In this frighteningly special Halloween competition, four smiths shiver to the bone as they salvage steel from the corpses of broken, decaying blades.

Four bladesmiths must scavenge a construction site to salvage their own knife-making materials.

The odds are stacked against four bladesmiths when they must each forge a chopper in a distinct Damascus pattern. The ladder to success is full of twists as they struggle to achieve the specific look of each pattern.

Four bladesmiths must start at the bottom when they are tasked with creating ladder pattern Damascus knives from a real ladder.

A quartet of bladesmiths are tasked with making canister Damascus using barbershop tools, but before the knife making can begin, they must harvest their cans.

It's anchors aweigh, as four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a Pirate's Boarding Axe from a treasure chest. They must batten down the hatches as they battle wayward welds.

In this special kung fu competition, four bladesmiths square off in the Forged in Fire dojo where they must make a matching set of three kunai throwing knives.

Four smiths hit the fast track when they are tasked with forging signature blades by salvaging materials from a go-kart.