She was wearing only a red silk robe as she walked by, head held high. The moon danced off her auburn hair and a delicate wind played with the dancing curls that framed her face. He was roughly shoved down so he knelt at the man’s feet and tried to peer around his legs. Zander pushed forward, trying to see around the large knight blocking his view. Elaborate coats of arm and livery moved back as she progressed forward, each vying for a glimpse but respectful in their carriage. The chanting was joined by the royals, as one delicate ivory toe stepped onto the cobblestones ahead of them. The quiet, ominous air began to dance with energy carried forth on the tongues of monks. "I've made knives for 10 years, I intend to keep doing it.Zander watched as the crowd parted. "I treated this competition as a long-game investment, so if it increase my stock or helps build my customer base, that would be good too," said Fry. "He did very well, he represented us well, it just came down to splitting hairs on who won."ĭespite the outcome, Fry said the "Forged in Fire" experience was a great one and it has brought more attention to his business, as he has had new followers on his social media pages and has orders booked through March of next year. "Considering the time some of those guys put into forging over the years, I think he knocked it out of the park," said Payne. Travis Payne, a founding member of the Texas Knifemaker's Guild with Fry and a representative for the north region of the group, said Fry represented the Guild very well, especially considering how some of the contestants have years of experience on Fry. "I proved to myself that I was capable of doing some pretty difficult circumstances."
"I have some regrets on how it turned out but it wasn't stolen from me or foolish mistakes, what got me was the limitation of my equipment," said Fry. Only this time, the metal part of the shaft on Fry's weapon took a slight, three degree bend, costing him the competition. The contestants had five days at home to build the weapon with the same kind of tests done by the judges. This process had Fry a little concerned, as he said the contestant before him was a certified journeyman smith, but Fry's knife didn't chip and he got to advance.įry and the other finalist were then tasked to build a final weapon - a Qinglong Ji, an instrument of Chinese warfare that resembles a spear. To test the quality of their work, judges then try to break the knives, with the ones with the least damage advancing. In Fry's case, the contestants had to make a knife from the rings of a whiskey barrel for the first round and in the next, they had another three hours to put on handles. "It sounds like a lot of time, but it's really not very much time at all."
"This was very much working on someone else's schedule at a very intense pace," said Fry, who is also the president of the Texas Knifemaker's Guild. On the show, however, the contestants would have three hours to work on tasks. "That's the thing I got interested in when it came time to start building things, and I need something tangible for my creative side."Ĭompeting for the grand prize on the show that ran over the summer was a different work experience than what Fry is used to, as he usually makes knives on his own time and can take breaks when he wants. "I was hunting and fishing a lot so I've been using knives my whole life," said Fry.
The competition seemed perfect for Fry, who began making knives because he was hunting so much that he needed more sharp blades to keep around.
Forged in fire cutting deeper series#
"Forged in Fire" is a competition series that features world-class bladesmiths - those who make knives, swords, daggers and the like - competing to create some of history's most iconic weapons, with the winner walking away with a $10,000 prize. What started as a hobby turned into the opportunity of a lifetime for Wolfforth resident Jason Fry, a bladesmith who recently made it to the finals of History Channel's "Forged in Fire."
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