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Forged in Fire Season 5 episodes
S05 E01
The Rhomphaia
40 mins · Wed, 7 Mar 2018
The bladesmiths must produce one of six Damascus patterns for their first round blade; two competitors enter the final challenge to recreate the fearsome Rhomphaia sword.
S05 E01
Rookies Edition
40 mins · Tue, 13 Mar 2018
Five novice blacksmiths compete to stay in the competition, with one sent home by the end of the day. The remaining contestants must recreate a 16th-century weapon, the war golok.
S05 E02
The Schiavona
40 mins · Tue, 20 Mar 2018
The bladesmiths start on a farm where they have to harvest their steel from common farming tools and then they use coal forges to create signature blades with a hidden lanyard hole.
S05 E03
Sica Sword
40 mins · Tue, 27 Mar 2018
The smiths must forge blades out of flintlock pistols; a lethal gladiator sword called the sica must be made in the final round.
S05 E04
Jumonji Yari
40 mins · Tue, 3 Apr 2018
The bladesmiths have to recreate the Jumonji Yari, a Japanese trident; the smiths forge functional friction holders.
S05 E05
The Kabyle Flyssa
40 mins · Tue, 10 Apr 2018
The bladesmiths must try and salvage a cannon so that they can construct signature blades. The finalists must recreate the North African Kabyle Flyssa, a blade used to break mail armour.
S05 E06
Ultimate Team Challenge
40 mins · Tue, 17 Apr 2018
Four master smiths and their apprentices compete to forge an iconic weapon of warfare: the trench knife. Only one smith is allowed to touch the knife at a time, so each team must work together, tagging in and out every half hour.
S05 E07
Karabela
40 mins · Tue, 24 Apr 2018
Four bladesmiths are put to the task when challenged with forging blades out of steel from a chain and a sprocket, and only two can claim a spot in the final round.
S05 E08
The Zande Spear
40 mins · Tue, 1 May 2018
Four blade smiths have to forge a Damascus European dagger, but only two will make it. The remaining contestants have five days to forge the Zande spear.
S05 E09
The Navaja
40 mins · Tue, 8 May 2018
Four bladesmiths test their mettle in a rock quarry as they face brutal tests designed to chip away at their resolve; they are challenged to recreate the Spanish Navaja.
S05 E10
The German Halberd
39 mins · Tue, 15 May 2018
The smiths have to make Dave Baker's favourite blade, the Scottish dirk; in the final round, two smiths have to create the German halberd.
S05 E11
The Two-Handed Sword
40 mins · Tue, 22 May 2018
The bladesmiths must harvest steel from motorcycles and forge blades in their signature style. The final two competitors are given five days to re-create a giant Indian two-handed sword.
S05 E12
The Naval Cutlass
40 mins · Mon, 28 May 2018
The bladesmiths are tasked with forging a combat knife from an anti-tank hedgehog. Frustrations rise from two rounds of competition.
S05 E13
The Horseman's Axe
40 mins · Tue, 29 May 2018
The competitors attempt to create a signature blade from small springs of steel; two contestants recreate the Horseman's Axe.
S05 E14
The Lion Spear
40 mins · Tue, 5 Jun 2018
Four bladesmiths are challenged to create a hatchet from pieces of odd-shaped steel; two smiths recreate the Maasai lion spear.
S05 E15
The Kelewang
40 mins · Tue, 12 Jun 2018
The smiths must create signature blades out of a chunk of mild steel and drill bits. Two smiths survive two rounds and return home to make a beautiful but deadly Indonesian sword, the Kelewang.
S05 E16
Bagh Nakh Blades
41 mins · Tue, 19 Jun 2018
The bladesmiths must make canister damascus using only nuts and bolts; the two remaining smiths must re-create a pair of deadly Indian Bagh Nakh weapons.
S05 E17
The Glaive Guisarme
40 mins · Tue, 26 Jun 2018
Four bladesmiths attempt to forge a unique Ka-Bar military blade using only tiny cubes of W-1 steel; the two remaining competitors have just five days to re-create the battle-tested glaive guisarme in their home towns.
S05 E18
Pioneer Sword
40 mins · Tue, 3 Jul 2018
After narrowly escaping elimination, the finalists head home where they must recreate the iconic and unique utilitarian tool known as the Russian Pioneer Sword.
S05 E19
Wind and Fire Wheels
40 mins · Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Four bladesmiths are charged with making a signature blade out of a bicycle, and each of them are pushed to the limit.
