![]() “Mine went through (the beef) like a hot knife through butter,” Redick said of the weapon he forged from a former leaf spring from an old Chevy truck. The final testing included first having the kukris slice through sugar cane, then a pig carcass (Redick's made it three-quarters of the way through), then a “humongous” fish and finally, through a hunk of beef. “The judges said my blade was a little bit heavy, but since it was super-sharp, they loved it,” Redick said. Once the weapons were completed, they were flown back to New York for the final test. Redick said he wished he had had more hours. "Forged in Fire" crews filmed the two men at work over five days a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving they were permitted to work up to 10 hours a day. “I had made smaller kukris, but had never made a full-sized battle kukri till then,” said Redick, whose weapon weighed in at around three pounds and was 22 inches long. The two blacksmiths, who have since the filming become good friends, flew back from New York to their respective home forges to create the final weapon in the competition: a kukri, with a 16- to 22-inch-long blade. “The carving he does on handles is amazing,” Redick said. Redick called Weston “very talented,” and believes Weston's blacksmithing work will someday be collectors' items. ![]() “The competition was pretty awesome - it was a supremely unique experience.” “I was very happy to have met Jason,” said Weston. resident otherwise known as “The Pixel Smith”-a nod to Weston's former career working with websites. “I take pride in making my knives stand up to a lot of punishment.”Īfter the elimination, Redick was up against Josh A. “I passed with flying colors,” said Redick, who operates from Angry Giant Forge. The knife had to stand-up to piercing a metal barrel lid three times without signs of damage and still be sharp enough to slice through a sack filled with sand.
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