So I'm interested in either becoming a beginner in blacksmithing or to see what options there may be to have what I've in mind done. About a year ago, my father passed due to old age. Ive had closure but soon I'll be moving my mother into a new home with myself, girlfriend, and my daughter by her. While cleaning up the garage, I came across a 8000 lbs trailer ball hitch. It was one my father had often used to tow a trailer decades ago when we had both a truck and trailer. The threads on it are crossed, reason discarded, it has some surface rust (not at all deep), but it is a very solid piece. I wondered if it would be possible to have it made into a decent blade and have an old pair of black army combat boots of my father's be scrapped for a leather sheath for carrying it on my side, maybe even have one sorta cut into a long leather strip to become a grip for a blade made with the ball hitch. Guessing his desire for very little waste was passed down lol. I know all of this sounds difficult, but I'm hoping there's a way to make it happen, even if I had to pay out of pocket to have someone else actually do the work described I'd be onboard.

Any advice or suggested avenues to have such a piece made?