Best all round kitchen knife/knives/

[andygo]

We have a couple of Sabatier general knives (paring and a general knife) but they are fairly unimpressive IMHO. The sabatiers knives were the ones my wife and I were told to buy when we met at catering college in the early 70's - yikes- but really fancy something super sharp as a treat. Bored with trying to hack through a chicken, and recently slicing ox cheeks which although super tender after a slow cook are seriously hard work straight from the butchers!

Whats the best for around £50 and gettable for Christmas?

[andygo]

OP here..

Just purchased a Victorinox medium general knife from Lakeland. Particularly helped out by a butcher who was looking at knifes and wholeheartedly recommended one for their durability.

Flippin'eck.. Wish I was half as sharp!