Forged in Fire: Zulu War Axe ANNIHILATES the FINAL ROUND (Season 7) | History

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[@johnbrown2163]

Judges accidentally cheated. Broken blade was brought down on metal hinge and other blade was only wood strikes.

[@adfrielious]

John Brown wait really

Can you include the history of the weapons?

[@mcnuttington7122]

Rerelease free episodes again

[@bidezgang19]

💪👍

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

I am going for damascus because it looks cool - literally everyone in FIF

[@allaansnackbar4269]

They usually fail or don’t make a cool pattern

[@SkillBeatz]

Aaaand they lose

[@javanbybee4822]

they look cool but cmon functionality is better than looks.

[@evansmith2832]

@@javanbybee4822 technically it doesn't detract functionality of a blade, but it does introduce more opportunities for something to go wrong

[@Shiroyasha27]

This dude is exceptional, he made a damascus like its nothing lolp

[@leokimvideo]

Amazing how a tiny crack can lead to huge failure in steel

[@mickolesmana5899]

well u can see same stuff in plastic packaging. Factory usually put small cut beside the plastic bag and you can open it without much effort

[@glasshalffull4061]

Crack kills

[@michaelphoscar7509]

Same with most things that rely on structure and strength. I'm a joiner and cracks in metal are the knots of wood one simple hairline fracture can lead to disaster

[@Garbid]

@@mickolesmana5899 depends... toilet paper never cuts where holes are)

[@Kualinar]

@@Garbid 🤣That's because there are often some missing holes.😁

[@kingdonnyj2745]

Wow a Damascus success is rare af in this show

[@TraumaCenter13]

Damascus are only good for show pieces for collectors.

[@seansamurai1981]

@@TraumaCenter13 not strictly true, Damascus is very strong being a composite alloy. Problem is its very difficult to get right, the two different material properties make the quenching very very difficult to judge. Even absolute experts get it wrong more times than they get it right. Its been around since about the 11th century BC but no one knows the exact amounts of each material used or how they did it so effectively. The Aramaeans really knew how to work with metals.

[@johnbrown2163]

The other blade broke,

[@aaronforsythe8556]

Dont think it was the Damascus I think it was how he went about forging out the tang

[@MegaFregel]

King Donny J success of not having a powerhammer is even rarer.

[@itsasquid]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how wholesome most of the competitors in the show are?

[@123blakes]

I watch this and just think of the blacksmiths back in the day who didn’t have electricity to help them make weapons

[@nabilyassin1742]

just an uneducated guess. Blacksmiths had slaves or were slaves. so they could have either used slaves to make their jobs easier, or were slaves so nobody cares. also they didn't have a 4 day time limit.

[@nick_steele9790]

@@nabilyassin1742 Actually the biggest thing was water-powered hammers and bellows, not slaves. This basically gave blacksmith's massive power hammers and automatic bellows which is pretty cool.

[@warrmalaski8570]

They had blast forges powered by their apprentices and frequently employed three hammer men to act as a power hammer. later wind and water drove 300 lbs hammer tools. Until the electric power hammer took over.

[@Blade6061]

That is one guy working on a weapon, before, it was blacksmith and his apprentices, so multiple people

[@usecoperator1270]

I like pancakes

[@DREYBPT]

Proudly South African... Truly happy with the final products Thanks for this one Forged In Fire

[@voteZDLR]

I love how he bows to the boar carcass after finishing the kill test on each one before giving the candidate their results.

[@negative0o033]

Why tho?

[@willseedorf4914]

IsTizzy it’s out of respect for the boar.

[@judz567]

I'm pretty sure, no I'm VERY sure that the Zulu's never once had to attack an army of marauding ammo boxes.

[@manutdforever1866]

I am a Zulu and you're right. The shields were made from dried up animal skin but when we had to fight the British they had carriages and forts (sometimes of wood) that needed to be dismantled.

