Thanks to everyone for all the help. I got two rough ground and heat treated today. I’ll try to get some pics up later on.

Everything went well in the quench. I was pretty nervous but no cracks and no warps.

I figured since I was trying something new I might as well try my hand at bringing out a hamon. I haven’t etched them yet but the edge skates a file and the spine is still soft so hopefully I get something.