Thank you Tom and Brian for your advice and offers of help and parts!
I'm still torn about preparing the metal "just enough" for blueing and case hardening, versus making it look like new and then recutting all the engraving. In the "just enough" scenario, I feel I'd need to explain why I left the metal pitted.
I have at least a week of reading and collecting tools ahead of me before I continue this project, so hopefully I will have an update next week.
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