[@nayangilboa-way]

Your chances of being killed by a marauding ammo box are low but never zero

[@tahahagar7664]

Its about reliability, the axe can accidently hit a tree, other metals etc.. and break in half. If it does, well youre screwed lol

[@icantthinkofausername2605]

At rorke's drift the British garrison set up defensive walls from stacked ammo boxes so...

[@abloshow91]

Eh maybe we did maybe not.

[@hailcthulhu419]

Heartbreaking. That guy's axe was a work of art.

[@h0m3st4r]

So was the other guy's axe.

[@peytondeaton6272]

I swear, any time i see these videos pop up in my suggested videos i’m like “oooooh yes please”

[@shubhambhattacharjee9032]

Me too. I'm like yeah let's keel

[@BOYKA2058]

One more reason to watch this show is the Respect they give to each other 👏

[@maulidonda]

4:20 Imagine if he didn't test it out...

[@syaukirahil3004]

Give the editor a medal

[@Jun-Kyard]

@@syaukirahil3004 ye

[@mitsukiplay6208]

Axe will flying

[@mitsukiplay6208]

The axe will *keel* someone

[@dominiknero6770]

@@mitsukiplay6208 And Doug jumping saying''It will keel'' XD

[@Roguekriger]

I'm so glad he tested the wood, so many smiths try and use ebony without realizing that it cracks easily

[@kadekputra7277]

it would be great when you tell the origin of such weapons

[@levaxler7003]

They do in the full episodes, and I'd much rather watch those than only the final rounds, but the 10-minute bites are still nice

[@colonelsarge9207]

If I'm not mistaken, the Zulus were a particularly prominent African tribe

[@nabilyassin1742]

they only tell history when somebody fails a test at the beginning because they more time. ps. no spoilers, I didn't watch the video yet.

[@finn4012]

The Zulus are an African tribe that the British almost wiped out in the 18/19 century

[@pandaypira4346]

Search it in google

[@nolan4259]

*IT WILL KEEL*

[@BassAsLeaders]

EAT WEAL KEAL

[@Tyler_l3166]

Eet wheel keel

[@Decypha77]

*cringe

[@Armaghanrides]

@@Decypha77 yes

[@ceratugo]

the inconcistancyof the strength tests is really getting on my nerves

[@ScrapingChassis]

yeah on the first test it broke when he hit the steel locking mech on the box and when they did 3 strikes for the second guy they hit wood only...

[@b_f_d_d]

@@ScrapingChassis On the first test he did not hit the metal on the box. all 3 strikes were on the wood section.

[@SupremeCreame]

@@ScrapingChassis He didn't hit the metal though. Go back and rewatch it in slow motion.

[@Kevin-nq4yv]

I totally agree as i saw what the strength test was i just waited for that poor blade to snap . They're too harss with some of the strength test .

[@samohearne4931]

@@Kevin-nq4yv its alitte dramatic but thats the very point if they can survive that ridiculous stress it stands to show they're quality as a weapon his blade was too thin and when he welded the reinforcement on the tang it did a mini heat treat on the join of the blade a less harsh test might not have shown that

[@Aint1S]

Clearly, the road to Damascus is treacherous!

[@SylvanApe]

Here's your coat...;)

[@warrmalaski8570]

Every layer is a chance to have a bad weld but if it goes right the blade is soft enuff to bend while having a hardened edge. The biggest thing that I don't see is guys using enough flux to keep the metals clean. Maybe it's just bad editing.

[@Aint1S]

@@waynemyers2469 Indeed sir

[@M4hB]

I feel so bad for the guy... easily one of the most beautiful blades/design Ive seen on the show

[@scythixs7663]

The thing i like about these competitions is that the 2 people are both being super supportive of each other.Really god job both of you 👍

[@alexanderwesthuis3486]

the more and more i watch these smithing video's, the more i want to do it for myself.. a true art

[@mistahanansi2264]

The most beautiful Zulu weapon I’ve ever seen... shattered. A shame, but an attempt that was still well done.

