A Michael Tinker Pearce made Seax, similar to his personal Seax. My bucket list knife.
Knives I've owned or own that I consider 'must haves' or 'must at least have had' are:
Gerber LST
Gerber paraframe, all sizes. My son has them all now.
Buck 110. I've had 3, almost bought the plastic sided one.
Normark "Big Swede" folder (had at least 3 I can remember)
Odd S&W folder:
had at least 2 of them, maybe more,
A Camillus US issue folder; I came home with about a dozen, still have one.
A tanto. Mine is a cheap $10 gun show find, but I've kept it sharp over the years, and made a Kydex sheath for it:
Yes, I consider a katana a must also. That one is a Ten Ryu build-it-yourself kit, 1050 carbon steel. Someday I will find a wakizashi that doesn't break the bank and is still useable. A Nodachi (or Odachi) mostly for display, is on the bucket list, too, as is a Hanwei Tinker Viking sword, unless Michael is willing to make me one for the Hanwei's price....(hint hint...)
I had several of the Gerber knives with the big circular bearing in the middle, I think the most recent was the Remix. Again, my sons both absconded with one of those.
I have a Cold Steel FInnBear that is one of my truck knives, as well as 3 machetes in the truck, A Gerber Gator Jr., a Gator, and a cheap camping machete I bought at a garage sale, IIRC. I got the cheap one and the Gator Jr. back from my older son by giving him a Cold Steel bearded axe just like mine:
I like the cherry finish I put on the hafts of both of them. My son used his Sunday to clear shooting lanes. I have lopped branches in the yard with mine.
In the kitchen, I have two Chicago Cutlery knives I got when the gun shop I was working at 28 years ago was closing out a bunch of knives. I was allowed to price the whole bin, so many were a dollar, some 5, I priced the presentation Silver scaled Buck (which I bought for a best man gift) at $25. Even at the low prices, I still spent about $75 on knives. They just wanted them gone, most were demos.
I have my Leatherman Charge Ti, which was given to me, and a drawer full of Ozark Trail multi tools and knives, because my oldest son goes through them, usually losing them, or lending them and never getting them back. (he's even worse than I am with that.....)
My deer hunting knife is a Glock Field Knife, with the sawback.( Model 81.) It has gutted a half dozen deer at least, and one moose. (my Dad's) My Dad gave it to me for my BD one year, he had to spend his clothing allowance. (cop) I have since given one to each of my sons, the older hasn't lost
that one yet, or the Buck Kalinga my Dad gave him.
Almost forgot the Gerber MKII I got when I got to Ft. Ord. Made a lot of high speed low drag types jealous. I sold that one at a gun show after I got out for way more than I paid for it.