Two years after first reading about J-knives, then some of the great knife and cutting board makers, here's where I am at right now.
The knives + first Boardsmith board:
...the Tojiro ITK bread knife and Dave M-rehandled 210 Hiro are the wife's -- she let me borrow them for the pics. And we have joint custody of the Pierre Rodrigue paring and utility knives
The carbon patinas show up a little better on the pic below. I'm not sure how it happened, but I now have more carbon knives then stainless steel! (if I don't count the wife's knives)
And the start of accessories + second Boardsmith board:
The knives + first Boardsmith board:
...the Tojiro ITK bread knife and Dave M-rehandled 210 Hiro are the wife's -- she let me borrow them for the pics. And we have joint custody of the Pierre Rodrigue paring and utility knives
The carbon patinas show up a little better on the pic below. I'm not sure how it happened, but I now have more carbon knives then stainless steel! (if I don't count the wife's knives)
And the start of accessories + second Boardsmith board: