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Forged in Fire: The Headhunter鈥檚 RAGING Revenge in the Final Round (Season 8) | History - YouTube
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my name is jordan kepler i'm from san diego聽
california i'm a full-time graphic designer and聽聽
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a part-time bladesmith i do a lot of camping out聽
of my truck out there having one knife that you聽聽
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can chop wood make a campfire prep dinner all that聽
stuff is pretty important my name is jesse overton聽聽
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i'm 28 and i am from medford oregon i was in the聽
marine corps for four years being in the marine聽聽
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corps one of the biggest things that we pride聽
ourselves on is being able to adapt and being聽聽
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flexible and i think that all those things really聽
are going to make me prepared for this competition聽聽
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jordan jesse congratulations it is now between the聽
two of you to figure out who's going home with the聽聽
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title of fortune fire champion and a check for聽
ten thousand dollars now in the final round of聽聽
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competition you guys are going back home to work聽
an iconic weapon from history and that weapon is
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the head hunter's axe
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the headhunter axe is both a聽
tool and a weapon of the native聽聽
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iguara tribe who hail from the聽
mountains of the philippines聽聽
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featuring a sharp spike on one side that is used聽
to pierce shields and armor it also contained a聽聽
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wide lethal axe head on the other side designed to聽
swiftly decapitate enemies in the heat of battle聽聽
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an intimidating weapon tribes would display the聽
heads of their victims to strike fear into their聽聽
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enemies the legacy of this deadly act lives聽
on today and can be seen in the video game聽聽
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state of decay breakdown good luck we聽
will see you in three days good luck man
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we're back day one at my home forge here in聽
san diego california i'm gonna be making a聽聽
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head hunter's axe we're getting close to forge聽
welding temperature but this is definitely a聽聽
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pivotal moment to know that my porch gloves are聽
set and they're really nice and it's a homogeneous聽聽
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piece of steel all the way through so this has聽
got to be perfect right now i'm really excited聽聽
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to see that it actually force welded today the聽
biggest hurdle is going to be that heat treat聽聽
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it's a weird shape let's hope everything goes well聽
that thing just doesn't fit in there very well聽聽
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this is a little nerve racking making sure that it聽
is perfectly heated across the board there we go
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we got a definite warp right there i need to run聽聽
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into my straightening jig straighten聽
it and let it sit and wait
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oh man it's perfectly straight yes聽
only one day left we're going to try聽聽
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and get some pins through here to聽
make sure that not only we have a聽聽
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chemical connection to the blade聽
but we have a mechanical connection聽聽
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we're through now i'm gonna get everything聽
pretty much to final finish that is looking mean
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yeah she sharks
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i'm back at my home forge here in medford oregon聽
i don't really have any time to make mistakes聽聽
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kind of my strategy is to draw out聽
the spike in first that's gonna be聽聽
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the hardest and longest thing to draw聽
out so i get done forging and now it's聽聽
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time for the quench and uh i'm feeling pretty聽
nervous i feel like my guts are in my throat
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oh yeah we did it it's hard we're sitting pretty聽
good for day two i'm getting all the final touches聽聽
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on the axe head i really want to make sure that聽
i get this axe nice and sharp i opened up a seam聽聽
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where my weld had met the actual socket if i weld聽
on this for too long then it's going to ruin my聽聽
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heat treat i think we got it the bladesmithing聽
gods have looked out for me the gap is gone so聽聽
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relieved right now i was doing a little bit聽
of research on the warriors of this tribe聽聽
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and i noticed that there's certain tattoos that聽
they give warriors after they behead somebody so聽聽
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i'm going to incorporate some of those designs聽
into the handle that way it'll give some good聽聽
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traction but also look badass nice thick coat聽
on there it's looking really nice but i really聽聽
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want to see if my edge geometry is there so i聽
decided to do a cut test oh i feel so much better聽聽
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on round two of my knife it did not cut very聽
well so to know that i'm actually able to make聽聽
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something that can cut and do it well it feels聽
really good i'd say it's a pass in my book聽聽
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gentlemen welcome back to the forge聽
both your blades look absolutely deadly聽聽
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but there's really only one way we can find out聽
if they are as deadly as they look we've got聽聽
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a strength test a sharpness test and up first聽
the kill bladesmiths welcome to the keel test聽聽
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the igarot headhunters axe a weapon that i've聽
always fantasized about because it's very close聽聽
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to my filipino heritage to find out what kind聽
of lethal damage your head hunter's axe will do聽聽
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i will take your weapon and deliver some聽
lethal blows on this ballistics dummy聽聽
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jordan are you ready because i am so let's聽
do this right now i'm pretty intimidated if聽聽
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that spike hits the backbone or the skull or聽
anything like that i think it'd snap right off
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all right jordan's talk about your headhunter's聽
axe here your edges here are very sharp with聽聽
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every strike it dug in very deep into this聽
ballistics dummy the spike you have here聽聽
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even digging into the skull did not bend it聽
feels good in the hand and more importantly sir聽聽
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it will kill thank you all right聽
jesse you're up next are you ready聽聽
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i'm ready let's do this i'm feeling nervous聽
i'm worried about my axe head flying off the聽聽
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socket because those bones are dense you know聽
going into a human skull is not an easy task
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oh he headbutted me
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all right jesse let's talk about your聽
headhunter's axe over here first up聽聽
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the handle construction so we did some聽
research and some polynesian tattoos there聽聽
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looks good and it feels good in the hand聽
your edges here penetrated very deep into聽聽
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this ballistics dummy now your spike here not聽
only did it penetrate the skull but it also聽聽
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cut it and it stayed true overall sir your聽
head hunter's axe little keel thanks doug
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all right gentlemen welcome to our strength test聽
the bamboo and skull chop now you get two totally聽聽
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different materials here you got the springy聽
bamboo that likes to bounce things back and the聽聽
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skulls that like to break edges so we're gonna聽
test both ends and the overall construction of聽聽
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your headhunter's axes during your smiles you're聽
up first how about that yes sir okay let's do it
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hmm
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ah jordan nice job take a breath now okay now聽
everything held up nicely everything's tight聽聽
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doesn't look like anything moved your edges聽
are still sharp i mean the fact that you made聽聽
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this thing light tough and in damascus聽
in three days that's a heck of a feat聽聽
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good job thank you all right jesse how you feel聽
after seeing that not good not good it'll be fine
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ah
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oh
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last one man
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all right jesse on the plus side it felt great聽
in the hand and your edges held up just fine聽聽
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but just all the shock wave from the force of聽
those strikes split the handle almost in half聽聽
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so definitely not going to be able聽
to continue testing with this weapon
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well jesse we absolutely hate to see that聽
happen phenomenal job on your blade itself聽聽
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but unfortunately you had a catastrophic failure聽
when your handle broke and for that reason we聽聽
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can no longer continue testing your weapon i'm聽
gonna have to ask you to please leave the forge聽聽
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i felt a little heartbroken seeing something聽
that i put so much work into would be broke but聽聽
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i came onto this competition just to prove that聽
i can compete with some of the best bladesmiths聽聽
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out there and i know i've already accomplished聽
that so i still feel like i'm going home a winner
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well jordan you survived the test your blade聽
came out on top so congratulations you are the聽聽
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fortune fire champion and there's a ten thousand聽
dollar check waiting for you outside that door聽聽
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very well done i just won forge and fire聽
i don't really know what to say right now聽聽
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sasquatch is kind of my mascot and so i聽
feel like that's a sasquatch worthy axe
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