S05 E20
The Smallsword
40 mins · Tue, 24 Jul 2018
After forging friction folders from a steel coil, finalists must create a blade that requires both precision and detail, the French smallsword.
S05 E21
The Anthropomorphic Sword
39 mins · Tue, 31 Jul 2018
Four bladesmiths must forge a signature blade from W2 and a giant industrial-sized nut; two smiths advance and head back to their home forges, where they must re-create the Celtic anthropomorphic sword.
S05 E22
The Kilij
40 mins · Tue, 7 Aug 2018
Four bladesmiths must make their signature blade out of a large massive ball bearing; one of the smiths must make the kilij, one of the Ottoman Empire's most lethal sabres.
S05 E23
The Sawback Hunting Sword
40 mins · Tue, 14 Aug 2018
Four bladesmiths are taken into the great outdoors, where they must each forge a blade from foraged materials using a coal forge.
S05 E24
The Arming Sword
39 mins · Tue, 21 Aug 2018
Four bladesmiths are challenged to forge three knives from railroad spikes in only three hours. Two competitors recreate the iconic medieval arming sword.
S05 E25
The Sengese
40 mins · Tue, 28 Aug 2018
The four bladesmiths are challenged to make steel from hand scissors; the remaining two must forge the Sengese.
S05 E26
The Qinglong Ji
40 mins · Tue, 4 Sep 2018
Four blacksmiths compete to forge the best signature blade from the steel rings of a whiskey barrel; the final two smiths take on the Qinglong Ji.
S05 E27
Hollywood Edition
40 mins · Wed, 12 Sep 2018
The finalists pay homage to Hollywood by crafting the 1000 layer katana from Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill.
S05 E28
The Steel Crossbow
39 mins · Wed, 19 Sep 2018
The bladesmiths take on the challenge of making a signature Damascus blade out of three different steels. Later, the two finalists work to recreate a steel crossbow.
S05 E29
The Landsknecht Sword
39 mins · Wed, 26 Sep 2018
Four bladesmiths must craft a signature blade from a piece of elevator cable, and the finalists must recreate the two-handed Landsknecht Sword.
S05 E30
Tournament: Round 1
40 mins · Wed, 3 Oct 2018
Four bladesmiths are challenged to forge a San Mai blade out of horseshoes and hoof rasps. As the competition continues, the two remaining contestants are tasked with creating a Mortuary Sword.
S05 E31
Tournament: Round 2
39 mins · Wed, 10 Oct 2018
Four bladesmiths are tasked with creating a Damascus blade out of plate armour. The two bladesmiths that make it to the next round will return to their home forges to make the Hooded Katar.
S05 E32
Tournament: Round 3
39 mins · Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Four bladesmiths are tasked with forging a Damascus blade using repurposed steel from tools. The two remaining smiths head home to re-create a multipurpose Medieval weapon of war.
S05 E33
Tournament: Round 4
40 mins · Wed, 24 Oct 2018
Four metal workers are challenged to use materials from a sculpture to create a needle-point Damascus blade.
S05 E34
Tournament Finals
40 mins · Wed, 31 Oct 2018
In the final round of the Invitational Tournament, the final contestants battle to create a wakizashi. The last two remaining competitors must then make the nodachi, one of the biggest Japanese swords.
S05 E35
The Grim Reaper's Scythe
40 mins · Wed, 7 Nov 2018
Four bladesmiths must create blades using different types of metal; the finalists are tasked with recreating the Grim Reaper's scythe.
S05 E36
The Steel Takedown Bow
40 mins · Wed, 14 Nov 2018
The blacksmiths are challenged to forge a Robin Hood's steel takedown bow and Crusader's dagger from a rod of W1 steel.
S05 E37
The Bardiche
40 mins · Wed, 21 Nov 2018
Four bladesmiths work hard to build a coal forge using materials scavenged from a storage unit. They must find a way to forge their signature blades without any power tools.
S05 E38
The Pipe Tomahawks
40 mins · Wed, 12 Dec 2018
Four bladesmiths must create a canister Damascus knife using only steel wool and powder; the final two attempt to create the pipe tomahawk.
S05 E39
Ring Hilted Sword
40 mins · Wed, 19 Dec 2018
Four bladesmiths must use the San Mai technique to forge Celtic ring knives; the final two competitors re-create the historic Irish ring hilted swords as they return home.