Well this steel was kind of made for people with a forge.
Since your oven is too slow then to the forge. First buy some tinted safety glasses or at least sunglasses, the forge heat/light is harmful to your eyes, plus a piece could pop sparks.
But anyway get a magnet and start heating up your blade, when it starts to get red start touching it with the magnet, when the magnet stops sticking to it, heat for 5 minutes more making sure you don't over heat any one part of it. Or in other words move it around then quench. It should pass the file test. Then temper and break it to make sure your grain is good.
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