Forged in Fire: Sword of Perseus BEHEADS MEDUSA in Final Round (Season 7) | History

Robert Jerrod, congratulations guys, you made it to the

final

round of this Greek mythology inspired competition. Now when they came here we had to make exclusive

sword

s and their signature style, that won't happen at home. Instead, they will make this weapon from Greek mythology. the

sword

of Perseus, see you in four days, okay, hurry up, she's a camera hog, but stay. I'm getting ready to start making the kind of sword that Perseus never made before and now the first one I'm making is a sword. of a god basically, so I'll have to do my best to please the Greek gods.

I'm going with an ecrv - it's a good steal, it's tough, it has a good edge. My main goal today is to forge this thing. For me, the hardest part of forging the sword is achieving the curves and hourglass shape. I'm already getting a little thinner up here where I need it, so I'm trying to avoid having to forge it. the blade is too thick, it took me a little longer at night, but it still goes well, stay. I'm back at my home, Forge Middleburg, New York, I'm getting ready to start with the sword of Perseus, it will be a difficult sword to handle. forge it safely I'm going to try to make my sword from Damascus.

I have 1084. I have 15 and 20. I want to make a twisted Damascus and then cut it in half and sandwich it around a solid 1084 and when I polish my edge profile the edge will show the 1084 when engraved and I think it would actually look pretty good. The only time I did Twisted Damascus was with two people, we'll see how this works with one person, no. There's no way I'm even bothering to turn. I'll just go with a random pattern. Damascus begins to work with this bill. He caught it. Rhys Tackett and Forge welded again today. I would like to improve the blade profiles a little. tried and started working on the guard so I'm getting ready to quench as I hate the sword ready to quench.

I've never made anything this big, especially my Forge like this, it's a lot smaller so I had to go back and forth and move it in and out and get even heat as soon as you get all the way around the edge yeah I'll take that, delights thermals are ready. I'm going to start working on the card. I'll use it to mask just because I want to. to do something a little different here we go and basically I wanted to make things harder for myself. I stayed. I received my invoice with my 1084 core and we headed to the forge.

The most important thing today will be to sharpen my sword to obtain everything. counterfeit I need to stay on schedule and I need a heat treat today I'm moving a ton of steel I'm going from the press I'm going to the anvil and then BAM my press is down, it's going to put I'm really behind I don't know what I'm going to do Yeah, I have nothing , everything is gun from now on, Cook Tang will have a little time to stretch by having that press that is costing me precious time. A fight to the finish last day.

I have to finish this. I'm planning to start on the guard by finishing that, then I started working on the disc knob and then the handle that the knob is attached to now and the horseshoe guards. attached, I have to basically place the wood between the two. I wish I had left the knob and done the wood first and then soldered it on, but it's too late now and I just had to tighten things up there, it feels good. For me it's its glide, it feels quite balanced. I feel good about my sword, it's a home run.

Hopefully it's enough to win the game. Girls, what do you think of daddy's sword? Start one day yesterday. The tree came out perfect, yes, but. I have a mountain of work to do. I am exhausted. My back is killing me. My arm hurts, but I really just wish my press was working. I'm late and I have a lot of makeup for today. Great, I've got my pins in, but it's a heavy sword, so the rest of my time will be spent grabbing more material from my arms. I feel like they are about to fall. The pattern looks amazing.

My only regret is that I couldn't. I won't take any more weight off it, okay blacksmiths, welcome to the killing test now in Greek mythology. Perseus uses a sword to decapitate Medusa and moves his head from her body to use it as a weapon for that purpose. I will take your weapon and you will help me. He delivers some deadly cuts and blows to free her head from her body. Robert go first, are you ready for this, yes sir, okay Robert, it's not about your sword. I like the design you have on Damascus, but it's so heavy, it weighs about five. pounds over here, but the thing is, it's heavy forward, most weights up here, when I lift this, I can feel all the stress right there, it's supposed to be a one-handed weapon, now you cutting edge is quite sharp.

It was easy to throw us and cut and you didn't kill, okay Jarrod, it's your turn sir, yes sir, okay Jared, first, you got the balance on this like a one-handed sword, it weighs about three pounds more than that of your opponent. The cutting edge is very sharp, every cut is deep, the thrust has no problem, and most importantly, sir, it will kill all the blacksmiths. We take the head of Medusa during the death test. Now the Krakens turn to stone, so what I'm going to do is take their swords. and slamming them mercilessly into these rock-shattering heads, it's going to be brutal and Rob, you're up first, how are you feeling a little nervous, but I'm ready, okay, yeah, it bounced off the cliff, it didn't cut me, what? is that?

My sword breaks my heart. it breaks, but I'm really glad it didn't hurt J no, there's a little problem up here on the tang, you'd see a black dot, so it means you had a stress fracture there with the weight of this sword hitting those broken skulls of stone was enough to allow the stress fracture to continue to the end, so the good thing is that your edge held up very well in Damascus, but it is a little difficult to swing a sword, but I handle it, Jared, your sword. It still has to survive the strikes J, let's get to work Jarrid, your sword survived, Robert, unfortunately your sword cannot continue to be tested in this competition, for that reason I have to ask you to give up the luxury of coming to work for me friend.

I killed Medusa, although it really sucks, but this whole experience has been great and I'll keep moving forward. I will continue to improve at what I do. It's heartbreaking, but I'm very proud of what I do. Jerry, congratulations? The strength of your weapon has ensured that you are the champion

forged

in

fire

. Leaving this forge with a check for $10,000. Good job, brother. Awesome, how are you feeling good now? How about a smile or something? Okay, come here, shake it. our hands brother, yes, yes, I am the new champion

forged

in

fire

, something I never thought I would say.

I can't wait to get home, tell my daughters the news and take the 10 grand, take my family on vacation somewhere, you, you.