In this special competition, Forged in Fire pays homage to Korean bladesmithing by challenging four smiths to recreate the Hwando sword and attempt the dreaded water quench.

It's hammer time in the forge when four smiths have to make knives out of 10 lb sledgehammers.

In this mysterious competition, four smiths won't know what material they're working with until they open up a crate and discover one of any number of salvaged metals inside.

Four smiths must make a difficult decision at the start that could help them later. The more difficult the round one challenge they choose is, the easier their round two will be.

It's a night of unhinged terror as four unwitting bladesmiths find themselves ensnared in a competition straight out of the scariest horror movie you can imagine.

Four smiths turn a pile of rusty old nails into a pristine knife. After their weapons are hammered in testing, the two surviving competitors return home to recreate the terrifying North African Tuareg Takoba.

In this challenge, bladesmiths get to pick their mild steel out of the barrel to make a San Mai blade, but the easier the mild steel they choose, the more difficult their high carbon steel will be.

In this special Judge's Takeover competition, every aspect of the challenge will be decided by the inimitable Doug Marcaida.