Yup, good kitchen knives are the best. I have had mine for 41 (a Sabatier chef’s), 37 (Regal chef’s, surprisingly amazing Made in Japan knife I got at Zayre, a defunct discount chain), and 22 years (Wüsthof set)!

I tried whetstones for sharpening but they were a pain in the ass, switched to a $10 AccuSharp manual sharpener from Amazon 13 years ago and it’s been great (if you just want sharp knives and not win knife sharpening thread wars).