Forging a Sword with David DelaGardelle—Master Bladesmith

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Aggressive LIfe hits the road to spend time at Cedarlore Forge with master bladesmith, David DelaGardelle. David handcrafts historical and fantasy blades for private collectors, museums, and even Marvel movies. Putting himself in line with the generations of men who have crafted swords, David’s insights into metallurgy, and life, are as stunning as his handiwork. After a brief conversation, Brian lights up the forge and joins David in crafting a custom blade.

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0:00.0	Anytime we're lighting things, I'm very happy.
0:02.3	So go ahead and light this.
0:03.5	All right.
0:05.0	Oh!
0:07.0	Now we're living.
0:09.1	Yeah. Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:27.5	Today we're going to do something different.
0:29.5	I always say that, don't I, dirt.
0:31.7	This is actually different, though.
0:33.0	What do you mean?
0:33.6	May I say that before, and it's not different?
0:35.3	I don't know if we've gone off-site before.
0:40.3	You've definitely never forged a sword during the podcast before. We've gone off-site before.
0:41.3	We've never dealt with fire and forging metallic objects before, me insulting somebody in their manhood before.
0:47.3	So, today, we're going to show you something or help you hear something from when we recently just got out of the studio and we hit the road.
0:56.0	Hit the road to do what?
0:58.2	To forge a freaking sword, that's right.
1:00.2	God bless America.
1:01.7	Oh my gosh.
1:02.5	Part of my job, I get to forge a sword.
1:06.1	Man, a few weeks back as part of my day job, I got to travel to Cedar Lor Forge near Muncie, Indiana,
1:13.5	to meet my new friend, David Della Gardell.
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