More pics from the heat and beat. I should put all these together and make one of those comic flip books.

How to make a sword from a leaf spring:

First, one must heat the metal to red hot.

Prepare the hammer.

Swing the hammer.

Make sure you're about to hit the metal and not your buddy's thumb. Because that would be bad.

Bring down the hammer.... and....

Clink.
(I love the expression on Matt's face here.)

Repeat several thousand times.