Knives and Teddy Bears

"Okay, first, I need to wait for the right temperature… Before, it was a bright yellow…" Stahl muttered to himself, simply staring into the forge as he did so. After a few minutes, exactly that temperature was reached, and Stahl grabbed the dull blade out of the forge and turned it back into a simple lump of metal to basically 'reset' everything. And then, he really started trying to get everything started.

"Think about what Gramps always rambled about… Not too strong, just barely strong enough for what you want to do… I need to be quick, but I shouldn't rush anything… Just concentrate on the metal, and slowly shape it into the clear form you have in your mind…" The young man continued, carefully trying to hold the metal via the tongs in his left hand, while using the hammer in his right hand to carefully change the shape of the metal.