Forged in Fire is an American reality television competition series that airs on the History channel and is produced by Outpost Entert ainment a Leftfield Entertainment company In each episode four bladesmiths compete in a threeround elimination contest to forge bladed weapons with the overall winner receiving 10000 and the days championship title The series is hosted by Wil Willis with a threejudge panel consisting of J Neilson David Baker and Doug Marcaida experts in weapon history and use During Season 3 Neilson took a leave of absence in order to have surgery on his hand Jason Knight another ABS Master Smith filled his seat on the judges panel during this time
