No worries, Top Jaw! I think such discussions are good. I think “rules” or guidelines on restoration apply mostly to items with value and/or provenance.
When I was about 22 I bought a trade tomahawk head that was plowed up. It was $10 at a garage sale. Not cheap for me, then. It’s from the 1650-1750 period. At some point it had been used as a wedge and the eye got mangled. The 3 local museums have examples. I could let it sit in the house somewhere, or restore and use it. Again, common trade tomahawk head, mangled eye, common style, but old and cool. What did my 22 year old self do? I forged that eye open, hafted it, and use it a lot. It throws well, looks great, and can administer the coup de grace to deer in a pinch.
I similarly found a full sized felling ax head from the 1700s, with a very nice steel bit. Its head had been mushroomed from getting bashed with a sledge. It’s my go-to splitting ax now, with the mushroom overlap hot-cut off in the forge and filed to de-bur it.
My standards may differ from many. But our personal collections will soon flood a market a little short of buyers.