Ep 112 | Forged in Fire: "The Falcata"

The Boob Tube Boys have traded their microphones for cold, hard, steel hammers for a few weeks as Van covers the History Channel's reality competition Forged in Fire. The show features several amateur home bladesmiths (or blacksmiths? We don't know if the titles are interchangeable) competing against one another to earn the title of Forged in Fire Champion as well as a check for $10,000Along the way we'll learn about tangs and Bowie knives and all sorts of other cool stuff. Of course the best part of the competition isn't when the contestants make knives, it's when the judges take those knives and do all sorts of crazy things with them to test their strength, durability, and sharpness. These things include choppin' up some fish as well as slitting the throat of what's apparently called a warm water bladder. Knives!