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If it's 13% chrome it is stainless and a forge is not what you want to HT with as it needs to be held for a longer amount of time at like 1800 degrees depending on the exact alloy. Plus you will have to wrap it with stainless foil to keep it from decarburizing and scale and you'll lose some of what little carbon you have.
No idea what other elements are in it? Should have some silicon as a wrench it needs toughness. AEB-L only has .61 carbon and like 13% chrome. If your local supermarket sells dry ice buy a block and break it in half, wear gloves, and put the blade between the two pieces for 20-30 mins and then temper at 250 for 1 hour and see if it doesn't improve a little. Don't think it would hurt. AEB-L is greatly improved with a short dry ice treatment. That wrench isn't too far off from it so maybe worth the $12 for the dry ice.
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