I was too busy working to ever give anyone any hints, or even update my Amazon Wishlist (which, BTW, will now allow you to include products from other web sites). As such, I only got one "real" present: a Shun Nakiri knife, which I had mentioned to my wife previously, but had forgotten about. It's a very nice knife. Despite its profile, it's very thin and is actually a vegetable knife, though it works well for boneless meats. It's definitely not a cleaver, though.

If anyone is in the market for nice kitchen knives, I wholeheartedly recommend Shun. They are incredibly sharp. I have a small set of Henckels knives and if I had it to do over again, I would definitely get the Shuns. I definitely need to get the old knives sharpened now.