Welcome! Your enthusiasm is awesome!

1. Mine don't rust all that much if I do my part drying em after use. If they aren't going to be used for a while, I put gun oil on mine. Works great.

2. I recommend you get Straight Razor Designs modular strop. As for the stones... Lol! Dude! That said, I would recommend a synthetic system to start.

3. Any stand will work really. But when shaving, I rest my blade on my sponge I use to wipe my blade the most.

Bluing your blade is fun and... it looks great. I think. Done two myself. You'll need to cold blue of course.

What you might not know though is that bluing is a corrosive process and as such, your blade is going to reek of corrosion for quite some time. It smells like sulpher gone wild. You'll get used to it - but those first two months...