apology for the haste and craziness,
my idea is: heat and soften spring, and i wonder if that is different than for a file if they are too different of carbon steels
then grind the bevel, or heat and pound bevel crudely
if soften enough i may try to cold chisel the tangs out, if not then heat and chisel out hot, any ideas that would work better?
heat and bend tangs to desired angle, grind edge to sharpness attainable
harden, then temper, and same question as with gouge, am i looking for bright orange then quench in water or oil? does it matter? and tempering am i looking for straw , bluish, i do not know, i would just keep trying different things if one didnt seem to fit
how hard or soft to leave tangs? tips soft enough to peen over handles, does that mean the the first softening needs to be left intact, or whole tang can be soft enough to bend, but probably not with spring anyways. jees as i write this i get more questions and library is closing, back to woods, and whomever reads this thanks tim