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After restoring and building countless guns and knives for his customers, master blacksmith Daniel Casey decides it's time to build a "poor boy" rifle for his son, Wesley.

Iron & Fire

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Daniel forges the ultimate spear for the occasion of a traditional hog hunt; Bob and the boys head to the firing range to create what Bob likes to call "flint lock art."

Hog Spear

As winter settles in, Daniel forges an Early American-style grease lamp and tackles a rare 1842 rifle commissioned by the U.S. government for trade with American Indians; Daniel is called in to help clear a beaver dam.

Triple Shot

Daniel travels to Kentucky to work on a bear pistol with his mentor, who watches over Daniel's shoulder as he races to finish the project in four days.

Bear Pistol

Daniel works on an 1850s percussion rifle for a very particular client; Daniel and the guys engage in a friendly fish gigging competition.

Mountain Mystery Man

Daniel builds a cannon from salvaged materials; assisting in the dangerous task of removing a musket ball stuck inside the barrel of a rifle.

Cannon Goes Boom

Daniel creates a custom smoothbore shotgun, the short-range weapon of choice for soldiers in the Revolutionary and French and Indian Wars; Daniel uses locally-harvested walnut to craft the shotgun.

Home on the Range

Daniel tackles the Pipe Tomahawk; Daniel worries about flooding on his property and comes up with a plan to deal with a log jam.

Pipe Tomahawk

Daniel takes on a challenge to create an 18th-century North Carolina-style rifle for a professional shooter; Daniel tests the gun by splitting a ball on an axe head.

The Razor's Edge

Ironsmith Daniel Casey starts to build a replica of the first Bowie knife ever made.

The Bowie Knife

Traditional knife and gunsmith Daniel Casey creaetes a custom Poor Boy rifle, the weapon of choice for the average man of the 1800s who needed to put food on the table and protect his home and family.

The Rifle That Made America

Daniel replicates a Damascus steel blade dagger; experts consider Damascus to be the superior steel when it comes to strength and beauty.

Man of Steel

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