[@joshuad748]

Don’t mess up the tang. When he was making it and welding on those pieces, I knew it would compromise the integrity and strength. The tang is one of the most important parts of a blade

[@moonasha]

the tang didn't break though. It was a crack higher up

[@joshuad748]

moonasha the issue derived from his mess up of the tang. Had his tang been done correctly the first time, he wouldn’t have had to add on those pieces to add integrity which even still failed.

[@Khannarc]

The tang is the most important part of the blade. You can use a dull, bent, broken blade, whatever. It may not be efficient let alone safe to do but it’s useable to an extent. But if the tang has an issue the weapon/tool will become useless much faster if not immediately, and may harm you in the process.

[@anonymouslee2083]

True. ALL Walmart katanas fail at the tang!

[@ahmadubaidillah4440]

dude the winner is si pro. he got lots of big tools to work with. the loser one did a bad heat treat if u watch it closely. not all the way to the tang

[@lukediehl1210]

Poor execution maybe, but nothing wrong with the technique. The tang doesn't need to be as hard as the edge. An edge quench with a softer body behind it is a perfectly valid technique that has been employed effectively for over 1000 years. Take the infamous Dane axe; many surviving examples exhibit a hardened edge married to a much softer body. I can't say for certain without examining the blade myself, but I suspect it has more to do with the way the tang was split off than the quality of the heat treat. I always cringe when I see them splitting a billet to make hooks, spikes, etc. That's something I would never even attempt with my skill level, because I know the potential for failure at that point.

[@MedievalSolutions]

@@lukediehl1210 well he also then welded on the pieces on tang, making the crack even more possible without proper normalizing etc.

[@zhain0]

I notice most that dont do the tang aswell almost always breaks.

[@-Zevin-]

@@lukediehl1210 So you sound like you do some blacksmithing yourself? Here is what i don't understand about quenching, why don't more smiths just do edge quenches and forgo quenching the entire blade? So for instance in Nepal kukri are completely un quenched on the body other than water that is poured in a careful 1/2 to 1 inch line down the edge. Then the tang is heated and inserted into wood/horn hot and slowly cools thus tempering it somewhat.This means a soft body and a hard edge. Better the body bend than break no?

[@lukediehl1210]

@@-Zevin- There are multiple techniques available for hardening and tempering. Which one you choose is entirely dependant on what you're making and what it's intended use is. Let's take your example of the kukri. A kukri is a multipurpose knife, but the blade shape and weight distribution make it especially well suited to chopping. That means that it has to be able to withstand jarring impacts against fairly hard targets. In that application, a soft, shock absorbing body with a hard, penetrating edge is an excellent choice. If you're dealing with a very small blade, like a pocket knife, you can basically just harden the whole thing. It's okay if it's a little brittle because it won't be used for hacking and chopping. It's for small cutting chores, and you want it to hold an acute edge. Now let's consider a rapier, a very long thrust oriented bladr. If it meets resistance, like bone, the blade is going to bend. The question is, what then? Too hard and the blade will snap. Too soft and the bend will set. You need the entire blade to have a stiff spring temper so it can flex when necessary and return to true. All of that doesn't even begin to touch on the subject of steels. High, medium, and low carbon steels are completely different animals. The traditional Japanese method of differential hardening with clay has as much to do with the quality of steel they were working with as the form and funtion of the katana. I hope I've explained that well enough. I'm still very much a novice. I started out 10 years ago as a dumb kid making throwing knives out of scrap metal. For the past 3 years, I've been making a serious effort to understand the ins and outs of this craft, but I've still got a long, long way to go.

[@RAJESHR-mo4kb]

The men who work on steel really have nerves of steel.. Their blades keeeeeeeeel.. They're indeed genteeeeeeel.. Love you all from India 🇮🇳

[@yuwish6320]

Bummer. That broken axe was gorgeous. I really liked it.

