Annealing the steel before forging makes it way..way..way easier to manipulate. Perhaps use your ASO as well. Fullers are the hard way to forge. Pin the spring on that fuller so it stops making your job way harder than it has to be. You are chasing your work instead of locking it down.
Yes I know that and eventually I will get a good anvil but im not going wait until I get all the right tools to start making knives I'm just going to do it and make what I have work
