Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir
Years of expensive therapy.


The jack-of-all-trades:


Actually, just kidding; kukri's are too clumsy for kitchen work (though good for huge butchery jobs).

The Missus got me a pretty 12-item knife set a couple years ago. It looks fine on the kitchen counter, but the truth is: I only ever use the big butcher knife (for 90% of tasks), and the filet knife (for close-up work).

So, if I were in your situation, I might go with a good (cheap) cleaver (as Ramses II CP suggests), and a filet knife.