[@mikobaker7380]

My heart breaks when I see a 6 min vid. That usually means somebody messed up their blade. Oh nooo I just finished the video 😅

[@yourmomsafurry1971]

Its almost 11 min long mate

[@hestonpfheffer1299]

It would be great if they did a lingering close up of the weapons when they're finished in the workshop so we can appreciate the workmanship before they get destroyed.

[@rosst2017]

Love how it’s all support and no negativity

[@chichan9013]

Never weld a weapon, it only covers the surface and never reaches the deep/center part of the metal which creates stress fractures.

[@rafitohornero3850]

My god you're everywhere stop it for god sake.

[@b_f_d_d]

How do you even manage to have 3,050 subscribers lol

[@slavsupreme5129]

Chi chan fight me ya dirty bot

[@MrAlwaysRight]

@Benny Silin This is such a lame counter, really, freakin simp. HE'S "everywhere," according to your simpness, because he loves this show. SHE is everywhere, and virtually always giving a rather unwanted opinion. And THIS criticism, like many others, is uh....wrong. Simps are the worst, like, ew.

[@nick_steele9790]

@@MrAlwaysRight *nut* m'lady

[@RRoblox1218]

Doug is such a sweet heart. Bowing to the pig after he annihilated it. Respect.!😎

[@JoeGarofaloII]

I don't know why but when Doug gave the first boar a little chop and bowed when it dropped, I couldn't help but laugh 😅 🐗 🙏

[@davidwood1923]

Wow!... Another Close Competition. Thanks for Sharing

[@god985]

6:18 immediately had to think of star wars

[@roverlights6113]

i love how these people are such gentlemen

[@soulfulfool]

got that feeling that 3rd strike hit the metal lock of the box

[@therealsosi8204]

That weapon just looks weak, the link between the tang and the handle is just a heavy streess point

[@blank1778]

therealsosi exactly

[@blank1778]

therealsosi it also cracked where he wielded the carbon

[@thekillers1stfan]

Yeah, one of them was definitely going to break in the stress test. If they would have swung the other a few more times it probably would've broken too

[@war_designer8763]

I really enjoy watching the tests and seeing the blacksmiths make the weapons, but i do have a bone to pick with the durability test. I know it's important to test if the weapon is sturdy but the Zulu axe wasn't made to beat 3 inch thick wooden boxes, it was made to cut through flesh and leather thus how thin it is. The same way you wouldn't test the durability of a Rapier by hacking bamboo with it. I just think that maybe they should try to do something more appropriate to what the weapon was used for.

[@silvermurex8009]

they aren't hitting both weapons with the same strength or at the same point either

[@xxawesomedxx]

Its meant to simulate years of wear and tear in the span of 45 seconds. Thats why they always so they dont care what it does to "x" object just what "x" object does to the blade itself.

[@scottkazmer3437]

That is some AMAZING Damascus brother! Bravo Zulu!

[@gabyalex999]

6:47 I like how Doug say "It will kill" :))

[@elijahguthrie7]

Okay why were these two competitors both enjoyable to watch and neither was cocky and thought they were the best. And they were both supportive which was cool

[@jovauhngarcia5414]

To everyone saying they want the history of the weapons: THEY DO THAT IN THE FULL EPISODES. You've just got to take the time to go watch them.

[@mephistovonfaust]

The difference is they cost something to watch while these videos don't. A lot of us here aren't American and don't have this show on TV.

[@meslathman1211]

Raises hand:I’m British I can’t watch it in TV

[@bilack7007]

@@mephistovonfaust You can watch it on TV even if you're not American. I used to live in Central Europe, I could watch History Channel all day long. Moved to the UK, still able to watch History Channel

[@bilack7007]

@@meslathman1211 I believe you can watch it on TV in the UK too.

