It doesn't matter because no one in the world makes a knife in three hours. People go on the show with 30 years of knifemaking experience. "The only way they'll stop the clock is in the event of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack, they said," he said. While the show is obviously edited, Johnson said once the clock starts, it never stops. All in all, between the judges and the contestants, I felt like I was making knives with a bunch of friends." David Baker is a true artist and super down-to-earth," Johnson said. "Wil is a really great guy - an Army and Air Force special ops vet. While the contestants were cloistered in the Green Room, the expert judges came in to get acquainted: Former Ranger Wil Willis, the host edge weapon specialist Doug Marcaida period weapon re-creator David Baker and two-time "Forged in Fire" champion Ben Abbott.
They wanted to make sure you could operate all of the machinery safely." They went over every singe piece of equipment before the cameras were on, and we got to test it. The History Channel spared no expense on the tools that the bladesmiths use. "It's a Marine Corps-themed episode, so we all had some idea, or at least a good guess, of what we were going to make." Johnson is prohibited from discussing specifics of the episode - even if he won - until after it has aired. "Once we saw the forges, it was all emotions." "Once we walked saw the doorway, we couldn't believe we were actually doing it," he said. Johnson and three other Marine Corps veterans were flown to New York and then driven to Stanford, Connecticut, where the show is filmed.
Just when I thought they weren't going to call, I got the call from New York." "I sent an email to their casting director, expressing interest in the show," he said. When he watched the show for the first time, he knew he had to become a contestant. His current work is without any particular specialty. Johnson began forging because he's had a lifelong passion for knives - all kinds of knives. The winner receives a check for $10,000 and the title of "Forged in Fire champion."
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The final two contestants are sent to their home forges to recreate an historic weapon in five days, which is also put through a series of difficult tests. It's not uncommon for a contestant's blade to shatter or lose its edge. The clock is the one constant - a strict three-hour time limit to forge the blades, and three additional hours to affix handles.Ī panel of expert judges whittles the contestants from four to two, using a series of dynamic tests, such as an antler chop, an ice block chop or pounding the newly made cutlery into plate steel. "Forged in Fire" drops four bladesmiths into difficult situations, such as creating a working blade from steel they are forced to salvage from a junked car, rusty farm tools, odd-shaped bits of mystery metal or even a black-powder rifle. The episode is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Johnson, a 42-year-old law enforcement officer from Sarasota and self-taught bladesmith, competed last January in an episode of the History Channel's hit show "Forged in Fire."
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SARASOTA - While it will take some bladesmiths a week or two just to create one knife, Rick Johnson and three other competitors made each of theirs in under three hours - the knifemaking equivalent of running a full marathon in about 15 minutes.
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