I hammered the sockets out. That is the hard part. On the chisel, I hammered out a fan and formed it on the horn. I had one seam to weld. I thought it would be easier on the slick to split the blank and hammer out two fans and weld two seams. The end result was better, but more time and finesse involved. I had to read up on tempering to finish the job. Foxfire, Roy Underhill, and Blacksmith Gazette all offer different methods. The railroad spike chisel went in my oven. The slick went to the forge. I cheated on the sawblade chisel, I cut it out with a plasma and welded the handle on. No temper lost.