I like knives.  In TN, we don't ask "Do you have a knife?"  It's "May I borrow your knife?"  

What it has done to me though is I divide my knives into factorizes, the thread topic, then knives I use most often.  Some tasks simply are not suitable for expensive knives.  I buy the little $1 diisposables by the case.  These I use as box cutters, wire cutters, and about any task there's a good chance you can harm the knife.  Bread the blade or handle, I simply chuck that one away and get another.  They're stainless with a partial serration and surprisingly sharp.  These are cheap work knives.  

Now for my cutting finer applications, keeping it to the pocket knife category, I have a number of favorites.  My all time favorite is a small two bladed German Boker.  Its a stag handle with silver, not chrome, tips.  ITs a delicate thing, very decadent, and almost a work of art.  I have another Boker I'm fond of.  It has a Rosewood handle and classic carbon steel blades.  The soft steel dulls quickly but sharpens quickly.  It's razor sharp so sharp you can easily shave with it and to put a fine touch on it, I simply work its soft blade on my belt.  

Of the modern knives and though really not expensive, I really like the little Kershaw Chive.  It's flat profile leaves very little profile in your pocket no matter what pants you have on.  Though not a razor, its sharp enough for most tasks and its cost is a little more reasonable to use it on more blade dangerous tasks you wouldn't risk a fine knife on.  Its spring assit works very well and its also a nice distraction.  I'll sit around flipping its blade open like it was a toy.  

Large folding knives, i consider field knives not really daily pocket knives.  Of these, I have two favorites.   One is the CRKT M16 if for any reason its a good size blade to be so flat and light.  The other I found quite by accident, the Walther Tiger's Eye.  This is a surprising knife for the money.  It has an excellent blade and simply amazingly comfortable rubber textured handle that's a tad thinner than typical knives that size.  Its action is very smooth and total black except for the lone red eye uniquely attractive.  Its very similar to their Special Forces line of knives which I'm really not enamored with.  Its basically the same blade but a much nicer streamlined handle.  

Tj