There are some knives I am waiting on which might alter this choice but for now I would if picking three knives go with all straight blades and forget a folder. I also would not double up a kitchen knife and chopper. My middle size choice would handle the Kitchen.

The small utility knife would be the Bud Neally Khinzal...it's sheath options for carry enable this to always be with you unobtrusively and it takes a brilliant edge and is very good on meat/butchering/food prep as well because the blade is not too thick.



The middle size would be the Itou SOG...it has a cutting edge long enough for all Kitchen use and a blade thick enough for all bushcraft tasks. For defense it is superbly balanced and for survival would be the very best weight/size belt knife. I might get the finger guard ground down and polished flat....it interferes with using the edge for dicing vegetables or slicing cuts on meat or other food. The blade thickness is a perfect compromise for everything. The centuries of Japanese insight into steel embodied in a knife. My all time favourite.



And finally the "to hell and back" FFBM....what Bussekin do best...a big take on anything chopper. A knife that would build you a house if need be.



This choice might be the only area of change. It could also be a NMFBM LE or a DFLE or a fully convexed DFCG stripped and polished. Those knives are in the "delivery state".