finishing up a shigefusa mukimono today (well, i have the back to do tomorrow, but almost there)...
After a lot of hand sharpening and polishing up to an almost mirror finish (and with a mirror finish along the entire bevel), we used finger stones to polish and create contrast
The result along the edge... the rest of the knife has not yet been polished
After polishing the rest of the knife... we use different stones and powders than we do with the edge, so they dont all blend together and look uniform
Another view (and semi-selfie i guess)