Filipino contestant Ryu Lim joins the best weapon-makers in History’s new series Forged in Fire. Weapon masters are going head-to-head in the channel’s exciting new series premiering Nov. 19, and airing 10 p.m. Thursdays.
The show has four contestants battling it out every episode, in a series of elimination challenges focused on fabricating a component of the selected weapon, and using only the “garage” of tools provided. An upcoming episode has Filipino bladesmith Ryu Lim as one of the competitors.
Lim, who mostly stays in Union, New Jersey, is originally from a small village at the foot of a mountain in the northern Philippines, where he began learning his craft. “I’ve been helping around at the local smithies since I was eight years old and working the bellows. I was first permitted to pick up a hammer at around the age of nine, and I forged my first sword at the age of 10.”
He found a home in the United States after leaving the country, and continued to forge, trading the blades he produced for items and tools he couldn’t afford to purchase. Around mid-year of 2014, Lim was able to start selling his work via his social media account. He says of joining the program, “The most valuable thing I won from the show is my now treasured friends who I call my brothers,” referring to fellow contestants Jonathan Porter, James Huse, and Phil Evans.
HISTORY™ is available on SKYCable Ch 67; Cable Link Ch. 44; Dream Satellite Ch 30; Destiny Cable Ch 57; and Cignal Ch 118.