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Mike's avatar

Forged in Fire is a bladesmithing competition show where mostly cosplay nerds and old rednecks make swords which are then tested by an "edge weapon specialist" which usually involves him whaling on a giant hunk of meat. It may not sound like it but somehow it's incredibly wholesome and weirdly inspirational.

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Rafi Schwartz's avatar

Forged in Fire is the best competition show on tv. No question. Hands down. Full stop.

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jj skolnik's avatar

Forged in Fire rules and there's also a game show spinoff (Knife or Death) which is hosted by Goldberg and is ... a lot

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Jen Dick's avatar

That sounds AMAZING. I am here for any shows where craftspeople get to make cool shit. Netflix has a show an art glass competition, Blown Away, which I loved and I'm not even into glass as a medium generally. Just watching the technique and different approaches to the same challenge is fascinating, though. They also have a show about various restorations, The Repair Shop, which gets a bit twee and too precious at times, but it's still very cool to see the variety of objects that come in and how they get restored or refurbished.

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jj skolnik's avatar

Blown Away bummed me out because I thought it was super interesting but then there was that one woman who kept sending out TERF dogwhistles.

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Jared L.'s avatar

Forged in Fire is the best show I didn't know I wanted to watch.

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