A complete camp knife kit in a ballistic nylon case. 11.6 x 7.5 x 2 in. GSI rate it for 4 people.

Includes: 4 in. paring knife with sheath, 6 in. Santoku chef's knife with sheath, 6 in. serrated bread knife with sheath, a folding cutting board that opens to 9 x 12.6 in., a soap bottle and a dish cloth.

Three knives is the honest number. A chef's knife for the work, a paring knife for the small jobs, and a serrated blade for bread and tomatoes — the one a chef's knife is genuinely bad at.

The soap bottle and dish cloth are the giveaway that someone who cooks outdoors designed this. Raw meat on a board at a camp site is a real problem and the answer is soap, water and a cloth within arm's reach of the board.

The ballistic nylon case keeps the blades sheathed, the board flat and all of it in one place, which is the only way a knife roll survives a vehicle.

Stainless steel, nylon and polyethylene.

GSI do not publish a blade steel grade for their knives — their specification says only "Stainless Steel". We are not going to invent one.

Dry it properly. GSI's own warning: "Blades may corrode if left immersed in water." Wash, dry, sheath. That is the whole maintenance routine.