If I were you I would make some titanium hammers that you would use yourself. It is very tough to gather all the materials you’ll need for forging ingredients on your own so it really helps to have some other source of income to start off and get some of the rarer ingredients. Mining is great for that but you could also participate in group hunts or gather materials to sell. I recommend mining personally because you can make your own hammers and convert them into coin by selling the ores, coal, etc. Another major benefit of aoe mining is how much experience you get from it. This will help you mine better and/or forge better so it’s a big advantage.
The reason I recommend using pure boon 3 is because its such a large jump up from pure boon 2 with less than twice the cost, so it will save you in the long run. But that doesn’t mean that all compounds should be at the max. If you look at Vansten’s guide you can see how he uses corrupted boon 1 to great effect, though I wouldn’t go there until you’ve got a more stable revenue stream due to the added expense.
Basically what I’m trying to say is that selling forged goods early on is tough. It’s a very slow process to sell things, even when you have a lot of traffic. Early on it really helped me to have a source of income other than forging in order to get those ingredients for compounds and what not much faster, which let me forge more stuff and get more products available to sell. You can go whatever direction you find the most fun but if you enjoy forging then I strongly recommend a side hustle to fund it.