![]() May means fresh blood, earthly abundance and the full bloom of Taurus season. ![]() ![]() Gemini naturalist Ralph Waldo Emerson mused of the month ahead, “What potent blood hath modest May What fiery force the earth renews, The wealth of forms, the flush of hues.” Mercury retrograde in Taurus will cause chaos for your zodiac sign: astrologist These three zodiac signs are the biggest party animals I’m a 101-year-old ex-nurse - here’s the secret to my long, happy life The full episode is available online at history.How do you act when you’re jealous, according to your zodiac sign I learned some stuff from him while we were competing.” Granted his pommel came loose a little bit but he really knows his metal. “I was really happy, But I felt kind of bad for my competitor. “I had one less chop through the rope than his and the blade went through almost the entire sandbag. In the final tests, which included cutting through a thick hemp rope, slicing a sandbag and striking metal helmets, Hill’s sword beat out his competitors and took the grand prize. Hill said he planned the outfit if he reached the finals, but admits it was an abrupt transition. He’s descended from an Irish black knight, but once you marry into the clan, you become part of the clan,” Janice Hill said. “We belong to Clan Donnachaidh, it was a nod to reenacting and our participation in the clan. While the show did not explain his outfit, it had a deeper meaning. Making the blade, I really tried to give the history of the blade a whole lot of honor,” Hill said.įor the final tests, Hill showed up in a Scottish Highlander outfit complete with kilt. During the whole forging process, I was like a little kid. The whole entire process was a whole lot of fun. They had five days to complete the sword and then returned for the final tests of strength and sharpness. The remaining two competitors were sent to their home forge to make a xiphos, an ancient Greek short sword that dates back more than 2,500 years. I knew I had a better handle, maybe not as finished, but the functional aspect was better than his,” he said. Now, it really wasn’t so much about the performance of the blade but the handle. “I was a little concerned with the blade not cutting all the way through. Hill’s handle was judged as the better design so he advanced to the final round. One of the competitor’s knives completed the challenges successfully, but Hill’s and another competitor’s blade cut through only three of the five cargo straps. Each blade had to survive five full-force chops into a wooden board and then cut through five cargo straps. The blades were then tested by the show’s experts for strength and sharpness. I’m going to have to live that one down,” Janice Hill said. He also mentioned Janice when describing how she was similar to the belduque he created, calling them both “strong and sexy.’ I would love to have both, but I can only afford one,” he said. “I think the press would serve me better. Keith Hill, however, may opt for a 24-ton press he also used during the show. “I asked him jokingly, ‘Where are we going on vacation?’ He said, ‘Well, you know I kind of wanted that power hammer.’ I have a feeling something big is going to be delivered soon,” said Janice Hill, Keith’s wife. ![]() Hill stated he would love to buy one if he won the competition. Working mostly in silence while forging, the camera caught a comment by Hill as he used a pneumatic power hammer to shape the hot metal. He created a belduque, a Spanish colonial utility knife with a broad base that tapers to a sharp point. I am familiar with the thickness and type of steel in the buckets,” said Hill, who was a 20-year veteran of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office in New Jersey before moving to Ocklawaha about five years ago. I've been dealing with construction equipment for a long time. Part of my background, in addition to being a cop, is part time jobs in construction. Two of the competitors struggled to make the metal work, but Hill quietly went about the task of cutting his chunk of metal out of the bucket and set to work. In Tuesday’s episode, the four competitors were presented with rusty backhoe buckets as the source for their steel, drawing gasps from at least one. Hill was featured on Tuesday night’s episode of History channel’s “Forged in Fire.” The series pits four bladesmiths against one another as they compete to create a blade in three hours using sometimes oddly sourced metal. Ocklawaha’s Keith Hill showed his metallurgic chops during a recent reality show competition and walked away with the $10,000 grand prize.
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