Built by Hand - Episode Guide

The M1 Garand is a rifle that was once called the greatest battlefield tool ever made, and skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build these innovative and world-changing weapons by hand.

The hoplite soldiers of Sparta, Athens, and ancient Greece were protected by bronze breastplates hammered to resemble the ideal male physique, and skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build this armor by hand.

Viking shields helped an obscure group of warrior seafarers dominate Europe for centuries, and today, skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build these innovative and world-changing weapons by hand.

Japan's samurais wielded deadly swords called katanas, and today, skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build these innovative and world-changing weapons by hand.

The legend of the Alamo is incomplete without Jim Bowie and the deadly knife named after him, and today, skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build this innovative and world-changing weapon by hand.

The Scottish claymore is a deadly, two-handed, two-sided blade that can be as long as a full-grown man is tall, and today, skilled craftsmen use time-tested methods and modern-day know-how to build these innovative and world-changing weapons by hand.