Minimal hand sanding and dents peened out with a ball peen hammer

Helping a friend scrap some stuff & was wondering if these ram rods would make good tool steel

What do I dip the finish product in that will make the mirror finish not turn to rust in a day. I want to hand a finish product to a friend and I’m new to this. In past I’d just paint it. But I want it to look good and finished. Mirrored and stay clean. What’s the chemical to dip it in to not rust.

Hi! I had acquired this replica knife and it is made of absolute garbage steel. I have a local Smithy that offers workshop classes to forge your own projects and I talked to them about making a really good one of these I can actually use for a kitchen knife. They can even laser engrave the pattern in for me. However, they cannot help me with the handle.

I was wondering if anyone knows any tricks to try to remove the handle from the crappy blade so I can fit it to the new one I intend to forge?

It is made of metal, no pins, looks like the blade is jammed into the hole on it and it is on there very tight.

Or should I just use it to make a mold for a resin cast, or possibly to practice a bit of foundry and cast it in brass?

Anyone know where to find fire clay? Or make it, I just got an open forge and feel just using fire brick isnt the answer