Got my second session working on this over the weekend. It is really starting to take shape. Slow process, and I still have a long way to go. But it no longer just looks like a deformed hammer. I have a question for the next time I get to the forge: I know that generally when drawing you want to work from the end back, from the blade toward the eye in this case. Because I want a significant beard, I was thinking about concentrating near the eye. Pinching the metal to thickness, leaving a bulk to draw down for the beard. Is this a bad idea for any reason?