[@meslathman1211]

Bilack ok thanks

[@Blackopme]

I like the way the host walks.. like the old cowboy gun slinger

[@Rysussybaka]

"oMg DaMasCus Is GoOd BeCaUsE iT LoOkS CoOL" - 95% of FIF competitors in the final round

[@MedievalSolutions]

Well it does look cool

[@belalabusultan5911]

the twisted metal is less likely to break from a crack, it's like a phone book and one page is split, the split will not go to the other layers. however for other types of steel, they are like a plank of plastic, the crack will grow with every hit til it breaks.

[@MedievalSolutions]

@@belalabusultan5911 Actually, the "layered" damascus (be it any pattern) is more likely to crack, smiths just work much harder to make sure it doesnt, because it is a much higher time investment.

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

That was a very nice ax though

[@dante_f4563]

@@belalabusultan5911 Completely false katana hype but ok

[@oscarcoors318]

I love Forged in Fire so much 🤩. And I love when Doug says „It will keall“. Best Serie of the world.

[@RighteousWeevil]

that little bow to half a pig made me laugh

[@dautisticguy]

4:20 its a good thing he tested there😂

[@emeraldgamecave679]

Doug is so respectful he bows to the bacon

[@zoranls]

I love how trough the entire show the quench sound is same everytime

[@BlueNightZX]

they should stop using damascus, really, rarely worth the trouble and risk, it looks cool, but mostly fail against simpler blades.

[@gagan77100]

The guy whoa one also had damascus

[@MedievalSolutions]

Failure here happened because the dude welded on more steel on the tang and it wasn't treated properly and propagated a crack down the blade (at that point the blade needed more days for heat treatment and normalizing, but he didn't have that time).

[@dante_f4563]

@J Mireles While i love alec steele a lot I wish he would make an episode doing cut tests and having specs of the swords in them, cause sometimes they look overbuilt and heavy.

[@gaberielpendragon]

That isn't damascus, it's pattern welding. Details matter, and that's a pretty big detail.

[@Aluhcav]

Okay, the handle test that guy did was funny, and just seemed like a well timed comedy sketch.

[@teamlean3717]

i love this show ...

[@HISTORY]

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[@TheElectroGuy]

the keel will never be old

[@westy1637]

Anyone else notice whenever Wil has to deliver bad news to a contestant, he stares at the test (in this case the ammo boxes) while walking towards the contestants?

[@dvogoldenruleflow]

i am pretty sure that announcer was there to be the bouncer of the judges. Dude looks like he is always ready to fight LOL

[@CptSaveAHoe.]

i love the workshop name. one of the first memes too "killroy was here" used by military during ww2

[@jungleinsectspikewall4474]

Damascus actually worked for once but tbh the damascus dude had so much beter equipment to use

[@billdenbrough9439]

Incredible weapons. They have as much metal as a kitchen knife, but they can do so much damage!

[@zickykane5206]

I love how it's a Tribal warriors Axe, and they're making them out of Damascus. LOL

[@razuakzuak7533]

4:22..😂😂😂best part of the video

[@sarahalaoui5093]

God it’s so satisfying to hear “it will keel”

[@Sitania]

It breaks my heart when they break during the strength test

[@KTMGUNNER]

He hits the second axe on the join which makes it stronger the first axe he hits it on a spot that has more leverage making it break easier.

[@yuanherong4441]

I prefer to see some content on Korean weapons but I’m very proud Forged In Fire didn’t give into fear amid the Coronavirus.

[@DJJOOLZDE]

These hickory folk definatly quenched that tang!. Hooo-eeey!

[@kevindurant9950]

if you make light but strong enough to endure to strength test you have a chance to become champion

[@gagehoover14]

the first guy forging had like 3 or 4 different power hammers, millionaire blacksmith

[@TrapHouseZombie]

Not saying the axe wouldn’t have snapped anyway but the strike points on both axes into the ammo crates were not the same

[@geib666]

It would be nice to see both of the finished weapons a bit longer in full details. Anyone else feels like that?

