I totally understand.
Real world, real kitchens need an 8" chef knife, a curved blade boning knife, a flex blade fillet knife, and a paring knife. The next two would be a bread knife and and a santoku, preferably granton. The paring knife I recommend is the A G Russel Woodswalker. For the rest, buy the Victorinox Fibrox version. They are the top rated value knifes by Cooks Illustrated, what I use, and, when kept sharp, more blade than anyone needs.