Opinions on this chefs-to-honesuki reprofile?

[Ericfg]

What say you? Original, very well used profile above and imagined re-profile below:

6 inch imagined blade length and 1&5/8 inch height at heel, more or less. I can't do slightly curved lines in photoshop so there'd be a bit of a belly on it, possibly, when finished.

 

[mikaelsan]

How do you plan to cut of the excess couple of inches of blade? its either that or remove a shitton of material at the heel, create a tip and you have a filet/carving knife. I do like the honesuki approach, that will also make the ton of thinning the knife after more optional or at least limited

 

[Ericfg]

How do you plan to cut of the excess couple of inches of blade? its either that or remove a shitton of material at the heel, create a tip and you have a filet/carving knife. I do like the honesuki approach, that will also make the ton of thinning the knife after more optional or at least limited

I've already done the filet/carving profile on another worn knife. That's why I picked the honesuki profile.
Last time when removing a good portion of the tip I tried using a hacksaw but that only got me about 1mm through the spine with too much sawing. So I then clamped the blade in a vice and whacked the tip off with a hammer.

 

[Jovidah]

If you just need to get rid of the tip I think plenty of people here have wives or colleagues that can do the job entirely free of charge in no-time...

 

[M1k3]

If you just need to get rid of the tip I think plenty of people here have wives or colleagues that can do the job entirely free of charge in no-time...

@Bico Doce

 

[dmonterisi]

wow, good luck with the project! i personally think you may end up with a more successful knife going for a short suji profile rather than a honesuki. the bolster will likely interfere with the honesuki's use sliding in among the joints to separate pieces. also, the handle will make it somewhat unbalanced, imo. looks like you can get an 8" slicer out of that knife. just a thought, look forward to seeing the results!