ![]() It could be construed that he met the parameters it just was ineffective. Wil said it required a functional bottle opener, but Doug went thirsty. The one dude had a decent knife but it was the only one that couldn't open the beer, yet he moved on. This comes right after my friend and I watched an earlier episode in the same season where a smith made it through despite failing a parameter- the bottle opener episode (S07E13?). It was the perfect storm of mediocrity that got him the win. Then Forrest has big issues at home and turns in a lackluster sword, takes rolling on the strength test, but wins because Caleb's handle on his beautiful piece cracks. The next round, a competitor's blade snapped on the first strike, advancing Forrest with Caleb to the finals. His first round blade was ugly and massive, barely considered a knife by Doug, but one competitor made an even thicker blade and got eliminated instead. I just watched the Baby Boomer vs Gen Z competition (Season 7, Episode 29), and with absolutely no disrespect to the winner Forrest, he slid through and never should have been the champion. ![]() For me there are a few of them that get me worked up the ridiculous burn thrus, hammering on scales that aren't lining up, wet white out, etc. Forged in Fire is a show I typically have on while I work from home, and it's good background noise with just enough distraction.
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