Big Island man wins ‘Forged in Fire’ reality show competition

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KAILUA-KONA — Eight months. Seventy-two knives. ADVERTISING KAILUA-KONA — Eight months. Seventy-two knives. That’s all the experience Kailua-Kona resident Neil Kamimura said he had in bladesmithing before competing to create one of history’s most iconic edged weapons in the History