polishing: blade geometry

[KenjiF]

to check if the cutting edge is straight this is the view you should be seeing. Your eye depth of field is better than the camera here so more should be in focus at this distance but even with the tip blurry you can see it curves right.
I usually like to check from the tip end but couldn’t get the camera to focus on the tip.

 

[ReiHamono]

I do this obsessively when I first receive any knife and then again before starting work

The first two knives I’ve ever purchased were bent to hell trash