It was supposed to be 2” wide so it makes me wonder if his was measured right by David Baker. The other contestant was 1/8” too narrow. But the blade measured from tip to guard / tang was 12.5” at least. He was holding the tape at such an angle that it was off an 1/8”. But his tape showed that the blade was 11” to the plunge. It was a survival Rambo knife (Hollywood Edition episode). They measured his and said it measured 10 5/8 to the plunge grind. But they said the blades have to be between 12 & 15” that would be tip to guard or handle. He turned the blade in they said he failed to meet the parameters. He quenched twice and his last one he only had 40 seconds of course. They sort of commented on how he worked and found it humorous. The episode I just watched had another 18 year old his name was Trystan he said he was a nerd making video game knives. New Mexico also has a large group of people who move there to ski and snowboard so there’s that. And not off the grid from looking at his shop and the fact that people order swords from him somehow. Great friend of mine moved from here in Florida to Truth or Consequences N.M he was a rich kid and sort of like Ashe. With the Ram skulls in his shop I’d say no one is a hippie. New Mexico is full of retired military and people who only served 3-4 years and discharged back to civilian life. I wonder if his parents are some type off the grid intellectual hippies? This season it almost seems like he is taking sadistic pleasure in breaking the blades. He was such a mild-mannered even-keeled guy in the earlier seasons and I have heard he is a great teacher. I am glad I am not the only one that has noticed this about Jay. He was a nice kid with good skills too, so I'm happy he won. Love this show and will continue to watch, but I wish they would dial back the chop tests.Īll tall, skinny young guys with blondish hair remind me of one of my nephews so I always root for them, lol. So much so that I fully expect at least one to break every episode. Regardless, this has definitely been The Season of Broken Blades. I've never heard it pronounced Ash-A.Īshe's broke near the spike, but I thought the other guy's broke at the upper curve? I agree that Ashe was a cutie but the way he pronounced his name was killing me the whole episode. Has there been an episode this season where a blade has NOT broken, at least at some point throughout the competition? I mean, I think there is some kind of catastrophic failure every episode at some point. He never seemed to go quite this hard in earlier seasons. Whacking away at ice must be incredible to expell stress. Since both blades failed at about the same point on the blade, I wondered if there was some trick in forging that would've made that point stronger? Then again, I know nothing about blade forging except what I have seen on this show.ĭoug was down right giddy for the second place blade during the keal test. Also, a while ago someone posted some BTS info that says that David Baker makes the sample of the historical weapon. (Plus, you could hear him grunting!) I'm surprised none of the second round knives failed. The ice chop (or similar) is usually 3-6 hits at the most, but Jay was going 10 times. I noticed that Jay was really banging away with those weapons in both rounds. It is rare to see a judging panel like FIF. They are fun to watch, know their stuff, and obviously enjoy being there. I love Jay, Dave, Doug, Jason, and I am even warming up to Ben (as a judge). While I am interested and entertained by the different blades they make (the historical ones in the third round), I really watch for the judges and Wil. The people imagining these new shows must think we, as the viewing audience, only care about the weaponry. yikes.Īh, well, must remember not to get sucked in to other things on History and stick with FIF. The Master and Apprentice episode of FIF was pretty good as far as the tone and the relationship between the contestants (except for the "Master" who just vanished mid-show) but the whining and complaining on this new show. I'm sure that there is a market for "Jersey Shore Meets Weaponry" but I doubt it is much of a market. Knife Or Death we discussed upthread and now Master and Apprentice, which I couldn't watch for more than 20 minutes before I had to turn it off. It's funny, I see ads for things on History that are clearly spin-offs from FIF and so far they've all been junk, completely missing what makes FIF a good show.
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