I guess you experienced blacksmiths have been asked this a thousand times. I would like to know, when you are doing items at a show, how you finish the pieces so that people can take them away?They look a bit raw straight off the forge. I prefer to take mine home, buff them on the wire wheel and then add a spray metal sealer followed by a light coat of wax.
That's not practical on site where people want to take an item home. Straight beeswax appears to be gluggy. I do mainly small items like hooks, handles, keyrings, reo snakes, roses and so on. Is there a quick and easy method to make a forged item presentable?