Forged in Fire is an American reality television competition series that airs on the History channel, and is produced by Outpost Entertainment, 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 day's chionship 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