"But I was so proud of it, and I was so excited. At the time, I had made this junky piece of crap-looking thing-ama-what's-it," Hyner said with a laugh. The neighbor invited the two teens to try out the forge.
He had started watching "Forged in Fire" about five years ago, when he was graduating from high school.īack then, the neighbor of a friend had built himself a cold forge - "your most basic, primitive kind of forge," Hyner said. His teachers got frustrated and would tell him that the work he did was really good but he never completed it. In high school, he had trouble finishing projects in his drawing and painting classes because he was so detail oriented. I was always into art, I always liked playing music - I play the guitar."īut he said he couldn't find something specific that he liked to do, was good at - and could finish. I always enjoyed doing art-related things regardless of what they were. When I was in high school, I was in AP studio art classes. Hyner grew up in West Babylon, Long Island, and said he "was always interested in artsy stuff.
That Tuesday was incredibly hectic, he recalled he was called during work, and he had to get to New York City to get a coronavirus test and get back to get ready for the production. He had to be in Stamford, Conn., where the program is filmed, at 6 a.m. So the "Forged in Fire" folks kept him on a standby list in case someone, say, got sick or tested positive for COVID-19 and had to drop out at the last minute.Īnd this is how it happened: Hyner got the call from "Forged in Fire" six months ago at 10 a.m. The problem then was Hyner was still in school and nearing graduation he didn't have available dates he could commit to. The casting person made a casting video she forwarded to the producers, who decided to have Hyner on the series. Hyner eventually went through the interview process for the show, which included a casting person looking at his application and then conducting phone and Skype interviews with him. He graduated in January 2020 and started working at EB. Hyner started applying to be on "Forged in Fire" two or three years ago, when he was a student at SUNY Maritime College in New York City. I also learned I can make a knife in five hours - which is a very hard thing to do, might I add." "My competitors were absolutely amazing competitors. But he did say he enjoyed filming it a lot and would do it again "in a heartbeat."
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Like all contestants on these types of TV series, Hyner couldn't say what the challenges were on "Forged in Fire" or how far he made it in the competition. "You've got to make changes on the fly and overcome and adapt," he said. We were not allowed any paper or any lists." I knew what I needed to do, but I'm one of those people who needs to look at a list of things and kind of cross out - I've got to do that, then I've got to do this. The first round of the show, I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Everybody who has ever been on the show will absolutely say that, for sure. It does, however, put a fresh reminder on the catchphrase we mentioned earlier, ‘do not try this at home’.He said filming "Forged in Fire" "was very nerve-racking at first, as it is for a lot of people. The blaze took the New York Fire Department over 6 hours to extinguish.īeing charged with arson and reckless endangerment, Mr Gomes is currently released on bail.įortunately, no one is reported to have been hurt in the blaze. This saw debris from his ‘forge’ blow onto adjacent buildings which ended up destroying 28 buildings, including his own apartment.Īt eTeknix, we often question the sanity of people who plug in random USB sticks, this, however, is well beyond our usual scope of insanity. He decided to make this attempt during quite high winds. While this, in itself, sounds a bit dodgy, it does get worse. In a report via the NYT, John Gomes’ little home furnace went on to engulf 20 houses in flames.ĭeciding he would attempt to make a sword (or possibly just bend some metal) John Gomes made his own little homebrew forge. Now, before we get into the aftermath, we have seen our fair share of stupidity here at eTeknix, what came next, however, is perhaps on a new level. It pits 3 blacksmiths against one another to create a piece of traditional forged iron or steelworks.īeing inspired by the program, John Gomes decided he would give blacksmithing a try in his backyard.
A man in New York, however, clear thought he was above such advise.įorged in Fire is a major hit History Channel TV program. Most TV shows these days start with the pretty heavy disclaimer ‘don’t try this at home’. Man attempting to create his own ‘Forged in Fire’ burns down 20 houses