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@glenn 

 

excellent questions 

 

based on this 

 

''  I am an infrequent cook, unskilled with knife handling and don't want to spend a fortune.  ''

 

as mentioned :

 

Voctorinox.

 

amazon victoriunox knives

 

and indeed the prices have gone up , making with everything lese

 

they do come in wood

 

https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Fibrox-Chefs-Knife-8-Inch/dp/B000638D32/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=victorinox+knife&qid=1676314805&sr=8-2

 

and 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Curved-Fibrox-Boning-Flexible/dp/B0019WQDOU/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=victorinox+knife&qid=1676314805&sr=8-4

 

gets you set for quite some time.

 

and that curved boning knife ?

 

just wait until you start using it , 

 

for , whatever .

 

a keeper

 

I had one of these knives

 

a very very long time ago

 

8 " , wooden handle 

 

possibly this one

 

https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Cutlery-Rosewood-8-Inch/dp/B0019WZEUE/ref=sr_1_55?keywords=victorinox+knife&qid=1676314805&sr=8-55&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

 

ir was a joy to use and easy to take care off.

 

the curved boning style

 

took me 25 years +++  to appreciate

 

maybe more

 

I was busy .