[@vassowned7768]

Prob in the full episodes these are just cut outs

[@RAJESHR-mo4kb]

Here, end of the day, I'm alive.. I'm heathy and happy.. Wow🔥 Huge respect for all the blade smiths.. This show captures a glimpse of their efforts, their pain, their hardwork.. A winner or a looser, but all these guys deserve respect.. Their weapons will keeeeeeeel and they are all genteeeeeeel 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gallowz1980]

They say "A man is only as good as his tools" well dude had what could pass as a US military depot vs a guy with a garage with a forge in it.

[@juandupreez1985]

Beautiful weapons... One problem I have with the one axe... South Africans would never use copper wire to secure the blade to the stock... Would have been sold before it was used lol

[@louisdelaporte2637]

Yeah and I would love to hear when these weapons were actually used in battle. Strange that none of the Boer commandos who fought the Zule never mentioned these axes.

[@wasabigameshd2208]

@@louisdelaporte2637 It's called Isizenze and this weapon was around before King Shaka was born. It was mainly given to leaders and old men and married men weren't forced to fight hence why the boers never saw it frequently during battle because the popular weapon after the advent of Shaka was the Iklwa.

[@Juel92]

And that's why you don't weld your tang on folks. Especially bad idea when working with such a skinny weapon since it makes the stresspoint that more damaging.

[@HinataHyuga-rl6pq]

that back pat tho lol

[@deadly1246]

Was so happy he cute the rest of that boar on the kill test, thank you Doug

[@NarutoArenaCx]

Both very beautiful ax's.

[@abnrangerjapo]

I wish they would upload the entire episode. 😔. But I’ll take the final build 🗡

[@martiniliev3021]

please give us weapon backstories like you do for the shorter battles

[@yanielmendez7920]

Always cheer for the blacksmith with the cheaper forge

[@becomeaproreacts5049]

4:23 omgg😂😂😂😂😂i feel bad his reactionnn

[@whiplash2821]

I hate seeing blades break after all the work that go's into them poor buggers

[@michaelchristidis8658]

the strength tests for me are ridiculous ex: when they smack the swords on literal ICE it wasnt supposed to withstand something that hard

[@NILBOG13]

1:52, "The length of my tang is the biggest obstacle" GIGGITY!

[@connormurphy3085]

The pretty weapon always breaks because the blacksmith put so much time and effort into the looks of the blade that they forgot that it had to function too

[@silvermurex8009]

next season of Forged in Fire . Corona specials : social distancing Pole Arms

[@lwzeis]

Forge me a mask and helmet identical to Shredder from TMNT

[@Russaken]

Please don’t stop making these videos

[@tonyterpine5690]

the way he broke tha wood 😆

[@snorgisborg2]

This show is great

[@katojenkins7344]

Lemme just chop this thick fckn box and see if your weapon breaks

[@neilbisram5090]

They should have a contest where all 3 judges make a weapon and see which judge can make the best weapon and most of at if it will KEEL.

[@BassAsLeaders]

After all these episodes they should know damascus is dangerous to play with

[@austinmartin9465]

Who else got that AD break right before the axe broke... You know its a rip when you get a AD right before it hits the box.

[@p3l1k44n1]

This guy saying "it will kill" loves hes job.

[@Nate-lt1bq]

That ebony😭

[@architectinth]

Quite a big difference between their home forges.

[@lion_nation]

Damascus of course.. I FORGE!🔥

[@merisbihorac7364]

I feel like its really dangerous.The testing that is especially if a blade breaks...Cause you have a flying sharp edge that could realy easily go into flesh.

[@SaucyGamers]

Not once did they properly swing that axe... they have much more potential than what was displayed in the first test

[@Miamcoline]

good episode! good guys. Too bad for that cooler ax