Thanks everyone. Charlotte, thank you, I will read the heat treating sections. Frosty, while I admit you're right, I don't much about heat treating. I did know that tempering comes last. I only had about 10 minutes to be on the comp before I had to leave, so I was trying to be quick. Thomas, I understand that you can't actually "forge" a steel blade with cold metal. I apologize for my lack of clarity, I was using slang for an P.O.C. sword thats not been heat treated. Again my most sincere thanks to everyone.