Buying a Kitchen Knife

A while ago (six months), I bought myself a nice chef's knife. In the process, I did a lot of research on brands and types of knives, probably much more than necessary since most reviews say (correctly) almost all knives are perfectly fine and useful. The most useful articles I found in my research were:
* Kitchen Knives Review (Consumer Search)
* Discussion of inexpensive chefs knives (forum hosted by ChefTalk)
* Buying Advice: Knives (Consumer Reports) (Note that the link is only part of the article. You'll have to pay to read the whole thing, or go to a local library as I did. The whole article is definitely very useful and worth the time to track down; if you do so, most other references are probably unnecessary.)