Anyway, here is my second attempt at forging a blade, before grinding on it. The first one needs a guard fit to it, (and that is proving to be a challenge in itself) so I thought I'd try to forge one like Tippit.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd43/MnFn/2014-03-03125213_zps08e56416.jpg) (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/MnFn/media/2014-03-03125213_zps08e56416.jpg.html)
It was not supposed to be this long, but it just kept growing. Oddly enough it feels kind of good in my hand.
Looks nice-better than my second by a ways ;) .
Jeremy