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Stock removal is cheating? By that logic not making your own steel would be cheating even if you forge your blades. Most guys trim up their steel before they forge their blades because it saves a lot of time. As Damon said, after you do your forging THEN you start with the stock removal anyway. So, another way to look at it is that doing stock removal in the first place just saves a lot of time and money (since you don't need an anvil).
Nothing at all wrong with the desire to forge your blades and it is very common for newbies to turn up their noses at the thought of stock removal but, in time, you'll learn ...
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