I don't care how much they advertize. "Forged in Fire" sucks

@CaptAmehrican

What about the (few) women who compete?

@PlacidPenguin only watched 2 episodes no women. I would assume neat blades wierd women as well as men.

Just a different location for the beard.

@f00l

In a nutshell (dunno what kind):

It’s a competition show.

4 people, 3 judges, one host.

First round: Make a blade.

Second round: 3 people left, and they have to attach a handle and refine blade.

Third round: 2 people left, and they go back to their home forges and work on an iconic piece of weaponry from history.

@f00l @PlacidPenguin Yup, a “reality” completion show on the History Channel. Currently over-promoted and in heavy rotation.

@PlacidPenguin @therealjrn

Is The History Channel now moving away from 90%+ D-Day programming, and covering other historical events and practices then?

@therealjrn

Would you rather nonstop Pawn Stars?

@PlacidPenguin I wept for humanity when I read that Chumlee is worth 5 Mil.

@therealjrn

So take continuous showings of Forged in Fire in stride, and stop complaining.

@f00l @PlacidPenguin they missed a perfect opportunity to call this show “Chopped Cut” or simply “Sliced”.

@djslack

How about Cutthroat?

@PlacidPenguin

Would you rather nonstop Pawn Stars?

OMG There was a minute there when I thought for sure they were going to change the network name to The Pawn Stars Channel. Reality shows killed that network. The last decent reality show they had was Junkyard Wars.

@PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind
Junkyard Wars was on TLC I think. Back when it was The Learning Channel instead of whatever they are calling it now.

@PlacidPenguin You are correct (of course).

@ruouttaurmind

That accidentally happens from time to time.

@PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind

The Prawn Stars Network?

Well Phō on that!

@PlacidPenguin @therealjrn i want history back on history channel

@djslack @f00l @PlacidPenguin ‘Sliced’ already exists as an absolutely horrible series with a grotesque premise. So glad it was canned quickly.

@PooltoyWolf “Canned” is on HGTV though, right?

@djslack That I’m not sure of, hahaha

@duodec
Not sure I agree 100% with that

Every job is a service job, even behind the scenes

But healthcare is considered a service industry and I consider a life saved worth more than making a tool

@duodec

Are they making “show blades” or “useful blades”?

@duodec @f00l

The first two rounds they work on useful blades.

I consider the final round to be show blades.

@Cerridwyn Not going to disagree; that is a fair point. But the results, important as they are, are ephemeral. The memory of what they did, the memory of who they helped or saved, with extraordinarily rare exceptions, will vanish over a generation or two. Not the impact or the importance to the ‘world’ and everything, but the memories. Yes, the saved/helped might have progeny that otherwise might not have come to be who will exist beyond the memories, but that’s not what I’m trying to capture.

A built thing, a made thing, can and might long survive the memory of its maker, or even cause that memory to be carried forward with it. A knife handmade by a smith could very well still be in use generations after his or her passing, and the passing of any who remember them. There are Japanese blades passed down through generations and centuries, some of which are the reason there is any knowledge of their makers at all. A building, a road, a piece of jewelry or art, a bridge, a weapon, a tool… the exceptional ones may bring their makers’ names with them but even the ‘normal’ ones, you can walk on, enter, watch, wear, or hold in your hand and use and at least wonder about who made this thing, and maybe even ‘Wow, its a very nice thing and it was made by someone who knew what they were doing’.

That’s what I meant.

@duodec Nothing lasts. All we can hope is that our sandcastles create some benefit before the tide comes in.

@Cerridwyn @duodec

I get both points.

And both types of work have, or can have, little acknowledged value, or incalculable value.

And …

: )

@duodec That’s one of the things I like about sculpting. I don’t know where they’ll be, but my sculptures will last for decades after I’m gone. They will last essentially forever unless someone melts them down. I’ve only made one blade and it’s definitely for show, although it rests comfortably in the hand and has a sharp point and a razor edge. It would be happy enough to kill someone.

@moondrake

I like that wooden stand.

For perspective.

@moondrake That is really a neat knife.

@lordbowen

Here ya go:

@lordbowen

As for Doug…

@PlacidPenguin Thanks! I was still in the process of editing when time ran out. (Good thing I wasn’t making a blade.)

@therealjrn how many times?

@RiotDemon mmmm…4 or 5 I guess.

@therealjrn
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@Ignorant sez who? yer not the boss of me.