Forged in Fire- TV show

My son and I have been watching this show. I had always wondered about the details on how to make a knife and what steel is used. The info about hardening it and such I thought was interesting. Yes, the acting on it is pretty lame, but pretty cool show and informative of the knife making process.

Chad,

if you like that show, try reading over at bladeforums.com.

I just use the stock removal method for my knives. Forging is a whole different ball game.

I like the bit of history on some of the blades

The show is intended to be more entertaining than informative. A huge percentage of these guys are very good, and the competition conditions are less than ideal. They do manufacture the drama a little by setting up situations, but nobody's really acting.

www.texasknifemakersguild.com has a nice map of member knifemakers in Texas. Maybe there's one near you, if you really want to learn.

I enjoyed for the first couple seasons but its getting boring watching the same thing over and over.

I know nothing about knives it has been interesting as they talk about the different blade profiles. I like some of those Kukri knives just not sure how practical they are

+1, except for the session that they return to their home forges to make some interesting pcs, I usually record, then fast forward to the end part