Mmm... A nice knife would be a cool. Gyotou, Santoku, Deba, Yanagiba... Which one? Or two, or three. Definitely stop at 3. Excluding the ceramic one I might get.
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=25958
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=26036
http://www.japanese-knife.com/faq/
http://knifeforums.com
http://japanesechefsknife.com
http://foodieforums.com/resources.htm
http://www.korin.com/knives/knife_jp.php
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/assistance/business_spotlight/business_spotlight__korin_71177.asp (interesting story about korin)
http://watanabeblade.com/english/index.htm (custom made, have to consider the prices for these as a ceiling for shopping in japan)
Posted by kstroke at May 10, 2005 02:25 PM