Here, men bend metal to their will with fire, muscle, and lots of pounding. “The show obviously helped jumpstart my knife-making business,” Adolphson says, “and I look forward to forging a new chapter in life.Is there a more macho hobby than bladesmithing? Watching the reality TV competition Forged In Fire, I’m hard-pressed to imagine one. Then they bring you back and test it.”Īdolphson survived two preliminary rounds of knife forging before winning the finals, demonstrating his wide array of blacksmithing talents, concentration and artistic creativity. “In the final round, the smith goes back to their home forge and makes a weapon from history. “I cannot reveal where we were for the show but, for the finale, they were right here in my shop,” Adolphson says. The show also allows the finalists to return to their “home forge” to forge the final entry. The championship sword took 32 hours to complete over four days. Cinquedea actually means “five finger blade” the base of the blade is the width of your five fingers.” It is an Italian Renaissance era sword that a nobleman carried and it a very wide blade at the base. The contestant who survives the elimination rounds and wins the episode’s contest earns $10,000 and the title of Forged in Fire champion.Īdolphson survived, was named the winner and took home the $10,000 prize. Neilson, who has been making knives for more than 20 years, hand-to-hand combat specialist Doug Marcaida, and David Baker, an authority on replicating period-accurate weaponry. Former Army Ranger Grady Powell hosts the competition series that sees four master bladesmiths in each episode challenged to forge the swords, which are then tested by a panel of judges consisting of J. He recently had an opportunity to compete on Forged in Fire, a competition set to bladesmithing and blacksmithing weapons from specific time periods and cultures.Īccording to IMDB, Forged in Fire tests some of the best bladesmiths in the industry as they attempt to recreate some of history’s most iconic edged weapons. I made my first Damascus knife and I was just hooked.”Īdolphson’s abilities caught the eyes of the producers at The History Channel, too. “I got hold of a guy who was a two-time champion on the show and took a class with him in Wisconsin. In January 2020, Adolphson became serious about his passion and began learning how to make knives, daggers and swords. These are “forever knives” and meant to be handed down for generations.” “I’ve made handles with meteorites and mammoth tusks. It was this part-time forging that opened his eyes to a whole new world of possibilities in the world of bladesmithing. I am a welder by trade and have been around metal my whole life.”ĭipping a toe into the knife-making waters, Adolphson began taking an order here and there while working full time as a pipe welder. I’ve always wanted to get into making knives. “Growing up in North Dakota, I’ve always been around hunting and always carried a knife. Understanding the foundational opportunities welding can present for an entrepreneur, Adolphson found himself being drawn to the outdoors for the next chapter in life. That’s the goal, but I’ll always do some kind of welding in my shop.” “I’ve done welding for the past 11 years and knife making kinda caught my eye one day, I’d like to go full time.
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