I will be getting pictures as soon as my wife brings me back my phone, she stole it for her weekend trip, I did not incise before bending and the piece was as clean as I could make it without grinding/polishing the surfaces as I do not have the required equipment to do those things as of yet, I am not a complete novice at forge welding (have had many unsuccessful attempts and a few successful ones) I have figured out how to get my temperature at welding heat with going to hot, I was unaware of the different allows in leaf spring steel so that is good to know.
I live in northern California half way between Redding, CA and Reno, NV