Forged in Fire: Cavalry Saber GUTS & CUTS the Final Round *Lethal Lacerations* (Season 3) | History

Watch all new episodes of Forged in Fire, returning Wednesday, November 18 at 9/8c, and stay up to date on all of your favorite History Channel shows at www.history.com/schedule.
Are these bladesmiths ready for this forging challenge? Finalists recreate the thick yet extremely powerful Cavalry Saber, in this clip from Season 3, "Cavalry Saber." #ForgedInFire
Subscribe for more from Forged in Fire and other great HISTORY shows:
histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT
Watch more Forged in Fire on the official series KZbin playlist:
histv.co/WatchForgedinFire
Find out more about the show and watch full episodes on our site:
histv.co/ForgedInFire
Check out exclusive HISTORY content:
History Newsletter - histv.co/newsletter
Website - histv.co/History
Facebook - histv.co/Facebook
Twitter - histv.co/Twitter
"Forged in Fire" features world-class bladesmiths competing against each other to create some of history's most iconic edged weapons.
HISTORY® is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming.

[@HISTORY]

Watch all new episodes of Forged in Fire, returning Wednesday, November 18 at 9/8c, and stay up to date on all of your favorite History Channel shows at www.history.com/schedule.

[@Rotangar]

Hi

[@jaredfran519]

Respect for both of them, they handled the adversity well.

[@bishalpandey325]

Please check out Nepalese Khukuri... It also has its legendary history on it's own... Nepalese warriors have fought and won in many wars with that weapon.

[@akshaywakchaure5843]

धोप in India in maharashtrat

[@MRTAN-pe3ts]

Bladesmiths, both your weapons performed as equally good, so for the final test you will battle eachother with your weapons to the last man standing ,let the best blade win. Good luck bladesmiths

[@CultofThings]

Lol awesome

[@JebusPrimeDLC]

First time I ever see both contestants having to start over half way.

[@swaswj414]

It's actually happened quite a few times. I believe there's one where both failed on day 3 of a 4-day challenge, but would have to hunt down which one that was.

[@DM-qj7eh]

@@swaswj414 have you gound it yet

[@wardspiessens3331]

People who complain about using coal don't know what they're doing. Burns blade in half.

[@larry40]

Ooops lol

[@b_f_d_d]

Yikes

[@nath_rages]

I nearly spat out my drink 😂

[@nero786]

He didn’t complain tho. He wasn’t wrong lol

[@davidmooneyham1607]

He was taking a direct shot at me over something I'd said in the green room. :P

[@MrCptNicky]

Todd is literally the "Vegan Crossfitter" of blacksmithing.

[@CaptainCrap77]

the only type of blacksmith who would lose to the weeb

[@artorias9893]

@@CaptainCrap77 huh?

[@CaptainCrap77]

@@artorias9893 do you not speak english or have you not watched the video yet? the vegan lost to the weeb

[@artorias9893]

@@CaptainCrap77 who was the weeb?

[@SarenDracul]

@@artorias9893 the guy who stated he’s only use to Fantasy Blades like Katanas

[@watchdealer11]

"Hard like trigonometry" 😂

[@tcopeful]

it makes me happy that the pretty humble guy beat the super cocky guy even though he tried putting in all those details

[@BlakeGibbons]

Yea, that’s always nice.

[@coppertopv365]

Todd lost. .

[@neurotic3015]

He wasn't super cocky though. The most "cocky" thing he said was that people who complain about coal usually don't know how to use it properly, which even if it is ironic that he burned through his blade, it's also true that he still didn't complain because he knows how to use it and knew the error he made.

[@spamhere1123]

As soon as Todd started bragging about using coal and going on about how people who didn't use it "didn't know what they were doing," I knew he was going to lose. And sure enough, he burns through the bottom of his blade because coal makes it hard to see how hot that section of blade was getting. The truly great feel no need to put others down to prove their skill.

[@GT-fi4sk]

Arrogance at it's finest

[@danielfealy1553]

"Coal forging is superior and it will show in the final product" *Blade snaps* "I pay really good attention to details" "Your handle is loose" Not a good look Todd

[@nabilghafar9150]

@@danielfealy1553 lol.

[@Skyisgoingbacktopluto]

Literally five seconds into his rant and I just skipped to the testing to watch him fail.

[@angelserenade]

I think I've only seen 2 finalists use coal in forging and still win.

[@thurgeis]

"my experience with swords is mostly from fantasy swords like katanas" ok, massive Trigger here 😂

[@justinanaya3281]

I swear 😂😂

[@defavlt3693]

Indeed, that was so funny lmao

[@matthewgaviola8885]

IKR 🤣

[@shadowyclip]

yea those high fantasy katanas. caught that immediately as well.

[@genghiskhan6809]

And cutlasses

[@kurokii7596]

Doug putting his bloody shirt to the washing machine: This shirt will definitely KLEAN.

[@Rebar77_real]

That's cool when they have similar shop equipment. Compared to one guy having a Big Blue and other dudes got a nice hammer. :)

[@chritlevgaming9297]

I love forged in fire, there are no awkward pauses or unnecessary filler to up the watch time. This show is just straight to the point and it's fantastic!

