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Forged in Fire: The Headhunter's Axe Seeks RAGING Revenge (Season 8) - YouTube
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- My name is Jordan Kepler.
[2]
I'm from Santa Ynez, California.
[3]
I am a full-time
graphic designer
[5]
and a part-time bladesmith.
[6]
I do a lot of camping
out of my truck.
[9]
Out there, having one knife
that you can chop wood,
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make a campfire, prep
dinner and all that stuff
[14]
is pretty important.
[17]
My name is Jesse Overton.
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I'm 28, and I'm from
Medford, Oregon.
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I was in the Marine
Corps for four years.
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Being in the Marine Corps,
one of the biggest things
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that we pride ourselves
on is being able to adapt,
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and being flexible.
[29]
And I think that
all those things
[30]
really are going to make me
prepared for this competition.
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GRADY POWELL: Jordan,
Jesse, congratulations.
[34]
It is now between the two of you
to figure out who's going home
[36]
with the title of "Forged
in Fire" Champion,
[38]
and a check for $10,000.
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Now, in the final
round of competition,
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you guys are going back home
to work on an iconic weapon
[44]
from history.
[45]
And that weapon is--
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the headhunter's ax.
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The headhunter ax is
both a tool and a weapon
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of the native Igorot tribe,
who hail from the mountains
[60]
of the Philippines.
[61]
Featuring a sharp
spike on one side that
[63]
is used to pierce
shields and armor,
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it also contained a
wide, lethal ax head
[67]
on the other side designed
to swiftly decapitate
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enemies in the heat of battle.
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An intimidating
weapon, tribes would
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display the heads of
their victims to strike
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fear into their enemies.
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The legacy of this
deadly ax lives on today,
[79]
and can be seen
in the video game,
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"State of Decay, Breakdown."
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GRADY POWELL: So good luck.
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We will see you in three days.
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Good luck, man.
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JORDAN KEPLER: We're back,
day one at my home forge
[93]
here in Santa Ynez, California.
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I'm going to be making
a headhunter's ax.
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We're getting close to
forge welding temperature.
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But this is definitely
a pivotal moment,
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to know that my forge welder is
set, and they're really nice,
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and it's a homogeneous piece
of steel all the way through.
[107]
So this has got to
be perfect right now.
[115]
I'm really excited to see that
it is actually forge welded.
[118]
Today, the biggest hurdle is
going to be that heat treat.
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That's a weird shape.
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Let's hope everything goes well.
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That thing just doesn't
fit in there very well.
[126]
This is a little nerve-racking,
making sure that it's perfectly
[129]
heated across the board.
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There we go.
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[bleep]
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We got a definite
warp right here.
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I need to run into
my straightening jig,
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straighten it, and
let it sit and wait.
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Oh man, it's perfectly straight.
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Yes!
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Only one day left.
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We're going to try and get some
pins through here, to make sure
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that not only we have a chemical
connection to the blade,
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but we have a
mechanical connection.
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We're through!
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And now, I'm going
to get everything
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pretty much to final finish.
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That is looking mean!
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Yeah, she's sharp.
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[laughs]
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JESSE OVERTON: I
am back at my home
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forge here in Medford, Oregon.
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I don't really have any
time to make mistakes.
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Kind of my strategy is to
draw out the spike end first.
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That's going to be the hardest
and longest thing to draw out.
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So I get done forging, and
now, it's time for the quench.
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And I'm feeling pretty nervous.
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I feel like my guts
are in my throat.
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Oh yeah.
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We did it!
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It's hard!
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We're sitting pretty
good for day two.
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I'm getting all the final
touches on the ax head.
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I really want to make sure that
I get this ax nice and sharp.
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I opened up a seam where my
weld met the actual socket.
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If I weld on this
for too long, then
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it's going to ruin
my heat treat.
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I think we got it.
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The bladesmithing gods
have looked out for me.
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The gap is gone.
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So relieved right now.
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I was doing a little
bit of research
[229]
on the warriors of this tribe.
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And I noticed that
there's certain tattoos
[233]
that they give warriors
after they behead somebody.
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So I'm going to incorporate
some of those designs
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into the handle.
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That way, it'll give
some good traction,
[240]
but also look bad ass.
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Nice, thick coat on there.
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It's looking really nice.
[245]
But I really want to see if
my edge geometry is there.
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So I decided to do a cut test.
[252]
[laughing]
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Oh, I feel so much better!
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On round two of my knife,
it did not cut very well.
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So to know that I'm
actually able to make
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something that can cut, and do
it well, it feels really good.
