I posted something similar a while back. The steel ended up being shit. So second forging.

Seax 2. Seax 1 forged well but it was old unknown spring steel that was full of fractures. This is 1085 HC. Rough forgings. #Bladesmith #ForgedinFire #SweetSpringForge #Texas pic.twitter.com/u9iTH2EIIK

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