[@MunkyDrag0n]

Apparently Todd hasn't heard the phrase "Work smarter, not harder."

[@chrisy_]

„Behold the mess!” My room everyday: *mess*

[@davidschick6951]

5:08 amazing handle. That would work very well in combat, especially with sweaty hands. 8:07 IN! UP! TWIST! OUT!

[@snowflakekiller6905]

Too bad it was loose

[@felixortiz257]

Come one Dave ,katanas and naval sabers are historical weapons.

[@ludonymous526]

Never thought of Dave saying "it will cut" after a sharpness test, just like Doug.

[@cherenmertens]

Doug: "Bladesmiths.." YT subs: "Place bits.."

[@tbc_stealth3141]

This just goes to show how hard it was back in the 9th to 14th centuries when they had to do every thing manul

[@emeraldgamecave679]

Any episode of Forged is a good one but I especially liked the contestants, their simpler, similar set ups and with the restarts. It will entertain

[@aladahfachina4918]

favorite thing to watch before bed

[@Davefitz04]

Todd is the exact type of guy you don’t want working on your house lmao.

[@NomNomDiscoveries]

Doug: Bladesmiths... KZbin subtitles: Place bits....

[@squawk3120]

1:21 casual weed plants in the background.

[@Brandfall609]

"Be a handle" made me chuckle

[@g4do]

Seriously only a rookie would put hot metal in cold water

[@rexearianne9117]

didn't know christian bale and david hasselhoff could forge.

[@guiltyrisk33]

Good job Dave. 👏

[@Miamcoline]

Well done to both. Kept on plugging away and both turned in really nice-looking weapons.

[@TheWhoamaters]

The weapon was still very used during the age of gunpowder. The advent of smokeless powder however did make the cavalry sabre obsolete

[@jeebusyaweirdo3733]

Id argue it was more so cartridges and “repeating” designs that really did it in, then tbh WW1 really was the last nail in the coffin as even in hand to hand combat they were too large to be effective in the trenches.

[@TheWhoamaters]

@@jeebusyaweirdo3733 Smokeless powder made those repeating designs far more feasible, and automatics possible.

[@IamKiyora]

a handmade work is better than anything not gonna lie

[@ralphgutierrez3451]

“Hard as trigonometry” lmfaooo

[@Happymask00TTV]

Todd doesn't even hand shake his opponent

[@yeetus8289]

“I SAID STAB NOT TICKLE !!”

[@piotrdworowy183]

Fortunately the judges made the right decision at the end 😍

[@ceasarramirez5534]

I guess your secret potion didn’t work buddy 🤣🤣

[@trentens991]

" i forgot when you dip a hot blade in water...." you can tell he's only an amateur.

[@ricktherrien8235]

I have never seen a freshly forged sword with blood groves and rust on it.

[@patmancrowley8509]

My saying is this: When the going gets tough the weak leave.

[@FoxenPiano]

When the going gets tough, the weak submit their blade to the judges and leave the forge.

[@borithyoukhe6680]

Hey History channel I don’t know who run the show but I am really want to suggest one of the weapon forms Japanese history ‘ Sword of Uesugi Kenshin: Dragon of Echigo’ what interesting about the sword is that it’s doesn’t have a sword guard. Thank

[@infinityinfiniet2500]

Love the show. Next challenge please make. Pulwoyar & Talawar. Afgan sword. Thanks.

[@norman469]

so you're telling me i could split a bullet in half by cutting through it with a sword?

[@DonHefe]

2 blades made with primitive forges well fone to both

[@aayushmaanthapa3519]

Love from India 🇮🇳

[@abhishekpratapsingh2937]

Todd is the best guy I ever saw in this show! I liked his style..

[@STNeish]

Considering they both had to start over 2 days in... they turned out great.

[@trashproductions9513]

Another good forging video! :D

[@billsykes2977]

Great job, but I'm kind of dissapointed because they didn't even try to behead those dolls with these babyes.

[@angelbabydragon]

I really admire Todd. He is a man that makes and takes things in his hands. He is self-made and stands proud while doing so. God bless you.

[@helix9049]

Thank you he’s my uncle and it seemed like everyone only had bad to say about him. He was authentic and forged the classic way. He persevered really well, too.

[@angelbabydragon]

@@helix9049 Then, god bless you and your uncle.

[@helix9049]

@@angelbabydragon Thank you so much! You as well 😊

[@orion5334]

hard work pays off :)

[@TheBigblackbutt]

Banadana was really selling himself

[@catqueensina]

I love when the underdog wins in these. Dave seemed chill.

[@Kualinar]

It's the handle that made the difference.

[@damienairalay552]

And it thought splitting a bullet with a sword was reserved solely for anime lol. Made sense to use a hollow point tho,

[@IgiWhiteman]

Wait.....I've never realized this. Why did he wield a cavalry saber in Master & Commander? He was a sea captain. A sailor. What advantage would such weapon have while fighting on the ship?

