I have had a set of Mundial knives in the kitchen for 25 years. The chef's knife and steel get used by me near enough to every day, the others not quite as often, and I have been perfectly happy with them. For dressing and butchering I have a couple of Victorinox "Fibrox" and a Wenger "Swibo", which again are excellent value. Another great buy, and very handy, are the little Victorinox vegetable knives.
FWIW I have a magnetic strip to hold some "second string" knives for my wife and kids to use. They don't do much cooking, but these are knives they can abuse without it bothering me.
