Well I fired up the forge and was able to harden the blade. My wife wasn't too happy with me using the forge considering all the wild fires in Washington State right now, but I'm happy to say that none of them were from my forge. The blower worked great and it was easy to control the flame with it. There were no flareups when I quenched the blade in the oil either. I polished off the scale and reshaped the tail a bit. Also, I ground the blade a bit thinner now that most of the risk of it warping is behind me. My wife is baking cupcakes for a wedding reception so I'm going to have to wait to temper it in the oven.