[@Tareltonlives]

And I'm pretty sure the regulations had men equipped with cutlassess since 1804. I want to say the Ottoman sailors used shorter versions of the saber in the navy; pictures show Oruc Reis and Barbarossa with pretty short curved blades pretty much identical to the classic cutlass (which came from European hunting knives) . The key point of boarding combat was to fight at close quarters, hence the use of musketoons, pistols and blunderbuss.

[@owenh6448]

British Naval Officers of this period used blades similar to those depicted in this episode as did many infantry officers as it became increasingly fashionable circa 1800.

[@jaredfran519]

This is such a cool weapon

[@timwicke2836]

The handle of death.

[@Timmothy2012]

Did he really say a katana was a fantasy blade?

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@3:15 can you weld a break like that? Build it up and then file it back to original thickness?

[@sabre5807]

Of course.

[@giotani1835]

love from lebanon 🇱🇧

[@suckmyspaghettimonster4603]

Explosive

[@no_one5974]

Okay who wants to see a team of people from knight fight and forged in fire where the guys from fif make weapons for the people in knight fight

[@BlakeGibbons]

When you think Japan is a fantasy.

[@rodrigoxaviernunes9581]

Call me when you fecide to forge the Warcraft sworf frostmine...

[@FoardenotFord]

Not just a cavalry sabre, a 1796 Light Cavalry sabre 0.o

[@giftsvampen]

Todd is fecking cool as fock.

[@traversniemi5342]

My experience with swords are : Dungeons & Dragons costume swords

[@thecityofficial6367]

Who says you need a state of the art forge to win forged in fire?

[@robertjohnson9756]

How are katanas and cutlass fantasy

[@julius2659]

Why do we never see the tempering, I mean right after quenching your blade is brittle as f. You can't just assemble it!

[@thelambsauce9365]

"Fantasy blades, like katanas." Sir???

[@Thotslayer5000]

Haven’t watched yet but I’m rooting for THE TODD

[@brownhairgreeneyes4483]

"fantasy blades like katanas" ... right

[@N0B0DWHY]

love from india❤️

[@shinarts4902]

I see.. He must've been talking about: "The old Way's of the Flex". How am i supposed to take this guy serious?

[@artorias9893]

I would’ve been surprised if Todd won the man made his sword out of old rusted metal lmao

[@helix9049]

He’s my uncle it’s all he has lmao he lives in Amanda it’s like 10 minutes away but it’s a super small town and he’s kinda poor so

[@tigerbugmotovlog]

Dave's sword looks more like a scimatar rather than a cavalry saber though

[@Superchief-bk4wf]

What if one day someone has enough and attacks the judges with the swords and what will the judges do?

[@bogdanhz5580]

Let's hope they film it

[@AnupetMunuth]

I take it this came down to the loose handle? Not cutting quite as nicely too, I need the explanation.

[@pizago93]

An Otaku vs a real gringo great show.

[@batmantiss]

Im always suspect of "todds".

[@latino130]

i prefer the other blade

[@portgasace3986]

I miss the "it will keel".

[@genaroayala8100]

Dave should have been also disqualified for disrespecting the katana.

[@r3ape3rzstephens33]

Wow

[@EdgerGPlay]

"Hold on your butts!"

[@seanmiz6539]

Some of the worst edge alignment per swing I’ve seen in a while

[@exxodas]

Keeeeel

[@redmonkey477]

Todd came across as arrogant, Dave came across as amateurish. Despite both these things, I think they both made good blades. I'm no bladesmith but I'd assume smithing with coal is a bit harder than with a gas-powered forge, so good on him for that. Overall, congrats to both.

[@13christbane]

working harder for vanity's sake is stupid

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@3:03 Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys is helping Todd? Greasy hammer work.

[@steveoo410]

Dave at the age of 80 telling his grandkids for the 300th time about winning Forged in Fire.

[@davidmooneyham1607]

Awww. Somebody doesn't like me. I may cry.

[@carll.freemanjr.9867]

The cavalry saber isn't really any different from a cutlass, they just changed the guard on it...

[@matthewpham9525]

The guard is the same, the blade is actually different. It also depends on the individual model, some are closer than others.

[@michaelhinkson6038]

"I'm the kind of guy who wouldn't pay a penny to see a pissant eat a bale of hay on Sunday". Wut?

[@brettjohnson536]

I couldn't even make that bit out 😂😂

[@zmitch88]

Lethal.

[@hydradominatus3641]

I'm genuinely surprised these blades didn't snap on the bullet test.

[@edgaraf9411]

Apperantly it's rather easy for the blades to tank a bullet. I only know for sure that it's true for the edge and not the side/flat.

[@jeremybennett3909]

cool

[@RaphaelRock1]

The kill test sucks. Dave could destroy those ballistic dummy completely!

[@jasonroberts8408]

The Cavalry sabre is not intended to be sharpened...

[@hellequingentlemanbastard9497]

18th. Century? What about the Poles, the Hungarians and all the European Nations that used Sabres in one form or the other during the 16th. and 17th. Century? The Swiss Schnepf for one?

[@dodongbalbas5643]

I just saw a Sneak Peek of the brand new season of Forged In Fire (on their Facebook page) and there I confirmed that Wil Willis is not hosting the show anymore

[@baddoopey]

Dodong Balbas , I won't miss him.