I wanted to create a new thread just to make it a bit clearer that I am posting knife related content instead of operating a dodgy beauty salon ![Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile: 😅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png)
The previous thread, named 'Martyfish's Makeovers', which this is a continuation of, can be found here if anyone is interested:
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/martyfishs-makeovers.66507/
Now, on to actual content. My Mazaki project is reaching the satisfying point where the knife starts looking better rather than worse. Today I pretty heavily altered the choil geometry and the geometry at the transition between the choil and tang, by removing 4ish mm of steel. This material removal was purely aesthetic in nature with the goal of bringing this area back into proportion with the future handle and the rest of the knife. Once the choil had been reshaped to my satisfaction, I also rounded the edges and polished it up to a semi-mirror finish, which are processes that I also repeated for the spine.
Refinishing the blade and the creation of a new handle to come.
Pictures and videos of the polished and rounded choil:
Pictures of the polished and rounded spine:
![Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile: 😅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png)
The previous thread, named 'Martyfish's Makeovers', which this is a continuation of, can be found here if anyone is interested:
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/martyfishs-makeovers.66507/
Now, on to actual content. My Mazaki project is reaching the satisfying point where the knife starts looking better rather than worse. Today I pretty heavily altered the choil geometry and the geometry at the transition between the choil and tang, by removing 4ish mm of steel. This material removal was purely aesthetic in nature with the goal of bringing this area back into proportion with the future handle and the rest of the knife. Once the choil had been reshaped to my satisfaction, I also rounded the edges and polished it up to a semi-mirror finish, which are processes that I also repeated for the spine.
Refinishing the blade and the creation of a new handle to come.
Pictures and videos of the polished and rounded choil:
Pictures of the polished and rounded spine: