Please NOTE:
I have NO experience of scouting and so please follow the good advice of the experienced people here. It seems that a 'lockable' folding knife from Victorinox would be suitable - just one lockable blade plus perhaps a bottle opener is enough, you don't have to buy anything with lots of tools if you don't want to, that's why they make so many models - I have one with a lock knife & 3 other basic functions and that's very compact/easy to use and I love it.
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OK guys, now to my point:

Isn't a large fixed blade knife the safest and the easiest and the most convenient way to cut/slice things for cooking/cutting and etc?? - condition: always use the large-ISH knife on a choping board/surface.

Isn't a folding knife (with/without a lock) more risky than a fixed blade? Isn't a decent, large-ish, fixed knife (4"-5") better/safer/more useful? Aren't we (amatuer or pro) more likely to CUT ourselves by mis-use or accident using a FOLDING knife, for example by cutting things up in the air (un-supported), and often cutting towards ourself?

I have kids and I perfer them to use a 5" SHARP chef/kitchen knife securely on a choping board - I get extremely nervous if they start using a small peeler, up in the air and often towards their own body (fingers/arms/legs).

What's your expereinece on this point please?

caio.