[264]
I'd say it's a pass, in my book.
[266]
GRADY POWELL: Gentlemen,
welcome back to the forge.
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Both your blades look
absolutely deadly.
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But there's really only one
way we can find out if they
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are as deadly as they look.
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We've got a strength
test, a sharpness test.
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And up first, the kill.
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Bladesmiths, welcome
to the kill test.
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The Igorot headhunter's ax--
[289]
a weapon that I've
always fantasized
[291]
about, because it's very
close to my Filipino heritage.
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To find out what
kind of lethal damage
[296]
your headhunter's ax will
do, I will take your weapon
[299]
and deliver some lethal blows
on this ballistics dummy.
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Jordan, are you ready?
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Because I am.
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I think so.
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Let's do this.
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JORDAN KEPLER: Right now,
I'm pretty intimidated.
[309]
If that spike hits a
backbone, or the skull,
[312]
or anything like that, that
thing could snap right off.
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[shouting]
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DOUG MARCAIDA:
All right, Jordan,
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let's talk about your
headhunter's ax here.
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Your edges here are very sharp.
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With every strike,
it dug in very deep
[345]
into this ballistics dummy.
[346]
The spike you have here,
even digging into the skull,
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did not bend.
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It feels good in the hand.
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And more importantly,
sir, it will kill.
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Thank you.
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All right, Jesse,
you're up next.
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Are you ready?
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I'm ready.
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Let's do this.
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I'm feeling nervous.
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I'm worried about my ax
head flying off the socket,
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because those bones are dense.
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You know, going into a human
skull is not an easy task.
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[shouting]
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Ooh, he headbutted me.
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All right, Jesse, let's
talk about your headhunter's
[399]
ax over here.
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First up, the
handle construction.
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So we did some research on
some Polynesian tattoos there.
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Looks good, and it
feels good in the hand.
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Your edges here
penetrated very deep
[409]
into this ballistics dummy.
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Now, your spike here, not only
did it penetrate the skull,
[414]
but it also cut it,
and it stayed true.
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Overall, sir, your
headhunter's ax will kill.
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Thanks, Doug.
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J. NEILSON: All
right, gentlemen,
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welcome to our strength test--
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the bamboo and skull chop.
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Now, you got two totally
different materials here.
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You got the springy bamboo that
likes to bounce things back,
[436]
and the skulls that
like to break edges.
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So we're going to test both ends
and the overall construction
[441]
of your headhunter's axes.
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Jordan, you're smiling,
so you're up first.
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How about that?
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Yes, sir.
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OK, let's do it.
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[shouting]
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Jordan, nice job.
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Take a breath now.
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OK.
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J. NEILSON: Now,
everything held up nicely.
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Everything's tight, doesn't
look like anything moved.
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Your edges are still sharp.
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I mean, the fact that you
made this thing light, tough,
[493]
and in Damascus in three days--
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that's a heck of a feat.
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Good job.
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Thank you.
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All right, Jesse, how
you feel after seeing that?
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Not good.
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Not good?
It'll be fine.
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JESSE OVERTON: OK.
- Don't worry about it.
[512]
[shouting]
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Oh!
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[exhales deeply]
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Last one, man.
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J. NEILSON: All right, Jesse.
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On the plus side, it
felt great in the hand.
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And your edges
held up just fine.
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But just-- all the shockwave
from the force of those strikes
[554]
split the handle almost in half.
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So I'm definitely not going
to be able to continue
[558]
testing with this weapon.
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Well, Jesse, we absolutely
hate to see that happen.
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Phenomenal job on
your blade itself.
[571]
But unfortunately, you
had a catastrophic failure
[574]
when your handle broke.
[575]
And for that reason,
we can no longer
[576]
continue testing your weapon.
[577]
I'm going to have to ask you
to please leave the forge.
[580]
I felt a little heartbroken,
seeing something that I put so
[583]
much work into it to be broke.
[584]
But I came onto this
competition just
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to prove that I can compete with
some of the best bladesmiths
[588]
out there.
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And I know I've already
accomplished that,
[591]
so I still feel like
I'm going home a winner.
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Well, Jordan, you
survived the test.
[598]
Your blade came out on top.
[600]
So congratulations, you are
the "Forged in Fire" Champion.
[602]
And there is a
$10,000 check waiting
[604]
for you outside that door.
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Very well done.
[608]
[laughs]
[609]
I just won "Forged in Fire."
[610]
I don't really know
what to say right now.
[612]
Sasquatch is kind of my mascot,
and so I feel like that's
[615]
a Sasquatch-worthy ax.
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