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I turned my back for a second last week and my not quite two year old grabbed a cheese grater and started running away from me. All I could envision was him face planting on it. Fortunately I snagged it before he did any damage.
LolI had a two year old who helped me replace a car windshield one time. He found a ball pein hammer under the front seat and helped with the removal of the old windshield ... which up to that point didn't need to be replaced.
I like this idea. Could just slowly replace them as the years go by.This is going to sound crazy after some of the great suggestions given, but I suggest a $40ish Farberware block set.I agree with some who say "just get an 8" chef and 3-4" paring and maybe a bread knife" I have them and use them when needed but I also enjoy using many of my "non kitchen knives" just for the heck of it.
I got one of their sets many (ugh) years ago and learned what I liked as the years went by (oh so rapidly). No need to worry about them and you can buy a nice version of the ones you use and like a lot.
My guess is the 3 knife (chef, paring and?) will be your eventual choice.
My .02