Are there reliable "kitchen stores" in Paris where carbon steel Sabatier knives (chef, paring, etc) can be purchased and shipped to the US by the stores while we're on Paris later this year? (We'll be lodging on the Ile St Louis.)
Carbon steel knives (which are higher maintence--they will rust at the sight of a lemon--but can be sharpened much more effectively than stainless) are nearly non-existent, certainly in Seattle, and the one importer I could find appears to charge a fairly hefty separate shipping fee for each knife. I'd like to compare the prices and shipping costs from Paris to see if a significantly better deal can be had there, and I'd never pack the knives--or anything else of value in my hold baggage (clothes and toiletries are usually easily replaceable, except for serious Paris fashions, and are not so attractive to thieves in airport baggage processing.