Hello, blacksmiths.
Welcome to the strength test.
To test the strength
of your edge
as well as the overall
construction of your knives,
I'm going to bash them
into these fire bricks.
Remember, this test
is all about what
the bricks do to your
knives and not what
the knives do to the bricks.
Derick, you're up first.
You ready?
- Sure.
Why not?
Well, Derick,
most importantly,
your forge weld held up.
[inaudible] I like the
feeling of your handle.
The weight is good, but you
now have a serrated blade.
The fire bricks did some
chipping on your blade here.
Karl, are you ready?
100%.
Just do it slow.
Slow and easy?
[laughter]
That's not happening.
Well, Karl, I like
the weight of it.
There's some chipping and
rolling at the edge here.
You now have a
serrated blade as well.
Everything held up.
It's all tight.
Nothing came loose on it.
Well done.
Thank you.
Tony, what are you thinking?
Tear it up.
Dude.
Well, Tony, your edge
held up pretty well,
but that's to be expected.
There's so much
mass in this thing.
There is some edge
deflection here and a little
chipping, but not too much just
because it is such a stout,
stout blade.
But everything is still tight.
Well done.
Thank you.
Blacksmiths, to find out if
your blades are still sharp,
I will take your
weapon and slash
across these grinder belts.
You will need a sharp edge.
Derick, you're up first.
You ready?
Sure.
Let's do it.
All right, Derick, there's
a lot of rolled edges in here.
It's sharp enough to
cut through the first
and a little bit
of the second belt,
but it did not cut the rest.
So your blade, sir,
will cut, a little.
All right, Karl, you're up next.
You ready?
100%.
Let's do this.
All right, Karl, during
the test with those bricks,
it dulled the edges.
In slashing with that, it cut
even less on the first belt.
Overall, sir, your blade
will cut even less.
All right, Tony,
it's your turn.
You ready?
Tear it up.
Well, Tony, I was
really concerned
watching your edge earlier, how
thick it is like an ax head.
That, coupled with testing
this on the bricks earlier,
really took out all the
edges that you had there.
It just bounced off.
So unfortunately, Tony,
your blade will not cut.
Blacksmiths, the judges have
made their final decision.
For one of you, the road
to Tournament of Champions
and $50,000 ends right here.
Tony, your blade
didn't make the cut.
Tony, while every blade took
some damage in a very grueling
strength test, the obtuse
edge you put on yours
made it so it didn't cut,
and it's for that reason
we're sending you home.
Yeah, understood.
Tony, please
surrender your blade.
I feel like I represented
blacksmiths well.
I accomplished some tasks
that were virtually impossible
in very little time, and
I feel like I'm going
home a winner no matter what.
