Master of Arms

Flintlock pistol meets battle ax as expert craftsmen compete to build a hybrid weapon that bloodied 16th-century battlegrounds. Only one craftsman will earn $10,000 and walk away with the title Master of Arms.

Bows ruled the long-range battleground before firearms. In the first challenge, expert craftsmen must create a steel bow and arrow. Then, the competitors that survive the cut are tasked with recreating an arbalest crossbow.

World War I comes to life as three expert craftsmen compete to build a trench knife in the first challenge. Then, the remaining competitors are tasked to recreate a Patton saber.

Three experts compete to fashion a brutal tool of war from the 18th century, the gunstock war club. Then, the remaining competitors are tasked with recreating the predecessor of all shotguns, the flintlock blunderbuss.

In the first challenge, three craftsmen must build an 18th-century socket bayonet. Then, the remaining two competitors battle to recreate the weapon that won the Revolution -- the American Flintlock Long Rifle.

In a Middle Ages showdown, three craftsmen must build a 15th-century, ball-and-chain flail. Then, the remaining competitors battle to fashion a medieval Joan of Arc sword.

Three expert craftsmen are tasked with building a 17th-century ignition mechanism, the flintlock. Then, the remaining contestants must recreate a 17th-century grenade launcher out of raw wood and metal.

Three expert craftsmen are tasked with making a 19th-century Bowie knife. Then, the remaining contestants face off to recreate the obscure, 19th-century gun-knife known as the Elgin Cutlass Pistol.