Project Farm's review of kitchen knife sets.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1BPSZFF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Henchels and Wizeka did well in his tests.
I've gone down this rabbit hole multiple times. I've tinkered around with making a few knives of my own. Nothing fancy, just a couple of hunting knives out of 01. I have a complete set of Dexter butcher knives, and they do fine. That said, when I'm butchering I normally use fillet knives, specifically the wood handled Rapala knives that you can get for $15-$20 each. I think their 4" fillet knife would also be idea for a "premium" paring knife.
When my wife and I were dating (20 years ago), she had 5 or 6 knives in her kitchen drawer. I swear they all had aluminum blades... I bought her a lower end set of Wusthof knives with a block, and we still have them today. I keep them razor sharp, and I'm normally the only one that uses them because if there's a lot of cutting to do, I'm normally the one doing it.
My wife would rather have something she can chuck in the dishwasher when she's done, and she KNOWS not to do that with the Wusthof knives. For that, I go to the fishing section in Walmart and buy her some $3 Ozark Trail 4" Fillet knives. They are junk, and are priced accordingly. With that said, when I pull one out of the silverware drawer and run it a few times across the sharpening steel in the Wusthof block (which is on the coarse side), it's almost razor sharp. More than sharp enough to slice up an onion, tomato, or dice up a few potatoes. The blades are thin enough that even when they are dull, they still cut half way decent. I have 3 or 4 of them in both sizes that I keep with my butchering gear. I've butchered a few deer with them just to evaluate their performance. If that's all you can get, they will do the job but you'll want to run them across a steel every 5 to 10 min to keep the edge tuned up. I also like the fact that the come with a small plastic blade cover that stays on the blade pretty good. That makes them great if I want to take them somewhere like a potluck. No risk of loosing a good knife.
FWIW, in their fishing section, Walmart normally has a box of black handled bait knives with hard black plastic sheaths. They are made by MORA, and for $3 each, I keep one in every vehicle, camper, and tackle box I have. Yes, they suck, but I'd rather drop a $3 over the side of the boat than a $20 or $100 knife. In the camper and vehicles, I also keep them with a 1/2"x6" ferro rod. I haven't used a match while camping for over a decade now 
Not my preferred tool for the task, but they will field dress a deer if you happen to leave your hunting knife at home.
