Four bladesmiths must use the steel from a suit of armor to create a signature blade. The two finalists must create a weapon historically used for both combat and hunting--the boar spear.

When a group of new bladesmiths enter the forge, they're met with a surprising challenge. They must grab the steel they'll use to make their blades from an imposing piece of construction equipment.

Four bladesmiths must salvage steel from a junkyard to create a signature blade using a hand-cranked coal forge. Then, the two finalists will have just five days to create a Dayak war sword, the Pandat.

Four new bladesmiths must forge a bayonet blade and engineer it to attach to a rifle. Then, the final two bladesmiths have five days at home forging the legendary African blade, the Zulu Iklwa.

In this episode, prior winners return to prove who among them is the best of the best by forging a blade using canoe Damascus. With $10,000 and their reputation on the line, which smith will survive?

Four competitors must forge blades for friction folders from tiny cubes of steel. After hammering through the testing, two smiths will return home where they will forge a German Zweihander.

Four new bladesmiths face the unprecedented challenge of forging the barrel of a gun into a lethal knife.

Four bladesmiths must create a signature blade using a mystery technique. After a brutal round of testing, only two will return to their home forges where they will reproduce a Japanese Naginata.