Of course, Robert has to decide what he wishes to do.
From the pics, I don't see a lot of genuine patina (apparently none from original use) that I'd consider worth keeping. As far as I can tell, the blade got cleaned/polished early after being collected and gained some rust/etc. from neglect later on. IMHO nothing to be proud of.
I guestimate that there won't be any special laminations that would need to be shown; OTOH I'd love to examine the lamination patterns after an etch to glean more information on the crafting of this blade.
Regards,
Kai