They sliced through a whole pig and chopped bone. When he and his competitor, a bladesmith from Alabama, returned with their swords, they were put to the test. “I was excited, and the process went really, really well - way better than I anticipated,” he said. “It was 38 inches altogether, with a 32-inch cutting edge.”īorries calls the show one of the best experiences of his life. “This was by far the largest blade I had ever made,” Borries said. Soon, Borries was headed back home to Gautier to forge his own version of Napoleon’s saber. One competitor was eliminated after a medical issue and another was dropped after his knife failed. “The handle was comfortable, and everything stayed nice and tight.” “I survived the cow bone chop with minor damage to the edge,” he said, with a wide smile. “I made a clip point bowie knife that had a 10 ½ inch cutting edge and was 15 ½ inches altogether with an elk horn handle,” he said.īorries did well enough in this on-site challenge to progress to the finals. The show takes four bladesmiths to a Connecticut forge, where they compete in an on-site challenge that whittles down the competition to two for a final challenge at their home forges.īorries’ on-site challenge “was to make a Damascus blade in three hours that had a 9- to 12-inch cutting edge and was no longer than 22 inches overall.” He was featured in a season 6 episode of “Forged in Fire” that aired on Aug. “As much as I was into Napoleon, I had to make sure to give this sword justice.”īorries, a marine construction worker from Gautier, has been a bladesmith for about five years, studying under Vancleave knife maker Paul LeBatard. “When they unveiled that sword, I thought ‘God almighty!’” Borries said, laughing.
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