Scrollwork

Really Cool. So your technique was to forge weld the piece back to itself and then cut the "loop" then forge weld the tag end of the loop back to itself again and then cutting the "loop" once more. If I have that right I will give it a go the next time I light the forge.

Yup. I bent it back long, about 20" back and then cut 6" off that branch. The I eyeballed the remainder, making it as even as possible and welded that one and cut it.
The scrollwork was with a scrolling wrench and a pair of scrolling tongs.