Forged in Fire - panabas

Kmaddock · 6th May 2017, 04:45 PM

I really enjoy the show
I can sit down with my eight year old son, (he loves meat) and 6 year old daughter.
We discuss the weapons, appraise what is going wrong, discuss Damascus steel
(We even used a ham and cheese sandwitch to see the process for real)
Overall I feel it brings knowledge of making things by hand to a generation of screen watchers.
Having them in my workshop making plywood swords and trying them out in destructive testing has come from the show.
The delight when they recognise one of my sword types been produced on the show is great, we go up into my storage area and bring it down to discuss if it would win against the competitors.
I would like though to see more of the home shop productions as the 5 days are really condensed.

I have however never made a blade so I might not see all the incorrectness in what is going on.

Regards

Ken

6th May 2017, 04:45 PM	#1
Kmaddock Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 543	I really enjoy the show I can sit down with my eight year old son, (he loves meat) and 6 year old daughter. We discuss the weapons, appraise what is going wrong, discuss Damascus steel (We even used a ham and cheese sandwitch to see the process for real) Overall I feel it brings knowledge of making things by hand to a generation of screen watchers. Having them in my workshop making plywood swords and trying them out in destructive testing has come from the show. The delight when they recognise one of my sword types been produced on the show is great, we go up into my storage area and bring it down to discuss if it would win against the competitors. I would like though to see more of the home shop productions as the 5 days are really condensed. I have however never made a blade so I might not see all the incorrectness in what is going on. Regards Ken