tough to say i have used victorinox, henckels, global, nogent, sabatier diamant, even fiskars in the early days.
best one i found for all purpose , cutting and stuff was the small victorinox paring knife.
for bigger tasks prefered using either the sabatier or the henckels.
love to use the chinese cleaver as well, very good for all kinds of things.
good to have is a knife storage roll, or suitcase, for travelling around.
and invaluable is to have a taylor thermometer. the dial type, very robust and can be easily calibrated .
