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I did give it an etch with lemon juice, and it brought out some subtle colour difference, but now having sanded and polished it again, the etch has almost completely disappeared. I might give it another go with the lemon juice later, but worried about staining the handle now.
The steel is: https://www.schmiedeglut.de/carbonstahl-kohlenstoffstahl-cederstahl_1
Just what my colleague had lying around, and didn't want anything too fancy seeing as it was harden with a torch and I am very inexperienced.
Used some wood from an old shoulder plane for the handle, not sure exactly what it is but obviously something pretty hard and durable! Messed up the pins a bit (again) so they're not perfectly flush and there's a bit of glue visible, but overall super happy with how it's turned out!