Damascus knifes refurbish and care/maintance

Ive recived quite a few damascus knives ranging from kitchen knifes to bowey knives (not blanks they have wood horn or plastic handles )and a axehead all of them have some levle of surface rust and was wanting to know if cleaning them up with a wire wheel re etch them in acid then polish them with the useing fabric wheel on a drill coat them in beeswax and use a hairdryer to melt the wax and wipe off the excess is a viable way to refurbish themand to prevent rust im new to damascus and dont want to ruin them as they look nice