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10" Gyuto & 7" Serbian Chef's knife

So i got requested to become the best man to a friends wedding and decided to make something fancy. Cu-Mai in 80CrV2 core and jacket with a nickel sandwitched between the copper, G10 spine with carbon/copper scales, copper spacer and corian guard.

If I were to just screw a piece of high carbon steel on a small block of wood, would it make a decent enough anvil for peening my knife pins? I mostly use brass and copper as pin material and have some spare steel stock laying around (1075/1080/1084) of 50mm (2”) wide and 5mm (1/5”) thick. (Also some 5mm iron rod if that would be a useful)

Multiple layers of steel is an option and I am able to make a block of wood to desired dimensions.

This would be used exclusively to peen pins so a small size would make it easy to store.

Is this a viable option? If so is there any heat treat necessary or is best mild?

Hey everyone, I don't currently have any photos of them but will try and get some when I can.

Unfortunately I've recently lost both of my Grandparents in a short period of time so we've had to begin the horrible process of clearing out their house.

Anyway doom and gloom aside, I've found two antique bayonets that my Grandad has had for years. He said he'd either lost them or put them out in the shed (he was winding me up all this time)

They're absolutely beautiful, both are engraved on the top flat edge of the blade (the hilt?) By their makers. It's in french and one is dated Mai 1868, the other I can't quite make out maybe 1878. The engraving and the shape of the blade (online says the blade is of turkish design) leads me to believe they're French Yataghan sword bayonets? No idea what wars they would have been used in or how they ended up in a field in the uk.

I want to clean up the blades so I can get a better look at the engravings. Possibly even have them restored but is that costly?

Can they keep the original parts? The blade is still very strong and very pointy.

Would you coat it in oil or wax ? Also what type do you recommend

1095 steel. Overall 18". Spine thickness 0.25". Needs heat treat and shaping.

So in a story I'm working on I'm considering using coins from blade steel/complex Damascus as the currency in this alternative world due to a focus on melee combat and bladesmithing/armor smithing in the culture/economy. And Im trying to work out the values related to the real values of blade steel/damascus in increments of ozs. I'll possibly have to add billets to represent larger amounts of money. Any guesstimates/input would be helpful, thanks in advance. -Note if it affects anyone's input: The heavy focus on melee combat/bladesmithing in culture and the economy stems from this world being like Valhalla, people fight daily,solely to improve their skills, and despite mortal injuries combatants in their prime can regenerate quickly, which keeps them alive despite even decapitation or destruction of the heart/vital organs. The biomes of this world are also populated by a neverending supply of megafauna which are the main source of food, and people hunt with blades for the challenge. I also plan to implement some kind of combat or physical enhancement-based magic, but that doesn't really affect the currency. And the line of royal succession is based around combat as well, though I'd like to establish that the last few royals had been from the same family.

Im planning a pretty elaborate project (at least elaborate in my mind) but I want to know if it's even viable or worth doing this way. A pattern on pattern Damascus go-mai as in hard core, two 25 layer billets of ladder and raindrop on either side, with nickel in between. Would this look as cool as I imagine or would it be pointless extra work? Or, could I take it a step further and throw some twists in the ladder and raindrop billets?

80CRV2 - using a new wood on this project I'd never sm heard of before - "Blackheart"

This is 99% hammer work to bring out the shape.