We lucked into a handful of KAI Pure Komachi knives at a kitchen store's going out of business sale. Best $50 spent ever. A Nakiri, a Santoku, several different sizes of paring/utility knives, and a chef's knife. They are made out of some kind of thin but stiff steel and coated with paint. They sharpen to a razor's edge, but each one has its own plastic sheath. So you just throw them in a bag of supplies and take them along. Really convenient and surprisingly bulletproof (as tested over 10+ years of annual vacation with my family of knife killers.)