kendisfarcher You captured this show perfectly!!!! I wish there were more "reality" programs like Forged in Fire, which actually reflect reality, instead of all this manufactured Hollywood garbage like keeping up with the Kardashians. I am not much of a "Reality TV guy" myself. But, I truly love the show because it reflects what makes America great...respect, skill and ingenuity.

nicolasjabdelnour I just watched an episode and a knife broke while in a Judges hand, I love the show, but in my opinion that particular judge, and I guess whoever was around him, was seriously in harms way, please guys, wear some defensive equipment, these might be medieval weapons, but we have Kevlar right now, and head protection... take care, history is awesome :)

CherryBlossomBoy "Forged in Fire" is a show that features real blacksmiths and a really contrived competition between them. Obviously, you can make a reality show type competition out of anything and blacksmithing is no exception. The only interesting part is the actual craft, the whole process that goes into the making of iron artifacts, but it's not shown in enough depth. As usual the producers are more interested in the backstories of the contestants as well as the scripted banter and lame wisecracks between them.At times the jury seems to be taking the mickey out of the poor, and obviously skilled, competitors. I don't know or care who or what the members are, but their input doesn't give them away as overly qualified. It seems just anybody could've sat there at the jury desk and talk rubbish. The host is Wil Willis, the man with the perfect hair and overly pronounced mouth. And I don't know which of the two is more irritating. I remember him from another show where he got the chance to show off with all kinds of weaponry. Here he serves mostly as a houseplant.The most important thing about this show is that it's yet another in the myriad of shows aired on History Channel that has virtually nothing to do with history. Yes, they get tasked to make historical cold weaponry, such as swords and knives. Mostly swords and knives, in fact. But the time to complete them is way too short and the means allocated are a joke (parts of cables and ball bearings) so, naturally, the artifacts will be just makeshift instead of made properly. Anyone hoping to see, say, a Viking sword made in the way they have been made historically will be sorely disappointed. The end result will usually be lame, such as swords bending at the first impact and stuff like that. Maybe the point is to make the candidates look stupid, I don't know.But I do know that "stupid" is what the network should rename itself to altogether, because it sits pretty with the quality of the programming. And it has a nice ring to it. "Stupid Channel". It might even increase ratings. That's all those people care about anyway.

Ben Smith This show is just amazing, from something I knew nothing about too something I love to watch this show has just taught me so much. The 3 judges are great at explaining what is wrong and right with the blades and having some humour in there as well. I have found a passion for blacksmithing that I didn't know I had. I really like the different types of challenges that they set to show the true skill of the contestants. The only downfall I have with the show is it should be judged a bit more on the creativity and style of the weapon then just how it performs pushing the contestants to make cool looking weapons. I can't wait for more of this show. I have told all my friends to watch it, unfortunately that isn't many people anyway hopefully they will enjoy it.