You are buying knives for two people. Depending on your wife's handsize two very different choices may be needed. Being carried in vehicle buckets I would suggest stainless steel. Ragnar's scandinavian blades are very affordable, and depending on what other tools you carry may be adequate. By posting this I assume you don't have (M)any knives at present. $100 is a lot of money for anybody, and if thats your budget we don't want to waste any. I have a Mora 2000, their idea of a survival knife. It needs a good initial sharpening to bring out it's full potential, but is S/S has a guardless but secure handle material and a functional sheath. All you want is to keep the blade safe in storage anyway and it makes for a secure carry on a belt. It makes excellent feather sticks, I've batoned with it and it even spreads peanut butter. Your looking @ $65 for two including shipping from Ragnar. That leaves you $35 for more peanut butter, edible unlike an expensive $100 mistake when your putting your first kit together.